2020 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament

The 2020 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament was a postseason tournament that concluded the 2019-20 season of the Atlantic 10 Conference. It was played at campus sites on March 3 for the first round, with the remaining games held on March 6–8 at the UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio. Dayton won the conference tournament to receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

2020 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2019–20
Teams	14
Site	Campus Sites
Finals site	UD Arena Dayton, Ohio
Champions	Dayton (3rd title)
Winning coach	Shauna Green (2nd title)
Television	CBSSN, ESPN+, ESPNU
Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournaments

2019–20 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Dayton†	15	–	1		.938			25	–	8		.758
VCU	13	–	3		.813			20	–	12		.625
Fordham	11	–	5		.688			21	–	10		.677
Duquesne	9	–	7		.563			20	–	11		.645
Massachusetts	9	–	7		.563			20	–	11		.645
Saint Louis	9	–	7		.563			19	–	13		.594
Davidson	8	–	8		.500			16	–	15		.516
George Washington	8	–	8		.500			14	–	16		.467
Richmond	7	–	9		.438			15	–	17		.469
La Salle	7	–	9		.438			13	–	17		.433
Rhode Island	6	–	10		.375			13	–	16		.448
St. Bonaventure	4	–	12		.250			7	–	23		.233
Saint Joseph's	3	–	13		.188			9	–	20		.310
George Mason	3	–	13		.188			9	–	21		.300
† 2020 A10 Tournament winner As of May 2, 2024 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	Dayton‡†	15–1	22–8
2	VCU†	13–3	18–11
3	Fordham	11–5	19–10
4	Saint Louis	9–7	17–12	2–0 vs. UMass & Duquesne
5	UMass	9–7	19–10	1–1 vs. Duquesne & Saint Louis
6	Duquesne	9–7	19–10	0–1 vs. UMass & Saint Louis
7	Davidson	8–8	15–14	1–0 vs. George Washington
#8	George Washington	8–8	14–15	0–1 vs. Davidson
#9	Richmond	7–9	14–16	2–0 vs. La Salle
#10	La Salle	7–9	13–16	0–2 vs. Richmond
#11	Rhode Island	6–10	13–15
#12	St. Bonaventure	4–12	7–22
#13	George Mason	3–13	9–19	1–0 vs. St. Joseph's
#14	St. Joseph's	3–13	9–20	0–1 vs. George Mason
‡ – 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 3
1		7:00 pm	No. 9 Richmond 57 at No. 8 George Washington 49	ESPN+	454
2		8:00 pm	No. 13 George Mason 61 at No. 4 Saint Louis 69		589
3		7:00 pm	No. 12 St. Bonaventure 54 at No. 5 UMass 72		680
4		7:00 pm	No. 10 La Salle 63 at No. 7 Davidson 67		407
5		7:00 pm	No. 14 St. Joseph's 39 at No. 3 Fordham 56		895
6		7:00 pm	No. 11 Rhode Island 53 at No. 6 Duquesne 70		609
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 6
7	7	11:00 am	No. 9 Richmond 68 at No. 1 Dayton 79	ESPN+
	8	2:00 pm	No. 5 UMass 52 vs. No. 4 Saint Louis 65
8	9	4:30 pm	No. 7 Davidson 52 vs. No. 2 VCU 58
	10	7:00 pm	No. 6 Duquesne 47 vs. No. 3 Fordham 54
Semifinals - Saturday, March 7
9	11	11:00 am	No. 1 Dayton 58 vs No. 4 Saint Louis 50	CBSSN
	12	1:30 pm	No. 2 VCU 59 vs No. 3 Fordham 55
Championship - Sunday, March 8
10	13	12:00 pm	No. 1 Dayton 52 vs No. 2 VCU 48	ESPNU

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

Bracket

• All times are Eastern.

	First round Campus Sites March 3 ESPN+					Quarterfinals University of Dayton Arena March 6 ESPN+					Semifinals University of Dayton Arena March 7 CBSSN					Championship University of Dayton Arena March 8 ESPNU
						1	Dayton	79
						9	Richmond	68
	8	George Washington	49
	9	Richmond	57
											1	Dayton	58
											4	Saint Louis	50
	5	UMass	72
	12	St. Bonaventure	54
						5	UMass	52
						4	Saint Louis	65
	4	Saint Louis	69
	13	George Mason	61
																1	Dayton	52
																2	VCU	48
	6	Duquesne	70
	11	Rhode Island	53
						6	Duquesne	47
						3	Fordham	54
	3	Fordham	59
	14	Saint Joseph's	36
											3	Fordham	55
											2	VCU	60
	7	Davidson	67
	10	La Salle	63
						7	Davidson	52
						2	VCU	58

See also

2019 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament