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Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox sports season Шаблон:2021–22 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings

The 2021–22 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2021, followed by the start of the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season on November 9, 2021. Conference play began December 15, 2021, and concluded with the 2022 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament, held March 10–13, 2022, at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.

Scheduling returned to the previous format: an 18-game schedule in which every team in The American played eight of its 10 conference opponents twice and the other two opponents once—one at home and one on the road.[1]

Previous season

Wichita State won the regular season championship. The 2021 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, which was won by Houston. Houston and Wichita State received bids to the NCAA tournament. Wichita State lost in the First Four to Drake, while Houston advanced to the Final Four before losing to eventual National Champion Baylor. The conference finished 4–2 overall. Memphis and SMU received bids to the 2021 National Invitation Tournament. SMU lost to Boise State in the first round, while Memphis won the NIT defeating Mississippi State in the Championship game. The conference went 4–1 overall in the NIT.

Quentin Grimes from Houston and Tyson Etienne from Wichita State were named the co-AAC Players of the Year. Wichita State's Isaac Brown was named Coach of the Year.[2]

Coaches

Coaching changes

Coach School Reason Replacement
John Brannen Cincinnati Cincinnati fired Brannen after 2 seasons on April 9, 2021, following an internal review of unspecified allegations related to Brannen and the program. The investigation was triggered after six players entered the NCAA transfer portal within three days of the Bearcats' final game of the season.[3] Wes Miller.[4]

Head coaches

Note: Stats are through the beginning of the season. All stats and records are from time at current school only.

Team Head coach Previous job Years at school Overall record AAC record AAC titles NCAA tournaments* NCAA Final Fours NCAA Championships
style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell |Cincinnati Wes Miller UNC Greensboro 0 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0
style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell |East Carolina Joe Dooley Florida Gulf Coast 7 94–106 10–35 0 0 0 0
style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell" |Houston Kelvin Sampson Houston Rockets
(asst.)
7 167–64 85–40 2 3 1 0
style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell |Memphis Penny Hardaway East HS 3 63–32 31–19 0 0 0 0
style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell |SMU Tim Jankovich SMU
(asst.)
6 101–55 45–38 1 1 0 0
style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell |South Florida Brian Gregory Michigan State
(advisor)
4 57–66 23–46 0 0 0 0
style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell |Temple Aaron McKie Temple
(asst.)
2 19–28 10–22 0 0 0 0
style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell |Tulane Ron Hunter Georgia State 2 22–31 8–26 0 0 0 0
style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell |Tulsa Frank Haith Missouri 7 127–87 74–50 1 1 0 0
style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell |UCF Johnny Dawkins Stanford 5 94–60 48–42 0 1 0 0
style=Шаблон:NCAA secondary color cell |Wichita State Isaac Brown Wichita State (asst.) 1 16–6 11–2 1 1 0 0

Notes:

  • Overall and AAC records are from time at current school and are through the end of 2020–21 season. NCAA records include time at current school only.
  • AAC records only, prior conference records not included.
  • *In current job

Preseason

Recruiting classes

2021 Recruiting classes rankings
Team ESPN[5] Rivals[6] 247 Sports[7] Signees
style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell |Cincinnati - - - -
style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell |East Carolina - No. 46 No. 107 5
style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell |Houston - - No. 44 3
style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell |Memphis - - No. 1 6
style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell |SMU - No. 33 No. 36 4
style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell |South Florida - No. 55 No. 101 1
style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell |Temple - No. 46 No. 77 2
style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell |Tulane - - - -
style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell |Tulsa - No. 32 No. 62 3
style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell |UCF - No. 26 No. 88 3
style=Шаблон:NCAA secondary color cell |Wichita State - No. 55 No. 66 3

Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Wooden[8][9] Naismith[10] Cousy[11] West[12] Erving[13] Malone[14] NABC[15] Abdul-Jabbar[16]
Emoni Bates, Memphis Шаблон:Y Шаблон:Y
Kendric Davis, SMU Шаблон:Y Шаблон:Y Шаблон:Y
Jalen Duren, Memphis Шаблон:Y Шаблон:Y Шаблон:Y
Tyson Etienne, Wichita State Шаблон:Y
Marcus Sasser, Houston Шаблон:Y Шаблон:Y
DeAndre Williams, Memphis Шаблон:Y

Preseason media poll

On October 13, The American released the preseason Poll and other preseason awards.[17]

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Coaches Poll
1 Houston 98 (8)
2 Memphis 92 (3)
3 SMU 77
4 Wichita State 76
5 UCF 66
6 Cincinnati 52
7 Tulsa 43
8 Temple 37
T-9 South Florida 25
T-9 Tulane 25
11 East Carolina 14

Preseason All-AAC

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Preseason Player of the Year Tyson Etienne, Wichita State
Preseason Rookie of the Year Jalen Duren, Memphis
Preseason All-AAC First Team
Marcus Sasser, Houston
Jalen Duren, Memphis
Landers Nolley II, Memphis
Kendric Davis, SMU*
Tyson Etienne, Wichita State*
Preseason All-AAC Second Team
Brandon Mahan, UCF
Emoni Bates, Memphis
DeAndre Williams, Memphis
Jeremiah Davenport, Cincinnati
Jaylen Forbes, Tulane
*Unanimous selections

