2008 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament

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2008 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 200708
Teams12
Site Boardwalk Hall
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Champions Temple (7th title)
Winning coach Fran Dunphy (1st title)
MVP Dionte Christmas [1] (Temple)
  2007
2009  
2007–08 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 12 Xavier 142 .875307  .811
Temple115 .6882113  .618
UMass 106 .6252511  .694
Saint Joseph's 97 .5632113  .618
Charlotte 97 .5632014  .588
Richmond 97 .5631615  .516
Dayton 88 .5002311  .676
La Salle 88 .5001517  .469
Rhode Island 79 .4382112  .636
Duquesne 79 .4381713  .567
Saint Louis 79 .4381615  .516
Fordham 610 .3751217  .414
George Washington 511 .313917  .346
St. Bonaventure 214 .125822  .267
2008 Atlantic 10 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament was played at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey from March 12 to March 15, 2008. By winning the tournament, Temple received an automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament and was crowned Atlantic 10 Conference champion. Xavier and Saint Joseph's also received at-large bids to the NCAA tournament. Dionte Christmas of Temple was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

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Seeding

The seeding for the tournament is based on regular-season record during Atlantic 10 Conference play. Each team played a 16-game schedule. Charlotte, Richmond, and Saint Joseph's all finished with records of 9-7. Richmond won the tiebreaker by having a 2-1 record among the tied schools. Saint Joseph's came second from the tiebreaker with a record of 1-1. Also, La Salle and Dayton both finished with 8-8 records. La Salle won the tiebreaker by beating Dayton during the regular season. Lastly, Duquesne, Rhode Island, and Saint Louis all finished with records of 7-9. Since the teams were all 1-1 in games amongst each other, the tie was broken by record against the highest-ranked teams in the conference. In the end, Saint Louis won the tiebreaker as a result of a 1-1 record vs. Massachusetts. Duquesne (0-1 vs. Massachusetts) then got the tiebreaker over Rhode Island (0-2).

The top four teams receive byes to the second round of the tournament. Because they did not finish in the top 12 in the Atlantic 10, George Washington and St. Bonaventure did not qualify for the tournament.

Bracket

First round
March 12
Second round
March 13
Semifinals
March 14
Championship Game
March 15
            
8 Dayton 63*
9 Saint Louis 62
1 #10 Xavier 74
8 Dayton 65
1 #10 Xavier 53
5 St. Joseph's61
4 Richmond 47
5 St. Joseph's61
5 Saint Joseph's 80
12 Fordham 62
5 St. Joseph's 64
2 Temple69
7 La Salle 82
10 Duquesne 79
2 Temple 84
7 La Salle 75
2 Temple60
6 Charlotte 45
3 Massachusetts 65
6 Charlotte69
6 Charlotte 75
11 Rhode Island 73

Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime.

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