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Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament
The Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament is the conference championship tournament in women's basketball for the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10). It is a single-elimination tournament involving all 15 league schools, and seeding is based on regular-season records with head-to-head match-up as a tie-breaker. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament.[1]
| Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Conference basketball championship | |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Conference | Atlantic 10 Conference |
| Number of teams | 14 |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament |
| Current stadium | Henrico Sports & Events Center |
| Current location | Henrico, Virginia |
| Played | 1983–present |
| Last contest | 2023 |
| Current champion | Saint Louis |
| Most championships | George Washington (7) |
| Official website | Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball |
The top nine teams in the conference receive byes in the first round, while #12 plays #13, #11 plays #14, and #10 plays #15. The top four teams receive a "double-bye" into the quarterfinals, while #5 plays the winner of #12/#13, #6 plays the winner of #11/#14, #7 plays the winner of #10/#15, and #8 plays #9. The winners of the second-round games move on to face one of the top four seeds in the format of a normal eight-team bracket: #1 vs. #8 or #9; #2 vs. #7. #10, or #15; #3 vs #6, #11 or #14; and #4 vs #5, #12 or #13.
The tournament has been held since 1983.
Champions edit
| Year | Champions | Score | Runner-Up | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Penn State (1) | 77–74 | Rutgers | Louis Brown Athletic Center, Piscataway, New Jersey |
| 1984 | Penn State (2) | 99–64 | Rhode Island | Rec Hall, University Park, Pennsylvania |
| 1985 | Penn State (3) | 96–59 | Temple | Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 1986 | Penn State (4) | 84–69 | Rutgers | WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, West Virginia |
| 1987 | Rutgers (1) | 93–48 | Saint Joseph's | Louis Brown Athletic Center, Piscataway, New Jersey |
| 1988 | Rutgers (2) | 64–62 | Saint Joseph's | |
| 1989 | West Virginia (1) | 63–54 | Temple | |
| 1990 | Penn State (5) | 84–60 | Saint Joseph's | Rec Hall, University Park, Pennsylvania |
| 1991 | Penn State (6) | 78–63 | Saint Joseph's | Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 1992 | George Washington (1) | 62–57 | Rutgers | Louis Brown Athletic Center, Piscataway, New Jersey |
| 1993 | Rutgers (3) | 59–51 | Saint Joseph's | Charles E. Smith Athletic Center, Washington, D.C. |
| 1994 | Rutgers (4) | 79–71 | George Washington | Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 1995 | George Washington (2) | 82–59 | Rutgers | |
| 1996 | George Washington (3) | 73–68 | La Salle | Cassell Coliseum, Blacksburg, Virginia |
| 1997 | Saint Joseph's (1) | 59–56 | George Washington | Charles E. Smith Athletic Center, Washington, D.C. |
| 1998 | Virginia Tech (1) | 66–64 (OT) | UMass | William D. Mullins Memorial Center, Amherst, Massachusetts |
| 1999 | Saint Joseph's (2) | 85–73 | Xavier | The Apollo of Temple, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 2000 | Xavier (1) | 80–66 | George Washington | Liacouras Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 2001 | Xavier (2) | 81–56 | George Washington | |
| 2002 | Temple (1) | 63–58 | Saint Joseph's | |
| 2003 | George Washington (4) | 56–49 | Rhode Island | Charles E. Smith Athletic Center, Washington, D.C. |
| 2004 | Temple (2) | 53–48 | Saint Joseph's | Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 2005 | Temple (3) | 70–62 | George Washington | Charles E. Smith Athletic Center, Washington, D.C. |
| 2006 | Temple (4) | 59–54 | George Washington | Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 2007 | Xavier (3) | 65–59 | Saint Joseph's | Cintas Center, Cincinnati, Ohio |
| 2008 | Xavier (4) | 47–42 | Temple | Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 2009 | Charlotte (1) | 59–54 | Richmond | Dale F. Halton Arena, Charlotte, North Carolina |
| 2010 | Xavier (5) | 57–55 (OT) | Temple | The Show Place Arena, Upper Marlboro, Maryland |
| 2011 | Xavier (6) | 67–60 | Dayton | Tsongas Center, Lowell, Massachusetts |
| 2012 | Dayton (1) | 56–53 | St. Bonaventure | Hagan Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 2013 | Saint Joseph's (3) | 47–46 | Fordham | Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York |
| 2014 | Fordham (1) | 63–51 | Dayton | Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, Virginia |
| 2015 | George Washington (5) | 75–62 | Dayton | |
| 2016 | George Washington (6) | 63–60 | Duquesne | |
| 2017 | Dayton (2) | 70–56 | Duquesne | |
| 2018 | George Washington (7) | 65–49 | Saint Joseph's | |
| 2019 | Fordham (2) | 62–47 | VCU | Palumbo Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| 2020 | Dayton (3) | 52–48 | VCU | UD Arena, Dayton, Ohio |
| 2021 | VCU (1) | 81–69 | UMass | Siegel Center, Richmond, Virginia |
| 2022 | UMass (1) | 62–56 | Dayton | Chase Fieldhouse, Wilmington, Delaware |
| 2023 | Saint Louis (1) | 91-85 | UMass | |
| 2024 | Henrico Sports & Events Center, Henrico, Virginia | |||
| 2025 |
Championships by School edit
| School | Championships | Years |
|---|---|---|
| George Washington | 7 | 1992, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2015, 2016, 2018 |
| Xavier | 6 | 2000, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 |
| Penn State | 6 | 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1991 |
| Rutgers | 4 | 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994 |
| Temple | 4 | 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006 |
| Saint Joseph's | 3 | 1997, 1999, 2013 |
| Dayton | 3 | 2012, 2017, 2020 |
| Fordham | 2 | 2014, 2019 |
| West Virginia | 1 | 1989 |
| Virginia Tech | 1 | 1998 |
| Charlotte | 1 | 2009 |
| VCU | 1 | 2021 |
| UMass | 1 | 2022 |
| Saint Louis | 1 | 2023 |
- Schools highlighted in pink are former members of the Atlantic 10
- Duquesne, Davidson, George Mason, La Salle, Loyola Chicago, Rhode Island, Richmond and St. Bonaventure have not yet won a tournament.
- Butler did not win the 2013 tournament in its only season as a member of the Atlantic 10.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Postseason Guide" (PDF). atlantic10.com. Atlantic 10 Conference. Retrieved 19 February 2023.