The American Today 2020-21 Standings All-Conference
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American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Report March 13, 2021 Contact: Tom Fenstermaker, Director of Communications ([email protected]) 545 E. John Carpenter Freeway, Third Floor • Irving, Texas, 75062 • 336.259.1708 TheAmerican.org • Twitter: @American_MBB • Facebook: fb.com/AmericanConf • Instagram: AmericanConf 2020-21 STANDINGS AMERICAN OVERALL SCHOOL W-L PCT PF PA W-L PCT PF PA H A N L10 STREAK NOTABLE Wichita StateRV/RV 11-2 .846 72.7 68.5 16-4 .800 73.1 67.8 10-2 5-2 1-0 9-1 W 8 First regular season title since joining league Houston7/7 14-3 .824 74.9 58.9 22-3 .880 77.2 57.4 15-0 5-3 2-0 8-2 W 5 Grimes named to Sporting News All-America Third Team Memphis 11-4 .733 70.1 61.1 16-7 .696 72.0 62.3 10-1 4-3 2-3 8-2 W 1 Tigers recorded 20 steals vs. UCF (conference record) SMU 7-4 .636 68.9 67.2 11-5 .688 74.1 67.1 6-2 5-2 0-1 5-5 L 1 Kendric Davis conference-record 14 assists vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati 8-6 .571 71.1 71.9 11-10 .524 70.0 72.0 5-5 5-5 1-0 7-3 W 2 Won 7 straight conference championship games UCF 8-10 .444 66.9 69.8 11-12 .478 67.2 69.4 6-3 4-8 1-1 7-3 L 1 Knights won 4 in a row to finish regular season Tulsa 7-10 .412 63.5 66.6 11-12 .478 68.4 65.6 7-5 4-4 0-3 3-7 L 1 Win over Houston was 1st top-5 win since 1996 Tulane 5-12 .294 63.6 68.8 10-13 .435 63.9 66.5 6-6 3-6 1-1 3-7 L 1 Collins became 10th player in league with 1,500 pts. USF 4-10 .286 63.0 72.4 9-13 .409 65.9 71.4 4-6 3-4 2-3 2-8 L 1 Battle averaging 25 ppg in last 3 games Temple 4-10 .286 65.0 69.1 5-11 .313 65.8 68.8 3-5 2-5 0-1 2-8 L 1 Forbes 19.7 ppg in last 7 games, 15.0 ppg before that East Carolina 2-10 .167 62.8 70.1 8-11 .421 66.8 67.9 7-6 1-4 0-1 1-9 L 5 Gardner became 15th player in league with 1,400 pts. Rankings listed as AP/USA Today SCHEDULE & RESULTS THE AMERICAN TODAY ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS 2021 AIR FORCE RESERVE SEMIFINAL SATURDAY SET Player of the Year AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE Two mouth-watering semifinals are set at the 2021 Quentin Grimes, Jr., G, Houston Tyson Etienne, So., G, Wichita State MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Air Force Reserve American Athletic Conference MARCH 11-14 Men’s Basketball Championship at Dickies Arena Coach of the Year DICKIES ARENA in FORT WORTH, TEXAS in Fort Worth, Texas. The pair of games, which are Issac Brown, Wichita State* rematches of the 2019 semifinals, are set to begin THURSDAY, MARCH 11 at 3 p.m. Eastern on ESPN2. Defensive Player of the Year No. 8 USF 73, No. 9 Temple 71 DeJon Jarreau, Sr., G, Houston No. 10 Tulane 77, No. 7 Tulsa 70 In the first game, top-seeded Wichita State will Freshman of the Year No. 6 UCF 72, No. 11 East Carolina 62 face the two-time defending tournament champion Moussa Cisse, C, Memphis Cincinnati. FRIDAY, MARCH 12 Most Improved Player No. 1 Wichita State 68, No. 8 USF 67 The second semi features a rematch of a regular Justin Gorham, Sr., F, Houston No. 5 Cincinnati 74, No. 4 SMU 71 season finale that was down-to-the-wire and ended Sixth Man of the Year No. 2 Houston 77, No. 10 Tulane 52 on a buzzer-beating half-court shot as second- Boogie Ellis, So., G, Memphis No. 3 Memphis 70, No. 6 UCF 62 seeded Houston takes on No. 3 seed Memphis. Darien Jackson, Sr., G, Tulsa SATURDAY, MARCH 13 HOW WE GOT HERE Sportsmanship Award No. 5 Cincinnati vs. No. 1 Wichita State (ESPN2) .....3 p.m. J.P. Moorman II, Sr., F, Temple No. 3 Memphis vs. No. 2 Houston (ESPN2) ..........5:30 p.m. No. 1 Wichita State 68, No. 8 USF 67 All-Conference First Team Wichita State came from as many as down 12 Jayden Gardner, Jr., F, East Carolina SUNDAY, MARCH 14 points in the second half and defeated USF, 68-67, Quentin Grimes, Jr., G, Houston* Championship Final ...........................................3:15 p.m. on a pair of free throws by Player of the Year Tyson Landers Nolley II, So., G, Memphis Etienne with eight seconds remaining. Kendric Davis, Jr., G, SMU* All times ET and subject to change Tyson Etienne, So., G, Wichita State* No. 5 Cincinnati 74, No. 4 SMU 71 CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY FOR SEMIS All-Conference Second