Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament

Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament
Conference Basketball Championship

Sport	College basketball
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Number of teams	14
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Rotates; PPG Paints Arena in 2017
Current location	Rotates; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 2017
Played	1977–present
Last contest	2017
Current champion	Rhode Island
Most championships	Temple (9)
TV partner(s)	NBCSN CBSSN

The Atlantic 10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament is the conference championship tournament in men's basketball for the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10). The tournament has been held every year since 1977. It is a single-elimination tournament, and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA men's basketball tournament.

Tournament champions

Year	Winner	Score	Opponent	Most Outstanding Player	Venue
1977	Duquesne	57–54	Villanova	Norm Nixon, Duquesne	The Spectrum (Philadelphia)
1978	Villanova	63–59	West Virginia	Alex Bradley, Villanova	Civic Arena (Pittsburgh)
1979	Rutgers	61v57	Pittsburgh	James Bailey, Rutgers	Civic Arena (Pittsburgh)
1980	Villanova	74–62	West Virginia	Lowes Moore, West Virginia	Civic Arena (Pittsburgh)
1981	Pittsburgh	64–60	Duquesne	Lenny McMillan, Pittsburgh	Civic Arena (Pittsburgh)
1982	Pittsburgh	78–72	West Virginia	Clyde Vaughan, Pittsburgh	Civic Arena (Pittsburgh)
1983	West Virginia	86–78	Temple	Terence Stansbury, Temple	The Spectrum (Philadelphia)
1984	West Virginia	59–56	St. Bonaventure	Lester Rowe, West Virginia	WVU Coliseum (Morgantown, West Virginia)
1985	Temple	59–51	Rutgers	Granger Hall, Temple	Rutgers Athletic Center (Piscataway, New Jersey)
1986	Saint Joseph's	70–66	Penn State	Greg Mullee, Saint Joseph's	Brendan Byrne Arena (East Rutherford, New Jersey)
1987	Temple	70–57	George Washington	Nate Blackwell, Temple	McGonigle Hall (Philadelphia)
1988	Temple	68–63	Rhode Island	Tom Garrick, Rhode Island	WVU Coliseum (Morgantown, West Virginia)
1989	Rutgers	70–66	Penn State	Tom Savage, Rutgers	Louis Brown Athletic Center (Piscataway, New Jersey)
1990	Temple	53–51	UMass	Mark Macon, Temple	McGonigle Hall (Philadelphia)
1991	Penn State	81–75	George Washington	Freddie Barnes, Penn State	Rec Hall (University Park, Pennsylvania)
1992	UMass	97–91	West Virginia	Harper Williams, UMass	Curry Hicks Cage (Amherst, Massachusetts)
1993	UMass	69–61	Temple	Harper Williams, UMass	Mullins Center (Amherst, Massachusetts)
1994	UMass	70–59	Temple	Mike Williams, UMass	Mullins Center (Amherst, Massachusetts)
1995	UMass	63–44	Temple	Lou Roe, Massachusetts	Mullins Center (Amherst, Massachusetts)
1996	UMass	76–61	Temple	Carmelo Travieso, UMass	Philadelphia Civic Center (Philadelphia)
1997	Saint Joseph's	61–56	Rhode Island	Rashid Bey, Saint Joseph's	CoreStates Spectrum (Philadelphia)
1998	Xavier	77–63	George Washington	James Posey, Xavier	CoreStates Spectrum (Philadelphia)
1999	Rhode Island	62–59	Temple	Lamar Odom, Rhode Island	First Union Spectrum (Philadelphia)
2000	Temple	65–44	St. Bonaventure	Quincy Wadley, Temple	First Union Spectrum (Philadelphia)
2001	Temple	76–65	UMass	Lynn Greer, Temple	First Union Spectrum (Philadelphia)
2002	Xavier	73–60	Richmond	David West, Xavier	First Union Spectrum (Philadelphia)
2003	Dayton	79–72	Temple	Ramod Marshall, Dayton	University of Dayton Arena (Dayton, Ohio)
2004	Xavier	58–49	Dayton	Lionel Chalmers, Xavier	University of Dayton Arena (Dayton, Ohio)
2005	George Washington	76–67	Saint Joseph's	Pat Carroll, Saint Joseph's	U.S. Bank Arena (Cincinnati)
2006	Xavier	62–61	Saint Joseph's	Justin Cage, Xavier	U.S. Bank Arena (Cincinnati)
2007	George Washington	78–69	Rhode Island	Maureece Rice, George Washington	Boardwalk Hall (Atlantic City, New Jersey)
2008	Temple	69–64	Saint Joseph's	Dionte Christmas, Temple	Boardwalk Hall (Atlantic City, New Jersey)
2009	Temple	69–64	Duquesne	Dionte Christmas, Temple	Boardwalk Hall (Atlantic City, New Jersey)
2010	Temple	56–52	Richmond	Juan Fernández, Temple	Boardwalk Hall (Atlantic City, New Jersey)
2011	Richmond	67–54	Dayton	Kevin Anderson, Richmond	Boardwalk Hall (Atlantic City, New Jersey)
2012	St. Bonaventure	67–56	Xavier	Andrew Nicholson, St. Bonaventure	Boardwalk Hall (Atlantic City, New Jersey)
2013	Saint Louis	62–56	VCU	Dwayne Evans, Saint Louis	Barclays Center (Brooklyn, New York)
2014	Saint Joseph's	65–61	VCU	Halil Kanačević, Saint Joseph's	Barclays Center (Brooklyn, New York)
2015	VCU	71–65	Dayton	Treveon Graham, VCU	Barclays Center (Brooklyn, New York)^[1]
2016	Saint Joseph's	87–74	VCU	DeAndre' Bembry, Saint Joseph's	Barclays Center (Brooklyn, New York)^[1]
2017	Rhode Island	70–63	VCU	E. C. Matthews, Rhode Island	PPG Paints Arena (Pittsburgh)^[2]
2018					Verizon Center (Washington, D.C.)^[2]
2019					Barclays Center (Brooklyn, New York)^[3]
2020					Barclays Center (Brooklyn, New York)^[3]
2021					Barclays Center (Brooklyn, New York)^[3]

