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Field Set for 2017 Frontier Communications American Men's Basketball Championship

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2017 Frontier Communications American Men's Basketball Championship Bracket

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – SMU captured the American Athletic Conference regular-season title for the second time in three years and will be the No. 1 seed in the 2017 Frontier Communications American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Championship, to be held March 9-12 at XL Center in Hartford, Conn. All 11 teams will compete for the championship title and the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

No. 1 SMU (27-4, 17-1 American) clinched the outright conference regular season title with a win over Memphis on Saturday, the Mustangs’ 13th consecutive victory.