IRVING, Texas – The American Athletic Conference has announced the men’s basketball league schedule pairings for the 2023-24 season.
 
Every team in The American will play 18 league games, including five of its 13 conference opponents twice and the other eight once – four at home and four on the road. Starting this season, The American will have 14 teams competing in men’s basketball with the six additions of UAB, Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, North Texas, Rice and UTSA joining continuing members, East Carolina, Memphis, South Florida, SMU, Temple, Tulane, Tulsa and Wichita State.
 
Six programs earned postseason bids in 2022-23. Florida Atlantic and Memphis were selected to the NCAA Championship with the Owls advancing to their first Final Four. UAB and North Texas competed in the NIT championship game with the Mean Green pulling out the victory. Charlotte and Rice competed in the CBI and the 49ers won the tournament. The six teams combined for a postseason tournament record of 17-4.
 
The complete 2023-24 men’s basketball composite schedule with dates and times will be announced at a later date. The first conference play dates will be January, 2-4, 2024 and will run through March 10. The 2024 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Championship will expand to a 14-team tournament and be held at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, March 13-17.
 

Team	Home Only	Away Only	Home and Away
UAB	ECU, Rice, USF, WSU	Charlotte, Temple, UTSA, Tulsa	FAU, Memphis, UNT, SMU, Tulane
Charlotte	UAB, FAU, UNT, WSU	Memphis, SMU, Temple, Tulane	ECU, Rice, USF, UTSA, Tulsa
East Carolina	Memphis, USF, Tulane, Tulsa	UAB, FAU, Rice, UTSA	Charlotte, UNT, SMU, Temple, WSU
Florida Atlantic	ECU, SMU, Temple, Tulsa	Charlotte, Rice, USF, UTSA	UAB, Memphis, UNT, Tulane, WSU
Memphis	Charlotte, Rice, USF, UTSA	ECU, UNT, Temple, Tulsa	UAB, FAU, SMU, Tulane, WSU
North Texas	Memphis, USF, Temple, UTSA	Charlotte, Rice, Tulsa, WSU	UAB, ECU, FAU, SMU, Tulane
Rice	ECU, FAU, UNT, SMU	UAB, Memphis, Tulane, WSU	Charlotte, USF, Temple, UTSA, Tulsa
South Florida	FAU, SMU, Tulane, WSU	UAB, ECU, Memphis, UNT	Charlotte, Rice, Temple, UTSA, Tulsa
SMU	Charlotte, Temple, UTSA, Tulsa	FAU, Rice, USF, WSU	UAB, ECU, Memphis, UNT, Tulane
Temple	UAB, Charlotte, Memphis, Tulsa	FAU, UNT, SMU, Tulane	ECU, Rice, USF, UTSA, WSU
UTSA	UAB, ECU, FAU, Tulane	Memphis, UNT, SMU, WSU	Charlotte, Rice, USF, Temple, Tulsa
Tulane	Charlotte, Rice, Temple, WSU	ECU, USF, UTSA, Tulsa	UAB, FAU, Memphis, UNT, SMU
Tulsa	UAB, Memphis, UNT, Tulane	ECU, FAU, SMU, Temple	Charlotte, Rice, USF, UTSA, WSU
Wichita State	UNT, Rice, SMU, UTSA	UAB, Charlotte, USF, Tulane	FAU, ECU, Memphis, Temple, Tulsa