American Athletic Conference Championship - Quarterfinal

18-13, 7-9 American

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Tulane TULN	10	14	17	17	58
East Carolina ECU	16	19	13	21	69

East Carolina PiratesEast CarolinaECU

21-9, 11-5 American

East Carolina Pirates vs Tulane Green Wave

Game Information

Fort Worth, TX

Referee:Rod Creech

Referee:Karen Preato

Referee:Katie Lukanich

NCAA Division I

American Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Rice	17-1	-	29-6
East Carolina	14-4	3	22-10
South Florida	13-5	4	20-12
Tulsa	11-7	6	19-12
North Texas	11-7	6	19-14
UTSA	9-9	8	18-16
Temple	8-10	9	15-17
Charlotte	8-10	9	14-18
Florida Atlantic	7-11	10	14-18
Tulane	6-12	11	11-20
Wichita State	5-13	12	8-23
UAB	4-14	13	11-19
Memphis	4-14	13	10-21

Women's College Basketball News

Breaking down the women's 2026-27 AP preseason Top 25 basketball poll

The first poll of the 2026-27 season is here. We look at the projected starters and biggest game for each team.

South Carolina tops AP's preseason Top 25 women's basketball poll followed by UConn, USC

Dawn Staley's South Carolina Gamecocks sit at No. 1 in The Associated Press preseason Top 25 women's basketball poll, followed by UConn, USC, Duke and Michigan.

Minnesota loses star guard Tori McKinney to season-ending knee injury

Minnesota star Tori McKinney will miss the entire season because of a knee injury suffered last week in practice, Gophers coach Dawn Plitzuweit announced.

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