2013 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament

2013 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2012–13
Teams	12
Site	Barclays Center Brooklyn, New York
Champions	Saint Louis (1st title)
Winning coach	Jim Crews (1st title)
MVP	Dwayne Evans (Saint Louis)
Television	NBCSN, CBSSN, CBS
Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournaments

2012–13 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 16 Saint Louis †	13	–	3		.813			28	–	7		.800
No. 25 VCU	12	–	4		.750			27	–	9		.750
Butler	11	–	5		.688			27	–	9		.750
La Salle	11	–	5		.688			24	–	10		.706
Temple	11	–	5		.688			24	–	10		.706
UMass	9	–	7		.563			21	–	12		.636
Xavier	9	–	7		.563			17	–	14		.548
Charlotte	8	–	8		.500			21	–	12		.636
Saint Joseph's	8	–	8		.500			18	–	14		.563
Richmond	8	–	8		.500			19	–	15		.559
Dayton	7	–	9		.438			17	–	14		.548
St. Bonaventure	7	–	9		.438			14	–	15		.483
George Washington	7	–	9		.438			13	–	17		.433
Rhode Island	3	–	13		.188			8	–	21		.276
Fordham	3	–	13		.188			7	–	24		.226
Duquesne	1	–	15		.063			8	–	22		.267
† 2013 Atlantic 10 Tournament winner As of March 28, 2013 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament was played on March 14–17 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The top 12 teams in the final standings qualified for the tournament, The 2013 championship game was nationally televised on CBS. As the tournament champion, Saint Louis received the Atlantic 10 Conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA tournament.

Seeds

The top twelve teams qualified for the tournament. 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	Saint Louis	13–3 (24–6)
#2	VCU	12–4 (24–7)
#3	Temple	11–5 (23–8)	1–0 vs. St. Louis
#4	La Salle	11–5 (21–8)	0–1 vs. St. Louis, 1–0 vs. Butler
#5	Butler	11–5 (24–7)	0–2 vs. St. Louis, 0–1 vs. La Salle
#6	Massachusetts	9–7 (19–10)	1–0 vs. Xavier
#7	Xavier	9–7 (17–13)	0–1 vs. Massachusetts
#8	Richmond	8–8 (18–13)	0–1 vs Saint Louis, 1–1 vs VCU
#9	Charlotte	8–8 (20–10)	0–1 vs. Saint Louis, 0–1 vs VCU, 1–0 vs. St. Joseph's
#10	Saint Josephs	8–8 (17–12)	0–1 vs. Saint Louis, 0–1 vs VCU, 0–1 vs. Charlotte
#11	George Washington	7–9 (13–16)	2–0 vs. Dayton + St Bonaventure
#12	Dayton	7–9 (17–13)	1–1 vs. George Washington + St Bonaventure
	St. Bonaventure	7–9 (14–15)	0–2 vs. Dayton + George Washington

Eliminated from Conference tournament: St. Bonaventure (7–9), Rhode Island (3–13), Fordham (3–13), Duquesne (1–15)

Bracket

	First round Thursday, March 14, 2013 NBC Sports Network					Quarterfinals Friday, March 15, 2013 Comcast SportsNet (Regional)					Semi-finals Saturday, March 16, 2013 CBS Sports Network					Championship Sunday, March 17, 2013 CBS
						1	#16 Saint Louis	72
						9	Charlotte	55
	8	Richmond	63
	9	Charlotte	68
											1	#16 Saint Louis	67
											5	Butler	56
						4	La Salle	58
						5	Butler	69
	5	Butler	73
	12	Dayton	67
																1	#16 Saint Louis	62
																2	#25 VCU	56
						2	#25 VCU	82
						10	St. Joseph's	79
	7	Xavier	57
	10	St. Joseph's	58
											2	#25 VCU	71
											6	Massachusetts	62
						3	Temple	74
						6	Massachusetts	79
	6	Massachusetts	77
	11	George Washington	72

All times listed are Eastern

External links

• 2013 A-10 Men's Basketball Championship Central Archived 2012-09-22 at the Wayback Machine