No. 4 UAB defeated No. 11 Temple, 85-69, to win its first American Men’s Basketball Championship on Sunday, March 17 at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.
Alejandro Vasquez (6'4''-G-2000) scored 29 points to lead the Blazers (23-11), including 21 points in the first half. He hit five 3-pointers in the first half, tying the Championship record for most 3’s in a half.
Yaxel Lendeborg (6'9''-F), the Championship’s Most Outstanding Player, recorded his third double-double of the tournament with 14 points and 16 rebounds. Lendeborg ended the tournament with 41 rebounds in three games, a Championship record, topping the previous record of 35 set by Cincinnati’s Gary Clark (6'6''-SF-1994, college: Cincinnati) in 2018.
Hysier Miller (6'1''-G-2002) led all scorers with 32 points for Temple (16-20), and finished with 96 points over five games, beating the previous record of 84, set by Memphis’ Kendric Davis (6'0''-PG-1999, college: Memphis) in 2023. With six assists, Miller also broke the Championship record with 23, one ahead of Craig Porter Jr. (6'2''-G-2000, college: Wichita St.) Jr.’s mark for Wichita State in 2023.
UAB jumped out to a 22-12 lead and led 43-27 at halftime. The lead grew as large as 26 in the second half before Temple closed the gap to as low as 12 with 3:21 left.

AAC Tournament Final: UAB - Temple 85-69

AAC Tournament Semifinals:
South Florida - UAB 83-93
Florida Atlantic - Temple 73-74

AAC Tournament Quarterfinals:
South Florida - East Carolina 81-59
Florida Atlantic - North Texas 77-71
Charlotte - Temple 54-58
UAB - Wichita State 72-60

AAC Tournament Second Round:

AAC Tournament First Round:
Temple - UTSA 64-61
Wichita State - Rice 88-81

Courtesy of theamerican.org

All-Tournament MVP: Yaxel Lendeborg (6'9''-F) of UAB
Co-Player of the Year: Johnell Davis (6'4''-G) of FAU
Co-Player of the Year: Chris Youngblood (6'4''-G) of S.Florida
Defensive Player of the Year: Yaxel Lendeborg (6'9''-F) of UAB
Freshman of the Year: PJ Haggerty (6'3''-G) of Tulsa
Most Improved Player of the Year: Selton Miguel (6'4''-G-2000) of S.Florida
Sixth Man of the Year: Selton Miguel (6'4''-G-2000) of S.Florida
Sportsmanship Award: Sion James (6'5''-G-2002) of Tulane
Coach of the Year: Amir Abdur-Rahim of S.Florida

All-AAC First Team 2024

Lendeborg

Davis

Jones

Edwards

Youngblood

First Team
Yaxel Lendeborg (6'9''-F) of UAB
Johnell Davis (6'4''-G) of FAU
David Jones (6'6''-F-2001) of Memphis
Jason Edwards (6'0''-PG) of N.Texas
Chris Youngblood (6'4''-G) of S.Florida

All-AAC Second Team 2024

Patterson

Goldin

Martin

Miguel

Phelps

Second Team
Lu'Cye Patterson (6'2''-G-2001) of Charlotte
Vladislav Goldin (7'1''-C-2001) of FAU
Alijah Martin (6'2''-G) of FAU
Selton Miguel (6'4''-G-2000) of S.Florida
Zhuric Phelps (6'5''-G) of SMU

All-AAC Third Team 2024

Milicic Jr.

Felton

Quinerly

Cross

Haggerty

Third Team
Igor Milicic Jr. (6'10''-F-2002) of Charlotte
RJ Felton (6'3''-G) of ECU
Jahvon Quinerly (6'1''-G-1998) of Memphis
Kevin Cross (6'8''-F-2000) of Tulane
PJ Haggerty (6'3''-G) of Tulsa

AAC All-Freshman Team 2024

Dawes

Reid

Stanford

Archie

Haggerty

Reed

All-Freshman Team
Keanu Dawes (6'9''-F) of Rice
Jayden Reid (5'9''-PG) of S.Florida
Zion Stanford (6'5''-G) of Temple
Tyshawn Archie (6'1''-PG) of Tulsa
PJ Haggerty (6'3''-G) of Tulsa
Matt Reed (6'8''-C) of Tulsa

AAC All-Tournament Team 2024

Lendeborg

Gaines

Vasquez

Miller

Settle III

All-Tournament Team
Yaxel Lendeborg (6'9''-F) of UAB
Eric Gaines (6'2''-G-2001) of UAB
Alejandro Vasquez (6'4''-G-2000) of UAB
Hysier Miller (6'1''-G-2002) of Temple
Steve Settle III (6'1''-F) of Temple