2009 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament

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2009 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 200809
Teams12
Site Boardwalk Hall
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Champions Temple Owls (8th title)
Winning coach Fran Dunphy (2nd title)
MVP Dionte Christmas (Temple)
  2008
2010  
2008–09 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 20 Xavier 124 .750278  .771
Dayton 115 .688278  .771
Rhode Island 115 .6882311  .676
Temple115 .6882212  .647
Duquesne 97 .5632113  .618
La Salle 97 .5631813  .581
Richmond 97 .5632016  .556
Saint Joseph's 97 .5631715  .531
Saint Louis 88 .5001814  .563
UMass 79 .4381218  .400
St. Bonaventure 610 .3751515  .500
Charlotte 511 .3131120  .355
George Washington 412 .2501018  .357
Fordham 115 .063325  .107
2009 Atlantic 10 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament was played at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey from March 11 through March 14, 2009. The winner of the tournament received an automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament and was crowned Atlantic 10 Conference champion. Temple won the tournament with a 69–64 victory over Duquesne.

Bracket

First round
March 11
Second round
March 12
Semifinals
March 13
Championship Game
March 14
            
1 #19 Xavier 66
9 Saint Louis 47
8 La Salle 60
9 Saint Louis 62*
1 #19 Xavier 53
4 Temple55
4 Temple 79
5 Saint Joseph's 65
5 Saint Joseph's 72
12 Charlotte 62
4 Temple69
7 Duquesne 64
3 Dayton 69
6 Richmond 64
6 Richmond 65
11 St. Bonaventure 49
3 Dayton 66
7 Duquesne77
2 Rhode Island 74
7 Duquesne78
7 Duquesne 91
10 Massachusetts 81

Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime.

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