WICHITA, Kan. - For the second straight year it will be Wichita State and Tulsa in the first round of the Air Force Reserve American Athletic Conference Championship.

Wichita State (14-15, 5-11) enters the tournament as the No. 9 seed and will face a Golden Hurricane team as the No. 8 seed. The two teams just faced each other in Tulsa on Feb. 27.

This also marks the second straight year that both teams finished as the No. 9 and No. 8 seeds. They will be the first game of the conference tournament on Monday, March 7 at 1 p.m. CT in Dickies Arena on ESPN+.

The winner will advance to Tuesday's quarterfinal matchup against the top seed and regular season champion, UCF Knights.

The latest tournament information can be found at Championship Central throughout the week by visitingwww.TheAmerican.org/wbb. Tickets are on sale for the championship through Ticketmaster.

2022 Air Force Reserve American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Championship
March 7-10, 2022
Dickies Arena 
Fort Worth, Texas
 
First Round - Monday, March 7
No. 9 Wichita State vs. No. 8 Tulsa – 2 p.m. ET/1 p.m. CT (ESPN+)
No. 10 East Carolina vs. No. 7 Memphis – 4 p.m. ET/3 p.m. CT (ESPN+)
No. 11 Cincinnati vs. No. 6 Houston – 6 p.m. ET/5 p.m. CT (ESPN+)

Quarterfinals - Tuesday, March 8
8/9 winner vs. No. 1 UCF – 1 p.m. ET/Noon CT (ESPN+)
No. 5 SMU vs. No. 4 Temple - 3 p.m. ET/2 p.m. CT (ESPN+)
7/10 winner vs. No. 2 South Florida - 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT (ESPN+)
6/11 winner vs. No. 3 Tulane - 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT (ESPN+)

Semifinals - Wednesday, March 9
Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner – 5 p.m. ET/4 p.m. CT (ESPN+)
Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 winner - 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT (ESPN+)

Final - Thursday, March 10
Semifinal winners – 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT (ESPNU)