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
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2013–14 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings

v t e	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 April 11, 2014.
2. "2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 17)". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
3. "2013–14 A10 Women's Basketball Preview" (PDF). Atlantic 10.

See also

2014 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament