2019 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament

2019 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2018–19
Teams14
SiteCampus Sites
Finals sitePalumbo Center
Pittsburgh, PA
ChampionsFordham (2nd title)
Winning coachStephanie Gaitley (2nd title)
MVPMary Goulding (Fordham)
TelevisionCBSSN, ESPN+, ESPNU
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2018–19 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Fordham † 13 – 3   .813 25 – 9   .735
VCU 13 – 3   .813 24 – 10   .706
Duquesne 11 – 5   .688 19 – 13   .594
Dayton 10 – 6   .625 17 – 14   .548
Davidson 10 – 6   .625 17 – 15   .531
Saint Louis 9 – 7   .563 15 – 16   .484
George Mason 8 – 8   .500 16 – 14   .533
Massachusetts 7 – 9   .438 16 – 16   .500
Saint Joseph's 7 – 9   .438 12 – 19   .387
George Washington 7 – 9   .438 10 – 20   .333
Richmond 6 – 10   .375 9 – 21   .300
St. Bonaventure 5 – 11   .313 8 – 22   .267
La Salle 3 – 13   .188 6 – 25   .194
Rhode Island 3 – 13   .188 8 – 21   .276
† 2019 A10 tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2019 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament was a postseason tournament that conclude the 2018–19 season of the Atlantic 10 Conference. It was played at campus sites on March 5 for the first round, with the remaining games held on March 8–10 at the Palumbo Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[1] Fordham defeated VCU, 62–47, to win the tournament championship and earn the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.[2]

Seeds

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

Seed School Conf Overall Tiebreaker
#1 ‡† – VCU 13–3 21–8 1–0 vs. Fordham
#2 † – Fordham 13–3 22–8 0–1 vs. VCU
#3 Duquesne 11–5 17–12
#4 Dayton 10–6 15–12 1–0 vs. Davidson
#5 Davidson 10–6 16–13 0–1 vs. Dayton
#6 Saint Louis 9–7 14–15
#7 George Mason 8–8 16–13
#8 Saint Joseph's 7–9 11–18 2-0 vs. GW/UMass
#9 George Washington 7–9 11–18 1–1 vs. SJU/UMass
#10 UMass 7–9 15–15 0-2 vs. SJU/GW
#11 Richmond 6–10 9–20
#12 St. Bonaventure 5–11 8–21
#13 La Salle 3–13 6–24 1–0 vs. URI
#14 Rhode Island 3–13 8–20 0–1 vs. LAS
‡ – Atlantic 10 regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.

† – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
First round - Tuesday, March 5
1 3:00 pm No. 9 George Washington at No. 8 Saint Joseph's ESPN+ 278
2 7:00 pm No. 13 La Salle at No. 4 Dayton 1,001
3 7:00 pm No. 12 St. Bonaventure at No. 5 Davidson 462
4 12:00 pm No. 10 UMass at No. 7 George Mason 259
5 7:00 pm No. 14 Rhode Island at No. 3 Duquesne 601
6 8:00 pm No. 11 Richmond at No. 6 Saint Louis 608
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 8
7 7 11:00 am No. 8 Saint Joseph's vs. No. 1 VCU ESPN+ 1,009
8 2:00 pm No. 4 Dayton vs. No. 5 Davidson
8 9 4:30 pm No. 10 UMass vs. No. 2 Fordham
10 7:00 pm No. 3 Duquesne vs. No. 6 Saint Louis
Semifinals - Saturday, March 9
9 11 11:00 am No. 1 VCU vs. No. 4 Dayton CBSSN
12 1:30 pm No. 2 Fordham vs. No. 3 Duquesne
Championship - Sunday, March 10
10 13 12:00 pm No. 1 VCU vs. No. 2 Fordham ESPNU

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

Bracket

  • All times are Eastern.
First round
Campus Sites
March 5
ESPN+ 		Quarterfinals
Palumbo Center
March 8
ESPN+ 		Semifinals
Palumbo Center
March 9
CBSSN 		Championship
Palumbo Center
March 10
ESPNU
            
1 VCU 58
8 Saint Joseph's 47
8 Saint Joseph's 61
9 George Washington 49
1 VCU 61
4 Dayton 52
5 Davidson 74
12 St. Bonaventure 49
5 Davidson 65
4 Dayton 84
4 Dayton 65
13 La Salle 38
1 VCU 47
2 Fordham 62
6 Saint Louis 58
11 Richmond 49
6 Saint Louis 51
3 Duquesne 72
3 Duquesne 106
14 Rhode Island 69
3 Duquesne 34
2 Fordham 76
7 George Mason 80
10 UMass 86 2OT
10 UMass 62
2 Fordham 73

References

  1. ^ "2019 Women's Basketball Championship". Atlantic10.com.
  2. ^ "Fordham women win Atlantic 10 Tournament, advance to NCAAs". miamiherald. Retrieved March 10, 2019.

See also

2019 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament