2023–24 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season

2023–24 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season
2023–24 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	15
Regular Season
Regular Season Champions	Loyola Chicago, Richmond
Season MVP	DaRon Holmes II, Dayton Jordan King, Richmond
Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament
Champions	Duquesne
Finals MVP	Dae Dae Grant, Duquesne
Seasons
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season started non-conference play on November 6, 2023, and will begin conference play on January 3, 2024. The regular season is scheduled to end on March 8, 2024, followed by the 2024 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament from March 12 to March 17, 2024.

2023–24 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Richmond	15	–	3	.833	23	–	10	.697
Loyola Chicago	15	–	3	.833	23	–	10	.697
No. 24 Dayton	14	–	4	.778	25	–	8	.758
UMass	11	–	7	.611	20	–	11	.645
VCU	11	–	7	.611	24	–	14	.632
Duquesne †	10	–	8	.556	25	–	12	.676
St. Bonaventure	9	–	9	.500	20	–	13	.606
George Mason	9	–	9	.500	20	–	12	.625
Saint Joseph's	9	–	9	.500	21	–	14	.600
La Salle	6	–	12	.333	16	–	17	.485
Rhode Island	6	–	12	.333	12	–	20	.375
Fordham	6	–	12	.333	13	–	20	.394
Davidson	5	–	13	.278	15	–	17	.469
Saint Louis	5	–	13	.278	13	–	20	.394
George Washington	4	–	14	.222	15	–	17	.469

† 2024 A-10 tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The 2022–23 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season coincided with the larger 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Atlantic 10 teams began non-conference play on November 7, 2022 and began conference play on December 31, 2022. The VCU Rams won both the Atlantic 10 regular season and the 2023 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament, beating the Dayton Flyers in both competitions. VCU point guard, Adrian Baldwin, was named the Atlantic 10 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year. Baldwin was joined by Dayton's Toumani Camara and DaRon Holmes II, Josh Oduro (George Mason), James Bishop IV (George Washington) and Yuri Collins (Saint Louis) for the Atlantic 10 Conference first-team.^[1]

Collins was named as an Associated Press All-American honorable mention.^[2]

Head coaches

Coaching changes

Following the 2022–23 season, two coaches resigned. George Mason head coach, Kim English resigned to become the head coach at Providence.^[3] George Mason hired Maryland assistant coach, Tony Skinn to replace English.^[4] Skinn was part of Mason's Final Four run in 2006.^[5] VCU head coach, Mike Rhoades resigned to become the head coach at Penn State.^[6] VCU hired Utah State head coach, Ryan Odom the same day Rhoades resigned.^[6]

Coaches

Team	Head coach	Previous job	Years at school	Overall record	A10 record	A10 titles	A10 tournament titles	NCAA Tournaments
Davidson	Matt McKillop	Davidson (Asst.)	2	31–33 (.484)	13–23 (.361)	0	0	0
Dayton	Anthony Grant	Oklahoma City Thunder (Asst.)	6	148–71 (.676)	88–36 (.710)	1	0	1
Duquesne	Keith Dambrot	Akron	6	115–95 (.548)	56–65 (.463)	0	1	1
Fordham	Keith Urgo	Fordham (Assoc.)	2	38–28 (.576)	18–18 (.500)	0	0	0
George Mason	Tony Skinn	Maryland (Asst.)	1	20–12 (.625)	9–9 (.500)	0	0	0
George Washington	Chris Caputo	Miami (FL) (Assoc.)	2	31–33 (.484)	14–22 (.389)	0	0	0
La Salle	Fran Dunphy	Temple	2	31–36 (.463)	13–23 (.361)	0	0	0
Loyola Chicago	Drew Valentine	Loyola Chicago (Asst.)	3	33–30 (.524)	19–17 (.528)	1	0	0
Rhode Island	Archie Miller	Indiana	2	21–42 (.333)	11–25 (.306)	0	0	0
Richmond	Chris Mooney	Air Force	18	350–271 (.564)	176–141 (.555)	1	2	3
St. Bonaventure	Mark Schmidt	Robert Morris	16	302–226 (.572)	158–130 (.549)	2	2	3
Saint Joseph's	Billy Lange	Philadelphia 76ers (Asst.)	5	59–90 (.396)	27–57 (.321)	0	0	0
Saint Louis	Travis Ford	Oklahoma State	8	146–109 (.573)	72–64 (.529)	0	1	1
UMass	Frank Martin	South Carolina	2	35–27 (.565)	17–19 (.472)	0	0	0
VCU	Ryan Odom	Utah State	1	22–13 (.629)	11–7 (.611)	0	0	0

Notes:

All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
Year at school includes 2023–24 season.
Overall and Atlantic 10 records are from time at current school only and are through the beginning of the season.^[7]

Preseason

Preseason men's basketball poll

First place votes in parentheses

Dayton (20) - 370
VCU (3) - 321
St. Bonaventure (1) - 319
Duquesne - 302
Saint Joseph's - 257
Saint Louis - 225
Fordham (1) - 215
Loyola Chicago - 177
George Washington - 173
George Mason -146
Richmond - 137
Davidson - 118
UMass - 93
Rhode Island -76
La Salle - 71

Source: Atlantic 10^[8]

Preseason Honors

Honor	Recipient	Postseason
Preseason All-Atlantic 10 First Team	DaRon Holmes II, Dayton	First Team, co-Atlantic 10 Player of the Year
	Dae Dae Grant, Duquesne	Second Team
	James Bishop IV, George Washington	Third Team
	Daryl Banks III, St. Bonaventure
	Erik Reynolds II, St. Joseph's	First Team
	Gibson Jimerson, St. Louis	Third Team
Preseason All-Atlantic 10 Second Team	Jimmie Clark III, Duquesne	Second Team
	Malachi Smith, Dayton
	Maximus Edwards, George Washington
	Khalil Brantly, La Salle
	Phillp Alston, Loyola Chicago	Third Team
	Max Shulga, VCU	First Team
Preseason All-Atlantic 10 Third Team	Ronald Polite III, George Mason
	Matt Cross, UMass	First Team
	Neal Quinn, Richmond	Second Team
	Chad Venning, St. Bonaventure	Second Team
	Cameron Brown, St. Joseph's
	Sean Bairstow, VCU

Source: Atlantic 10^[8]

Regular season

Conference standings

Conference matrix

	Davidson	Dayton	Duquesne	Fordham	George Mason	George Washington	La Salle	Loyola Chicago	Rhode Island	Richmond	St. Bonaventure	Saint Joseph's	Saint Louis	UMass	VCU
vs. Davidson	—	2–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0
vs. Dayton	0–2	—	0–2	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–1
vs. Duquesne	1–0	2–0	—	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1
vs. Fordham	2–0	1–0	1–1	—	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0
vs. George Mason	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	—	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0
vs. George Washington	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	—	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–1
vs. La Salle	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	—	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0
vs. Loyola Chicago	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	—	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–2	0–1	1–0
vs. Rhode Island	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	—	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0
vs. Richmond	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	—	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–1
vs. St. Bonaventure	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	—	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–2
vs. Saint Joseph's	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	—	1–1	0–1	1–0
vs. Saint Louis	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	—	1–0	2–0
vs. UMass	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	—	0–1
vs. VCU	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	—
Total	5–13	14–4	10–8	6–12	9–9	4–14	6–12	15–3	6–12	15–3	9–9	9–9	5–13	11–7	11–7

Early season tournaments

Davidson	Asheville Championship	2nd
	Tournament	Place/Finish
Dayton	Charleston Classic	2nd
Duquesne	Cornhusker Classic	2nd
Fordham	Paradise Jam	4th
George Mason	Jacksonville Classic	3rd
George Washington	Nassau Championship	3rd
La Salle	Blue Devil Challenge	2nd
Loyola Chicago	Hall of Fame Classic	3rd
Rhode Island	Hall of Fame Tip-Off	4th
Richmond	Sunshine Slam	3rd
St. Bonaventure	Legends Classic	3rd
Saint Joseph's	Wildcat Challenge	3rd
Saint Louis	Myrtle Beach Invitational	4th
UMass	Diamond Head Classic	7th
VCU	ESPN Events Invitational	7th

Atlantic 10 Players of the Week

Rankings

National polls

		Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19
Davidson	AP
Davidson	C
Dayton	AP	21	16	21	18	16	16	21	25	24
Dayton	C
Duquesne	AP
Duquesne	C
Fordham	AP
Fordham	C
George Mason	AP
George Mason	C
George Washington	AP
George Washington	C
La Salle	AP
La Salle	C
Loyola Chicago	AP
Loyola Chicago	C
Rhode Island	AP
Rhode Island	C
Richmond	AP
Richmond	C
St. Bonaventure	AP
St. Bonaventure	C
Saint Joseph's	AP
Saint Joseph's	C
Saint Louis	AP
Saint Louis	C
UMass	AP
UMass	C
VCU	AP
VCU	C

Mid-major polls

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

SB Nation ranks teams that are not in the Power 6 Conferences, CollegeInsider.com does not consider the Atlantic 10 to be a mid-major conference in their poll.

	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Final
Davidson		RV		-
Dayton	8	12	9	-
Duquesne	16	7	15	-
Fordham				-
George Mason			RV	-
George Washington				-
La Salle				-
Loyola Chicago	25	25	RV	-
Rhode Island				-
Richmond		RV		-
St. Bonaventure	15	RV		-
Saint Joseph's		RV		-
Saint Louis		21	RV	-
UMass				-
VCU	13	RV	RV	-

Record vs Other Conferences

The Atlantic 10 has a record of 146–74 in non-conference play. Updated March 18, 2024.


