2015 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament

The 2015 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament was held March 11–15, 2015 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. With Davidson joining the conference in July 2014, it was a 14-team tournament for the first time.

2015 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201415
Teams14
SiteBarclays Center
Brooklyn, New York
ChampionsVCU (1st title)
Winning coachShaka Smart (1st title)
MVPTreveon Graham (VCU)
TelevisionNBCSN, CBSSN, CBS
201415 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Davidson144 .778248  .750
Dayton135 .722279  .750
Rhode Island135 .7222310  .697
VCU126 .6672610  .722
Richmond126 .6672114  .600
George Washington108 .5562213  .629
St. Bonaventure108 .5561813  .581
UMass108 .5561715  .531
La Salle810 .4441716  .515
Saint Joseph's711 .3891318  .419
Duquesne612 .3331219  .387
Fordham414 .2221021  .323
George Mason414 .222922  .290
Saint Louis315 .1671121  .344
2015 A10 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

All 14 Atlantic 10 schools participate in the tournament. Teams were seeded by the 2014–15 Atlantic 10 Conference season record. The top 10 teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye.

Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.[1]

Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker
1 Davidson 14–4 23–6
2 Dayton 13–5 23–7 1–0 vs. Rhode Island
3 Rhode Island 13–5 21–8 0–1 vs. Dayton
4 Richmond 12–6 19–12 2–0 vs. VCU
5 VCU 12–6 22–9 0–2 vs. Richmond
6 George Washington 10–8 20–11 2–0 vs. St. Bonaventure, UMass
7 St. Bonaventure 10–8 17–12 1–2 vs. George Washington, UMass; 1–0 vs. Davidson
8 UMass 10–8 17–14 1-2 vs. George Washington, St. Bonaventure; 0–1 vs. Davidson
9 La Salle 8–10 16–15
10 Saint Joseph's 7–11 13–17
11 Duquesne 6–12 11–18
12 Fordham 4–14 9–20 1–0 vs. George Mason
13 George Mason 4–14 9–21 0–1 vs. Fordham
14 Saint Louis 3–15 11–20

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Score
First round - Wednesday, March 11
1 1 6:30 pm #12 Fordham vs. #13 George Mason SNY/A-10 Network 71–65
2 9:00 pm #11 Duquesne vs. #14 Saint Louis SNY/A-10 Network 61–55
Second round - Thursday, March 12
2 3 12:00 pm #8 UMass vs. #9 La Salle NBCSN 69–76
4 2:30 pm #5 VCU vs. #12 Fordham NBCSN 63–57
3 5 6:30 pm #7 St. Bonaventure vs. #10 St. Joseph's NBCSN 60–49
6 9:00 pm #6 George Washington vs. #11 Duquesne NBCSN 73–55
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 13
4 7 12:00 pm #1 Davidson vs. #9 La Salle NBCSN 67–66
8 2:30 pm #4 Richmond vs. #5 VCU NBCSN 67–70
5 9 6:30 pm #2 Dayton vs. #7 St. Bonaventure NBCSN 75–71
10 9:00 pm #3 Rhode Island vs. #6 George Washington NBCSN 71–58
Semifinals - Saturday, March 14
6 11 1:30 pm #1 Davidson vs. #5 VCU CBSSN 73–93
12 4:00 pm #2 Dayton vs. #3 Rhode Island CBSSN 56–52
Championship - Sunday, March 15
7 13 1:00pm #2 Dayton vs. #5 VCU CBS 65–71

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

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 11
Second round
Thursday, March 12
NBCSN
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 13
NBCSN
Semifinals
Saturday, March 14
CBSSN
Championship
Sunday, March 15
CBS
1#24 Davidson67
8UMass699La Salle66
9La Salle761#24 Davidson73
5VCU93
4Richmond67
5VCU635VCU70
12Fordham7112Fordham572Dayton65
13George Mason655VCU71
2Dayton75
7St. Bonaventure607St. Bonaventure71
10Saint Joseph's492Dayton56
3Rhode Island52
3Rhode Island71
6George Washington736George Washington58
11Duquesne6111Duquesne55
14Saint Louis55

See also

References

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