The 2016 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the conference tournament for the American Athletic Conference during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

It was held March 10–13, 2016, at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida.

[1] The Tournament was won by the #5 Seed Connecticut Huskies, who beat the #6 Seed Memphis Tigers in the final by a score of 72–58.

With SMU ineligible for postseason play,[2] the top six seeds will receive first round byes.

All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network: [3] * denotes overtime period