2019 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament

The 2019 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament was a postseason tournament that conclude the 2018–19 season of the Atlantic 10 Conference. It was played at campus sites on March 5 for the first round, with the remaining games held on March 8–10 at the Palumbo Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[1] Fordham defeated VCU, 62–47, to win the tournament championship and earn the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.[2]

2019 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2018–19
Teams14
SiteCampus Sites
Finals sitePalumbo Center
Pittsburgh, PA
ChampionsFordham (2nd title)
Winning coachStephanie Gaitley (2nd title)
MVPMary Goulding (Fordham)
TelevisionCBSSN, ESPN+, ESPNU
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2018–19 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Fordham133 .813259 .735
VCU133 .8132410 .706
Duquesne115 .6881913 .594
Dayton106 .6251714 .548
Davidson106 .6251715 .531
Saint Louis97 .5631516 .484
George Mason88 .5001614 .533
Massachusetts79 .4381616 .500
Saint Joseph's79 .4381219 .387
George Washington79 .4381020 .333
Richmond610 .375921 .300
St. Bonaventure511 .313822 .267
La Salle313 .188625 .194
Rhode Island313 .188821 .276
2019 A10 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

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

SeedSchoolConfOverallTiebreaker
#1‡† – VCU13–321–81–0 vs. Fordham
#2† – Fordham13–322–80–1 vs. VCU
#3Duquesne11–517–12
#4Dayton10–615–121–0 vs. Davidson
#5Davidson10–616–130–1 vs. Dayton
#6Saint Louis9–714–15
#7George Mason8–816–13
#8Saint Joseph's7–911–182-0 vs. GW/UMass
#9George Washington7–911–181–1 vs. SJU/UMass
#10UMass7–915–150-2 vs. SJU/GW
#11Richmond6–109–20
#12St. Bonaventure5–118–21
#13La Salle3–136–241–0 vs. URI
#14Rhode Island3–138–200–1 vs. LAS
‡ – Atlantic 10 regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.

† – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.

Schedule

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SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance
First round - Tuesday, March 5
13:00 pmNo. 9 George Washington at No. 8 Saint Joseph'sESPN+278
27:00 pmNo. 13 La Salle at No. 4 Dayton1,001
37:00 pmNo. 12 St. Bonaventure at No. 5 Davidson462
412:00 pmNo. 10 UMass at No. 7 George Mason259
57:00 pmNo. 14 Rhode Island at No. 3 Duquesne601
68:00 pmNo. 11 Richmond at No. 6 Saint Louis608
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 8
7711:00 amNo. 8 Saint Joseph's vs. No. 1 VCUESPN+1,009
82:00 pmNo. 4 Dayton vs. No. 5 Davidson
894:30 pmNo. 10 UMass vs. No. 2 Fordham
107:00 pmNo. 3 Duquesne vs. No. 6 Saint Louis
Semifinals - Saturday, March 9
91111:00 amNo. 1 VCU vs. No. 4 DaytonCBSSN
121:30 pmNo. 2 Fordham vs. No. 3 Duquesne
Championship - Sunday, March 10
101312:00 pmNo. 1 VCU vs. No. 2 FordhamESPNU

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

Bracket

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  • All times are Eastern.
First round
Campus Sites
March 5
ESPN+
Quarterfinals
Palumbo Center
March 8
ESPN+
Semifinals
Palumbo Center
March 9
CBSSN
Championship
Palumbo Center
March 10
ESPNU
            
1VCU58
8Saint Joseph's47
8Saint Joseph's61
9George Washington49
1VCU61
4Dayton52
5Davidson74
12St. Bonaventure49
5Davidson65
4Dayton84
4Dayton65
13La Salle38
1VCU47
2Fordham62
6Saint Louis58
11Richmond49
6Saint Louis51
3Duquesne72
3Duquesne106
14Rhode Island69
3Duquesne34
2Fordham76
7George Mason80
10UMass86 2OT
10UMass62
2Fordham73

References

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  1. ^ "2019 Women's Basketball Championship". Atlantic10.com.
  2. ^ "Fordham women win Atlantic 10 Tournament, advance to NCAAs". miamiherald. Retrieved March 10, 2019.

See also

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2019 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament