The 2017 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the conference tournament for the American Athletic Conference during the

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. It was held March 9–12, 2017, at the

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. Originally, the

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(host of the 2016 Tournament) was slated to host the tournament for a second consecutive year, but in November 2014, the NCAA awarded the Amway Center with first and second-round games for the

2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament The 2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 68 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball national champion for the 20 ...

As a result, the XL Center hosted the tournament in 2017, with the tournament returning to Orlando in 2018.

Seeds

Teams are seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.

Schedule

Bracket

References

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