The American Athletic Conference Championship in Orlando this week has a wide open look to it.
The fact that the conference is filled with 20-win teams, but stirs varying opinions as to which ones will end up in the NCAA tournament makes The American Championship as intriguing as any tournament in the country, in the words of American commissioner Mike Aresco. There are five teams-- Temple, Houston, Tulsa, Cincinnati and UConn -- that are playing well enough to part of the conversation a spot in the 68-team field, but none are considered locks.