2016 Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Tournament

2016 Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2015–16
Teams 14
Site Richmond Coliseum
Richmond, VA
Champions George Washington (6th title)
Winning coach Jonathan Tsipis (2nd title)
MVP Caira Washington (George Washington)
Television A10 Digital, ASN, CBSSN, ESPNU
Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Tournaments
«2015  2017»
2015–16 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Duquesne 13 – 3   .813     28 – 6   .824
George Washington † 13 – 3   .813     26 – 7   .788
Saint Louis 13 – 3   .813     26 – 8   .765
St. Bonaventure 12 – 4   .750     24 – 8   .750
VCU 10 – 6   .625     23 – 10   .697
Saint Joseph's 8 – 8   .500     14 – 15   .483
Fordham 8 – 8   .500     14 – 17   .452
Dayton 7 – 9   .438     14 – 15   .483
George Mason 6 – 10   .375     12 – 19   .387
Richmond 5 – 11   .313     13 – 18   .419
Rhode Island 5 – 11   .313     12 – 18   .400
UMass 5 – 11   .313     12 – 18   .400
Davidson 5 – 11   .313     11 – 19   .367
La Salle 2 – 14   .125     5 – 25   .167
† 2016 A10 Tournament winner
As of March 25, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Tournament was a tournament that played March 2–6 at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia.

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 George Washington 13–3 (23–6) 2–0 vs. Saint Louis, Duquesne
#2 Saint Louis 13–3 (23–6) 1–1 vs. GW, Duquesne
#3 Duquesne 13–3 (25–4) 0–2 vs. Saint Louis, GW
#4 St. Bonaventure 12–4 (23–6)
#5 VCU 10–6 (21–8)
#6 Fordham 8–8 (13–16) 1–1 vs. Saint Joe's; 1–0 vs. GW
#7 Saint Joseph's 8–8 (14–14) 1–1 vs. Fordham; 0–1 vs. GW
#8 Dayton 7–9 (14–13)
#9 George Mason 6–10 (11–18)
#10 Rhode Island 5–11 (11–17) 3–1 vs. Davidson, Richmond, UMass
#11 UMass 5–11 (11–17) 2–2 vs. Davidson, URI, Richmond
#12 Davidson 5–11 (11–18) 1–2 vs. URI, UMass; 1–0 vs. Richmond
#13 Richmond 5–11 (12–17) 1–2 vs. URI, UMass; 0–1 vs. Davidson
#14 La Salle 2–14 (5–24)

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
First round - Wednesday, March 2
1 1
4:30 pm
 #13 Richmond vs. #12 Davidson
A10 Net
604
2
7:00 pm
#14 La Salle vs. #11 UMass
Second round - Thursday, March 3
2
3
11:30 am
#9 George Mason vs. #8 Dayton
A10 Net
4
2:00 pm
#13 Richmond vs. #5 VCU
3
5
4:30 pm
#10 Rhode Island vs. #7 Saint Joseph's
6
7:00 pm
#11 UMass vs. #6 Fordham
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 4
4
7
11:30 am
#9 George Mason vs. #1 George Washington
ASN
8
2:00 pm
#5 VCU vs. #4 St. Bonventure
5
9
4:30 pm
#10 Rhode Island vs. #2 Saint Louis
2,041
10
7:00 pm
#6 Fordham vs. #3 Duquesne
Semifinals - Saturday, March 5
6
11
11:00 am
#1 George Washington vs. #5 VCU
CBSSN
1,335
12
1:30 pm
#2 Saint Louis vs. #3 Duquesne
Championship - Sunday, March 6
7
13
1:00 pm
#1 George Washington vs. #3 Duquesne
ESPNU
2,673

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

Bracket

  First round
Wednesday, March 2		 Second round
Thursday, March 3		 Quarterfinals
Friday, March 4
ASN		 Semifinals
Saturday, March 5
CBSSN		 Championship
Sunday, March 6
ESPNU
                                               
1  George Washington 78  
    9  George Mason 48  
8  Dayton 62
9  George Mason 66  
  1  George Washington 72  
  5  VCU 58  
4  St. Bonaventure 50
    5  VCU 59  
5  VCU 62
    13  Richmond 42  
12  Davidson 51
13  Richmond 70  
1  George Washington 63
3  Duquesne 60
2  Saint Louis 70  
    10  Rhode Island 59  
7  Saint Joseph's 76
10  Rhode Island 81  
  2  Saint Louis 52
  3  Duquesne 56  
3  Duquesne 70
    6  Fordham 65  
6  Fordham 73OT
    11  UMass 62  
11  UMass 81
14  La Salle 65  

References

    See also

    2016 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament

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