2010 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament

{{2009–10 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings}} The 2010 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament was played initially at campus sites for the first round on March 9th, 2010 and subsequently at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey from March 12th through March 14th, 2010. The Temple Owls won the tournament and thereby received an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

2010 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament
Tournament logo
ClassificationDivision I
Season2009–10
Teams12
SiteBoardwalk Hall
Atlantic City, New Jersey
ChampionsTemple Owls (9th title)
Winning coachFran Dunphy (3rd title)
MVPJuan Fernandez (Temple)
Top scorerKevin Anderson (Richmond)
(54 points)

Seeding for the tournament was determined by the conference standings at the end of the regular season. The last two teams in the standings did not qualify for the tournament.

Temple's victory was their third consecutive A-10 Tournament Championship. They became the first team to win three straight since UMass won five consecutive titles from 1992 through 1996.[1]

The championship game was nationally televised on CBS, the first time the league's championship game was broadcast by the network.[2] In years past, ESPN had televised the game.

Bracket
  First Round
Campus Sites
March 9		 Second Round
Boardwalk Hall
March 12		 Semifinals
Boardwalk Hall
March 13		 Championship Game
Boardwalk Hall
March 14
                                     
       
  1 #17 Temple 69  
    8 St. Bonaventure 51  
8 St. Bonaventure 83
9 Duquesne 71  
  1 #17 Temple 57  
  5 Rhode Island 44  
       
       
  4 Saint Louis 47
    5 Rhode Island 63  
5 Rhode Island 87
12 Saint Joseph's 76  
  1 #17 Temple 56
  3 Richmond 52
       
       
  3 Richmond 77
    11 Massachusetts 72  
6 Charlotte 56
11 Massachusetts 59  
  3 Richmond 89*
  2 #24 Xavier 85  
       
       
  2 #24 Xavier 78
    7 Dayton 73  
7 Dayton 70
10 George Washington 60  

Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime.

References
  1. http://www.owlsports.com/news/2010/3/14/MBB_0314101912.aspx?path=mbball
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-03-15. Retrieved 2010-03-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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