2016 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament

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2016 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2015–16
Teams14
Site Barclays Center
Brooklyn, New York
Champions Saint Joseph's (4th title)
Winning coach Phil Martelli (3rd title)
MVP Isaiah Miles (Saint Joseph's)
Attendance52,133
Television ASN, NBCSN, CBSSN, CBS
←  2015
2017  →
2015–16 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Dayton 14–4 .77825–8  .758
VCU 14–4 .77825–11  .694
St. Bonaventure 14–4 .77822–9  .710
Saint Joseph's †13–5 .72228–8  .778
George Washington 11–7 .61128–10  .737
Davidson 10–8 .55620–13  .606
Rhode Island 9–9 .50017–15  .531
Fordham 8–10 .44417–14  .548
Richmond 7–11 .38916–16  .500
UMass 6–12 .33314–18  .438
Duquesne 6–12 .33317–17  .500
George Mason 5–13 .27811–21  .344
Saint Louis 5–13 .27811–21  .344
La Salle 4–14 .2229–22  .290
† 2016 A10 Tournament winner

The 2016 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament was held March 9 through 13, 2016, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The champion earned an automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament.

Contents

Seeds

All 14 Atlantic 10 schools participate in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by the 2015–16 Atlantic 10 Conference season record. The top 10 teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye. [1]

Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. [2]

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1 Dayton 14–42–1 vs. VCU & St. Bonaventure
2 VCU 14–41–1 vs. Dayton & St. Bonaventure
3 St. Bonaventure 14–41–2 vs. Dayton & VCU
4 Saint Joseph's 13–5
5 George Washington 11–7
6 Davidson 10–8
7 Rhode Island 9–9
8 Fordham 8–10
9 Richmond 7–11
10 Massachusetts 6–121–0 vs. Duquesne
11 Duquesne 6–120–1 vs. Massachusetts
12 George Mason 5–131–1 vs. Saint Louis, 0–1 vs. Dayton
13 Saint Louis 5–131–1 vs. George Mason, 0–2 vs. Dayton
14 La Salle 4–14

Schedule

SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance
First round – Wednesday, March 9
116:30 pm#13 Saint Louis 83 vs. #12 George Mason 78ASN5,523
29:00 pm#14 La Salle 88 vs. #11 Duquesne 73
Second round – Thursday, March 10
2312:00 pm#9 Richmond 70 vs. #8 Fordham 55NBCSN6,519
42:30 pm#13 Saint Louis 65 vs. #5 George Washington 73
356:30 pm#10 Massachusetts 67 vs. #7 Rhode Island 625,507
69:00 pm#14 La Salle 63 vs. #6 Davidson 78
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 11
4712:00 pm#9 Richmond 54 vs. #1 Dayton 69NBCSN7,509
82:30 pm#5 George Washington 80 vs. #4 Saint Joseph's 86
596:30 pm#10 Massachusetts 70 vs. #2 VCU 858,223
109:00 pm#6 Davidson 90 vs. #3 St. Bonaventure 86 (OT)
Semifinals – Saturday, March 12
6111:30 pm#4 Saint Joseph's 82 vs. #1 Dayton 79CBSSN10,439
124:00 pm#6 Davidson 54 vs. #2 VCU 76
Championship – Sunday, March 13
7131:00 pm#4 Saint Joseph's 87 vs. #2 VCU 74CBS8,413

*Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 9
ASN		Second round
Thursday, March 10
NBCSN		Quarterfinals
Friday, March 11
NBCSN		Semifinals
Saturday, March 12
CBSSN		Championship
Sunday, March 13
CBS
1Dayton69
8Fordham559Richmond54
9Richmond701Dayton79
4Saint Joseph's82
4Saint Joseph's86
5George Washington735George Washington80
12George Mason7813Saint Louis654Saint Joseph's87
13Saint Louis832VCU74
2VCU85
7Rhode Island6210Massachusetts70
10Massachusetts672VCU76
6Davidson54
3St. Bonaventure86
6Davidson786Davidson90*
11Duquesne7314La Salle63
14La Salle88

* denotes overtime period

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References

  1. ↑ "2016 A-10 Men's Basketball Championship Central - Atlantic 10 Conference Official Athletic Site". www.atlantic10.com. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Dayton, St. Bonaventure, VCU Share A-10 Men's Basketball Regular Season Title". www.atlantic10.com. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
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