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
Classification	Division I
Season	2018–19
Teams	14
Site	Campus Sites
Finals site	Palumbo Center Pittsburgh, PA
Champions	Fordham (2nd title)
Winning coach	Stephanie Gaitley (2nd title)
MVP	Mary Goulding (Fordham)
Television	CBSSN, ESPN+, ESPNU
Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Tournaments

2018–19 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Fordham †	13	–	3		.813			25	–	9		.735
VCU	13	–	3		.813			24	–	10		.706
Duquesne	11	–	5		.688			19	–	13		.594
Dayton	10	–	6		.625			17	–	14		.548
Davidson	10	–	6		.625			17	–	15		.531
Saint Louis	9	–	7		.563			15	–	16		.484
George Mason	8	–	8		.500			16	–	14		.533
Massachusetts	7	–	9		.438			16	–	16		.500
Saint Joseph's	7	–	9		.438			12	–	19		.387
George Washington	7	–	9		.438			10	–	20		.333
Richmond	6	–	10		.375			9	–	21		.300
St. Bonaventure	5	–	11		.313			8	–	22		.267
La Salle	3	–	13		.188			6	–	25		.194
Rhode Island	3	–	13		.188			8	–	21		.276
† 2019 A10 Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

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

Seed	School	Conf	Overall	Tiebreaker
#1	‡† – VCU	13–3	21–8	1–0 vs. Fordham
#2	† – Fordham	13–3	22–8	0–1 vs. VCU
#3	Duquesne	11–5	17–12
#4	Dayton	10–6	15–12	1–0 vs. Davidson
#5	Davidson	10–6	16–13	0–1 vs. Dayton
#6	Saint Louis	9–7	14–15
#7	George Mason	8–8	16–13
#8	Saint Joseph's	7–9	11–18	2-0 vs. GW/UMass
#9	George Washington	7–9	11–18	1–1 vs. SJU/UMass
#10	UMass	7–9	15–15	0-2 vs. SJU/GW
#11	Richmond	6–10	9–20
#12	St. Bonaventure	5–11	8–21
#13	La Salle	3–13	6–24	1–0 vs. URI
#14	Rhode Island	3–13	8–20	0–1 vs. LAS
‡ – Atlantic 10 regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. † – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
First round - Tuesday, March 5
1		3:00 pm	No. 9 George Washington at No. 8 Saint Joseph's	ESPN+	278
2		7:00 pm	No. 13 La Salle at No. 4 Dayton		1,001
3		7:00 pm	No. 12 St. Bonaventure at No. 5 Davidson		462
4		12:00 pm	No. 10 UMass at No. 7 George Mason		259
5		7:00 pm	No. 14 Rhode Island at No. 3 Duquesne		601
6		8:00 pm	No. 11 Richmond at No. 6 Saint Louis		608
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 8
7	7	11:00 am	No. 8 Saint Joseph's vs. No. 1 VCU	ESPN+	1,009
	8	2:00 pm	No. 4 Dayton vs. No. 5 Davidson
8	9	4:30 pm	No. 10 UMass vs. No. 2 Fordham
	10	7:00 pm	No. 3 Duquesne vs. No. 6 Saint Louis
Semifinals - Saturday, March 9
9	11	11:00 am	No. 1 VCU vs. No. 4 Dayton	CBSSN
	12	1:30 pm	No. 2 Fordham vs. No. 3 Duquesne
Championship - Sunday, March 10
10	13	12:00 pm	No. 1 VCU vs. No. 2 Fordham	ESPNU

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

Bracket

• 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
						1	VCU	58
						8	Saint Joseph's	47
	8	Saint Joseph's	61
	9	George Washington	49
											1	VCU	61
										4	Dayton	52
	5	Davidson	74
	12	St. Bonaventure	49
						5	Davidson	65
						4	Dayton	84
	4	Dayton	65
	13	La Salle	38
																1	VCU	47
																2	Fordham	62
	6	Saint Louis	58
	11	Richmond	49
						6	Saint Louis	51
						3	Duquesne	72
	3	Duquesne	106
	14	Rhode Island	69
											3	Duquesne	34
										2	Fordham	76
	7	George Mason	80
	10	UMass	86 2OT
						10	UMass	62
						2	Fordham	73

References

1. "2019 Women's Basketball Championship". Atlantic10.com.
2. "Fordham women win Atlantic 10 Tournament, advance to NCAAs". miamiherald. Retrieved 2019-03-10.

See also

2019 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament