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in November 2020. Conference play will begin in December and conclude with the

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. With UConn's departure on July 1, 2020, the American is back at 11 teams. For the 2020-21 Season due to

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The scheduling format was changed to a 20-game, double round-robin conference schedules. Conference play in men's basketball will began with three windows for games in December (Dec. 14–17, Dec. 21-23 and Dec. 28–31).

Previous season

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and

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were declared co-champions. The 2020 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was supposed to be held at

. Due to the

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the tournament was cancelled on March 12, 2020 – only minutes before the first game was set to begin.

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from Memphis was named the AAC player of the year, Tulsa's

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was named coach of the year. 2020–21 will mark the first year of the AAC's new TV Contract. The deal includes a minimum of 65 regular-season games per season on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU, with at least 25 on ESPN or ESPN2. Complete annual coverage of the conference tournament across ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU, including the championship game on ESPN.

Head coaches

Coaching changes

On November 17, 2020: Wichita State coach

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resigned following an investigation into allegations of verbal and physical abuse, Wichita State promoted assistant coach Isaac Brown, to interim coach. On February 26, 2021, he was named permanent head coach, agreeing to a five-year deal.

Coaches

''Note: Stats are through the beginning of the season. All stats and records are from time at current school only'' ''Notes:'' * Overall and AAC records are from time at current school and are through the end of

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season. NCAA records include time at current school only. * AAC records only, prior conference records not included. *''*In current job''

Preseason

Preseason media poll

On October 28, The American released the preseason Poll and other preseason awards

Preseason All-AAC

Regular season

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

Player of the week

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

All-AAC Awards and Teams

Postseason

American Athletic Conference tournament

NCAA tournament

The winner of the

, will receive the conference's automatic bid to the

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National Invitation tournament

NBA draft

The following list includes all AAC players who were drafted in the

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References

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