Sports season
The 2015–16 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season was the 40th season of Atlantic 10 Conference basketball . The 2016 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament was held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York .
Dayton , VCU , and St. Bonaventure tied for the regular season championship. Saint Joseph's won the A-10 Tournament.
As a result of winning the A-10 Tournament, Saint Joseph's earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament . Dayton and VCU earned at-large bids to the tournament as well.
St. Bonaventure, George Washington , and Davidson all received bids to the NIT . Fordham received a bid to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament .
Preseason
Preseason poll
Preseason All-Conference Teams
Regular season
Conference matrix
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team played 18 conference games: 1 game vs. 8 opponents (4 home, 4 away) and 2 games against 5 opponents (home and away).
Davidson
Dayton
Duquesne
Fordham
GM
GW
La Salle
UMass
Rhode Island
Richmond
St. Joseph's
St. Louis
St. Bonaventure
VCU
vs. Davidson
–
1–0
0–2
1–0
1–1
1–1
0–1
0–1
0–1
0–2
0–1
1–0
1–0
2–0
vs. Dayton
0–1
–
0–2
0–1
0–1
0–1
1–1
0–1
1–1
0–1
1–0
0–2
1–1
0–1
vs. Duquesne
2–0
2–0
–
1–0
0–1
2–0
0–1
1–0
1–0
1–0
0–1
0–2
1–1
1–0
vs. Fordham
0–1
1–0
0–1
–
0–1
1–0
0–2
0–2
1–1
2–0
2–0
1–0
1–0
1–0
vs. George Mason
1–1
1–0
1–0
1–0
–
2–0
1–0
1–0
1–0
0–2
1–0
1–1
1–0
1–1
vs. George Washington
1–1
1–0
0–2
0–1
0–2
–
0–1
0–1
0–1
1–1
1–0
1–0
1–0
1–1
vs. La Salle
1–0
1–1
1–0
2–0
0–1
1–0
–
2–0
2–0
1–0
2–0
0–1
0–1
1–0
vs. UMass
1–0
1–0
0–1
2–0
0–1
1–0
0–2
–
1–1
1–0
2–0
1–0
2–0
0–1
vs. Rhode Island
1–0
1–1
0–1
1–1
0–1
1–0
0–2
1–1
–
0–1
2–0
0–1
1–0
1–0
vs. Richmond
2–0
1–0
0–1
0–2
2–0
1–1
0–1
0–1
1–0
–
1–0
0–1
1–0
2–0
vs. Saint Joseph's
1–0
0–1
1–0
0–2
0–1
0–1
0–2
0–2
0–2
0–1
–
0–1
2–0
1–0
vs. Saint Louis
0–1
2–0
2–0
0–1
1–1
0–1
1–0
0–1
1–0
1–0
1–0
–
2–0
2–0
vs. St. Bonaventure
0–1
1–1
1–1
0–1
0–1
0–1
1–0
0–2
0–1
0–1
0–2
0–2
–
1–0
vs. VCU
0–2
1–0
0–1
0–1
1–1
1–1
0–1
1–0
0–1
0–2
0–1
0–2
0–1
–
Total
10–8
14–4
6–12
8–10
5–13
11–7
4–14
6–12
9–9
7–11
13–5
5–13
14–4
14–4
Conference Awards
Postseason
Atlantic 10 tournament
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.
NCAA tournament
The Atlantic 10 Conference had three bids to the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament .
Seed
Region
School
First Four
Round of 64
Round of 32
Sweet 16
Elite Eight
Final Four
Championship
7
Midwest
Dayton
n/a
lost to (10) Syracuse 51–70
8
West
Saint Joseph's
n/a
defeated (9) Cincinnati 78–76
lost to (1) Oregon 64–69
10
West
VCU
n/a
defeated (7) Oregon State 75–67
lost to (2) Oklahoma 81–85
W–L (%):
0–0 (–)
2–1 (.667)
0–2 (.000)
0–0 (–)
0–0 (–)
0–0 (–)
0–0 (–) Total: 2–3 (.400)
National Invitation tournament
St. Bonaventure, George Washington, and Dayton earned NIT bids for the conference.
CollegeInsider.com tournament
Fordham earned the sole bid to the CIT for the conference.
School
First round
Second round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Fordham
lost to Boston 66–69
W–L (%):
0–1 (.000)
0–0 (–)
0–0 (–)
0–0 (–)
0–0 (–) Total: 0–1 (.000)
References