2023 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament explained

Year:2023
Conference:Atlantic 10
Division:I
Gender:Men's
Teams:15
Arena:Barclays Center
City:Brooklyn, New York
Champions:VCU
Titlecount:2nd
Coach:Mike Rhoades
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:DaRon Holmes
Mvpteam:Dayton
Attendance:46,924
Television:ESPN+, USA Network/Peacock,
CBSSN, CBS/Paramount+

The 2023 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2022–23 season of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10). It will be held from March 7–12, 2023, in Brooklyn, New York, at Barclays Center.

Seeds

All 15 A-10 schools will participate in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by winning percentage within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical percentages. The top 9 teams will receive a first-round bye, and the top 4 teams will receive a double-bye, automatically advancing them to the quarterfinals.

SeedSchoolConference RecordTiebreaker
1VCU15–3
2Dayton12–62–1 vs. FOR/SLU
3Fordham12–61–1 vs. DAY/SLU
4Saint Louis12–61–2 vs. DAY/FOR
5George Mason11–7
6Duquesne10–81–0 vs. GW
7George Washington10–80–1 vs. DUQ
8Davidson8–102–0 vs. SBU/SJU
9St. Bonaventure8–101–1 vs. DAV/SJU
10Saint Joseph's8–100–2 vs. DAV/SBU
11La Salle7–111–0 vs. UR
12Richmond7–110–1 vs. LAS
13Massachusetts6–12
14Rhode Island5–13
15Loyola Chicago4–14

Schedule

SessionGameTime[1] MatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance
First round – Tuesday, March 7
1111:30 amNo. 12 Richmond vs No. 13 Massachusetts71–38ESPN+5,119
22:00 pmNo. 10 Saint Joseph's vs No. 15 Loyola Chicago72–67
34:30 pmNo. 11 La Salle vs No. 14 Rhode Island73–56
Second round – Wednesday, March 8
2411:30 amNo. 8 Davidson vs No. 9 St. Bonaventure65–54USA Network5,011
52:00 pmNo. 5 George Mason vs No. 12 Richmond62–57
365:00 pmNo. 7 George Washington vs No. 10 Saint Joseph's76–874,201
77:30 pmNo. 6 Duquesne vs No. 11 La Salle70–81
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9
4811:30 amNo. 1 VCU vs No. 8 Davidson71–53USA Network5,680
92:00 pmNo. 4 Saint Louis vs No. 5 George Mason82–54
5105:00 pmNo. 2 Dayton vs No. 10 Saint Joseph's60–548,595
117:30 pmNo. 3 Fordham vs No. 11 La Salle69–61
Semifinals – Saturday, March 11
6121:00 pmNo. 1 VCU vs No. 4 Saint Louis90–78CBSSN10,156
133:30 pmNo. 2 Dayton vs No. 3 Fordham78–68
Championship – Sunday, March 12
7141:00 pmNo. 1 VCU vs No. 2 Dayton68–56CBS/
Paramount+
8,162

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023 Men's Basketball Bracket (PDF) - Atlantic 10. 2022-10-31. atlantic10.com. en.