2013 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2013 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament was played on March 14–17 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The top 12 teams in the final standings qualified for the tournament, The 2013 championship game was nationally televised on CBS.[1]As the tournament champion, Saint Louis received the Atlantic 10 Conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament.

2013 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201213
Teams12
SiteBarclays Center
Brooklyn, NY
ChampionsSaint Louis (1st title)
Winning coachJim Crews (1st title)
MVPDwayne Evans (Saint Louis)
TelevisionNBCSN, CBSSN, CBS
2012–13 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 16 Saint Louis133 .813  287  .800
No. 25 VCU124 .750  279  .750
Butler115 .688  279  .750
La Salle115 .688  2410  .706
Temple115 .688  2410  .706
UMass97 .563  2112  .636
Xavier97 .563  1714  .548
Charlotte88 .500  2112  .636
Saint Joseph's88 .500  1814  .563
Richmond88 .500  1915  .559
Dayton79 .438  1714  .548
St. Bonaventure79 .438  1415  .483
George Washington79 .438  1317  .433
Rhode Island313 .188  821  .276
Fordham313 .188  724  .226
Duquesne115 .063  822  .267
2013 Atlantic 10 Tournament winner
As of March 28, 2013; Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

The top twelve teams qualified for the tournament. 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 Saint Louis 13–3 (24–6)
#2 VCU 12–4 (24–7)
#3 Temple 11–5 (23–8) 1–0 vs. St. Louis
#4 LaSalle 11–5 (21–8) 0–1 vs. St. Louis, 1–0 vs. Butler
#5 Butler 11–5 (24–7) 0–2 vs. St. Louis, 0–1 vs. LaSalle
#6 Massachusetts 9–7 (19–10) 1–0 vs. Xavier
#7 Xavier 9–7 (17–13) 0–1 vs. Massachusetts
#8 Richmond 8–8 (18–13) 0–1 vs Saint Louis, 1–1 vs VCU
#9 Charlotte 8–8 (20–10) 0–1 vs. Saint Louis, 0–1 vs VCU, 1–0 vs. St. Joseph's
#10 St. Josephs 8–8 (17–12) 0–1 vs. Saint Louis, 0–1 vs VCU, 0–1 vs. Charlotte
#11 George Washington 7–9 (13–16) 2–0 vs. Dayton + St Bonaventure
#12 Dayton 7–9 (17–13) 1–1 vs. George Washington + St Bonaventure
St. Bonaventure 7–9 (14–15) 0–2 vs. Dayton + George Washington

Eliminated from Conference Tournament: St. Bonaventure (7–9), Rhode Island (3–13), Fordham (3–13), Duquesne (1–15)

Bracket

  First Round
Thursday, March 14, 2013
NBC Sports Network
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 15, 2013
Comcast SportsNet (Regional)
Semi-finals
Saturday, March 16, 2013
CBS Sports Network
Championship
Sunday, March 17, 2013
CBS
                                     
       
  1 #13 Saint Louis 72  
    9 Charlotte 55  
8 Richmond 63
9 Charlotte 68  
  1 #13 Saint Louis 67  
  5 Butler 56  
       
       
  4 La Salle 58
    5 Butler 69  
5 Butler 73
12 Dayton 67  
  1 #13 Saint Louis 62
  2 VCU 56
       
       
  2 VCU 82
    10 St. Joseph's 79  
7 Xavier 57
10 St. Joseph's 58  
  2 VCU 71
  6 Massachusetts 62  
       
       
  3 Temple 74
    6 Massachusetts 79  
6 Massachusetts 77
11 George Washington 72  

All times listed are Eastern

References

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