Atlantic 10 Conference

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Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10)
Established: 1976
Atlantic 10 Conference logo
NCAA Division I
Members 15 (14 full; 1 associate)
Sports fielded 21 (men's: 9; women's: 12)
Region Eastern United States
Midwestern United States
Headquarters Philadelphia, PA
Commissioner Bernadette McGlade
Website http://www.atlantic10.org/
Locations
Atlantic 10 Conference locations

The Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) 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, more than half of its membership is made up of private, Catholic institutions. The Atlantic 10 Conference was originally known as the Eastern 8 Conference. Despite the name, there are 15 partial or full-time members: 14 basketball and other sports, and one affiliate member participates in women's field hockey only.

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[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 Year Joined Nickname
UNC Charlotte Charlotte, North Carolina 1946 Public 22,388 2005 49ers
University of Dayton Dayton, Ohio 1850 Private/Catholic 9,970 1995 Flyers
Duquesne University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1878 Private/Catholic 9,617 1976 Dukes
Fordham University New York City, New York 1841 Private/Catholic 12,932 1995 Rams
George Washington University Washington, D.C. 1821 Private/Non-sectarian 22,710 1976 Colonials
La Salle University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1863 Private/Catholic 6,012 1995 Explorers
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts 1863 Public 25,873 1976 Minutemen
University of Rhode Island Kingston, Rhode Island 1892 Public 15,650 1980 Rams
University of Richmond Richmond, Virginia 1830 Private/Non-sectarian 2,962 2001 Spiders
St. Bonaventure University Olean, New York 1856 Private/Catholic 2,700 1979 Bonnies
Saint Joseph's University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1851 Private/Catholic 4,998 1982 Hawks
Saint Louis University St. Louis, Missouri 1818 Private/Catholic 10,633 2005 Billikens
Temple University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1884 Public 31,600 1982 Owls
Xavier University Cincinnati, Ohio 1831 Private/Catholic 6,646 1995 Musketeers

[edit] Associate Members

Institution Location Conference Affiliation Enrollment Joined Nickname Sport
West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, Pennsylvania PSAC Public 12,800 1996 Golden Rams Field Hockey

[edit] Past members

Institution Affiliation Years Current Conference(s)
University of Connecticut Football member 1947-1999† Big East
University of Delaware Football member 1986-2006† CAA
Hofstra University Football member 2001-2006 CAA
James Madison University Football member 1993-2006† CAA
University of Maine Football member 1947-2006† America East, CAA (football)
University of New Hampshire Football member 1947-2006† America East, CAA (football)
Northeastern University Football member 1993-2006† CAA
Pennsylvania State University Full member 1976-1979, 1982-1991 Big Ten
University of Pittsburgh Full member 1976-1982 Big East
Rutgers University Full member 1976-1995 Big East
Towson University Football member 2004-2006 CAA
Villanova University Full member 1976-1980 Big East, CAA (football)
Football only 1988-2006†
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Full member 1995-2000 ACC
West Virginia University Full member 1976-1995 Big East
The College of William & Mary Football member 1993-2006† CAA

† Includes time in Yankee Conference, which merged with the Atlantic 10 for football in 1997.

[edit] Men's Basketball Champions

Season Regular Season Champion(s) Tournament Champion Tournament Location
1977 East - Rutgers, West - West Virginia/Penn State Duquesne The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1978 Rutgers/Villanova Villanova Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1979 Villanova Rutgers First round: Campus sites; All other rounds: Civic Arena
1980 Villanova/Duquesne/Rutgers Villanova First round: Campus sites; All other rounds: Civic Arena
1981 Rhode Island/Duquesne Pittsburgh First round: Campus sites; All other rounds: Civic Arena
1982 West Virginia Pittsburgh First round: Campus sites; All other rounds: Civic Arena
1983 East - Rutgers, West - St. Bonaventure/West Virginia West Virginia First round: Campus sites; West semifinals: Civic Arena; East semifinals, semifinals, and finals: The Spectrum
1984 Temple West Virginia WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, West Virginia
1985 West Virginia Temple Rutgers Athletic Center, Piscataway, New Jersey
1986 Saint Joseph's Saint Joseph's First round: Campus sites; All other rounds: Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey
1987 Temple Temple Campus sites
1988 Temple Temple WVU Coliseum
1989 West Virginia Rutgers First two rounds and semifinals: Palestra, Philadelphia; Finals: Louis Brown Athletic Center, Piscataway
1990 Temple Temple First two rounds and semifinals: Palestra; Finals: McGonigle Hall, Philadelphia
1991 Rutgers Penn State First two rounds and semifinals: Palestra; Finals: Rec Hall, University Park, Pennsylvania
1992 Massachusetts Massachusetts First round: McGonigle Hall; Second round and semifinals: Palestra; Finals: Curry Hicks Cage, Amherst, Massachusetts
1993 Massachusetts Massachusetts First round and semifinals: Palestra; Finals: Mullins Center, Amherst
1994 Massachusetts Massachusetts First two rounds and semifinals: Palestra; Finals: Mullins Center, Amherst
1995 Massachusetts Massachusetts First two rounds and semifinals: Palestra; Finals: Mullins Center, Amherst
1996 East - Massachusetts, West - West Virginia/George Washington Massachusetts Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia
1997 East - Saint Joseph's, West - Xavier Saint Joseph's CoreStates Spectrum, Philadelphia
1998 East - Temple, West - Xavier Xavier CoreStates Spectrum
1999 East - Temple, West - George Washington Rhode Island First Union Spectrum, Philadelphia
2000 East - Temple, West - Dayton Temple First Union Spectrum
2001 Saint Joseph's Temple First Union Spectrum
2002 East - Temple/Saint Joseph's, West - Xavier Xavier First Union Spectrum
2003 East - Saint Joseph's, West - Xavier Dayton First round: Campus sites; All other rounds: University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio
2004 East - Saint Joseph's, West - Dayton Xavier University of Dayton Arena
2005 East - Saint Joseph's, West - George Washington George Washington U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, Ohio
2006 George Washington Xavier U.S. Bank Arena
2007 Xavier/Massachusetts George Washington Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
2008 Xavier Temple Boardwalk Hall

