2014 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2013–14
Teams13
SiteRichmond Coliseum
Richmond, VA
ChampionsFordham (1st title)
Winning coachStephanie Gaitley (1st title)
MVPAbigail Corning (Fordham)
TelevisionA10 Digital, CBSSN, ESPNU
2013–14 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Dayton14–2 .87523–8  .742
St. Bonaventure11–5 .68824–11  .686
Fordham†11–5 .68825–8  .758
George Washington11–5 .68823–11  .676
Saint Joseph's10–6 .62523–10  .697
Duquesne10–6 .62520–13  .606
La Salle9–7 .56315–15  .500
VCU9–7 .56322–10  .688
Richmond8–8 .50014–16  .467
Saint Louis7–9 .43812–18  .400
Rhode Island2–14 .1257–23  .233
George Mason1–15 .0638–23  .258
UMass1–15 .0634–27  .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 63–51 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. Bonaventure 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 April 11, 2014.
  2. ↑ "2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 17)". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 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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