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2016 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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Classification
  
Division I

Teams
  
10

Season
  
2015–16

Site
  
Amway Center Orlando, Florida

Champions
  
Connecticut (1st title)

Winning coach
  
Kevin Ollie (1st title)

The 2016 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference tournament for the American Athletic Conference during the 2015-16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held from March 10–13, 2016 at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. The Tournament was won by the #5 Seed Connecticut Huskies, who beat the #6 Seed Memphis Tigers in the final by a score of 72–58.

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Seeds

Teams are seeded by conference record, with a ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary. With SMU ineligible for postseason play, the top six seeds will receive first round byes.

Schedule

All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:

* denotes overtime period

References

2016 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Wikipedia