2024 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament

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2024 Atlantic 10 Conference
baseball tournament
Teams7
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions VCU  (4th title)
Winning coach Bradley LeCroy  (1st title)
MVP Brandon Eike (VCU)
Television ESPN+
2024 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Saint Louis  168 .6673714 .725
VCU  y158 .6523321 .611
Dayton  149 .6093220 .615
George Washington  1511 .5773224 .571
Saint Joseph's  1311 .5422624 .520
Richmond  1311 .5422430 .444
UMass  1312 .5202428 .462
Rhode Island  1114 .4401929 .396
Davidson  1014 .4172428 .462
Fordham  1014 .4171933 .365
St. Bonaventure  816 .3331831 .367
George Mason  717 .2922132 .396
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 18, 2024 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2024 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament was the 46th edition of the tournament, which took place at Capital One Park in Tysons, Virginia. The tournament was a double-elimination tournament, and began on May 21 and concluded on May 25.

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George Mason are the defending champions, but failed to qualify for the tournament. [2] VCU won the tournament, their third in the past four seasons, defending their crosstown rivals, Richmond, in the final.

Seeding and format

The tournament used the same format adopted in 2014, with the top seven finishers from the regular season seeded one through seven. The top seed received a single bye while remaining seeds played on the first day. [3]

Saint Louis won the regular season and was the top seed in the tournament. [4]

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1Saint Louis16–8
2VCU15–8
3Dayton13–8
4Richmond13–11
5George Washington13–11
6UMass13–11
7Saint Joseph's13–11

Bracket

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
May 22 – 11:00 a.m.
1 Saint Louis 10
May 21 – 11:00 a.m.
4Richmond13
4 Richmond 12
May 24 – 11:00 a.m.
5 George Washington 4
4Richmond7
May 21 – 3:00 p.m.
2VCU13
3 Dayton 4
May 22 – 3:00 p.m.
6 UMass 1
3Dayton3
May 21 – 7:00 p.m.
2VCU11
2 VCU 4
May 25 – 12:00 p.m. & 4:00 p.m.
7 Saint Joseph's 2
2VCU16
4Richmond1
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
May 23 – 11:00 a.m.
May 22 – 7:00 p.m.1Saint Louis0May 24 – 3:00 p.m.
6UMass27St. Joseph's14May 23 – 7:00 p.m.4Richmond14
7St. Joseph's127St. Joseph's137St. Joseph's6
May 23 – 3:00 p.m.5George Washington12
5George Washington9
3Dayton1

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. [5] [6]

Pos.PlayerSchool
CJack ArcamoneRichmond
1BJordan JaffeeRichmond
2BNick CosentinoVCU
SSWilliam BeanVCU
3BBrandon EikeVCU
OFPhil BernsteinRichmond
OFRyan CesariniSaint Joseph's
OFEli WeisnerVCU
SPRyan DeSantoSaint Joseph's
SPChristian GordonVCU
SPKyle RocheRichmond
RPMichael FoltzGeorge Washington

Bold is MVP.

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