2014 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament

2014 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2013–14
Teams13
SiteRichmond Coliseum
Richmond, VA
ChampionsFordham (1st title)
Winning coachStephanie Gaitley (1st title)
MVPAbigail Corning (Fordham)
TelevisionA10 Digital, CBSSN, ESPNU
← 2013
2015 →
2013–14 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Dayton 14 2   .875 23 8   .742
St. Bonaventure 11 5   .688 24 11   .686
Fordham 11 5   .688 25 8   .758
George Washington 11 5   .688 23 11   .676
Saint Joseph's 10 6   .625 23 10   .697
Duquesne 10 6   .625 20 13   .606
La Salle 9 7   .563 15 15   .500
VCU 9 7   .563 22 10   .688
Richmond 8 8   .500 14 16   .467
Saint Louis 7 9   .438 12 18   .400
Rhode Island 2 14   .125 7 23   .233
George Mason 1 15   .063 8 23   .258
UMass 1 15   .063 4 27   .129
2014 A10 Tournament winner
As of 10:03, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
Rankings from AP poll[1][2]


The 2014 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament will be played March 5–9 at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia. This will be a 13 team Tournament with the addition of George Mason. The top 11 seeds will get the first round bye and the top 4 seeds will get the double bye. The 2014 championship game will be nationally televised on ESPNU.[3] Fordham defeated Dayton 63–51 to win their first A-10 Tournament in school history. With that win, the Rams received the Atlantic 10 Conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament.

Seeds

[edit]

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 Dayton 14-2
#2 St. Bonaventure 11-5 2-0 vs. FORDHAM, GW
#3 Fordham 11-5 1-1 vs. GW, STBONA
#4 George Washington 11-5 0-2 vs. FORDHAM, STBONA
#5 Saint Joseph's 10-6 1-0 vs. DUQ
#6 Duquesne 10-6 0-1 vs. STJOES
#7 La Salle 9-7 1-0 vs. VCU
#8 VCU 9-7 0-1 vs. LASALLE
#9 Richmond 8-8
#10 Saint Louis 6-9
#11 Rhode Island 2-14
#12 George Mason 1-15 1-0 vs. UMASS
#13 Massachusetts 1-15 0-1 vs. GM

Schedule

[edit]
Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Score
First round - Wednesday, March 5
1 1 7:00pm George Mason vs. Massachusetts 85–75 OT
Second round - Thursday, March 6
2 2 12:00pm VCU vs. Richmond 61–52
3 2:30pm Saint Joseph's vs. George Mason 89–55
3 4 5:00pm La Salle vs. St. Louis 65–56
5 7:30pm Duquesne vs. Rhode Island 61–53
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 7
4 6 12:00pm Dayton vs. VCU 62–61
7 2:30pm George Washington vs. St. Joseph's 82–79
5 8 5:00pm St. Bonaventure vs. La Salle 54–42
9 7:30pm Fordham vs. Duquesne 45–41
Semifinals - Saturday, March 8
6 10 11:00am Dayton vs. George Washington CBSSN 89–68
11 1:30pm St. Bonaventure vs. Fordham CBSSN 32–73
Championship Game - Sunday, March 9
7 12 11:00am Dayton vs. Fordham ESPNU 51-63

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

Bracket

[edit]
First round
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Second round
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 7, 2014
Semi-finals
Saturday, March 8, 2014
CBS Sports Network
Championship
Sunday, March 9, 2014
ESPNU
               
1 Dayton
(bye)
1 Dayton 62
8 VCU 61
8 VCU 61
9 Richmond 52
1 Dayton 89
4 George Washington 68
5 St. Joseph's 89
12 George Mason 55
12 George Mason 85
13 Massachusetts 75OT
5 St. Joseph's 79
4 George Washington 82
4 George Washington
(bye)
1 Dayton 51
3 Fordham 63
2 St. Bonaventure
(bye)
2 St. Bonaventure 54
7 La Salle 42
7 La Salle 65
10 St. Louis 56
2 St. Bonaventure 32
3 Fordham 73
6 Duquesne 61
11 Rhode Island 53
6 Duquesne 41
3 Fordham 45
3 Fordham
(bye)

All times listed are Eastern

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2013-14". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  2. ^ "2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 17)". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  3. ^ "2013–14 A10 Women's Basketball Preview" (PDF). Atlantic 10.

See also

[edit]

2014 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament