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AAC Basketball power rankings: Memphis, Wichita State leads heading into league play

By Ben Andreatta

PORTLAND, OREGON - NOVEMBER 12: Precious Achiuwa #55 of the Memphis Tigers brings the ball up the court during the first half of the game against the Oregon Ducks at Moda Center on November 12, 2019 in Portland, Oregon. (Photo by Steve Dykes/Getty Images)
PORTLAND, OREGON - NOVEMBER 12: Precious Achiuwa #55 of the Memphis Tigers brings the ball up the court during the first half of the game against the Oregon Ducks at Moda Center on November 12, 2019 in Portland, Oregon. (Photo by Steve Dykes/Getty Images) /
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PORTLAND, OREGON – NOVEMBER 12: D.J. Jeffries #0 of the Memphis Tigers (Photo by Steve Dykes/Getty Images)
PORTLAND, OREGON – NOVEMBER 12: D.J. Jeffries #0 of the Memphis Tigers (Photo by Steve Dykes/Getty Images) /

Very little change in the AAC Basketball power rankings before conference games, how do the teams stack up going into the new year?

AAC Basketball has been extremely up and down to start the season, things haven’t quite gone to expectation for everyone but it sets up what should be a great conference schedule. We’ve seen drama in Memphis with James Wiseman leaving school to turn pro and teams building their tournament resumes.

There are two AAC teams in the AP Top 25 Poll this week with Memphis coming in at nine and Wichita State joining the rankings at 24. Houston also received some votes in this week’s poll following their win against Washington.

Those three have put themselves into the best position to get an at large bid come March. There’s no reason to think the AAC can’t get four or more bids this year, there’s a lot of quality. Things didn’t look great to start the season but they’ve turned it around down the stretch with some big wins.

Conference play is a different stage, every game is important for these teams for seeding in the AAC tournament and there’s a lot of teams capable of winning that. The middle of the pack in the AAC is a lot better than in recent years setting things up to be good. There’s not very many “give me” games for teams.

There’s a lot of basketball still to be played this season but we’ll take a look at the resume for teams and how they faired in non-conference play, we’ll also look at how they set up for conference play and some expectations.