2010 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament

2010 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament
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Classification	Division I
Season	2009–10
Teams	12
Site	Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, New Jersey
Champions	Temple Owls (9th title)
Winning coach	Fran Dunphy (3rd title)
MVP	Juan Fernandez (Temple)
Top scorer	Kevin Anderson (Richmond) (54 points)
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2009–10 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 12 Temple†	14	–	2		.875			29	–	6		.829
No. 25 Xavier	14	–	2		.875			26	–	9		.743
No. 24 Richmond	13	–	3		.813			26	–	9		.743
Saint Louis	11	–	5		.688			23	–	13		.639
Rhode Island	9	–	7		.563			26	–	10		.722
Charlotte	9	–	7		.563			19	–	12		.613
Dayton	8	–	8		.500			25	–	12		.676
St. Bonaventure	7	–	9		.438			15	–	16		.484
Duquesne	7	–	9		.438			16	–	16		.500
George Washington	6	–	10		.375			16	–	15		.516
UMass	5	–	11		.313			12	–	20		.375
Saint Joseph's	5	–	11		.313			11	–	20		.355
La Salle	4	–	12		.250			12	–	18		.400
Fordham	0	–	16		.000			2	–	26		.071
† 2010 Atlantic 10 Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament was played initially at campus sites for the first round on March 9, 2010, and subsequently at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, from March 12 through March 14, 2010. The Temple Owls won the tournament and thereby received an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

Seeding for the tournament was determined by the conference standings at the end of the regular season. The last two teams in the standings did not qualify for the tournament.

Temple's victory was their third consecutive A-10 tournament championship. They became the first team to win three straight since UMass won five consecutive titles from 1992 through 1996. ^[1]

The championship game was nationally televised on CBS, the first time the league's championship game was broadcast by the network. ^[2] In years past, ESPN had televised the game.

Bracket

	First round Campus Sites March 9					Second round Boardwalk Hall March 12					Semifinals Boardwalk Hall March 13					Championship Game Boardwalk Hall March 14
						1	#17 Temple	69
						8	St. Bonaventure	51
	8	St. Bonaventure	83
	9	Duquesne	71
											1	#17 Temple	57
											5	Rhode Island	44
						4	Saint Louis	47
						5	Rhode Island	63
	5	Rhode Island	87
	12	Saint Joseph's	76
																1	#17 Temple	56
																3	Richmond	52
						3	Richmond	77
						11	UMass	72
	6	Charlotte	56
	11	UMass	59
											3	Richmond	89*
											2	#24 Xavier	85
						2	#24 Xavier	78
						7	Dayton	73
	7	Dayton	70
	10	George Washington	60

Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime.

References

1. "Three-Peat! #17/17 Men's Basketball Wins Third Straight Atlantic 10 Title".
2. "Defending Champion Temple The Top Seed For The 2010 A-10 Men's Basketball Championship". Archived from the original on March 15, 2010. Retrieved March 21, 2010.