2010 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament

The 2010 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament was played initially at campus sites for the first round on March 9, 2010, and subsequently at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, from March 12 through March 14, 2010. The Temple Owls won the tournament and thereby received an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

2010 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament
Tournament logo
ClassificationDivision I
Season200910
Teams12
SiteBoardwalk Hall
Atlantic City, New Jersey
ChampionsTemple Owls (9th title)
Winning coachFran Dunphy (3rd title)
MVPJuan Fernandez (Temple)
Top scorerKevin Anderson (Richmond)
(54 points)
2009–10 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 12 Temple142 .875296  .829
No. 25 Xavier142 .875269  .743
No. 24 Richmond133 .813269  .743
Saint Louis115 .6882313  .639
Rhode Island97 .5632610  .722
Charlotte97 .5631912  .613
Dayton88 .5002512  .676
St. Bonaventure79 .4381516  .484
Duquesne79 .4381616  .500
George Washington610 .3751615  .516
UMass511 .3131220  .375
Saint Joseph's511 .3131120  .355
La Salle412 .2501218  .400
Fordham016 .000226  .071
2010 Atlantic 10 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Seeding for the tournament was determined by the conference standings at the end of the regular season. The last two teams in the standings did not qualify for the tournament.

Temple's victory was their third consecutive A-10 tournament championship. They became the first team to win three straight since UMass won five consecutive titles from 1992 through 1996.

The championship game was nationally televised on CBS, the first time the league's championship game was broadcast by the network. In years past, ESPN had televised the game.

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