2022 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament

2022 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2021–22
Teams	14
Site	Capital One Arena Washington, D.C.
Champions	Richmond (2nd title)
Winning coach	Chris Mooney (2nd title)
MVP	Jacob Gilyard (Richmond)
Attendance	42,700
Television	ESPN+, USA Network/Peacock, CBSSN, CBS/Paramount+
Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournaments

2021–22 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Davidson	15	–	3		.833			27	–	7		.794
Dayton	14	–	4		.778			24	–	11		.686
VCU	14	–	4		.778			22	–	10		.688
St. Bonaventure	12	–	5		.706			23	–	10		.697
Saint Louis	12	–	6		.667			23	–	12		.657
Richmond †	10	–	8		.556			24	–	13		.649
George Washington	8	–	9		.471			12	–	18		.400
Fordham	8	–	10		.444			16	–	16		.500
George Mason	7	–	9		.438			14	–	16		.467
UMass	7	–	11		.389			15	–	17		.469
Rhode Island	5	–	12		.294			15	–	16		.484
La Salle	5	–	13		.278			11	–	19		.367
Saint Joseph's	5	–	13		.278			11	–	19		.367
Duquesne	1	–	16		.059			6	–	24		.200
† 2022 A-10 tournament winner

The 2022 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2021–22 season of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10). It was held March 9–13, 2022, in Washington, D.C., at the Capital One Arena. The winner of the tournament, the Richmond Spiders, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament.

Seeds

All 14 A-10 schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by winning percentage within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical percentages. The top 10 teams received a first-round bye and the top four teams received a double-bye, automatically advancing them to the quarterfinals.

Seed	School	Conference Record	Tiebreaker
1	Davidson	15–3
2	Dayton	14–4	1–1 vs. VCU, 1–0 vs. Davidson
3	VCU	14–4	1–1 vs. Dayton, 1–1 vs. Davidson
4	St. Bonaventure	12–5
5	Saint Louis	12–6
6	Richmond	10–8
7	George Washington	8–9
8	Fordham	8–10
9	George Mason	7–9
10	Massachusetts	7–11
11	Rhode Island	5–12
12	La Salle	5–13	2–0 vs. Saint Joseph's
13	Saint Joseph's	5–13	0–2 vs. La Salle
14	Duquesne	1–16

Schedule

Session	Game	Time[1]	Matchup	Score	Television	Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 9
1	1	1:00 pm	No. 12 La Salle vs No. 13 Saint Joseph's	63–56	ESPN+	2,283
	2	3:30 pm	No. 11 Rhode Island vs No. 14 Duquesne	79–77
Second round – Thursday, March 10
2	3	12:00 pm	No. 8 Fordham vs No. 9 George Mason	54–49	USA Network/Peacock	4,309
	4	2:30 pm	No. 5 Saint Louis vs No. 12 La Salle	71–51
3	5	6:00 pm	No. 7 George Washington vs No. 10 UMass	88–99		6,543
	6	8:30 pm	No. 6 Richmond vs No. 11 Rhode Island	64–59
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 11
4	7	12:00 pm	No. 1 Davidson vs No. 8 Fordham	74–56	USA Network/Peacock	5,894
	8	2:30 pm	No. 4 St. Bonaventure vs No. 5 Saint Louis	56–57
5	9	6:00 pm	No. 2 Dayton vs No. 10 UMass	75–72		7,420
	10	8:30 pm	No. 3 VCU vs No. 6 Richmond	64–75
Semifinals – Saturday, March 12
6	11	1:00 pm	No. 1 Davidson vs No. 5 Saint Louis	84–69	CBSSN	7,799
	12	3:30 pm	No. 2 Dayton vs No. 6 Richmond	64–68
Championship – Sunday, March 13
7	13	1:00 pm	No. 1 Davidson vs No. 6 Richmond	62-64	CBS/Paramount+	8,452

*Game times in Eastern Time.

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 9 ESPN+					Second round Thursday, March 10 USA Network/Peacock					Quarterfinals Friday, March 11 USA Network/Peacock					Semifinals Saturday, March 12 CBSSN					Championship Sunday, March 13 CBS/Paramount+
											1	Davidson	74
						8	Fordham	54			8	Fordham	56
						9	George Mason	49								1	Davidson	84
																5	Saint Louis	69
											4	St. Bonaventure	56
						5	Saint Louis	71			5	Saint Louis	57
	12	La Salle	63			12	La Salle	51													1	Davidson	62
	13	Saint Joseph's	56																		6	Richmond	64
											2	Dayton	75
						7	George Washington	88			10	UMass	72
						10	UMass	99								2	Dayton	64
																6	Richmond	68
											3	VCU	64
						6	Richmond	64			6	Richmond	75
	11	Rhode Island	79			11	Rhode Island	59
	14	Duquesne	77

References

1. "2022 Men's Basketball Bracket (PDF) - Atlantic 10" (PDF). atlantic10.com. Retrieved February 23, 2022.