2016 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament

The 2016 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament was a tournament that played March 2–6 at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia.

2016 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2015–16
Teams	14
Site	Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA
Champions	George Washington (6th title)
Winning coach	Jonathan Tsipis (2nd title)
MVP	Caira Washington (George Washington)
Television	A10 Digital, ASN, CBSSN, ESPNU
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2015–16 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Duquesne	13	–	3		.813			28	–	6		.824
George Washington †	13	–	3		.813			26	–	7		.788
Saint Louis	13	–	3		.813			26	–	8		.765
St. Bonaventure	12	–	4		.750			24	–	8		.750
VCU	10	–	6		.625			23	–	10		.697
Saint Joseph's	8	–	8		.500			14	–	15		.483
Fordham	8	–	8		.500			14	–	17		.452
Dayton	7	–	9		.438			14	–	15		.483
George Mason	6	–	10		.375			12	–	19		.387
Richmond	5	–	11		.313			13	–	18		.419
Rhode Island	5	–	11		.313			12	–	18		.400
UMass	5	–	11		.313			12	–	18		.400
Davidson	5	–	11		.313			11	–	19		.367
La Salle	2	–	14		.125			5	–	25		.167
† 2016 A10 Tournament winner As of March 25, 2016 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	Conf (Overall)	Tiebreaker
#1	George Washington	13–3 (23–6)	2–0 vs. Saint Louis, Duquesne
#2	Saint Louis	13–3 (23–6)	1–1 vs. GW, Duquesne
#3	Duquesne	13–3 (25–4)	0–2 vs. Saint Louis, GW
#4	St. Bonaventure	12–4 (23–6)
#5	VCU	10–6 (21–8)
#6	Fordham	8–8 (13–16)	1–1 vs. Saint Joe's; 1–0 vs. GW
#7	Saint Joseph's	8–8 (14–14)	1–1 vs. Fordham; 0–1 vs. GW
#8	Dayton	7–9 (14–13)
#9	George Mason	6–10 (11–18)
#10	Rhode Island	5–11 (11–17)	3–1 vs. Davidson, Richmond, UMass
#11	UMass	5–11 (11–17)	2–2 vs. Davidson, URI, Richmond
#12	Davidson	5–11 (11–18)	1–2 vs. URI, UMass; 1–0 vs. Richmond
#13	Richmond	5–11 (12–17)	1–2 vs. URI, UMass; 0–1 vs. Davidson
#14	La Salle	2–14 (5–24)

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
First round - Wednesday, March 2
1	1	4:30 pm	#13 Richmond vs. #12 Davidson	A10 Net	604
	2	7:00 pm	#14 La Salle vs. #11 UMass
Second round - Thursday, March 3
2	3	11:30 am	#9 George Mason vs. #8 Dayton	A10 Net
	4	2:00 pm	#13 Richmond vs. #5 VCU
3	5	4:30 pm	#10 Rhode Island vs. #7 Saint Joseph's
	6	7:00 pm	#11 UMass vs. #6 Fordham
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 4
4	7	11:30 am	#9 George Mason vs. #1 George Washington	ASN
	8	2:00 pm	#5 VCU vs. #4 St. Bonventure
5	9	4:30 pm	#10 Rhode Island vs. #2 Saint Louis		2,041
	10	7:00 pm	#6 Fordham vs. #3 Duquesne
Semifinals - Saturday, March 5
6	11	11:00 am	#1 George Washington vs. #5 VCU	CBSSN	1,335
	12	1:30 pm	#2 Saint Louis vs. #3 Duquesne
Championship - Sunday, March 6
7	13	1:00 pm	#1 George Washington vs. #3 Duquesne	ESPNU	2,673

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

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 2					Second round Thursday, March 3					Quarterfinals Friday, March 4 ASN					Semifinals Saturday, March 5 CBSSN					Championship Sunday, March 6 ESPNU
											1	George Washington	78
						8	Dayton	62			9	George Mason	48
						9	George Mason	66								1	George Washington	72
																5	VCU	58
											4	St. Bonaventure	50
						5	VCU	62			5	VCU	59
	12	Davidson	51			13	Richmond	42													1	George Washington	63
	13	Richmond	70																		3	Duquesne	60
											2	Saint Louis	70
						7	Saint Joseph's	76			10	Rhode Island	59
						10	Rhode Island	81								2	Saint Louis	52
																3	Duquesne	56
											3	Duquesne	70
						6	Fordham	73^OT			6	Fordham	65
	11	UMass	81			11	UMass	62
	14	La Salle	65

References

See also

2016 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament