Atlantic Ten Conference

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Atlantic 10 Conference

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Data
Classification NCAA Division I-AA
Established 1975
Members 24 (14 full; 10 associate)
Sports fielded 21
Region Eastern United States
States 8 – Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Missouri, Virginia, North Carolina,
also the District of Columbia
Headquarters Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Commissioner Linda Bruno
Locations

The Atlantic 10 Conference (A10) is a college athletic conference which operates mostly on the United States' eastern seaboard. It also has two member schools in Ohio: Dayton and Xavier, located in Dayton and Cincinnati, respectively. Another member, Saint Louis is located in St. Louis, Missouri. Although some of its members are state-funded, it is largely made up of private, Catholic institutions.

The Atlantic 10 participates in the NCAA's Division I-AA for football and Division I for all other sports. After the 2006 football season, A-10 will disband its football division due to the member schools joining the Colonial Athletic Association.

Despite the name, there are 24 partial or full-time members; 12 schools play football, 14 basketball and other sports, and one affiliate member participates in women's field hockey only. Only three schools—UMass, Rhode Island, and Richmond—are members in both football and basketball. This odd conference construction is because the A-10 Football Conference was created in 1997 by a takeover of the football-only Yankee Conference, due to NCAA rules changes that significantly diminished the legislative input of single-sport conferences. The members of the Yankee Conference narrowly chose the A-10's merger proposal over that of the Colonial Athletic Association; this decision was later revisited by the football-playing members of the A-10, as explained below.

Contents

[edit] Members

[edit] Full Members

The following is a list of the full members of the conference and the year they joined:

Institution Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment (2006-07) Year Joined Nickname Logo
UNC Charlotte Charlotte, North Carolina 1946 Public 21,519 2005 49ers
University of Dayton Dayton, Ohio 1850 Private/Catholic 9,175 1995 Flyers
Duquesne University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1878 Private/Catholic 9,617 1976 Dukes
Fordham University New York, New York 1841 Private/Catholic 17,661 1995 Rams
George Washington University Washington, D.C. 1821 Private/Non-sectarian 23,082 1976 Colonials
La Salle University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1863 Private/Catholic 6,221 1995 Explorers
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts 1863 Public 25,633 1976 Minutemen/
Minutewomen
University of Rhode Island Kingston, Rhode Island 1888 Public 15,095 1980 Rams
University of Richmond Richmond, Virginia 1830 Private/Non-sectarian 4,215 2001 Spiders
St. Bonaventure University Olean, New York 1856 Private/Catholic 2,700 1979 Bonnies
Saint Joseph's University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1851 Private/Catholic 7,020 1982 Hawks
Saint Louis University St. Louis, Missouri 1818 Private/Catholic 11,823 2005 Billikens
Temple University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1884 Public 33,693 1982 Owls
Xavier University Cincinnati, Ohio 1831 Private/Catholic 6,500 1995 Musketeers

[edit] Associate Members

The following is a list of the associate members and the sport to which they belong to the conference. Prior to 1997, football members belonged to the Yankee Conference.

Broken down by who plays what, that's:

Football

Atlantic 10 Conference Football

Basketball and Olympic sports

Women's field hockey only

[edit] Men's Basketball Champions

Season Regular Season Champion(s) Tournament Champion
1977 East - Rutgers, West - West Virginia/Penn State Duquesne
1978 Rutgers/Villanova Villanova
1979 Villanova Rutgers
1980 Villanova/Duquesne/Rutgers Villanova
1981 Rhode Island/Duquesne Pittsburgh
1982 West Virginia Pittsburgh
1983 East - Rutgers, West - St. Bonaventure/West Virginia West Virginia
1984 Temple West Virginia
1985 West Virginia Temple
1986 Saint Joseph's Saint Joseph's
1987 Temple Temple
1988 Temple Temple
1989 West Virginia Rutgers
1990 Temple Temple
1991 Rutgers Penn State
1992 Massachusetts Massachusetts
1993 Massachusetts Massachusetts
1994 Massachusetts Massachusetts
1995 Massachusetts Massachusetts
1996 East - Massachusetts, West - West Virginia/George Washington Massachusetts
1997 East - Saint Joseph's, West - Xavier Saint Joseph's
1998 East - Temple, West - Xavier Xavier
1999 East - Temple, West - George Washington Rhode Island
2000 East - Temple, West - Dayton Temple
2001 Saint Joseph's Temple
2002 East - Temple/Saint Joseph's, West - Xavier Xavier
2003 East - Saint Joseph's, West - Xavier Dayton
2004 East - Saint Joseph's, West - Dayton Xavier
2005 East - Saint Joseph's, West - George Washington George Washington
2006 George Washington Xavier

