The 2016 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament was held March 9 through 13, 2016, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The champion earned an automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament.
Seeds All 14 Atlantic 10 schools participate in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by the 2015–16 Atlantic 10 Conference season record. The top 10 teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye.
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1Dayton 14–42–1 vs. VCU & St. Bonaventure 2VCU 14–41–1 vs. Dayton & St. Bonaventure3St. Bonaventure 14–41–2 vs. Dayton & VCU4Saint Joseph's13–55George Washington11–76Davidson10–87Rhode Island9–98Fordham 8–109Richmond7–11 10Massachusetts 6–121–0 vs. Duquesne 11Duquesne 6–120–1 vs. Massachusetts 12George Mason5–131–1 vs. Saint Louis, 0–1 vs. Dayton13Saint Louis 5–131–1 vs. George Mason, 0–2 vs. Dayton14La Salle4–14
Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendanceFirst round – Wednesday, March 911 6:30 pm#13 Saint Louis 83 vs. #12 George Mason 78ASN5,52329:00 pm#14 La Salle 88 vs. #11 Duquesne 73Second round – Thursday, March 102312:00 pm#9 Richmond 70 vs. #8 Fordham 55NBCSN6,51942:30 pm#13 Saint Louis 65 vs. #5 George Washington 73356:30 pm#10 Massachusetts 67 vs. #7 Rhode Island 625,50769:00 pm#14 La Salle 63 vs. #6 Davidson 78Quarterfinals – Friday, March 114712:00 pm#9 Richmond 54 vs. #1 Dayton 69NBCSN7,50982:30 pm#5 George Washington 80 vs. #4 Saint Joseph's 86596:30 pm#10 Massachusetts 70 vs. #2 VCU 858,223109:00 pm#6 Davidson 90 vs. #3 St. Bonaventure 86 (OT)Semifinals – Saturday, March 126111:30 pm#4 Saint Joseph's 82 vs. #1 Dayton 79CBSSN10,439124:00 pm#6 Davidson 54 vs. #2 VCU 76Championship – Sunday, March 137131:00 pm#4 Saint Joseph's 87 vs. #2 VCU 74CBS8,413 *Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
* denotes overtime period
See also 2016 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament
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