2014 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament

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.

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

2013–14 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 25 Saint Louis	13	–	3		.813			27	–	7		.794
No. 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

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

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	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	#18 Saint Louis
							(bye)
											1	#18 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	#23 VCU	61
																					4	Saint Joseph's	65
						2	#23 VCU
							(bye)
											2	#23 VCU	71
										7	Richmond	53
						7	Richmond	76
						10	Duquesne	64
																2	#23 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

• 2014 Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Tournament

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.