2016 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament

The 2016 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament was held March 9 through 13, 2016, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The champion earned an automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament.

2016 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2015–16
Teams	14
Site	Barclays Center Brooklyn, New York
Champions	Saint Joseph's (4th title)
Winning coach	Phil Martelli (3rd title)
MVP	Isaiah Miles (Saint Joseph's)
Attendance	52,133
Television	ASN, NBCSN, CBSSN, CBS
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2015–16 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Dayton	14	–	4		.778			25	–	8		.758
VCU	14	–	4		.778			25	–	11		.694
St. Bonaventure	14	–	4		.778			22	–	9		.710
Saint Joseph's †	13	–	5		.722			28	–	8		.778
George Washington	11	–	7		.611			28	–	10		.737
Davidson	10	–	8		.556			20	–	13		.606
Rhode Island	9	–	9		.500			17	–	15		.531
Fordham	8	–	10		.444			17	–	14		.548
Richmond	7	–	11		.389			16	–	16		.500
UMass	6	–	12		.333			14	–	18		.438
Duquesne	6	–	12		.333			17	–	17		.500
George Mason	5	–	13		.278			11	–	21		.344
Saint Louis	5	–	13		.278			11	–	21		.344
La Salle	4	–	14		.222			9	–	22		.290
† 2016 A10 Tournament winner

Seeds

All 14 Atlantic 10 schools participate in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by the 2015–16 Atlantic 10 Conference season record. The top 10 teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye.^[1]

Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.^[2]

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Dayton	14–4	2–1 vs. VCU & St. Bonaventure
2	VCU	14–4	1–1 vs. Dayton & St. Bonaventure
3	St. Bonaventure	14–4	1–2 vs. Dayton & VCU
4	Saint Joseph's	13–5
5	George Washington	11–7
6	Davidson	10–8
7	Rhode Island	9–9
8	Fordham	8–10
9	Richmond	7–11
10	Massachusetts	6–12	1–0 vs. Duquesne
11	Duquesne	6–12	0–1 vs. Massachusetts
12	George Mason	5–13	1–1 vs. Saint Louis, 0–1 vs. Dayton
13	Saint Louis	5–13	1–1 vs. George Mason, 0–2 vs. Dayton
14	La Salle	4–14

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 9
1	1	6:30 pm	#13 Saint Louis 83 vs. #12 George Mason 78	ASN	5,523
	2	9:00 pm	#14 La Salle 88 vs. #11 Duquesne 73
Second round – Thursday, March 10
2	3	12:00 pm	#9 Richmond 70 vs. #8 Fordham 55	NBCSN	6,519
	4	2:30 pm	#13 Saint Louis 65 vs. #5 George Washington 73
3	5	6:30 pm	#10 Massachusetts 67 vs. #7 Rhode Island 62		5,507
	6	9:00 pm	#14 La Salle 63 vs. #6 Davidson 78
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 11
4	7	12:00 pm	#9 Richmond 54 vs. #1 Dayton 69	NBCSN	7,509
	8	2:30 pm	#5 George Washington 80 vs. #4 Saint Joseph's 86
5	9	6:30 pm	#10 Massachusetts 70 vs. #2 VCU 85		8,223
	10	9:00 pm	#6 Davidson 90 vs. #3 St. Bonaventure 86 (OT)
Semifinals – Saturday, March 12
6	11	1:30 pm	#4 Saint Joseph's 82 vs. #1 Dayton 79	CBSSN	10,439
	12	4:00 pm	#6 Davidson 54 vs. #2 VCU 76
Championship – Sunday, March 13
7	13	1:00 pm	#4 Saint Joseph's 87 vs. #2 VCU 74	CBS	8,413

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

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 9 ASN					Second round Thursday, March 10 NBCSN					Quarterfinals Friday, March 11 NBCSN					Semifinals Saturday, March 12 CBSSN					Championship Sunday, March 13 CBS
											1	Dayton	69
						8	Fordham	55			9	Richmond	54
						9	Richmond	70								1	Dayton	79
																4	Saint Joseph's	82
											4	Saint Joseph's	86
						5	George Washington	73			5	George Washington	80
	12	George Mason	78			13	Saint Louis	65													4	Saint Joseph's	87
	13	Saint Louis	83																		2	VCU	74
											2	VCU	85
						7	Rhode Island	62			10	Massachusetts	70
						10	Massachusetts	67								2	VCU	76
																6	Davidson	54
											3	St. Bonaventure	86
						6	Davidson	78			6	Davidson	90*
	11	Duquesne	73			14	La Salle	63
	14	La Salle	88

* denotes overtime period

See also

• 2016 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament