2014 Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2014 Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Tournament will be played March 5–9 at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia. This will be a 13 team Tournament with the addition of George Mason. The top 11 seeds will get the first round bye and the top 4 seeds will get the double bye. The 2014 championship game will be nationally televised on ESPNU.[3] Fordham defeated Dayton 63-51 to win their first A-10 Tournament in school history. With that win, the Rams received the Atlantic 10 Conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament.

2014 Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2013–14
Teams	13
Site	Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA
Champions	Fordham (1st title)
Winning coach	Stephanie Gaitley (1st title)
MVP	Abigail Corning (Fordham)
Television	A10 Digital, CBSSN, ESPNU
Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Tournaments

2013–14 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Dayton	14	–	2		.875			23	–	8		.742
St. Bonaventure	11	–	5		.688			24	–	11		.686
Fordham†	11	–	5		.688			25	–	8		.758
George Washington	11	–	5		.688			23	–	11		.676
Saint Joseph's	10	–	6		.625			23	–	10		.697
Duquesne	10	–	6		.625			20	–	13		.606
La Salle	9	–	7		.563			15	–	15		.500
VCU	9	–	7		.563			22	–	10		.688
Richmond	8	–	8		.500			14	–	16		.467
Saint Louis	7	–	9		.438			12	–	18		.400
Rhode Island	2	–	14		.125			7	–	23		.233
George Mason	1	–	15		.063			8	–	23		.258
UMass	1	–	15		.063			4	–	27		.129
† 2014 A10 Tournament winner As of 10:03, 1 April 2014 (UTC); Rankings from AP Poll[1][2]

Seeds

Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conf (Overall)	Tiebreaker
#1	Dayton	14-2
#2	St. Bonaventure	11-5	2-0 vs. FORDHAM, GW
#3	Fordham	11-5	1-1 vs. GW, STBONA
#4	George Washington	11-5	0-2 vs. FORDHAM, STBONA
#5	Saint Joseph's	10-6	1-0 vs. DUQ
#6	Duquesne	10-6	0-1 vs. STJOES
#7	La Salle	9-7	1-0 vs. VCU
#8	VCU	9-7	0-1 vs. LASALLE
#9	Richmond	8-8
#10	Saint Louis	6-9
#11	Rhode Island	2-14
#12	George Mason	1-15	1-0 vs. UMASS
#13	Massachusetts	1-15	0-1 vs. GM

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Score
First Round - Wednesday, March 5
1	1	7:00pm	George Mason vs. Massachusetts		85–75 ^OT
Second Round - Thursday, March 6
2	2	12:00pm	VCU vs. Richmond		61–52
	3	2:30pm	Saint Joseph's vs. George Mason		89–55
3	4	5:00pm	La Salle vs. St. Louis		65–56
	5	7:30pm	Duquesne vs. Rhode Island		61–53
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 7
4	6	12:00pm	Dayton vs. VCU		62–61
	7	2:30pm	George Washington vs. St. Joseph's		82–79
5	8	5:00pm	St. Bonaventure vs. La Salle		54–42
	9	7:30pm	Fordham vs. Duquesne		45–41
Semifinals - Saturday, March 8
6	10	11:00am	Dayton vs. George Washington	CBSSN	89–68
	11	1:30pm	St. Bonaventure vs. Fordham	CBSSN	32–73
Championship Game - Sunday, March 9
7	12	11:00am	Dayton vs. Fordham	ESPNU	51-63

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

Bracket

	First Round Wednesday, March 5, 2014					Second Round Thursday, March 6, 2014					Quarterfinals Friday, March 7, 2014					Semi-finals Saturday, March 8, 2014 CBS Sports Network					Championship Sunday, March 9, 2014 ESPNU
						1	Dayton
							(bye)
											1	Dayton	62
										8	VCU	61
						8	VCU	61
						9	Richmond	52
																1	Dayton	89
																4	George Washington	68
						5	St. Joseph's	89
						12	George Mason	55
	12	George Mason	85
	13	Massachusetts	75^OT
											5	St. Joseph's	79
										4	George Washington	82
						4	George Washington
							(bye)
																					1	Dayton	51
																					3	Fordham	63
						2	St. Bonaventure
							(bye)
											2	St. Bonaventure	54
										7	La Salle	42
						7	La Salle	65
						10	St. Louis	56
																2	St. Bonaventure	32
																3	Fordham	73
						6	Duquesne	61
						11	Rhode Island	53
											6	Duquesne	41
										3	Fordham	45
						3	Fordham
							(bye)

All times listed are Eastern

References

1. "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2013-14". ESPN. Retrieved 11 Apr 2014.
2. "2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 17)". ESPN. Retrieved 11 Apr 2014.
3. "2013–14 A10 Women's Basketball Preview" (PDF). Atlantic 10.

See also

2014 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament