AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES MARCH 12, 2018 Contact: Bill Potter, Senior Director of Communications & Digital Media
[email protected] • 317.625.5772 • @billpotter_ 15 Park Row West • 3rd Floor • Providence, RI 02903 TheAmerican.org • @American_MBB • Facebook: fb.com/AmericanConf 2017-18 STANDINGS AMERICAN OVERALL SCHOOLAP/USA TODAY W-L PCT PF PA H A W-L PCT PF PA H A N STREAK NOTABLE *Cincinnati6/8 16-2 .889 71.9 55.4 8-1 8-1 30-4 .882 74.5 57.1 15-1 9-2 6-1 Won 7 One of six teams to have reached each of last 8 NCAA Tournaments Wichita State16/14 14-4 .778 81.3 70.8 7-2 7-2 25-7 .781 83.0 71.3 13-3 9-2 3-2 Lost 1 One of five programs to have won NCAA Tournament game in each of last 5 years Houston21/21 14-4 .778 75.8 64.2 9-0 5-4 26-7 .788 77.4 64.9 15-0 7-5 5-1 Lost 1 Posted consecutive 20-plus win seasons for first time since 2007-09 Tulsa 12-6 .667 72.3 69.4 8-1 4-5 19-12 .613 73.5 70.9 13-2 5-7 1-2 Lost 1 Five of top six scorers and rebounders return for Golden Hurricane Memphis 10-8 .556 70.9 72.4 5-4 5-4 21-13 .618 70.8 71.2 14-5 5-5 2-3 Lost 1 Top-rated 2017 recruiting class in The American, per 247Sports.com UCF 9-9 .500 59.7 60.4 6-3 3-6 19-13 .594 62.7 61.7 12-4 5-6 2-3 Lost 1 Reached NIT Final Four for first time in program history in 2016-17 Temple 8-10 .444 68.6 70.3 5-4 3-6 17-15 .531 70.3 70.7 8-5 4-8 5-2 Lost 1 Over 70 percent of Owls’ minutes, points from 2016-17 return UConn 7-11 .389 67.1 72.3 5-4 2-7 14-18 .438 68.2 73.1 11-5 2-9 1-4 Lost 2 Welcoming 8 newcomers to roster SMU 6-12 .333 64.7 65.9 4-5 1-8 17-16 .515 69.5 64.1 13-5 2-8 2-3 Lost 1 57-15 American record through 2016-17 is best in conference Tulane 5-13 .278 70.2 75.7 2-7 3-6 14-17 .452 73.2 74.1 9-7 3-8 2-2 Lost 3 Cameron Reynolds was first Tulane player to earn American individual accolade ECU 4-14 .222 65.6 78.6 2-7 2-7 10-20 .333 66.4 74.9 8-11 2-8 0-1 Lost 6 Kentrell Barkley, B.J.