2015 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament

2015 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2014–15
Teams	14
Site	Barclays Center Brooklyn, New York
Champions	VCU (1st title)
Winning coach	Shaka Smart (1st title)
MVP	Treveon Graham (VCU)
Television	NBCSN, CBSSN, CBS
Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournaments «2014  2016»

2014–15 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Davidson	14	–	4		.778			24	–	8		.750
Dayton	13	–	5		.722			27	–	9		.750
Rhode Island	13	–	5		.722			23	–	10		.697
VCU †	12	–	6		.667			26	–	10		.722
Richmond	12	–	6		.667			21	–	14		.600
George Washington	10	–	8		.556			22	–	13		.629
St. Bonaventure	10	–	8		.556			18	–	13		.581
UMass	10	–	8		.556			17	–	15		.531
La Salle	8	–	10		.444			17	–	16		.515
Saint Joseph's	7	–	11		.389			13	–	18		.419
Duquesne	6	–	12		.333			12	–	19		.387
Fordham	4	–	14		.222			10	–	21		.323
George Mason	4	–	14		.222			9	–	22		.290
Saint Louis	3	–	15		.167			11	–	21		.344
† 2015 A10 Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

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.

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	Davidson	67
											9	La Salle	66
						8	UMass	69
						9	La Salle	76
																1	Davidson	73
																5	VCU	93
											4	Richmond	67
											5	VCU	70
						5	VCU	63
						12	Fordham	57
	12	Fordham	71
	13	George Mason	65
																					2	Dayton	65
																					5	VCU	71
											2	Dayton	75
											7	St. Bonaventure	71
						7	St. Bonaventure	60
						10	Saint Joseph's	49
																2	Dayton	56
																3	Rhode Island	52
											3	Rhode Island	71
											6	George Washington	58
						6	George Washington	73
						11	Duquesne	55
	11	Duquesne	61
	14	Saint Louis	55

See also

• 2015 Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Tournament

References

1. "Men's Basketball Tiebreakers - Atlantic 10 Conference Official Athletic Site". Atlantic 10 Conference. Retrieved March 8, 2015.