2020 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament explained

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.

Seeds

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]

SeedSchoolRecordTiebreaker
1Dayton18–0
2 Richmond14–4
3Rhode Island13–5
4Saint Louis12–6
5St. Bonaventure11–71–1 vs. Duquesne, 1–0 vs. Richmond
6Duquesne11–71–1 vs. St. Bonaventure, 0–1 vs. Richmond
7Davidson10–8
8Massachusetts8–101–0 vs. VCU
9VCU8–100–1 vs. UMass
10La Salle6–121–0 vs. George Washington
11George Washington6–120–1 vs. La Salle
12George Mason5–13
13Saint Joseph's2–161–0 vs. Fordham
14Fordham2–160–1 vs. Saint Joseph's

Schedule

SessionGameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance
First round – Wednesday, March 11
11 1:00 pmNo. 12 George Mason vs No. 13 Saint Joseph's77–70ESPN+2,461
23:30 pmNo. 11 George Washington vs No. 14 Fordham52–72
Second round – Thursday, March 12
2312:00 pmNo. 8 Massachusetts vs No. 9 VCUcancelledNBCSNN/A
42:30 pmNo. 5 St. Bonaventure vs No. 12 George Mason
356:00 pmNo. 7 Davidson vs No. 10 La SalleN/A
68:30 pmNo. 6 Duquesne vs No. 14 Fordham
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 13
4712:00 pmNo. 1 Dayton vs Winner of game 3cancelledNBCSNN/A
82:30 pmNo. 4 Saint Louis vs Winner of game 4
596:00 pmNo. 2 Richmond vs Winner of game 5N/A
108:30 pmNo. 3 Rhode Island vs Winner of game 6
Semifinals – Saturday, March 14
6111:00 pmWinner of game 7 vs Winner of game 8cancelledCBSSNN/A
123:30 pmWinner of game 9 vs Winner of game 10
Championship – Sunday, March 15
7131:00 pmWinner of game 11 vs Winner of game 12cancelledCBSN/A

Bracket

* denotes overtime period

Game summaries

First round

Notes and References

  1. News: 2020 #A10MBB Championship Central . Atlantic 10 Conference . 2020-02-08 . mdy-all.
  2. Web site: Dayton Claims Top Seed for 2020 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Championship . March 7, 2020 . atlantic10.com . Atlantic 10 Conference . March 9, 2020.
  3. Web site: Men's Basketball Tiebreakers . February 21, 2015 . atlantic10.com . Atlantic 10 Conference . March 9, 2020.