The American Today 2020-21 Standings All-Conference
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American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Report March 24, 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 State-/RV 11-2 .846 72.7 68.5 16-6 .727 71.5 66.8 10-2 5-2 1-2 8-2 L 2 First regular season title since joining league Houston6/6 14-3 .824 74.9 58.9 26-3 .897 77.4 57.9 15-0 5-3 6-0 9-1 W 9 Grimes named to four All-America Third Teams Memphis 11-4 .733 70.1 61.1 17-8 .680 72.0 62.8 10-1 4-3 3-4 8-2 W 1 Tigers recorded 20 steals vs. UCF (conference record) SMU 7-4 .636 68.9 67.2 11-6 .647 74.6 68.1 6-2 5-2 0-2 5-5 L 2 Kendric Davis conference-record 14 assists vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati 8-6 .571 71.1 71.9 12-11 .522 68.9 72.3 5-5 5-5 2-1 6-4 L 1 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 7-9 .438 63.1 65.9 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 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 Collins became 10th player in league with 1,500 pts. 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 Battle averaging 25 ppg in last 3 games Tulane 4-12 .250 62.8 68.8 10-13 .435 63.9 66.5 6-6 3-6 1-1 3-7 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 HOUSTON MAKES SWEET SIXTEEN FOR SECOND Player of the Year AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE STRAIGHT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP Quentin Grimes, Jr., G, Houston Tyson Etienne, So., G, Wichita State MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Second-seeded Houston advanced to the Sweet FORT WORTH, TEXAS Sixteen with a come-from-behind 63-60 victory Coach of the Year over No. 10 seed Rutgers in the second round on Issac Brown, Wichita State* SATURDAY, MARCH 13 March 21. SEMIFINALS Defensive Player of the Year No. 5 Cincinnati 60, No. 1 Wichita State 59 DeJon Jarreau was the catalyst, battling a hip injury DeJon Jarreau, Sr., G, Houston No. 2 Houston 76, No. 3 Memphis 74 while adding 17 points, including a big 3-pointer Freshman of the Year SUNDAY, MARCH 14 during a 14-2 Cougar run to close the game. Moussa Cisse, C, Memphis FINALS No. 2 Houston 91, No. 5 Cincinnati 54 Quentin Grimes had a game-high 22 points and Most Improved Player Tramon Mark had a huge 3-point play on a put Justin Gorham, Sr., F, Houston THURSDAY, MARCH 18 back to give Houston the lead for good with 24 Sixth Man of the Year NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP FIRST FOUR seconds remaining. Boogie Ellis, So., G, Memphis WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA Darien Jackson, Sr., G, Tulsa No. 11 Drake 53, No. 11 Wichita State 52 With the win, Houston advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for the second straight NCAA Championship Sportsmanship Award NIT FIRST ROUND (FRISCO, TEXAS) and will face the No. 11 seed Syracuse in the J.P. Moorman II, Sr., F, Temple No. 2 Boise State 85, No. 3 SMU 84 Midwest Region semifinals on Saturday, March All-Conference First Team 27. Game time at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis FRIDAY, MARCH 19 Jayden Gardner, Jr., F, East Carolina is set for 9:55 p.m. ET/8:55 p.m. CT and the game NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP FIRST ROUND Quentin Grimes, Jr., G, Houston* will air on TBS. BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA Landers Nolley II, So., G, Memphis Kendric Davis, Jr., G, SMU* No. 2 Houston 87, No. 15 Cleveland State 56 MEMPHIS ADVANCES IN NIT Tyson Etienne, So., G, Wichita State* Memphis and SMU were selected to the 16-team SATURDAY, MARCH 20 All-Conference Second Team NIT FIRST ROUND (DENTON, TEXAS) NIT this season and were grouped in one quadrant Keith Williams, Sr., G, Cincinnati