After a regular season that featured Houston as the regular season champion. The AAC Tournament will have teams looking to prove they legit contenders to win at all and and an opportunity for other teams to bolster their resume for the NCAA Tournament.
UConn(15-16)(6-12 Conf.) vs South Flordia(19-12)(8-10 Conf.)
UConn had a brutal stretch of games during the regular season that featured them losing six straight and which showed their defensive struggles. I think those struggles will show up again in this game. As the Huskies have a poor defense that allows 70 points a game. While USF’s defense only allows 66 points a game. This game will come down to the wire, but the Bull’s stout defense will help them win this game. Bulls: 68 Huskies: 63
Memphis(19-12)(11-7 Conf.) vs Tulane(4-26)(0-18 Conf.)
Memphis should dominate this game. Tulane is awful on both end of the floor, allowing 77 points a game and only averaging 67 points a game on offense. Yes, Memphis is bad on defense but their strong offense will make up for that in this game. Memphis will win this game very easily and move on to the next round. Tigers :85 Waves: 63
SMU(14-16)(6-12 Conf.) vs Tulsa(18-13)(8-10 Conf.)
These teams are mostly dead even in stats and this game will come down to what team can execute better. In their only matchup of the regular season. Tulsa shot terribly on offense, shooting only 31% from the three point line and 35% from the field. I think that will be a repeat of what happened between these two team in the regular season. SMU wins in a close one and moves onto round two. Mustangs: 76 Hurricanes: 69
East Carolina(10-20)(3-15 Conf.) vs Wichita State(17-13)(10-8 Conf.)
Wichita State has had a down year, but they will not lose this game against ECU. The Pirates are just not a very good team and that showed in AAC conference play. East Carolina three conference wins was against last place Tusla and Cincinnati. This also showed in the Pirates last game against Wichita State. As the Shockers only shot 39% from the field and still won the game by 17. ECU puts up a little bit of a fight but Wichita State will win by a comfortable margin. Shockers:76 Pirates:65
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