WICHITA, Kan. - Wichita State's path to a conference tournament title is set, as the Shockers will be the No. 8 seed in next week's American Athletic Conference Championship.

Wichita State (16-13, 6-10) enters the tournament as the No. 8 seed and will face the No. 9 seed Temple Owls (11-17, 6-10). It will be the third meeting this season between the two programs and second in a little over a week. Wichita State defeated Temple, 79-67, on Feb. 25 in Charles Koch Arena - the regular season home finale.

This will be Wichita State's first appearance in the conference tournament as the No. 8 seed. Wichita State has been the No. 9 seed each of the last two seasons. The Shockers and Owls will be the first game of the conference tournament on Monday, March 6 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, South Florida Bulls.

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

2023 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Championship
March 6-9, 2023
Dickies Arena 
Fort Worth, Texas
 
First Round - Monday, March 6
No. 9 Temple vs. No. 8 Wichita State – 2 p.m. ET/1 p.m. CT (ESPN+)
No. 10 UCF vs. No. 7 Tulsa – 4 p.m. ET/3 p.m. CT (ESPN+)
No. 11 Cincinnati vs. No. 6 Tulane – 6 p.m. ET/5 p.m. CT (ESPN+)

Quarterfinals - Tuesday, March 7
Temple/Wichita State winner vs. No. 1 South Florida – 1 p.m. ET/Noon CT (ESPN+)
No. 5 SMU vs. No. 4 Houston - 3 p.m. ET/2 p.m. CT (ESPN+)
UCF/Tulsa winner vs. No. 2 Memphis - 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT (ESPN+)
Cincinnati/Tulane winner vs. No. 3 East Carolina - 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT (ESPN+)

Semifinals - Wednesday, March 8
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 9
Semifinal winners – 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT (ESPNU)