[edit] Women's Basketball Champions

Season Regular Season Champion(s) Tournament Champion Tournament Location
1983 Penn State Penn State Louis Brown Athletic Center, Piscataway, New Jersey
1984 Rutgers Penn State Rec Hall, University Park, Pennsylvania
1985 Penn State/Saint Joseph's Penn State Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1986 Rutgers Penn State WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, West Virginia
1987 Rutgers Rutgers First two rounds: Campus sites; Semifinals and finals: Louis Brown Athletic Center
1988 Rutgers Rutgers First two rounds: Campus sites; Semifinals and finals: Louis Brown Athletic Center
1989 Rutgers/Saint Joseph's West Virginia First two rounds: Campus sites; Semifinals and finals: Louis Brown Athletic Center
1990 Rutgers/Saint Joseph's Penn State First two rounds: Campus sites; Semifinals and finals: Rec Hall
1991 Penn State Penn State First two rounds: Campus sites; Semifinals and finals: Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse
1992 West Virginia George Washington Louis Brown Athletic Center
1993 Rutgers Rutgers Charles E. Smith Athletic Center, Washington, D.C.
1994 George Washington/Rutgers Rutgers Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse
1995 George Washington George Washington Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse
1996 East - Rhode Island, West - George Washington George Washington Cassell Coliseum, Blacksburg, Virginia
1997 East - Saint Joseph's, West - George Washington Saint Joseph's First two rounds: Campus sites; Semifinals and finals: Charles E. Smith Athletic Center
1998 East - Massachusetts, West - George Washington Virginia Tech First two rounds: Campus sites; Semifinals and finals: Mullins Center, Amherst, Massachusetts
1999 East - Saint Joseph's, West - Virginia Tech Saint Joseph's The Apollo of Temple, Philadelphia
2000 East - Saint Joseph's, West - George Washington Xavier Liacouras Center, Philadelphia
2001 Xavier Xavier Liacouras Center
2002 East - Temple, West - George Washington Temple Liacouras Center
2003 East - Saint Joseph's, West - George Washington George Washington First three rounds: Ryan Center, Kingston, Rhode Island; Finals: Charles E. Smith Athletic Center
2004 East - Temple, West - George Washington Temple Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse
2005 East - Temple, West - George Washington Temple Charles E. Smith Athletic Center
2006 Charlotte/George Washington Temple Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse
2007 George Washington Xavier Cintas Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
2008 George Washington/Temple Xavier Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse

[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] A-10 football

[edit] Origin

The A-10 began sponsoring football in 1997 when it absorbed the Yankee Conference, a Division I-AA (now known as Division I FCS) football-only conference. The move was triggered by a change in NCAA rules that reduced the influence of single-sport conferences over NCAA legislation. The following schools were in the Yankee Conference at the time of its demise:

Boston University dropped football after the first season of A-10 football. After the 1999 season, UConn started a transition from Division I-AA to Division I-A football (now Division I FBS) that was completed in 2002. In 2004, UConn, already a member of the Big East for other sports, became a football member of that conference. The other schools all remained in the A-10 football conference until its demise after the 2006 season.

[edit] Demise

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 demise of the A-10 football conference, at least under the A-10 banner.

At that time, the CAA did not sponsor football, but 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. Shortly after this, the A-10 football conference opted to disband, with all of its members becoming charter members of the CAA football conference — in effect, this meant that the A-10 football conference was under new management.

[edit] Conference facilities

School Basketball arena Capacity
Charlotte Dale F. Halton Arena 9,105
Dayton University of Dayton Arena 13,409
Duquesne A. J. Palumbo Center 6,200
Fordham Rose Hill Gymnasium 3,470
George Washington Smith Center 5,000
La Salle Tom Gola Arena 4,000
Massachusetts Mullins Center 9,349
Rhode Island Ryan Center 7,657
Richmond Robins Center 9,171
St. Bonaventure Reilly Center 6,000
Saint Joseph's Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse 4,200†
Saint Louis Chaifetz Arena 10,600
Temple Liacouras Center 10,206
Xavier Cintas Center 10,250

†Saint Joseph's facility is currently being renovated and will hold at least 4,200 people when finished. Their men's team will play its home games at the Palestra on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania during the 2008-2009 season, while the women's team will split its home games between the Palestra and facilities at Philadelphia University.

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