With four teams in the NCAA Championship, The American has an opportunity to do some special things in the 2019 postseason
by Dick Weiss
The American Athletic Conference got what it deserves this year from the NCAA Men’s Basketball Committee.
The committee awarded bids to Houston, Cincinnati, UCF and Temple as a reward for jobs well done shortly after Cincinnati defeated 11th-ranked Houston, 69-57, to win its second straight conference tournament championship. The American finished with the same number of bids as the Big East and one more than the Pac-12.
In addition, Memphis (21-13) and Wichita State (19-14), which both advanced to the semifinals of The American’s tournament, received bids to the National Invitational tournament.