Team Cincinnati pushed out to a big second half lead and Wichita State Keith Williams, Sr., G, Cincinnati held on to defeat SMU, 74-71. Jeremiah Davenport 3rd semifinal appearance (0-2) DeJon Jarreau, Sr., G, Houston scored 19 points and grabbed seven rebounds to Justin Gorham, Sr., F, Houston lead Cincinnati, while Mike Saunders Jr. added 12 Marcus Sasser, So., G, Houston Cincinnati points and six rebounds. Brandon Rachal, Sr., F, Tulsa 2-time Champion (2018, 2019) 4th appearance in semifinals (3-0) All-Conference Third Team No. 2 Houston 77, No. 10 Tulane 52 Brandon Mahan, Sr., G, UCF Houston’s DeJon Jarreau, the league’s Defensive Series in Championship - 1-0 Cincinnati Darius Perry, Sr., G, UCF Player of the Year, showed off his offensive skills, 2019 semifinal - Cincinnati 66, Wichita State 63 Feron Hunt, Sr., G, SMU posting the first triple-double in Championship Khalif Battle, So., G, Temple Houston history in the Cougars’ 77-52 win over Tulane. Jaylen Forbes, So., G, Tulane Alterique Gilbert, R-Sr., G, Wichita State 2-time Runner-Up (2018, 2019) 4th appearance in semifinals (2-1) No. 3 Memphis 70, No. 6 UCF 62 All-Freshman Team Memphis took down UCF, 70-62, in the night cap Isaiah Adams, G, UCF Memphis in a physical battle that saw the Tigers pour the Tari Eason, F, Cincinnati Runner-Up in 2016 pressure on at the beginning of each half but the Moussa Cisse, C, Memphis 4th appearance in semifinals (1-2) Knights fought back until the very end. D.J. Jeffries Caleb Murphy, G, USF led Memphis with 17 points, while Lester Quinones Damian Dunn, G, Temple Ricky Council IV, G, Wichita State Series in Championship - 1-0 Houston grabbed 15 rebounds. 2019 semifinal - Houston 61, Memphis 58 * denotes unanimous selections AMERICAN NOTEBOOK AWARD CENTRAL HOUSTON’S GRIMES NAMED ALL-AMERICAN THE RECORD BOOK Houston’s Quentin Grimes has been named a third- The American’s single-game records: Sporting News All-America team All-American by the Sporting News. Grimes Quentin Grimes, Jr., G, Houston (Third Team) became the first Cougar to earn All-America honors Individual Points of any kind since Gee Gervin received Honorable 43 Jeremiah Martin, Memphis vs. Tulane, 2/20/19 42 Russ Smith, Louisville vs. Houston, 3/14/14 Wooden Award Late-Season Watch List Mention in 1999. He became the first Cougar 41 Jeremiah Martin, Memphis at USF, 2/3/19 Quentin Grimes, Jr., G, Houston named to one of the three Teams since Hakeem Olajuwon was a Consensus pick and Michael Young Individual Field Goals Naismith Trophy Semifinalist for received Second-Team honors in 1984. 15 Shaq Goodwin, Memphis at UCF, 1/26/16 Dedric Lawson, Memphis vs. Iowa, 11/26/16 Player of the Year Jeremiah Martin, Memphis vs. Tulane, 2/20/19 Quentin Grimes, Jr., G, Houston IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS (PRE-CHAMPS) Houston ranks as the No. 2 team in the country in Individual 3-Point Field Goals Lute Olson National Player of the Year scoring defense at 57.6 points per game and third 11 Matt Williams, UCF vs. USF, 1/17/17 Watch List in the nation in scoring margin at +19.6 per game. 10 James Woodard, Tulsa at SMU, 3/8/15 Qentin Grimes, Jr., G, Houston Cameron Tyson, Houston vs. Our Lady of the Lake, 2/6/21 Kendric Davis, Jr., G, SMU The Cougars are third in the country in offensive Individual Free Throws rebounding with 14.65 per game. They are also fifth 17 Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati vs. Nebraska, 12/28/13 Jerry West Award Finalist (SG of the Year) in total rebounds per game at 41.25 and is seventh 16 Jayden Gardner, ECU vs. Appalachian State, 11/30/18 Quentin Grimes, Jr., G, Houston in rebounding margin at +9.1 per game. 15 Four tied, Last: David Collins, USF vs. Stony Brook, 3/20/19 The Cougars leads the nation in field goal percentage defense at 37.0 percent. Three other Individual Rebounds JARREAU’S CHAMPIONSHIP TRIPLE-DOUBLE 23 Shaq Goodwin, Memphis vs. Temple, 2/7/15 Houston’s DeJon Jarreau posted the first teams from The American rank in the top 30, Jordan Tolbert, SMU vs. Nicholls State, 12/16/15 triple-double in American Athletic Conference including Memphis (5th - 38.4), SMU (15th - 39.5) 22 Precious Achiuwa, Memphis at Tulane (OT), 2/29/20 Championship history with 15 points, 10 rebounds and Wichita State (26th - 40.1).