Ten of the 11 teams in The American opened up conference play with Wednesday afternoon games, as Memphis, SMU, Temple, Tulane and Tulsa began their league slates 1-0.
 
Temple and UConn battled into overtime in Hartford before the Owls outlasted the Huskies 57-53. G Jesse Morgan continued his hot start to his time with the Owls, tallying 17 points while making four 3-pointers. F Daniel Hamilton had 10 points and 12 rebounds for UConn. Temple won its fourth-straight game, improving to 10-4 on the year, with UConn dropping to 6-5.
 
Tulsa picked up a 56-54 road win at UCF as the Golden Hurricane improved to 8-5. G Shaquille Harrison led Tulsa with 22 points on 9-of-13 shooting. G Adonys Henriquez had 17 points for UCF, while F Justin McBride tallied 10 points and 10 rebounds in 23 minutes of action. UCF fell to 7-5 in the defeat. The Knights erased a 15-point second-half deficit before Tulsa pulled away in the final minutes.
 
Tulane closed the first half on a 25-2 run, downing East Carolina 67-59 at Minges Coliseum. G Jonathan Stark led the way for the Green Wave with 22 points while G Louis Dabney added 19. East Carolina made 10 3-pointers in the contest, including four from G Paris Roberts-Campbell, who had a team-high 14 points. Tulane improved to 10-3 in the win while ECU dropped to 7-7.
 
G Avery Woodson hit six 3-pointers and had 23 points to lead Memphis to its fifth-consecutive victory, a 73-54 win over Houston at FedEx Forum. F Austin Nichols chipped in 15 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks for the Tigers, who bettered their record to 8-4. F Devonta Pollard had 17 points to lead the Cougars, who fell to 7-5.
 
SMU opened up its conference slate with an 83-49 win over USF at Moody Coliseum. Four Mustangs were in double figures, led by 15 from F Ben Moore. G Nic Moore had eight points to go along with seven assists for SMU, which won its eighth-straight to improve to 10-3. F Chris Perry had 12 points and eight rebounds for USF, which dropped to 6-8.