2018 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament explained

Year:2018
Conference:Atlantic 10
Division:I
Gender:Women's
Teams:14
Arena:Campus Sites
Finalarena:Richmond Coliseum
Finalcity:Richmond, VA
Champions:George Washington
Titlecount:7th
Coach:Jennifer Rizzotti
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Brianna Cummings
Mvpteam:George Washington
Attendance:10,552
Television:A10 Digital, ASN, CBSSN, ESPNU

The 2018 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament was a postseason tournament that completed the 2017–18 season of the Atlantic 10 Conference. It was played at campus sites on February 27 for the first round, with the remaining games held on March 2–4 at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia.[1]

Seeds

Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

SeedSchoolConf OverallTiebreaker
  1. 1
Dayton15–122–5
  1. 2
Duquesne13–323–6
  1. 3
Fordham12–421–8
  1. 4
George Mason11–522–8
  1. 5
George Washington10–615–131–0 vs. SJU
  1. 6
Saint Joseph's10–615–130–1 vs. GW
  1. 7
Saint Louis9–715–14
  1. 8
Richmond8–813–16
  1. 9
Davidson7–912–17
  1. 10
UMass6–1014–15
  1. 11
VCU4–127–21
  1. 12
La Salle3–138–211–0 vs. Bona
  1. 13
St. Bonaventure3–138–210–1 vs. LAS
  1. 14
Rhode Island1–153–26

Schedule

SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance
First round - Tuesday, February 27
17:00 PMNo. 9 Davidson at No. 8 RichmondA10 Net451
27:00 PMNo. 13 St. Bonaventure at No. 4 George Mason1,115
37:00 PMNo. 12 La Salle at No. 5 George Washington472
48:00 PMNo. 10 UMass at No. 7 Saint Louis543
57:00 PMNo. 14 Rhode Island at No. 3 Fordham662
67:00 PMNo. 11 VCU at No. 6 Saint Joseph's543
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 2
7711:00 amNo. 8 Richmond vs. No. 1 DaytonA10 Net2,954
82:00 pmNo. 5 George Washington vs. No. 4 George Mason
894:30 pmNo. 7 Saint Louis vs. No. 2 Duquesne
107:00 pmNo. 6 Saint Joseph's vs. No. 3 Fordham
Semifinals - Saturday, March 3
91111:00 amNo. 1 Dayton vs. No. 5 George WashingtonCBSSN1,709
121:30 pmNo. 7 Saint Louis vs. No. 6 Saint Joseph's
Championship - Sunday, March 4
101312:00 pmNo. 5 George Washington vs. No. 6 Saint Joseph'sESPNU2,103

Bracket

See also

2018 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018 A-10 Women's Basketball Championship.