2014 Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Tournament

2014 Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2013–14
Teams 13
Site Richmond Coliseum
Richmond, VA
Champions Fordham (1st title)
Winning coach Stephanie Gaitley (1st title)
MVP Abigail Corning (Fordham)
Television A10 Digital, CBSSN, ESPNU
Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Tournaments
«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
Massachusetts 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 45-41 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

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

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. Bonnaventure 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

  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

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

See also

2014 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament

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