Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament Collegiate basketball tournament
The Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament is the conference championship tournament in women's basketball for the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10). It is a single-elimination tournament involving all 15 league schools, and seeding is based on regular-season records with head-to-head match-up as a tie-breaker. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament .[ 1]
The top nine teams in the conference receive byes in the first round, while #12 plays #13, #11 plays #14, and #10 plays #15. The top four teams receive a "double-bye" into the quarterfinals, while #5 plays the winner of #12/#13, #6 plays the winner of #11/#14, #7 plays the winner of #10/#15, and #8 plays #9. The winners of the second-round games move on to face one of the top four seeds in the format of a normal eight-team bracket: #1 vs. #8 or #9; #2 vs. #7. #10, or #15; #3 vs #6, #11 or #14; and #4 vs #5, #12 or #13.
The tournament has been held since 1983.
Champions
Year
Champions
Score
Runner-Up
Venue
1983
Penn State (1)
77–74
Rutgers
Louis Brown Athletic Center , Piscataway, New Jersey
1984
Penn State (2)
99–64
Rhode Island
Rec Hall , University Park, Pennsylvania
1985
Penn State (3)
96–59
Temple
Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1986
Penn State (4)
84–69
Rutgers
WVU Coliseum , Morgantown, West Virginia
1987
Rutgers (1)
93–48
Saint Joseph's
Louis Brown Athletic Center, Piscataway, New Jersey
1988
Rutgers (2)
64–62
Saint Joseph's
1989
West Virginia (1)
63–54
Temple
1990
Penn State (5)
84–60
Saint Joseph's
Rec Hall, University Park, Pennsylvania
1991
Penn State (6)
78–63
Saint Joseph's
Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1992
George Washington (1)
62–57
Rutgers
Louis Brown Athletic Center, Piscataway, New Jersey
1993
Rutgers (3)
59–51
Saint Joseph's
Charles E. Smith Athletic Center , Washington, D.C.
1994
Rutgers (4)
79–71
George Washington
Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1995
George Washington (2)
82–59
Rutgers
1996
George Washington (3)
73–68
La Salle
Cassell Coliseum , Blacksburg, Virginia
1997
Saint Joseph's (1)
59–56
George Washington
Charles E. Smith Athletic Center, Washington, D.C.
1998
Virginia Tech (1)
66–64 (OT)
UMass
William D. Mullins Memorial Center , Amherst, Massachusetts
1999
Saint Joseph's (2)
85–73
Xavier
The Apollo of Temple , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2000
Xavier (1)
80–66
George Washington
Liacouras Center , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2001
Xavier (2)
81–56
George Washington
2002
Temple (1)
63–58
Saint Joseph's
2003
George Washington (4)
56–49
Rhode Island
Charles E. Smith Athletic Center, Washington, D.C.
2004
Temple (2)
53–48
Saint Joseph's
Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2005
Temple (3)
70–62
George Washington
Charles E. Smith Athletic Center, Washington, D.C.
2006
Temple (4)
59–54
George Washington
Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2007
Xavier (3)
65–59
Saint Joseph's
Cintas Center , Cincinnati, Ohio
2008
Xavier (4)
47–42
Temple
Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2009
Charlotte (1)
59–54
Richmond
Dale F. Halton Arena , Charlotte, North Carolina
2010
Xavier (5)
57–55 (OT)
Temple
The Show Place Arena , Upper Marlboro, Maryland
2011
Xavier (6)
67–60
Dayton
Tsongas Center , Lowell, Massachusetts
2012
Dayton (1)
56–53
St. Bonaventure
Hagan Arena , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2013
Saint Joseph's (3)
47–46
Fordham
Barclays Center , Brooklyn, New York
2014
Fordham (1)
63–51
Dayton
Richmond Coliseum , Richmond, Virginia
2015
George Washington (5)
75–62
Dayton
2016
George Washington (6)
63–60
Duquesne
2017
Dayton (2)
70–56
Duquesne
2018
George Washington (7)
65–49
Saint Joseph's
2019
Fordham (2)
62–47
VCU
Palumbo Center , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania
2020
Dayton (3)
52–48
VCU
UD Arena , Dayton, Ohio
2021
VCU (1)
81–69
UMass
Siegel Center , Richmond, Virginia
2022
UMass (1)
62–56
Dayton
Chase Fieldhouse , Wilmington, Delaware
2023
Saint Louis (1)
91–85
UMass
2024
Richmond (1)
65–51
Rhode Island
Henrico Sports & Events Center , Henrico, Virginia
2025
Championships by School
School
Championships
Years
George Washington
7
1992, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2015, 2016, 2018
Xavier
6
2000, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011
Penn State
6
1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1991
Rutgers
4
1987, 1988, 1993, 1994
Temple
4
2002, 2004, 2005, 2006
Saint Joseph's
3
1997, 1999, 2013
Dayton
3
2012, 2017, 2020
Fordham
2
2014, 2019
West Virginia
1
1989
Virginia Tech
1
1998
Charlotte
1
2009
VCU
1
2021
UMass
1
2022
Saint Louis
1
2023
Richmond
1
2024
See also
References
^ "Postseason Guide" (PDF) . atlantic10.com . Atlantic 10 Conference. Retrieved 19 February 2023 .
Teams Championships & awards Seasons
NCAA women's college basketball tournaments
Division I
Early season Conference postseason Postseason
Division II
Conference postseason Postseason
Division III