No. 1 Memphis 71, No. 4 Dayton 60 of the bracket. DeJon Jarreau, Sr., G, Houston Justin Gorham, Sr., F, Houston SUNDAY, MARCH 21 No. 1 seed Memphis took down No. 4 seed Dayton, Marcus Sasser, So., G, Houston NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP SECOND ROUND 71-60, on Saturday, March 20 in Denton, Texas, to Brandon Rachal, Sr., F, Tulsa INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA advance to the quarterfinals against No. 2 Boise No. 2 Houston 63, No. 10 Rutgers 60 All-Conference Third Team State on Thursday, March 25. Brandon Mahan, Sr., G, UCF Darius Perry, Sr., G, UCF THURSDAY, MARCH 25 Landers Nolley II scored a game-high 21 points Feron Hunt, Sr., G, SMU NIT QUARTERFINALS (DENTON, TEXAS) while Lester Quinones posted a double-double with Khalif Battle, So., G, Temple No. 2 Boise State vs. No. 1 Memphis (ESPN) .... 9 p.m. 15 points and 10 rebounds as the Tigers pulled Jaylen Forbes, So., G, Tulane away from the Flyers in the second half. Alterique Gilbert, R-Sr., G, Wichita State SATURDAY, MARCH 27 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP SWEET SIXTEEN All-Freshman Team No. 11 Syracuse vs. No. 2 Houston (TBS)...9:55 p.m. Memphis has won eight of its last 10, with the Isaiah Adams, G, UCF only two losses coming to Houston by a total of Tari Eason, F, Cincinnati All times ET and subject to change five points. Moussa Cisse, C, Memphis Caleb Murphy, G, USF SMU came from down 21 early in the first half, but Damian Dunn, G, Temple Ricky Council IV, G, Wichita State fell to Boise State, 85-84, in the NIT First Round on Thursday, March 18. * denotes unanimous selections OFFICIAL BRACKET PRESENTED BY 20162021 DIVISION NCAA I MEN’S DIVISION I MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP FIRST ROUND SECOND ROUND SWEET 16 ELITE 8® NATIONAL SEMIFINALS NATIONAL SEMIFINALS ELITE 8® SWEET 16 SECOND ROUND FIRST ROUND MARCH 20 MARCH 22 MARCH 28 MARCH 30 APRIL 3 APRIL 3 MARCH 29 MARCH 27 MARCH 21 MARCH 19 FIRST FOUR® 16 Norfolk St. (16-7) 54 11 Wichita St. (16-5) 52 52 Mt. St. Mary's (12-10) 16 80 Michigan St. (15-12) 11 MARCH 18 16 App St. (17-11) 53 W 11 Drake (25-4) 53 W E 60 Texas So. (16-8) 16 E 86 UCLA (17-9) 11 1 Gonzaga (26-0) 98 79 Baylor (22-2) 1 1 Gonzaga 87 76 Baylor 1 16 Norfolk St. 55 55 Hartford (15-8) 16 1 Gonzaga Baylor 1 8 Oklahoma (15-10) 72 Mar 28 Mar 27 62 North Carolina (18-10) 8 8 Oklahoma 71 63 Wisconsin 9 9 Missouri (16-9) 68 85 Wisconsin (17-12) 9 5 Creighton (20-8) 63 73 Villanova (16-6) 5 5 Creighton 72 84 Villanova 5 12 UCSB (22-4) 62 63 Winthrop (23-1) 12 5 Creighton Villanova 5 4 Virginia (18-6) 58 69 Purdue (18-9) 4 13 Ohio 58 61 North Texas 13 13 Ohio (16-7) 62 78 North Texas (17-9) 13 WEST SOUTH 6 USC (22-7) 72 65 Texas Tech (17-10) 6 6 USC 85 66 Texas Tech 6 11 Drake 56 53 Utah St. (20-8) 11 6 USC Arkansas 3 3 Kansas (20-8) 93 Mar 28 Mar 27 85 Arkansas (22-6) 3 3 Kansas 51 68 Arkansas 3 14 Eastern Wash. (16-7) 84 68 Colgate (14-1) 14 7 Oregon (20-6) 75 Florida (14-9) 7 7 Oregon 95 78 Florida 7 10 VCU (19-7) NATIONAL 70 Virginia Tech (15-6) 10 7 Oregon CHAMPIONSHIP Oral Roberts 15 2 Iowa (21-8) 86 APRIL 5 72 Ohio St. (21-9) 2 2 Iowa 80 81 Oral Roberts 15 15 Grand Canyon (17-6) 74 75 Oral Roberts (16-10) 15 1 Michigan (20-4) 82 78 Illinois (23-6) 1 1 Michigan 86 SEMIFINALS SEMIFINALS 58 Illinois 1 16 Texas Southern 66 49 Drexel (12-7) 16 1 Michigan Loyola Chi. 8 8 LSU (18-9) 76 Mar 28 Mar 27 71 Loyola Chicago (24-4) 8 8 LSU 78 71 Loyola Chi. 8 9 St. Bonaventure (16-4) 61 60 Georgia Tech (17-8) 9 5 Colorado (22-8) 96 56 Tennessee (18-8) 5 5 Colorado 53 80 Oregon St. 12 12 Georgetown (13-12) 73 70 Oregon St. (17-12) 12 4 Florida St. Oregon St. 12 4 Florida St. (16-6) 64 69 Oklahoma St. (20-8) 4 4 Florida St.