2010 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament

2010 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament
Tournament logo
ClassificationDivision I
Season2009–10
Teams12
SiteBoardwalk Hall
Atlantic City, New Jersey
ChampionsTemple Owls (9th title)
Winning coachFran Dunphy (3rd title)
MVPJuan Fernandez (Temple)
Top scorerKevin Anderson (Richmond)
(54 points)
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2009–10 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 12 Temple† 14 – 2   .875 29 – 6   .829
No. 25 Xavier 14 – 2   .875 26 – 9   .743
No. 24 Richmond 13 – 3   .813 26 – 9   .743
Saint Louis 11 – 5   .688 23 – 13   .639
Rhode Island 9 – 7   .563 26 – 10   .722
Charlotte 9 – 7   .563 19 – 12   .613
Dayton 8 – 8   .500 25 – 12   .676
St. Bonaventure 7 – 9   .438 15 – 16   .484
Duquesne 7 – 9   .438 16 – 16   .500
George Washington 6 – 10   .375 16 – 15   .516
UMass 5 – 11   .313 12 – 20   .375
Saint Joseph's 5 – 11   .313 11 – 20   .355
La Salle 4 – 12   .250 12 – 18   .400
Fordham 0 – 16   .000 2 – 26   .071
† 2010 Atlantic 10 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament was played initially at campus sites for the first round on March 9, 2010, and subsequently at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, from March 12 through March 14, 2010. The Temple Owls won the tournament and thereby received an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

Seeding for the tournament was determined by the conference standings at the end of the regular season. The last two teams in the standings did not qualify for the tournament.

Temple's victory was their third consecutive A-10 tournament championship. They became the first team to win three straight since UMass won five consecutive titles from 1992 through 1996.[1]

The championship game was nationally televised on CBS, the first time the league's championship game was broadcast by the network.[2] In years past, ESPN had televised the game.

Bracket

First round
Campus Sites
March 9 		Second round
Boardwalk Hall
March 12 		Semifinals
Boardwalk Hall
March 13 		Championship Game
Boardwalk Hall
March 14
            
1 #17 Temple 69
8 St. Bonaventure 51
8 St. Bonaventure 83
9 Duquesne 71
1 #17 Temple 57
5 Rhode Island 44
4 Saint Louis 47
5 Rhode Island 63
5 Rhode Island 87
12 Saint Joseph's 76
1 Temple 56
3 Richmond 52
3 Richmond 77
11 UMass 72
6 Charlotte 56
11 UMass 59
3 Richmond 89*
2 #24 Xavier 85
2 #24 Xavier 78
7 Dayton 73
7 Dayton 70
10 George Washington 60

Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime.

References

  1. ^ "Three-Peat! #17/17 Men's Basketball Wins Third Straight Atlantic 10 Title".
  2. ^ "Defending Champion Temple The Top Seed For The 2010 A-10 Men's Basketball Championship". Archived from the original on March 15, 2010. Retrieved March 21, 2010.