American: Conference tournament preview

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

BEGINS: Thursday

CHAMPIONSHIP:  Sunday, 3:15 p.m. ET, ESPN

WHERE: Orlando

OVERVIEW: Temple is set up to be the favorite in the AAC tournament because SMU is ineligible thanks to a postseason ban. Temple is led by one of the top scorers in the conference in Quenton DeCosey (15.8 ppg, third in the AAC). Don’t sleep on Houston, which finished 12-6 in conference and 22-8 overall.The Cougars have the top scorer in the conference in Rob Gray Jr. (16.3 ppg).

STANDINGS

Temple (14-4, 20-10)

SMU (13-5, 25-5)

Houston (12-6, 22-8)

Cincinnati (12-6, 22-9)

Tulsa (12-6, 20-10)

Connecticut (11-7, 21-10)

Memphis (8-10, 17-14)

UCF (6-12, 12-17)

East Carolina (4-14, 12-19)

South Florida (4-14, 7-24)

Tulane (3-15, 10-21)

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