Regular season

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play, There were 3 games which were postponed that weren't made up, resulting in unbalanced conference schedules[18]

  style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell width="75" |Cincinnati style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell width="75" |East Carolina style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell" width="75" |Houston style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell" width="75" |Memphis style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell" width="75" |SMU style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell" width="75" |South Florida style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell" width="75" |Temple style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell" width="75" |Tulane style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell" width="75" |Tulsa style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell width="75" |UCF style=Шаблон:NCAA secondary color cell width="75" |Wichita State
vs. Cincinnati 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–2
vs. East Carolina 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–0
vs. Houston 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–2
vs. Memphis 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2
vs. SMU 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–0
vs. South Florida 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0
vs. Temple 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–0
vs. Tulane 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–2
vs. Tulsa 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0
vs. UCF 0–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1
vs. Wichita State 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 1–1
Total 7–11 6–11 15–3 13–5 13–4 3–15 10–7 10–8 4–14 9–9 6–9

Player of the week

Throughout the regular season, the American Athletic Conference named a player and rookie of the week.

Week Player of the week Freshman of the week Ref.
Week 1 – Nov 15 Marcus Sasser, Houston Emoni Bates, Memphis [19]
Week 2 – Nov 22 Kendric Davis, SMU Jalen Duren, Memphis [20]
Week 3 – Nov 29 Khalif Battle, Temple Kenny Pohto, Wichita State [21]
Week 4 – Dec 6 Kendric Davis (2), SMU Viktor Lakhin, Cincinnati [22]
Week 5 – Dec 13 Vance Jackson, East Carolina Zhuric Phelps, SMU [23]
Week 6 – Dec 20 Kendric Davis (3), SMU Jalen Duren (2), Memphis [24]
Week 7 – Dec 27 Zach Hicks, Temple Kenny Pohto (2), Wichita State [25]
Week 8 – Jan 3 Jalen Cook, Tulane Josh Minott, Memphis [26]
Week 9 – Jan 10 Josh Carlton, Houston
Damian Dunn, Temple
Jahlil White, Temple [27]
Week 10 – Jan 17 Kyler Edwards, Houston Jahlil White (2), Temple [28]
Week 11 – Jan 24 Kyler Edwards (2), Houston Darius Johnson, UCF [29]
Week 12 – Jan 31 Marcus Weathers, SMU
Jalen Cook (2), Tulane
Josh Minott (2), Memphis [30]
Week 13 – Feb 7 Fabian White Jr., Houston Jalen Duren (3), Memphis [31]
Week 14 – Feb 14 Marcus Weathers (2), SMU Jalen Duren (4), Memphis [32]
Week 15 – Feb 21 Tai Strickland, Temple Darius Johnson (2), UCF [33]
Week 16 – Feb 28 Fabian White Jr. (2), Houston Jalen Duren (5), Memphis [34]
Week 17 – Mar 7 Michael Weathers, SMU Jalen Duren (6), Memphis [35]

All-AAC Awards and teams

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Player of the Year Kendric Davis, SMU
Coach of the Year Kelvin Sampson, Houston
Freshman of the Year Jalen Duren, Memphis*
Defensive Player of the Year Dexter Dennis, Wichita State
Most Improved Player Kevin Cross, Tulane
Sixth Man of the Year Ricky Council IV, Wichita State
Sportsmanship Award Darien Jackson, Tulsa
All-AAC First Team
Josh Carlton, Houston
Fabian White Jr., Houston
Jalen Duren, Memphis
Kendric Davis, SMU*
Jalen Cook, Tulane
All-AAC Second Team
Tristen Newton, East Carolina
Kyler Edwards, Houston
DeAndre Williams, Memphis
Marcus Weathers, SMU
Damian Dunn, Temple
Jaylen Forbes, Tulane
All-AAC Third Team
Darin Green Jr., UCF
David DeJulius, Cincinnati
Jamal Shead, Houston
Kevin Cross, Tulane
Tyson Etienne, Wichita State
All-Freshman Team
Darius Johnson, UCF
Jalen Duren, Memphis*
Josh Minott, Memphis
Zach Hicks, Temple
Jahlil White, Temple
*Unanimous selections

Source:[36]

Postseason

American Athletic Conference tournament

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NCAA tournament

Шаблон:Main Two teams from the conference were selected to participate:

Seed Region School First Four First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Championship
5 South Houston N/A defeated (12) UAB, 82–68 defeated (4) Illinois, 68–53 defeated (1) Arizona, 72–60 eliminated by (2) Villanova, 44–50
9 West Memphis N/A defeated (8) Boise State, 64–53 eliminated by (1) Gonzaga, 78–82
W–L (%): Шаблон:Winning percentage Шаблон:Winning percentage Шаблон:Winning percentage Шаблон:Winning percentage Шаблон:Winning percentage Шаблон:Winning percentage Шаблон:Winning percentage Total: Шаблон:Winning percentage

National Invitation tournament

Шаблон:Main One team from the conference was selected to participate:

Seed Bracket School First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
1 SMU SMU defeated Nicholls, 68–58 eliminated by (4) Washington State, 63–75
W–L (%): 1–0 (Шаблон:Winning percentage) 0–1 (Шаблон:Winning percentage) 0–0 (Шаблон:Winning percentage) 0–0 (Шаблон:Winning percentage) 0–0 (Шаблон:Winning percentage) Total: 1–1 (Шаблон:Winning percentage)

NBA draft

The following list includes all AAC players who were drafted in the 2022 NBA draft.

Player Position School Round Pick Team
Jalen Duren C Memphis 1 13 Charlotte Hornets
Josh Minott SF Memphis 2 45 Charlotte Hornets

References

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