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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – UConn earned The American regular-season title for the third consecutive season and clinched the No. 1 seed in the 2016 American Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Championship. The conference tournament takes place March 4-7 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn.
Package and single-session tickets are still available for the championship. Tickets may be purchased online at www.MoheganSun.com or www.Ticketmaster.com, by telephone at (800) 745-3000 or in person at the Mohegan Sun Arena box office daily between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m.
The tournament will be carried on the ESPN family of networks, with Monday’s final scheduled for 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2. The semifinal games on Sunday will be televised on ESPNU, while the quarterfinals and first round will be on ESPN3.
As the No. 1 seed, UConn will play its first game of the tournament on March 5 at 2 p.m. ET, when the Huskies face the winner of Friday’s first-round matchup between No. 8-seeded East Carolina and No. 9-seeded Cincinnati. UConn clinched the regular-season title outright with an 88-41 win over SMU on Wednesday.
USF earned the No. 2 seed in the conference championship for the second straight season. The Bulls begin the tournament against either No. 7-seeded SMU or No. 10-seeded UCF on Saturday at 6 p.m. ET.
Temple claimed the No. 3 seed after finishing the regular season with a 13-5 conference record. The Owls will play at 8 p.m. ET in the nightcap of the quarterfinal round against No. 6-seeded Tulsa or No. 11-seeded Houston.
Memphis will be the No. 4 seed and will face Tulane, the No. 5 seed, in the opening game of the quarterfinal round on Saturday at noon ET.
The winner of the American Athletic Conference Championship will receive the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Championship.
For more information on the American Women's Basketball Championship, please visit championship central at
www.theamerican.org/wbb.
2016 American Athletic Conference Championship
Mohegan Sun Arena • Uncasville, Conn.
| Championship Schedule |
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| Friday, March 4 • First Round (ESPN3) |
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| Game 1: No. 9 Cincinnati (8-21) vs. No. 8 East Carolina (12-18) |
4 p.m. |
| Game 2: No. 10 UCF (7-22) vs. No. 7 SMU (12-17) |
6 p.m. |
| Game 3: No. 11 Houston (6-23) vs. No. 6 Tulsa (11-18) |
8 p.m. |
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| Saturday, March 5 • Quarterfinals (ESPN3) |
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| Game 4: No. 5 Tulane (20-10) vs. No. 4 Memphis (18-11) |
Noon |
| Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. No. 1 UConn (29-0) |
2 p.m. |
| Game 6: Game 2 winner vs. No. 2 USF (21-8) |
6 p.m. |
| Game 7: Game 3 winner vs. No. 3 Temple (19-10) |
8 p.m. |
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| Sunday, March 6 • Semifinals (ESPNU) |
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| Game 8: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner |
4:30 p.m. |
| Game 9: Game 7 winner vs. Game 6 winner |
6:30 p.m. |
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| Monday, March 7 • Final (ESPN2) |
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| Game 10: Game 9 winner vs. Game 8 winner |
7 p.m. |
All times Eastern