2016–17 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season















































2016–17 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season
League
NCAA Division I
Sport Basketball
Duration November 2016
through March 2017
Number of teams 11
TV partner(s)
ESPN, CBS, ASN
2017 NBA Draft
Regular Season
Champions SMU
Season MVP
Semi Ojeleye
Tournament
Champions SMU
  Runners-up Cincinnati
American Athletic Conference men's basketball seasons

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2016–17 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L  
PCT
No. 11 SMU † 17 1   .944     30 5
  .857
No. 18 Cincinnati
16 2   .889     30 6
  .833
Houston 12 6   .667     21 11
  .656
UCF 11 7   .611     24 12
  .667
Memphis 9 9   .500     19 13
  .594
Connecticut 9 9   .500     16 17
  .485
Tulsa 8 10   .444     15 17
  .469
Temple 7 11   .389     16 16
  .500
East Carolina 6 12   .333     15 18
  .455
Tulane 3 15   .167     6 25
  .194
South Florida 1 17   .056     7 23
  .233

† 2017 AAC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016–17 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. The conference held its media day on October 24, 2016. Conference play began on December 27, 2016 and concluded on March 4, 2017.


SMU won the regular season championship by one game over Cincinnati. The American Athletic Conference Tournament was held from March 9 through March 12 at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut. SMU defeated Cincinnati in the tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Simi Ojeleye was named the Tournament MVP.[1]


SMU's Semi Ojeleye was also named the conference's Player of the Year.[2] SMU's head coach, Tim Jankovich, was named Coach of the Year.


Two AAC teams were invited to the NCAA Tournament, Cincinnati and SMU. Houston and UCF received bids to the NIT.




Contents






  • 1 Head coaches


    • 1.1 Coaching changes


    • 1.2 Coaches




  • 2 Preseason


    • 2.1 Preseason Coaches Poll


    • 2.2 Preseason All-AAC Teams




  • 3 Rankings


  • 4 Conference Matrix


  • 5 Honors and awards


    • 5.1 All-AAC awards and teams




  • 6 Postseason


    • 6.1 2017 American Athletic Conference Tournament


    • 6.2 NCAA tournament


    • 6.3 NIT




  • 7 NBA Draft


  • 8 References





Head coaches



Coaching changes




  • Josh Pastner left Memphis for the Georgia Tech job and was replaced by Texas Tech coach Tubby Smith.[3]


  • Larry Brown resigned as SMU coach on July 8, 2016. Tim Jankovich, who had been hired along with Brown in 2012 as his top assistant and designated successor, was elevated to the top spot.[4]


  • Tulane fired Ed Conroy.[5] Former NBA coach Mike Dunleavy was hired for his first college coaching job, after a six-year hiatus from coaching.[6]


  • UCF fired Donnie Jones was fired on March 10 after six seasons.[7]Johnny Dawkins was hired after being fired by Stanford.[8]



Coaches



















































































































































Team
Head coach
Previous job
Years at school
Overall record
AAC record
AAC titles
NCAA Tournaments
NCAA Final Fours
NCAA Championships
Cincinnati

Mick Cronin

Murray State
11
237–135
56–16
1
7
0
0
Connecticut

Kevin Ollie
Connecticut (asst.)
5
113–61
42–30
0
2
1
1
East Carolina

Jeff Lebo

Auburn
7
114–118
16–38
0
0
0
0
Houston

Kelvin Sampson

Houston Rockets (asst.)
3
56–40
28–26
0
0
0
0
Memphis

Tubby Smith

Texas Tech
1
19–13
9–9
0
0
0
0
SMU

Tim Jankovich
SMU (asst.)
2
39–5
17–1
1
1
0
0
South Florida

Murry Bartow
South Florida (asst.)
1
1–16
1–15
0
0
0
0
Temple

Fran Dunphy

Penn
11
230–136
38–34
1
7
0
0
Tulane

Mike Dunleavy

n/a
1
6–25
3–15
0
0
0
0
Tulsa

Frank Haith

Missouri
3
58–40
34–20
0
1
0
0
UCF

Johnny Dawkins

Stanford
1
24–12
11–7
0
0
0
0

Notes:



  • Overall and AAC records are from time at current school and are through the end of 2016–17 season. NCAA records include time at current school only.

  • AAC records are only from 2013–14 season to present, prior conference records not included.


  • Orlando Antigua was fired after the first 13 games of the season amid academic fraud allegations.[9][10] Murry Bartow was named interim coach for the remainder of the season.

  • Jeff Lebo underwent hip surgery on January 16, 2017 and missed the rest of the 2016–17 season. Assistant coach Michael Perry took over as head coach in Lebo's absence.[11]



Preseason



Preseason Coaches Poll




Alterique Gilbert at the 2016 McDonald's All-American Game


AAC Media Day took place October 24, 2016 in Philadelphia, PA. Cincinnati was picked to win the conference's regular season (six votes) with Connecticut a close second (five votes).[12]



















































Rank
Team
1.
Cincinnati (6)
2.
Connecticut (5)
3.
SMU
4.
Houston
5.
Memphis
6.
Temple
7.
East Carolina
8.
UCF
9.
Tulsa
10.
South Florida
11.
Tulane

first place votes in parentheses



Preseason All-AAC Teams



























Honor
Recipient
Preseason Player of the Year

Troy Caupain, Cincinnati
Dedric Lawson, Memphis
Preseason All-AAC First Team
Troy Caupain, Cincinnati

