Andy Katz | NCAA.com Correspondent | September 24, 2019 5 predictions for the 2019-20 AAC men's basketball season AAC basketball preview: Player of the year candidates and bold predictions Share While four AAC teams made the NCAA tournament in 2019, they compiled a record of just 3-4 — Temple (lost in First Four), Cincinnati (Round of 64), UCF (Round of 32), Houston (Sweet 16). Andy Katz expects to see a vast improvement from the conference this season. He believes seven AAC teams will make the Big Dance in 2020, and that one program will end an eight-year tournament drought. Check out the rest of Katz's AAC predictions right here. 2019 CONFERENCE PREDICTIONS: 5 Big East predictions | Big 12 | ACC | Big Ten | Pac-12 | SEC Andy Katz's 2019-20 AAC predictions Player of the Year: Jarron Cumberland, Cincinnati Freshman of the Year: James Wiseman, Memphis Underrated: Alexis Yetna, South Florida BIG DANCE: The 2020 NCAA tournament bracket predicted, less than 50 days from opening night Five important non-conference games: Florida at UConn, Nov. 17 Cincinnati at Ohio State, Nov. 6 Memphis at Tennessee, Dec. 14 Houston at Oregon, Nov. 22 South Florida vs. Utah State, Houston, Dec. 18 Bold prediction: The AAC will go into the final weekend of the season with seven teams out of 12 having a chance to get a bid to the NCAA tournament (a minimum of three will get a bid). The seven will be: Memphis, Cincinnati, Houston, South Florida (the school with the eight-year drought), Wichita State, UConn and Temple. The longest college basketball game in DI men's history Cincinnati defeated Bradley, 75-73, in seven overtime periods on Dec. 21, 1981. It's the longest game in DI men's college basketball history. READ MORE Cincinnati's IImar'I Thomas headlines this week's starting 5 after setting conference-record in points Cincinnati's IImar'I Thomas highlights this week's NCAA.com Starting Five for women's basketball. READ MORE 2021 American Athletic baseball preview: Tulane, others chasing East Carolina Few teams were as disappointed to see the 2020 campaign come to an end as the top of the American Athletic Conference early last season. UCF, East Carolina, Tulane and Wichita State to be exact. Now it's time to turn to 2021. READ MORE