2020 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament

The 2020 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament was a postseason tournament that concluded the 2019-20 season of the Atlantic 10 Conference. It was played at campus sites on March 3 for the first round, with the remaining games held on March 6–8 at the UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio.^[1] Dayton won the conference tournament to receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

2020 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2019–20
Teams	14
Site	Campus Sites
Finals site	UD Arena Dayton, Ohio
Champions	Dayton (3rd title)
Winning coach	Shauna Green (2nd title)
Television	CBSSN, ESPN+, ESPNU
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2019–20 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Dayton†	15	–	1		.938			25	–	8		.758
VCU	13	–	3		.813			20	–	12		.625
Fordham	11	–	5		.688			21	–	10		.677
Duquesne	9	–	7		.563			20	–	11		.645
Massachusetts	9	–	7		.563			20	–	11		.645
Saint Louis	9	–	7		.563			19	–	13		.594
Davidson	8	–	8		.500			16	–	15		.516
George Washington	8	–	8		.500			14	–	16		.467
Richmond	7	–	9		.438			15	–	17		.469
La Salle	7	–	9		.438			13	–	17		.433
Rhode Island	6	–	10		.375			13	–	16		.448
St. Bonaventure	4	–	12		.250			7	–	23		.233
Saint Joseph's	3	–	13		.188			9	–	20		.310
George Mason	3	–	13		.188			9	–	21		.300
† 2020 A10 Tournament winner As of December 19, 2023 Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

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

Seed	School	Conf	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	Dayton^‡†	15–1	22–8
2	VCU^†	13–3	18–11
3	Fordham	11–5	19–10
4	Saint Louis	9–7	17–12	2–0 vs. UMass & Duquesne
5	UMass	9–7	19–10	1–1 vs. Duquesne & Saint Louis
6	Duquesne	9–7	19–10	0–1 vs. UMass & Saint Louis
7	Davidson	8–8	15–14	1–0 vs. George Washington
#8	George Washington	8–8	14–15	0–1 vs. Davidson
#9	Richmond	7–9	14–16	2–0 vs. La Salle
#10	La Salle	7–9	13–16	0–2 vs. Richmond
#11	Rhode Island	6–10	13–15
#12	St. Bonaventure	4–12	7–22
#13	George Mason	3–13	9–19	1–0 vs. St. Joseph's
#14	St. Joseph's	3–13	9–20	0–1 vs. George Mason
‡ – Atlantic 10 regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. † – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
First round - Tuesday, March 3
1		7:00 pm	No. 9 Richmond 57 at No. 8 George Washington 49	ESPN+	454
2		8:00 pm	No. 13 George Mason 61 at No. 4 Saint Louis 69		589
3		7:00 pm	No. 12 St. Bonaventure 54 at No. 5 UMass 72		680
4		7:00 pm	No. 10 La Salle 63 at No. 7 Davidson 67		407
5		7:00 pm	No. 14 St. Joseph's 39 at No. 3 Fordham 56		895
6		7:00 pm	No. 11 Rhode Island 53 at No. 6 Duquesne 70		609
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 6
7	7	11:00 am	No. 9 Richmond 68 at No. 1 Dayton 79	ESPN+
	8	2:00 pm	No. 5 UMass 52 vs. No. 4 Saint Louis 65
8	9	4:30 pm	No. 7 Davidson 52 vs. No. 2 VCU 58
	10	7:00 pm	No. 6 Duquesne 47 vs. No. 3 Fordham 54
Semifinals - Saturday, March 7
9	11	11:00 am	No. 1 Dayton 58 vs No. 4 Saint Louis 50	CBSSN
	12	1:30 pm	No. 2 VCU 59 vs No. 3 Fordham 55
Championship - Sunday, March 8
10	13	12:00 pm	No. 1 Dayton 52 vs No. 2 VCU 48	ESPNU

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

Bracket

• All times are Eastern.

	First round Campus Sites March 3 ESPN+					Quarterfinals University of Dayton Arena March 6 ESPN+					Semifinals University of Dayton Arena March 7 CBSSN					Championship University of Dayton Arena March 8 ESPNU
						1	Dayton	79
						9	Richmond	68
	8	George Washington	49
	9	Richmond	57
											1	Dayton	58
											4	Saint Louis	50
	5	UMass	72
	12	St. Bonaventure	54
						5	UMass	52
						4	Saint Louis	65
	4	Saint Louis	69
	13	George Mason	61
																1	Dayton	52
																2	VCU	48
	6	Duquesne	70
	11	Rhode Island	53
						6	Duquesne	47
						3	Fordham	54
	3	Fordham	59
	14	Saint Joseph's	36
											3	Fordham	55
											2	VCU	60
	7	Davidson	67
	10	La Salle	63
						7	Davidson	52
						2	VCU	58

References

1. "2020 Women's Basketball Championship". atlantic10.com. The Atlantic 10. Retrieved March 4, 2020.

See also

2019 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament