2015–16 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season

2015–16 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season
League NCAA Division I
Sport Basketball
Number of teams 14
TV partner(s) CBSSN, NBCSN, CBS
Season champions VCU, St. Bonaventure, Dayton
Tournament
Champions Saint Joseph's
  Runners-up VCU
2015–16 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Dayton 14 – 4   .778     25 – 8   .758
VCU 14 – 4   .778     25 – 11   .694
St. Bonaventure 14 – 4   .778     22 – 9   .710
Saint Joseph's † 13 – 5   .722     28 – 8   .778
George Washington 11 – 7   .611     28 – 10   .737
Davidson 10 – 8   .556     20 – 13   .606
Rhode Island 9 – 9   .500     17 – 15   .531
Fordham 8 – 10   .444     17 – 14   .548
Richmond 7 – 11   .389     16 – 16   .500
Massachusetts 6 – 12   .333     14 – 18   .438
Duquesne 6 – 12   .333     17 – 17   .500
George Mason 5 – 13   .278     11 – 21   .344
Saint Louis 5 – 13   .278     11 – 21   .344
La Salle 4 – 14   .222     9 – 22   .290
† 2016 A10 Tournament winner

The 2015–16 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season was the 40th season of Atlantic 10 Conference basketball. The 2016 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament was held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Dayton, VCU, and St. Bonaventure tied for the regular season championship. Saint Joseph's won the A-10 Tournament.

As a result of winning the A-10 Tournament, Saint Joseph's earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Dayton and VCU earned at-large bids to the tournament as well.

St. Bonaventure, George Washington, and Davidson all received bids to the NIT. Fordham received a bid to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament.

Preseason

Preseason Poll

Rank Team[1]
1Dayton
2Rhode Island
3Davidson
4George Washington
5VCU
6Richmond
7Saint Joseph's
8St. Bonaventure
9La Salle
10Massachusetts
11Duquesne
12Saint Louis
13George Mason
14Fordham

Preseason All-Conference Teams

Award Recipients
First Team Jack Gibbs (Davidson)
Jordan Price (LaSalle)
Hassan Martin (Rhode Island)
E.C. Matthews (Rhode Island)
DeAndre' Bembry (Saint Joseph's)
Second Team Brian Sullivan (Davidson)
Shevon Thompson (George Mason)
Patricio Garino (George Washington)
Kevin Larsen (George Washington)
Marcus Posley (St. Bonaventure)
Third Team Kendall Pllard (Dayton)
Terry Allen (Richmond)
ShawnDre' Jones (Richmond)
Melvin Johnson (VCU)
Mo Alie-Cox (VCU)

Regular Season

Conference Matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team played 18 conference games: 1 game vs. 8 opponents (4 home, 4 away) and 2 games against 5 opponents (home and away).

  Davidson Dayton Duquesne Fordham GM GW La Salle UMass Rhode Island Richmond St. Joseph's St. Louis St. Bonaventure VCU
vs. Davidson – 1–00–21–01–11–10–10–10–10–20–11–01–02–0
vs. Dayton 0–1 – 0–20–10–10–11–10–11–10–11–00–21–10–1
vs. Duquesne 2–02–0 – 1–00–12–00–11–01–01–00–10–21–11–0
vs. Fordham 0–11–00–1 – 0–11–00–20–21–12–02–01–01–01–0
vs. George Mason 1–11–01–01–0 – 2–01–01–01–00–21–01–11–01–1
vs. George Washington 1–11–00–20–10–2 – 0–10–10–11–11–01–01–01–1
vs. La Salle 1–01–11–02–00–11–0 – 2–02–01–02–00–10–11–0
vs. UMass 1–01–00–12–00–11–00–2 – 1–11–02–01–02–00–1
vs. Rhode Island 1–01–10–11–10–11–00–21–1 – 0–12–00–11–01–0
vs. Richmond 2–01–00–10–22–01–10–10–11–0 – 1–00–11–02–0
vs. Saint Joseph's 1–00–11–00–20–10–10–20–20–20–1–0–12–01–0
vs. Saint Louis 0–12–02–00–11–10–11–00–11–01–01–0–2–02–0
vs. St. Bonaventure 0–11–11–10–10–10–11–00–20–10–10–20–2–1–0
vs. VCU 0–21–00–10–11–11–10–11–00–10–20–10–20–1–
Total 10–8 14–4 6–12 8–10 5–1311–74–146–129–97–1113–55–13 14–4 14–4

