2012 Atlantic 10 Basketball Tournament Schedule | Atlantic 10 | Forum

The 2012 Atlantic 10 basketball tournament will be held March 6^th on college campuses followed by the remainder of the tournament 9^th-11^th, 2012 in Atlantic City. This will be the 36^th annual holding of the tournament. The winner of the 2012 Atlantic 10 conference tournament will receive the automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA basketball tournament and be awarded the conference’s overall championship. The seeding in the tournament is based on the regular season conference final standings with the top 12 teams qualifying for the tournament. *Note the seeds, times, and television network skeds are based on the 2011 A 10 tournament schedule until the final 2012 Atlantic 10 basketball tournament schedule is released.

2012 Atlantic 10 Basketball Tournament Venue

The 2012 Atlantic 10 Basketball Tournament is being played at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. This will be the sixth year in a row the tourney has been played at the site which was formerly known as the Historic Atlantic City Convention Center. The site was declared a U.S. National Landmark in 1987 and seats 10,500 fans for Hockey and more than 17,000 for converts and other event configurations.

Past Atlantic 10 Basketball Tournament Champions (By Schoo)

School # of Tournament Championships    Last Tournament Championship
Temple            9          2010
Massachusetts 5          1996
Xavier             4          2006
Villanova       2          1980

Rutgers         2          1989
Pittsburgh      2          1982
West Virginia           2          1984
Saint Joseph's  2          1997
George Washington    2          2007
Duquesne        1          1977
Penn State     1          1991
Rhode Island  1          1999
Dayton            1          2003
Richmond       1          2011

2012 A 10 Tournament Schedule

2012 Atlantic 10 Tournament First Round

March 6th, 2012 (Locations on College Campuses)

#9 Duquesne 83 at #8 Massachusetts 92, 7:00 p.m.
#12 Charlotte 64 at #5 Saint Joseph's 80, 7:00 p.m.
#10 Richmond 72 at #7 La Salle 80, 7:00 p.m.
#11 George Washington 50 at #6 Dayton 67, 7:00 p.m.

2012 Atlantic 10 Tournament Quarterfinals

Friday, March 9th, 2012

#1 Temple 71 vs. #8 Massachusetts 77, 12:00pm (CBS SN syndicated)
#4 St. Bonaventure 71 vs. #5 St. Joseph's 68, 2:30pm (CBS SN syndicated)
#2 Saint Louis 78 vs. #7 La Salle 71, 6:30pm (CBS SN syndicated)
#3 Xavier 70 vs. #6 Dayton 69, 9:00pm (CBS SN syndicated)

2012 Atlantic 10 Tournament Semifinals

Saturday, March 10th, 2012

#8 UMASS vs #4 St. Bonaventure, 1:00pm (CBS SN)
#2 Saint Louis vs #3 Xavier, 3:30pm (CBS SN)

2012 Atlantic 10 Tournament Finals

Sunday, March 12th, 2012

Winner Semifinal Game 1 vs Winner Semi Final Game 2 1:00 PM
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2012 Atlantic 10 Basketball Tournament Schedule