The 2015–16 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season was the 40th season of
Atlantic 10 Conference basketball
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. The
2016 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament was held at the
Barclays Center in
Brooklyn, New York
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.
Dayton
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,
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
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, and
Davidson
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all received bids to the
NIT.
Fordham received a bid to the
CollegeInsider.com Tournament.
Preseason
Preseason poll
Preseason All-Conference Teams
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).
Conference Awards
Postseason
Atlantic 10 tournament
*Game times in Eastern Time
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. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.
NCAA tournament
The Atlantic 10 Conference had three bids to the
2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
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.
National Invitation tournament
St. Bonaventure, George Washington, and Dayton earned NIT bids for the conference.
CollegeInsider.com tournament
Fordham earned the sole bid to the CIT for the conference.
References
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