2014 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament

2014 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2013–14
Teams 13
Site Barclays Center
Brooklyn, New York
Champions Saint Joseph's (3rd title)
Winning coach Phil Martelli (2nd title)
MVP Halil Kanačević (Saint Joseph's)
Television NBCSN, CBSSN, CBS
Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2013  2015»
2013–14 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#25 Saint Louis 13 – 3   .813     27 – 7   .794
#24 VCU 12 – 4   .750     26 – 9   .743
George Washington 11 – 5   .688     24 – 9   .727
Saint Joseph's † 11 – 5   .688     24 – 10   .706
UMass 10 – 6   .625     24 – 9   .727
Dayton 10 – 6   .625     26 – 11   .703
Richmond 8 – 8   .500     19 – 14   .576
La Salle 7 – 9   .438     15 – 16   .484
St. Bonaventure 6 – 10   .375     18 – 15   .545
Rhode Island 5 – 11   .313     14 – 18   .438
Duquesne 5 – 11   .313     13 – 17   .433
George Mason 4 – 12   .250     11 – 20   .355
Fordham 2 – 14   .125     10 – 21   .323
† 2014 A10 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

Seeds

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

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Score
First round - Wednesday, March 12
1 1 7:00 pm #12 George Mason vs. #13 Fordham 70–67
Second round - Thursday, March 13
2 2 12:00 pm #8 La Salle vs. #9 St. Bonaventure CSN 82–72
3 2:30 pm #5 Dayton vs. #13 Fordham NBCSN 87–74
3 4 6:30 pm #7 Richmond vs. #10 Duquesne NBCSN 76–64
5 9:00 pm #6 Massachusetts vs. #11 Rhode Island CSN 65–61
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 14
4 6 12:00 pm #1 St. Louis vs. #9 St. Bonaventure NBCSN 71–68
7 2:30 pm #4 Saint Joseph's vs. #5 Dayton NBCSN 70–67
5 8 6:30 pm #2 VCU vs. #7 Richmond NBCSN 71–53
9 9:00 pm #3 George Washington vs. #6 Massachusetts NBCSN 85–77
Semifinals - Saturday, March 15
6 10 1:30 pm #9 St. Bonaventure vs. #4 Saint Joseph's CBSSN 67–48
11 4:00 pm #2 VCU vs. #3 George Washington CBSSN 74–55
Championship Game - Sunday, March 16
7 12 1:00 pm #2 VCU vs. #4 Saint Joseph's CBS 65-61

*Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

[2]

  First round
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
 		 Second round
Thursday, March 13, 2014
CSN (Regional)/NBCSN		 Quarterfinals
Friday, March 14, 2014
NBCSN		 Semifinals
Saturday, March 15, 2014
CBSSN		 Championship
Sunday, March 16, 2014
CBS
                                               
        
  1  Saint Louis  
     (bye)  
      
        
  1  Saint Louis 68  
  9  St. Bonaventure 71  
        
        
  8  La Salle 72
    9  St. Bonaventure 82  
      
        
  4  Saint Joseph's 67  
  9  St. Bonaventure 48  
        
        
  4  Saint Joseph's
     (bye)  
      
        
  4  Saint Joseph's 70
  5  Dayton 67  
        
        
  5  Dayton 87
    13  Fordham 74  
12  George Mason 67
13  Fordham 70  
  2  VCU 61
  4  Saint Joseph's 65
        
  2  VCU  
     (bye)  
      
        
  2  VCU 71  
  7  Richmond 53  
        
        
  7  Richmond 76
    10  Duquesne 64  
      
        
  2  VCU 74
  3  George Washington 55  
        
        
  3  George Washington
     (bye)  
      
        
  3  George Washington 85
  6  Massachusetts 77  
        
        
  6  Massachusetts 65
    11  Rhode Island 61  
      

See also

References

  1. ↑ "A-10 Men's Basketball Championship To Be Aired On CBS Sports Beginning In 2010; New Championship Format Unveiled". Atlantic 10.
  2. ↑ "2014 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket" (PDF). Barclays Center.
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