Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament

Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
SportBasketball
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
Number of teams14
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumHenrico Sports & Events Center
Current locationHenrico, Virginia
Played1983–present
Last contest2024
Current championRichmond
Most championshipsGeorge Washington (7)
Official websiteAtlantic 10 Women's Basketball

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]

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 Richmond (1) 65–51 Rhode Island 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
Richmond 1 2024

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Postseason Guide" (PDF). atlantic10.com. Atlantic 10 Conference. Retrieved 19 February 2023.