[edit] Women's Basketball Champions

1984 Rutgers
1985 Penn State/Saint Joseph's
1986 Rutgers
1987 Rutgers
1988 Rutgers
1989 Rutgers/Saint Joseph's
1990 Rutgers/Saint Joseph's
1991 Penn State
1992 West Virginia
1993 Rutgers
1994 George Washington/Rutgers
1995 George Washington
1996 George Washington
1997 St. Joseph's
1998 George Washington
1999 Saint Joseph's
2000 George Washington/Saint Joseph's
2001 Xavier
2002 George Washington
2003 George Washington
2004 George Washington/Temple
2005 Temple
2006 Charlotte/George Washington

[edit] Sports sponsored

There are 21 NCAA sports in the conference

  • baseball
  • men's basketball
  • women's basketball
  • men's cross country
  • women's cross country
  • field hockey
  • men's golf
  • women’s lacrosse
  • men's indoor track & field
  • women's indoor track & field
  • men's outdoor track & field
  • women's outdoor track & field
  • women's rowing
  • men's soccer
  • women's soccer
  • softball
  • men's swimming & diving
  • women's swimming & diving
  • men's tennis
  • women's tennis
  • women's volleyball

[edit] Future developments

The 2005 move of Northeastern University, a football-only member of the A-10, to the Colonial Athletic Association for basketball and Olympic sports began a chain of events that would lead to the upcoming demise of the A-10 football conference.

Although the CAA does not currently sponsor football, five of its members in the 2004-05 academic year (Delaware, Hofstra, James Madison, Towson, and William & Mary) were football members of the A-10. The addition of Northeastern gave the CAA six schools with football programs, which under NCAA rules allows a conference to sponsor football. Northeastern agreed to join any future CAA football conference, which meant that the A-10 football conference would drop to six members once CAA football began operation.

With six football members in place, the CAA decided to start a football conference in 2007. The league then invited Richmond, which left the CAA in 2001, to rejoin for football only, because of UR's long-standing in-state rivalries with William & Mary and James Madison. UR accepted the invitation, taking the A-10 football conference below the NCAA minimum of six. Eventually, the A-10 football conference opted to disband. All of its members will compete in the CAA football conference starting in 2007.

[edit] Conference facilities

School Football stadium Capacity Basketball arena Capacity
Charlotte Non-Football School N/A Dale F. Halton Arena 9,105
Dayton Welcome Stadium 11,000 University of Dayton Arena 13,409
Duquesne Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field 4,500 A.J. Palumbo Center 6,200
Fordham Coffey Field 7,000 Rose Hill Gym 3,470
George Washington Non-football School N/A Smith Center 5,000
La Salle McCarthy Stadium 7,500 Tom Gola Arena 4,000
Massachusetts Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium 17,000 Mullins Center 9,349
Rhode Island Meade Stadium 6,580 Ryan Center 7,657
Richmond University of Richmond Stadium 22,000 Robins Center 9,171
St. Bonaventure Non-Football School N/A Reilly Center 6,000
Saint Joseph's Non-Football School N/A Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse 3,200
Saint Louis Non-Football School N/A Scottrade Center 21,000
Temple Lincoln Financial Field 66,000 Liacouras Center 10,206
Xavier Non-Football School N/A Cintas Center 10,250

[edit] External links


The Atlantic 10
Charlotte • Dayton • Duquesne • Fordham • George Washington • La Salle • UMass • Rhode Island • Richmond • Saint Bonaventure • Saint Joseph's • Saint Louis • Temple • Xavier
Atlantic 10 Football Conference
Delaware • Hofstra • James Madison • Maine • Massachusetts • New Hampshire • Northeastern • Rhode Island • Richmond • Towson • Villanova • William & Mary
Current Basketball Arenas in the Atlantic 10
A.J. Palumbo Center (Duquesne) • Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse (Saint Joseph's) • Cintas Center (Xavier) • Dale F. Halton Arena (Charlotte) • Liacouras Center (Temple) • Mullins Center (Massachusetts) • Reilly Center (St. Bonaventure) • Robins Center (Richmond) • Rose Hill Gym (Fordham) • Ryan Center (Rhode Island) • Scottrade Center (Saint Louis) • Smith Center (George Washington) • Tom Gola Arena (La Salle) • UD Arena (Dayton)


NCAA Division I-AA Football Conferences
Atlantic Ten Conference – Big Sky Conference – Big South Conference – Gateway Football Conference – Great West Football Conference – Ivy League
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference – Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – Northeast Conference – Ohio Valley Conference – Patriot League
Pioneer Football League – Southern Conference – Southland Conference – Southwestern Athletic Conference – Independents
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