Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament

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Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament
Conference Basketball Championship
Atlantic 10 Conference logo.svg
SportCollege basketball
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
Number of teams14
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumRotates; Barclays Center in 2019
Current locationRotates; Brooklyn, NY in 2019
Played1977–present
Last contest2021
Current championSt. Bonaventure
Most championshipsTemple (9)
TV partner(s)USA Network CBSSN Stadium[1]

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
1978 Villanova 63–59 West Virginia Alex Bradley, Villanova Civic Arena
1979 Rutgers 61–57 Pittsburgh James Bailey, Rutgers
1980 Villanova 74–62 West Virginia Lowes Moore, West Virginia
1981 Pittsburgh 64–60 Duquesne , Pittsburgh
1982 Pittsburgh 78–72 West Virginia Clyde Vaughan, Pittsburgh Civic Arena
1983 West Virginia 86–78 Temple Terence Stansbury, Temple The Spectrum
1984 West Virginia 59–56 St. Bonaventure , West Virginia WVU Coliseum
1985 Temple 59–51 Rutgers Granger Hall, Temple Rutgers Athletic Center
1986 Saint Joseph's 72-64 West Virginia , Saint Joseph's Brendan Byrne Arena
1987 Temple 70–57 George Washington Nate Blackwell, Temple McGonigle Hall
1988 Temple 68–63 Rhode Island Tom Garrick, Rhode Island WVU Coliseum
1989 Rutgers 70–66 Penn State , Rutgers Louis Brown Athletic Center
1990 Temple 53–51 UMass Mark Macon, Temple McGonigle Hall
1991 Penn State 81–75 George Washington Freddie Barnes, Penn State Rec Hall
1992 UMass 97–91 West Virginia Harper Williams, UMass Curry Hicks Cage
1993 UMass 69–61 Temple Harper Williams, UMass Mullins Center
1994 UMass 70–59 Temple , UMass
1995 UMass 63–44 Temple Lou Roe, UMass
1996 UMass 76–61 Temple Carmelo Travieso, UMass Philadelphia Civic Center
1997 Saint Joseph's 61–56 Rhode Island Rashid Bey, Saint Joseph's CoreStates Spectrum
1998 Xavier 77–63 George Washington James Posey, Xavier
1999 Rhode Island 62–59 Temple Lamar Odom, Rhode Island First Union Spectrum
2000 Temple 65–44 St. Bonaventure , Temple
2001 Temple 76–65 UMass Lynn Greer, Temple
2002 Xavier 73–60 Richmond David West, Xavier
2003 Dayton 79–72 Temple , Dayton University of Dayton Arena
2004 Xavier 58–49 Dayton Lionel Chalmers, Xavier
2005 George Washington 76–67 Saint Joseph's Pat Carroll, Saint Joseph's U.S. Bank Arena
2006 Xavier 62–61 Saint Joseph's , Xavier
2007 George Washington 78–69 Rhode Island , George Washington Boardwalk Hall
2008 Temple 69–64 Saint Joseph's Dionte Christmas, Temple
2009 Temple 69–64 Duquesne Dionte Christmas, Temple
2010 Temple 56–52 Richmond Juan Fernández, Temple
2011 Richmond 67–54 Dayton Kevin Anderson, Richmond
2012 St. Bonaventure 67–56 Xavier Andrew Nicholson, St. Bonaventure
2013 Saint Louis 62–56 VCU Dwayne Evans, Saint Louis Barclays Center
2014 Saint Joseph's 65–61 VCU Halil Kanačević, Saint Joseph's
2015 VCU 71–65 Dayton Treveon Graham, VCU
2016 Saint Joseph's 87–74 VCU Isaiah Miles, Saint Joseph's
2017 Rhode Island 70–63 VCU E. C. Matthews, Rhode Island PPG Paints Arena[2]
2018 Davidson 58–57 Rhode Island Peyton Aldridge, Davidson Capital One Arena[2]
2019 Saint Louis 55–53 St. Bonaventure Tramaine Isabell, Saint Louis Barclays Center[3]
2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 St. Bonaventure 74–65 VCU Osun Osunniyi, St. Bonaventure UD Arena[a]
2022 Capital One Arena[2]
Barclays Center[3]
  1. ^ Only the tournament final was held at UD Arena. The remainder of the tournament was held at the Robins Center and Siegel Center in Richmond, Virginia.[4]

By school[]

School Championships Years
Temple† 9 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2010
UMass 5 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
Xavier† 4 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006
Saint Joseph's 4 1986, 1997, 2014, 2016
Villanova† 2 1978, 1980
Pittsburgh† 2 1981, 1982
West Virginia† 2 1983, 1984
Rutgers† 2 1979, 1989
George Washington 2 2005, 2007
Rhode Island 2 1999, 2017
Saint Louis 2 2013, 2019
St. Bonaventure 2 2012, 2021
Duquesne 1 1977
Penn State† 1 1991
Dayton 1 2003
Richmond 1 2011
VCU 1 2015
Davidson 1 2018
Butler† 0
Charlotte† 0
Fordham 0
George Mason 0
La Salle 0
Virginia Tech† 0
  • †Former member of the Atlantic 10

References[]

  1. ^ "Atlantic 10 Announces Extensive Package of Men's Basketball Games on Stadium Network".
  2. ^ a b c "Atlantic-10 tournament to Pittsburgh, D.C." 4 September 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Barclays Center Announces Agreements with Atlantic 10 and ACC". Atlantic 10 Conference. 26 March 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Atlantic 10 Adjusts Men's, Women's Basketball Championship Dates" (Press release). Atlantic 10 Conference. February 18, 2021. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
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