By school

School	# of Tournament Championships	Last Tournament Championship
Temple^†	9	2010
UMass	5	1996
Xavier^†	4	2006
Saint Joseph's	4	2016
Villanova^†	2	1980
Pittsburgh^†	2	1982
West Virginia^†	2	1984
Rutgers^†	2	1989
George Washington	2	2007
Rhode Island	2	2017
Duquesne	1	1977
Penn State^†	1	1991
Dayton	1	2003
Richmond	1	2011
St. Bonaventure	1	2012
Saint Louis	1	2013
VCU	1	2015
Butler^†	0
Charlotte^†	0
Davidson	0
Fordham	0
George Mason	0
La Salle	0
Virginia Tech^†	0

^†Former member of the Atlantic 10

Television

References

1 2 "A-10, Barclays Center Form Partnership; Bring A-10 Championship To Brooklyn". Atlantic 10 Conference. 28 September 2011. Archived from the original on 5 December 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
1 2 http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/11462126/atlantic-10-tournament-pittsburgh-2017-washington-dc-2018
1 2 3 "Barclays Center Announces Agreements with Atlantic 10 and ACC". Atlantic 10 Conference. 26 March 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.

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Broadcasters

Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball
Teams	Davidson Wildcats Dayton Flyers Duquesne Dukes Fordham Rams George Mason Patriots George Washington Colonials La Salle Explorers UMass Minutemen Rhode Island Rams Richmond Spiders St. Bonaventure Bonnies Saint Joseph's Hawks Saint Louis Billikens VCU Rams
Championships & awards	Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament Player of the Year
Seasons	1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

NCAA men's college basketball tournaments

Division I

Pre-season	2K Sports Classic AdvoCare Invitational Barclays Center Classic Battle 4 Atlantis Cancún Challenge Cayman Islands Classic CBE Hall of Fame Classic Charleston Classic Diamond Head Classic Emerald Coast Classic Global Sports Classic Great Alaska Shootout Gulf Coast Showcase Hall of Fame Tip Off Las Vegas Classic Las Vegas Invitational Legends Classic Maui Invitational Men Who Speak Up Main Event NIT Season Tip-Off Paradise Jam Puerto Rico Tip-Off Savannah Invitational Vancouver Showcase Wooden Legacy
Conference postseason	ACC America East The American American South American West Atlantic 10 Atlantic Sun Big 12 Big East Big Eight Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West CAA Conference USA East Coast Great Midwest Great West Horizon Ivy League MAAC MEAC Metro Mid-American Missouri Valley Mountain West Northeast Ohio Valley Pac-12 Patriot SEC Southern Southland Southwest SWAC Sun Belt Summit WAC West Coast
Postseason	NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament National Invitation Tournament Vegas 16 College Basketball Invitational CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament National Commissioners Invitational Tournament 1922 National Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament

Division II

Conference postseason	CCAA Carolinas East Coast GLIAC GLVC G-MAC Great Northwest Gulf South Heartland Lone Star Mountain East Northeast-10 Northern Sun Pacific West Peach Belt PSAC RMAC South Atlantic Sunshine State
Postseason	NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship

Division III

Conference postseason	Allegheny Mountain American Southwest Capital Northwest SAA SCIAC USA South WIAC
Postseason	NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship ECAC Tournaments

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