2012 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament

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2012 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 201112
Teams12
Site Boardwalk Hall
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Champions St. Bonaventure (1st title)
Winning coach Mark Schmidt (1st title)
MVP Andrew Nicholson (St. Bonaventure)
Attendance6,101
TelevisionCBSSR, CBSSN, CBS
  2011
2013  
2011–12 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Temple 133 .813248  .750
Saint Louis 124 .750268  .765
Xavier 106 .6252313  .639
St. Bonaventure106 .6252012  .625
UMass 97 .5632611  .703
La Salle 97 .5632113  .618
Dayton 97 .5632013  .606
Saint Joseph's 97 .5632014  .588
Duquesne 79 .4381615  .516
Richmond 79 .4381616  .500
Charlotte 511 .3131317  .433
George Washington 511 .3131021  .323
Rhode Island 412 .250724  .226
Fordham 313 .1881019  .345
2012 Atlantic 10 Tournament winner
As of March 13, 2012
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament was played initially at campus sites for the opening round on March 6, 2012 and subsequently at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey from March 9 through March 11, 2012. [1] It was the sixth consecutive year that the tournament was hosted in Boardwalk Hall, matching the longest streak at one site since the tournament was held at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1997–2002. However, it was the tournament's final year in the run at Boardwalk Hall, as the event moved to Brooklyn's new Barclays Center in 2013. The 2012 tournament was also the last to use campus sites for the opening round, as all tournament games will be played in Brooklyn under the new deal. [2]

Contents

The tournament champion received an automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA tournament. Seeding for the tournament is determined by the conference standings at the end of the regular season. [3] The last two teams in the standings do not qualify for the tournament. Opening round games are played at the home of the higher (lower number) seed.

The championship game was nationally televised on CBS. [4]

Tie-breakers

Notes

2012 marks the first year when Rhode Island did not qualify for the tournament, since the league adopted the current format in 2006. Fordham did not qualify for the fourth consecutive year.

Bracket

First round
Campus Sites
March 6, 2012
Quarterfinals
Boardwalk Hall
March 9, 2012
Semifinals
Boardwalk Hall
March 10, 2012
Championship Game
Boardwalk Hall
March 11, 2012
            
1 #21 Temple 71
8 UMass 77
8 UMass 92
9 Duquesne 83
8 UMass 80
4 St. Bonaventure 84
4 St. Bonaventure 71
5 Saint Joseph's 68
5 Saint Joseph's 80
12 Charlotte 64
4 St. Bonaventure 67
3 Xavier 56
2 Saint Louis 78
7 La Salle 71
7 La Salle 80
10 Richmond 72
2 Saint Louis 64
3 Xavier 71
3 Xavier 70
6 Dayton 69
6 Dayton 67
11 George Washington 50

References

  1. "A-10 To Hold 2010, 2011, 2012 Men's Basketball Championships At Boardwalk Hall In Atlantic City". Atlantic 10 Conference. Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2010.
  2. "A-10, Barclays Center Form Partnership; Bring A-10 Championship To Brooklyn". Atlantic 10 Conference. September 28, 2011. Archived from the original on December 5, 2011. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
  3. "2012 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tie-Breaking Scenarios" (PDF). atlantic10 conferebce. Retrieved March 1, 2012.
  4. "A-10 Men's Basketball Championship To Be Aired On CBS Sports Beginning In 2010; New Championship Format Unveiled". Atlantic 10. Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2010.
  5. "Temple Claims Top Seed for 2012 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Championship". Atlantic 10 Conference. March 3, 2012. Archived from the original on April 20, 2012. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
  6. "GW Men's Hoops Falls at Dayton, Will Face Flyers in A-10 First Round". George Washington Athletics. March 3, 2012. Archived from the original on May 3, 2012. Retrieved March 5, 2012.