Power 6 Conferences
Conference	Record
ACC	1–3
Big East	2–1
Big Ten	2–3
Big 12	1–3
Pac–12	0–1
SEC	1–2
Combined	7–13

Other Conferences
Conference	Record
America East	3–1
American	3–5
ASUN	2–0
Big Sky	0–0
Big South	2–0
Big West	0–0
CAA	8–0
Conference USA	0–0
Horizon	2–0
Independents/Non-Division I	4–0
Ivy	4–3
MAAC	4–1
MAC	2–1
MEAC	2–0
Missouri Valley	1–2
Mountain West	2–2
Northeast	8–0
OVC	4–0
Patriot	4–0
Southern	2–1
Southland	1–2
SWAC	0–0
Summit	1–0
Sun Belt	0–0
West Coast	0–1
WAC	1–1
Combined	60–20

Postseason

Atlantic 10 tournament


First round Tuesday, March 12 ESPN+			Second round Wednesday, March 13 USA Network			Quarterfinals Thursday, March 14 USA Network			Semifinals Saturday, March 16 CBSSN			Championship Sunday, March 17 CBS



						1	Richmond	61

			8	George Mason	57	9	Saint Joseph's	66

			9	Saint Joseph's	64				9	Saint Joseph's	60

									5	VCU	66

						4	UMass	59

			5	VCU	69	5	VCU	73

12	Fordham	71*	12	Fordham	62							5	VCU	51

13	Davidson	63										6	Duquesne	57

						2	Loyola Chicago	74

			7	St. Bonaventure	75	7	St. Bonaventure	75**

10	La Salle	61	10	La Salle	73				7	St. Bonaventure	60

15	George Washington	60							6	Duquesne	70

						3	Dayton	57

			6	Duquesne	83	6	Duquesne	65

11	Rhode Island	71	14	Saint Louis	73

14	Saint Louis	74

* denotes overtime period

NCAA Tournament

Seed	Region	School	First Four	First round	Second round	Sweet 16	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
7	West	Dayton	Bye	Defeated (10) Nevada 63–60 (Salt Lake City)	Lost to (2) Arizona 68–78 (Salt Lake City)	DNP
11	East	Duquesne	Bye	Defeated (6) BYU 71–67 (Omaha)	Lost to (3) Illinois 63–89 (Omaha)	DNP
		W-L (%):		2–0 (1.000)	0–2 (.000)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	TOTAL: 2–2 (.500)

NIT

Seed	Bracket	School	First round	Second round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
—	Wake Forest	Richmond	Lost to (3) Virginia Tech 58–74	DNP
—	Seton Hall	Saint Joseph's	Lost to (1) Seton Hall 72–75^OT	DNP
—	Indiana State	Loyola Chicago	Lost to (3) Bradley 62–74	DNP
—	Villanova	VCU	Defeated (1) Villanova 70–61	Defeated South Florida, 70–65	vs. (2) Utah
		W-L (%):	1–3 (.250)	1–0 (1.000)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	TOTAL: 2–3 (.400)

Honors and awards

All-A10 awards and teams

References

^ "Baldwin Doubles Down on A-10 Men's Basketball Honors; Fordham's Urgo Claims Coach of the Year". March 7, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
^ "The Associated Press 2022-23 Men's All-America Team". apnews.com. Associated Press. March 14, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
^ Fanta, John (March 22, 2023). "Providence hires George Mason's Kim English as head coach". Fox Sports. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
^ Lee, Edward (March 30, 2023). "George Mason hires Maryland men's basketball assistant Tony Skinn as head coach". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
^ "George Mason Final Four star Tony Skinn hired as hoops coach". ESPN. Associated Press. March 30, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
^ ^a ^b Thamel, Pete (March 29, 2023). "Mike Rhoades hired as Penn State basketball coach; VCU hires Ryan Odom". ESPN. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
^ "MBB Notes - Main File (PDF) - Atlantic 10" (PDF). atlantic10.com. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Dayton Repeats as Top Pick in Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Poll; Preseason Honors Announced". atlantic10.com. March 19, 2024. Retrieved March 19, 2024.

External links

Atlantic 10 men's basketball

[1] "Baldwin Doubles Down on A-10 Men's Basketball Honors; Fordham's Urgo Claims Coach of the Year". March 7, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2023.

[2] "The Associated Press 2022-23 Men's All-America Team". apnews.com. Associated Press. March 14, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2023.

[3] Fanta, John (March 22, 2023). "Providence hires George Mason's Kim English as head coach". Fox Sports. Retrieved December 1, 2023.

[4] Lee, Edward (March 30, 2023). "George Mason hires Maryland men's basketball assistant Tony Skinn as head coach". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved December 1, 2023.

[5] "George Mason Final Four star Tony Skinn hired as hoops coach". ESPN. Associated Press. March 30, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2023.

[rhoades_out_odom_in-6] Thamel, Pete (March 29, 2023). "Mike Rhoades hired as Penn State basketball coach; VCU hires Ryan Odom". ESPN. Retrieved December 1, 2023.

[7] "MBB Notes - Main File (PDF) - Atlantic 10" (PDF). atlantic10.com. Retrieved November 21, 2022.

[atlantic10.com-8] "Dayton Repeats as Top Pick in Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Poll; Preseason Honors Announced". atlantic10.com. March 19, 2024. Retrieved March 19, 2024.

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