AAC Women's Basketball 2021, 2022 Championships to be Held at Dickies Arena

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The American Athletic Conference announced today that both the 2021 and 2022 American Women's Basketball Championships will be held at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. The 2021 women's tournament will take place March 8-11, followed by the men's tournament on March 11-14 at Dickies Arena.

The 2021 women's tournament will be the first time since the conference's inception in 2013 that the championship will not be held Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. It also marks the first time in conference history that the American basketball tournaments will be held in the same city and at the same venue.

The 14,000-seat arena, which opened in the Fall of 2019, features two premium club spaces, 40 suites, 32 loge boxes and a warmup arena that can stage a full practice court.

The 2021 women's tournament will feature each of the conference's 11 teams in a single-elimination tournament. Three first-round games will take place on Monday, March 8, followed by four quarterfinal matchups on Tuesday, March 9. The semifinal contests will be played on Wednesday, March 10, with the championship game slated for Thursday, March 11.

Dickies Arena is located adjacent to the Will Rogers Memorial Center campus in the city's Cultural District, just 10 minutes from downtown Fort Worth. Six of The American's 11 members are located within driving distance of Fort Worth, while the other five members have direct flight options to the metropolitan area.

2021 American Athletic Conference Basketball Championship Expected Schedule:

March 8
Session 1
Game 1: No. 9 seed vs. No. 8 seed
Game 2: No. 10 seed vs. No. 7 seed
Game 3: No. 11 seed vs. No. 6 seed

March 9
Session 2
Game 4: Winner of Game 1 vs. No. 1 seed
Game 5: No. 5 seed vs. No. 4 seed

Session 3
Game 6: Winner Game 2 vs. No. 2 seed
Game 7: Winner Game 3 vs. No. 3 seed

March 10
Session 4
Game 8: Semifinal 1, Winner of Game 4 vs. Winner of Game 5
Game 9: Semifinal 2, Winner of Game 6 vs. Winner of Game 7

March 11
Session 5
Game 10: Championship, Winner of Game 8 vs. Winner of Game 9

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AAC Women's Basketball 2021, 2022 Championships to be Held at Dickies Arena

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