2019 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament

The 2019 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament was a postseason tournament that conclude the 2018–19 season of the Atlantic 10 Conference. It was played at campus sites on March 5 for the first round, with the remaining games held on March 8–10 at the Palumbo Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Fordham defeated VCU, 62–47, to win the tournament championship and earn the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

2019 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2018–19
Teams	14
Site	Campus Sites
Finals site	Palumbo Center Pittsburgh, PA
Champions	Fordham (2nd title)
Winning coach	Stephanie Gaitley (2nd title)
MVP	Mary Goulding (Fordham)
Television	CBSSN, ESPN+, ESPNU
Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournaments

2018–19 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Fordham †	13	–	3		.813			25	–	9		.735
VCU	13	–	3		.813			24	–	10		.706
Duquesne	11	–	5		.688			19	–	13		.594
Dayton	10	–	6		.625			17	–	14		.548
Davidson	10	–	6		.625			17	–	15		.531
Saint Louis	9	–	7		.563			15	–	16		.484
George Mason	8	–	8		.500			16	–	14		.533
Massachusetts	7	–	9		.438			16	–	16		.500
Saint Joseph's	7	–	9		.438			12	–	19		.387
George Washington	7	–	9		.438			10	–	20		.333
Richmond	6	–	10		.375			9	–	21		.300
St. Bonaventure	5	–	11		.313			8	–	22		.267
La Salle	3	–	13		.188			6	–	25		.194
Rhode Island	3	–	13		.188			8	–	21		.276
† 2019 A10 tournament winner 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	‡† – VCU	13–3	21–8	1–0 vs. Fordham
#2	† – Fordham	13–3	22–8	0–1 vs. VCU
#3	Duquesne	11–5	17–12
#4	Dayton	10–6	15–12	1–0 vs. Davidson
#5	Davidson	10–6	16–13	0–1 vs. Dayton
#6	Saint Louis	9–7	14–15
#7	George Mason	8–8	16–13
#8	Saint Joseph's	7–9	11–18	2-0 vs. GW/UMass
#9	George Washington	7–9	11–18	1–1 vs. SJU/UMass
#10	UMass	7–9	15–15	0-2 vs. SJU/GW
#11	Richmond	6–10	9–20
#12	St. Bonaventure	5–11	8–21
#13	La Salle	3–13	6–24	1–0 vs. URI
#14	Rhode Island	3–13	8–20	0–1 vs. LAS
‡ – 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 5
1		3:00 pm	No. 9 George Washington at No. 8 Saint Joseph's	ESPN+	278
2		7:00 pm	No. 13 La Salle at No. 4 Dayton		1,001
3		7:00 pm	No. 12 St. Bonaventure at No. 5 Davidson		462
4		12:00 pm	No. 10 UMass at No. 7 George Mason		259
5		7:00 pm	No. 14 Rhode Island at No. 3 Duquesne		601
6		8:00 pm	No. 11 Richmond at No. 6 Saint Louis		608
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 8
7	7	11:00 am	No. 8 Saint Joseph's vs. No. 1 VCU	ESPN+	1,009
	8	2:00 pm	No. 4 Dayton vs. No. 5 Davidson
8	9	4:30 pm	No. 10 UMass vs. No. 2 Fordham
	10	7:00 pm	No. 3 Duquesne vs. No. 6 Saint Louis
Semifinals - Saturday, March 9
9	11	11:00 am	No. 1 VCU vs. No. 4 Dayton	CBSSN
	12	1:30 pm	No. 2 Fordham vs. No. 3 Duquesne
Championship - Sunday, March 10
10	13	12:00 pm	No. 1 VCU vs. No. 2 Fordham	ESPNU

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

Bracket

• All times are Eastern.

	First round Campus Sites March 5 ESPN+					Quarterfinals Palumbo Center March 8 ESPN+					Semifinals Palumbo Center March 9 CBSSN					Championship Palumbo Center March 10 ESPNU
						1	VCU	58
						8	Saint Joseph's	47
	8	Saint Joseph's	61
	9	George Washington	49
											1	VCU	61
											4	Dayton	52
	5	Davidson	74
	12	St. Bonaventure	49
						5	Davidson	65
						4	Dayton	84
	4	Dayton	65
	13	La Salle	38
																1	VCU	47
																2	Fordham	62
	6	Saint Louis	58
	11	Richmond	49
						6	Saint Louis	51
						3	Duquesne	72
	3	Duquesne	106
	14	Rhode Island	69
											3	Duquesne	34
											2	Fordham	76
	7	George Mason	80
	10	UMass	86 2OT
						10	UMass	62
						2	Fordham	73

See also

2019 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament