The 2018 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Atlantic 10 Conference's 2017–18 season. It was held March 7 through March 11, 2018 at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. Davidson won the tournament by defeating Rhode Island in the championship game. As a result, Davidson received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Seeds All 14 A-10 schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 10 teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye.
SeedSchoolRecordTiebreaker1Rhode Island 15–32 St. Bonaventure 14–43Davidson 13–54Saint Joseph's 10–85George Mason 9–93–2 vs. Richmond, SLU, VCU6Saint Louis 9–92–2 vs. GM, Richmond, VCU (2–0 vs. Richmond) 7Richmond 9–93–3 vs. GM, SLU, VCU 8VCU 9–92–3 vs. GM, Richmond, SLU9Dayton 8–1010Duquesne 7–113–0 vs. GW, La Salle11George Washington 7–111–2 vs. Duquesne, La Salle12La Salle 7–110–2 vs. Duquesne, GW13Massachusetts5–1314Fordham4–14
Schedule
SessionGameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendanceFirst round – Wednesday, March 711 6:00 pmNo. 12 La Salle vs No. 13 Massachusetts67–69Stadium5,33328:30 pmNo. 11 George Washington vs No. 14 Fordham78–72Second round – Thursday, March 82312:00 pmNo. 8 VCU vs No. 9 Dayton77–72NBCSN6,48342:30 pmNo. 5 George Mason vs No. 13 Massachusetts80–75356:00 pmNo. 7 Richmond vs No. 10 Duquesne81–686,51468:30 pmNo. 6 Saint Louis vs No. 11 George Washington70–63Quarterfinals – Friday, March 94712:00 pmNo. 1 Rhode Island vs No. 8 VCU76–67NBCSN7,32182:30 pmNo. 4 Saint Joseph's vs No. 5 George Mason68–49596:00 pmNo. 2 St. Bonaventure vs No. 7 Richmond83–777,664108:30 pmNo. 3 Davidson vs No. 6 Saint Louis78–60Semifinals – Saturday, March 106111:00 pmNo. 1 Rhode Island No. 4 Saint Joseph's90–87CBSSN8,756123:30 pmNo. 2 St. Bonaventure vs No. 3 Davidson70–83Championship – Sunday, March 117131:00 pmNo. 1 Rhode Island vs No. 3 Davidson57–58CBS 7,643 Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seed Source
Bracket Source:2018 Atlantic 10 Basketball Championship
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