Conference Awards

Award Recipients[2]
Coach of the Year Mark Schmidt (St. Bonaventure)
Player of the Year DeAndre’ Bembry (Saint Joseph's)
Defensive Player of the Year Hassan Martin (Rhode Island)
Rookie of the Year Joseph Chartouny (Fordham)
Sixth Man of the Year Jabarie Hinds (Massachusetts) and Denzel Gregg (St. Bonaventure)
Chris Daniels Most Improved Player of the Year Isaiah Miles (Saint Joseph's)
All-Academic Team Christian Sengfelder (Fordham)
Tyler Cavanaugh (George Washington)
Patricio Garino (George Washington)
Alex Mitola (George Washington)
Mike Crawford (Saint Louis)
Mo Alie-Cox (VCU)
First Team Jack Gibbs (Davidson)
Charles Cooke (Dayton)
Jaylen Adams (St. Bonaventure)
DeAndre' Bembry (Saint Joseph's)
Melvin Johnson (VCU)
Second Team Dyshawn Pierre (Dayton)
Tyler Cavanaugh (George Washington)
Patricio Garino (George Washington)
Isaiah Miles (Saint Joseph's)
Marcus Posley (St. Bonaventure)
Third Team Micah Mason (Duquesne)
Ryan Rhoomes (Fordham)
T.J. Cline (Richmond)
Terry Allen (Richmond)
Mo Alie-Cox (VCU)
All-Defensive Team Charles Cooke (Dayton)
Patricio Garino (George Washington)
Mo Alie-Cox (VCU)
Hassan Martin (Rhode Island)
DeAndre' Bembry (Saint Joseph's)
All-Rookie Team Joseph Chartouny (Fordham)
Otis Livingston (George Mason)
Lamarr Kimble (Saint Joseph's)
Jermaine Bishop (Saint Louis)
Khwan Fore (Richmond)

Postseason

Atlantic 10 Tournament

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 9
1 1 6:30 pm #13 Saint Louis 83 vs. #12 George Mason 78 ASN 5,523
2 9:00 pm #14 La Salle 88 vs. #11 Duquesne 73
Second round – Thursday, March 10
2 3 12:00 pm #9 Richmond 70 vs. #8 Fordham 55 NBCSN 6,519
4 2:30 pm #13 Saint Louis 65 vs. #5 George Washington 73
3 5 6:30 pm #10 Massachusetts 67 vs. #7 Rhode Island 62 5,507
6 9:00 pm #14 La Salle 63 vs. #6 Davidson 78
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 11
4 7 12:00 pm #9 Richmond 54 vs. #1 Dayton 69 NBCSN 7,509
8 2:30 pm #5 George Washington 80 vs. #4 Saint Joseph's 86
5 9 6:30 pm #10 Massachusetts 70 vs. #2 VCU 85 8,223
10 9:00 pm #6 Davidson 90 vs. #3 St. Bonaventure 86 (OT)
Semifinals – Saturday, March 12
6 11 1:30 pm #4 Saint Joseph's 82 vs. #1 Dayton 79 CBSSN 10,439
12 4:00 pm #6 Davidson 54 vs. #2 VCU 76
Championship – Sunday, March 13
7 13 1:00 pm #4 Saint Joseph's 87 vs. #2 VCU 74 CBS 8,413

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

NCAA Tournament

The Atlantic 10 Conference had three bids to the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

Seed Region School First Four Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship
7 Midwest Dayton n/a lost to (10) Syracuse 51–70
8 West Saint Joseph's n/a defeated (9) Cincinnati 78–76 lost to (1) Oregon 64–69
10 West VCU n/a defeated (7) Oregon State 75–67 lost to (2) Oklahoma 81–85
W–L (%): 0–0 (–) 2–1 (.667) 0–2 (.000) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) Total: 2–3 (.400)

National Invitation Tournament

St. Bonaventure, George Washington, and Dayton earned NIT bids for the conference.

Seed Bracket School First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
1 St. Bonaventure St. Bonaventure lost to Wagner 75–79
4 Monmouth George Washington defeated Hofstra 82–80 defeated Monmouth 87–71 vs. Florida
5 Valparaiso Davidson lost to Florida State 74–84
W–L (%): 1–2 (.333) 1–0 (1.000) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) Total: 2–2 (.500)

CollegeInsider.com Tournament

Fordham earned the sole bid to the CIT for the conference.

School First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Fordham lost to Boston 66–69
W–L (%): 0–1 (.000) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) Total: 0–1 (.000)

References

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