Year: | 2014 |
Conference: | Atlantic 10 |
Division: | I |
Gender: | Men's |
Teams: | 13 |
Arena: | Barclays Center |
City: | Brooklyn, New York |
Champions: | Saint Joseph's |
Titlecount: | 3rd |
Coach: | Phil Martelli |
Coachcount: | 2nd |
Mvp: | Halil Kanačević |
Mvpteam: | Saint Joseph's |
Television: | NBCSN, CBSSN, CBS |
The 2014 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament was played March 12–16 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. This was a 13 team tournament with the addition of George Mason. The top 11 seeds got the first round bye and the top 4 seeds got a double bye. The 2014 tournament champion received an automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA tournament. The 2014 championship game was nationally televised on CBS for the fourth straight year.[1] The Saint Joseph's Hawks defeated the VCU Rams 65-61 in the championship to earn an automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA tournament.
Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
Seed | School | Conference | Overall | Tiebreaker | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Saint Louis | 13–3 | 26–5 | ||
2 | VCU | 12–4 | 24–7 | ||
3 | George Washington | 11–5 | 23–7 | 1–0 vs. Saint Joseph's | |
4 | Saint Joseph's | 11–5 | 21–9 | 0–1 vs. George Washington | |
5 | Dayton | 10–6 | 22–9 | 1–0 vs. Massachusetts | |
6 | Massachusetts | 10–6 | 23–7 | 0–1 vs. Dayton | |
7 | Richmond | 8–8 | 18–13 | ||
8 | La Salle | 7–9 | 15–15 | ||
9 | St. Bonaventure | 6–10 | 16–14 | ||
10 | Duquesne | 5–11 | 13–16 | 1–0 vs. Rhode Island | |
11 | Rhode Island | 5–11 | 14–17 | 0–1 vs. Duquesne | |
12 | George Mason | 4–12 | 11–19 | ||
13 | Fordham | 2–14 | 9–20 |
Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Television | Score | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First round - Wednesday, March 12 | ||||||
1 | 1 | 7:00 pm |
| 70–67 | ||
Second round - Thursday, March 13 | ||||||
2 | 2 | 12:00 pm |
| CSN | 82–72 | |
3 | 2:30 pm |
| NBCSN | 87–74 | ||
3 | 4 | 6:30 pm |
| NBCSN | 76–64 | |
5 | 9:00 pm |
| CSN | 65–61 | ||
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 14 | ||||||
4 | 6 | 12:00 pm |
| NBCSN | 71–68 | |
7 | 2:30 pm |
| NBCSN | 70–67 | ||
5 | 8 | 6:30 pm |
| NBCSN | 71–53 | |
9 | 9:00 pm |
| NBCSN | 85–77 | ||
Semifinals - Saturday, March 15 | ||||||
6 | 10 | 1:30 pm |
| CBSSN | 67–48 | |
11 | 4:00 pm |
| CBSSN | 74–55 | ||
Championship Game - Sunday, March 16 | ||||||
7 | 12 | 1:00 pm |
| CBS | 65-61 |