Gary Clark, Cincinnati
Dedric Lawson, Memphis

Ben Moore, SMU

Damyean Dotson, Houston
Preseason All-AAC Second Team
Shake Milton, SMU
Jalen Adams, Connecticut
Jahmal McMurray, USF
Rob Gray, Houston
B. J. Tyson, East Carolina
Preseason Rookie of the Year
Alterique Gilbert, Connecticut

Source[13]



Rankings






















Legend

 
Increase in ranking

 
Decrease in ranking

 
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Final
Cincinnati
AP
RV
24
RV
RV
22
25
24
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22
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20
19
14
11
18
17
15
15
18

C
25
25
RV
RV
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23
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20
19
14
11
17
16
20
18
16
22
Connecticut
AP
18
RV


















C
16
RV


















East Carolina
AP




















C




















Houston
AP



RV
















C




















Memphis
AP




















C




















SMU
AP

RV







RV
RV
RV
RV
25
19
17
14
12
11

C
RV
RV







RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
23
21
19
15
13
23
South Florida
AP




















C




















Temple
AP



RV
RV















C



RV
















Tulane
AP




















C




















Tulsa
AP




















C




















UCF
AP





RV














C


RV

RV

















Conference Matrix

























































































































































































 
Cincinnati
Connecticut
East Carolina
Houston
Memphis
SMU
South Florida
Temple
Tulane
Tulsa
UCF
vs. Cincinnati
0–2 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1
vs. Connecticut
2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–2
vs. East Carolina
1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0
vs. Houston
2–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 1–1
vs. Memphis
1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1
vs. SMU
1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–1
vs. South Florida
2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0
vs. Temple
2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 0–2 0–2 1–0 2–0
vs. Tulane
2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–0
vs. Tulsa
2–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–1
vs. UCF
1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–1
Total
16–2 9–9 6–12 12–6 9–9 17–1 1–17 7–11 3–15 8–10 11–7


Honors and awards


Semi Ojeleye was an honorable mention AP All-American.[14]



All-AAC awards and teams


On March 7, the AAC announced its conference awards.[15]

































































Honor
Recipient
Player of the Year

Semi Ojeleye, SMU
Coach of the Year

Tim Jankovich, SMU
Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Semi Ojeleye, SMU
Rookie of the Year
K. J. Lawson, Memphis
Defensive Player of the Year

Tacko Fall, UCF
Most Improved Player
Cameron Reynolds, Tulane
Sixth Man Award
Jarron Cumberland, Cincinnati
Ben Emelogu, SMU
Sportsmanship Award
Troy Caupain, Cincinnati
All-AAC First Team
Jalen Adams, Connecticut

Damyean Dotson, Houston

Rob Gray, Houston

Dedric Lawson, Memphis

Semi Ojeleye, SMU
All-AAC Second Team

Sterling Brown, SMU

Troy Caupain, Cincinnati

Shake Milton, SMU

Ben Moore, SMU
B. J. Taylor, UCF
Kyle Washington, Cincinnati
All-Rookie Team
Jarron Cumberland, Cincinnati
Vance Jackson, Connecticut
K. J. Lawson, Memphis
Quinton Rose, Temple
Jeremy Sheppard, East Carolina


Postseason



2017 American Athletic Conference Tournament






























































































Session
Game
Time*
Matchup
Score
Television
Attendance
First round – Thursday, March 9
1
1
3:30 PM
No. 9 East Carolina vs. No. 8 Temple
80–69
ESPNU
4,874
2
6:00 PM
No. 10 Tulane vs. No. 7 Tulsa
60–66
ESPNews
3
8:00 PM
No. 11 South Florida vs. No. 6 Connecticut
66–77
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 10
2
4
Noon
No. 9 East Carolina vs No. 1 SMU
77–81
ESPN2
1,844
5
2:00 PM
No. 5 Memphis vs No. 4 UCF
54–84
3
6
7:00 PM
No. 7 Tulsa vs No. 2 Cincinnati
61–80
ESPNU
7,365
7
9:00 PM
No. 6 Connecticut vs No. 3 Houston
74–65
Semifinals – Saturday, March 11
4
8
3:00 PM

No. 1 SMU vs No. 4 UCF
70–59
ESPN2
8,117
9
5:00 PM

No. 2 Cincinnati vs No. 6 Connecticut
81–71
Championship – Sunday, March 12
5
10
3:15 PM

No. 1 SMU vs. No. 2 Cincinnati
71–56
ESPN
6,856

*Game times in ET. No. -Rankings denote tournament seeding.




NCAA tournament




















































Seed
Region
School
First Four
First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four
Championship
6
East
SMU
N/A
eliminated by (11) USC 65–66





6
South
Cincinnati
N/A
defeated (11) Kansas State 75–61
eliminated by (3) UCLA 67–79






W–L (%):
0–0
1–1 (.500)
0–1 (.000)
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0 Total: 1–2 (.333)


NIT












































Seed
Bracket
School
First round
Second round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
2
California
Houston
eliminated by (7) Akron 5–78




4
Illinois State
UCF
defeated (5) Colorado 79–74
defeated (1) Illinois State 63–62
defeated (2) Illinois 68–58
eliminated by (4) TCU 53–68



W–L (%):
1–1 (.500)
1–0 (1.000)
1–0 (1.000)
0–1 (.000)
0–0 (–) Total: 3–2 (.600)


NBA Draft


The following list includes all AAC players who were drafted in the 2017 NBA draft.



































Player
Position
School
Round
Pick
Team

Semi Ojeleye
F

SMU
2
37

Boston Celtics

Damyean Dotson
SG

Houston
2
44

New York Knicks

Sterling Brown
SG
SMU
2
46

Philadelphia 76ers


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