| Year: | 2020 |
| Conference: | Atlantic 10 |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 14 |
| Arena: | Barclays Center |
| City: | Brooklyn, New York |
| Attendance: | 2,461 |
| Television: | ESPN+, NBCSN, CBSSN, CBS |
The 2020 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Atlantic 10 Conference's 2019–20 season. It was scheduled to be held from March 11, through March 15, 2020, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.[1]
On March 12, 2020, the remainder of the Atlantic 10 Tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
All 14 A-10 schools were slated to participate in the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 10 teams received a first-round bye and the top four teams received a double bye, automatically advancing them to the quarterfinals.[2] [3]
| Seed | School | Record | Tiebreaker | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dayton | 18–0 | ||
| 2 | Richmond | 14–4 | ||
| 3 | Rhode Island | 13–5 | ||
| 4 | Saint Louis | 12–6 | ||
| 5 | St. Bonaventure | 11–7 | 1–1 vs. Duquesne, 1–0 vs. Richmond | |
| 6 | Duquesne | 11–7 | 1–1 vs. St. Bonaventure, 0–1 vs. Richmond | |
| 7 | Davidson | 10–8 | ||
| 8 | Massachusetts | 8–10 | 1–0 vs. VCU | |
| 9 | VCU | 8–10 | 0–1 vs. UMass | |
| 10 | La Salle | 6–12 | 1–0 vs. George Washington | |
| 11 | George Washington | 6–12 | 0–1 vs. La Salle | |
| 12 | George Mason | 5–13 | ||
| 13 | Saint Joseph's | 2–16 | 1–0 vs. Fordham | |
| 14 | Fordham | 2–16 | 0–1 vs. Saint Joseph's |
| Session | Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Wednesday, March 11 | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1:00 pm | No. 12 George Mason vs No. 13 Saint Joseph's | 77–70 | ESPN+ | 2,461 | |
| 2 | 3:30 pm | No. 11 George Washington vs No. 14 Fordham | 52–72 | ||||
| Second round – Thursday, March 12 | |||||||
| 2 | 3 | 12:00 pm | No. 8 Massachusetts vs No. 9 VCU | cancelled | NBCSN | N/A | |
| 4 | 2:30 pm | No. 5 St. Bonaventure vs No. 12 George Mason | |||||
| 3 | 5 | 6:00 pm | No. 7 Davidson vs No. 10 La Salle | N/A | |||
| 6 | 8:30 pm | No. 6 Duquesne vs No. 14 Fordham | |||||
| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 13 | |||||||
| 4 | 7 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 Dayton vs Winner of game 3 | cancelled | NBCSN | N/A | |
| 8 | 2:30 pm | No. 4 Saint Louis vs Winner of game 4 | |||||
| 5 | 9 | 6:00 pm | No. 2 Richmond vs Winner of game 5 | N/A | |||
| 10 | 8:30 pm | No. 3 Rhode Island vs Winner of game 6 | |||||
| Semifinals – Saturday, March 14 | |||||||
| 6 | 11 | 1:00 pm | Winner of game 7 vs Winner of game 8 | cancelled | CBSSN | N/A | |
| 12 | 3:30 pm | Winner of game 9 vs Winner of game 10 | |||||
| Championship – Sunday, March 15 | |||||||
| 7 | 13 | 1:00 pm | Winner of game 11 vs Winner of game 12 | cancelled | CBS | N/A | |
* denotes overtime period