Congratulations to the Temple Owls
for Successfully Defending their Atlantic 10 Men’s Basketball Championship Title
against Duquesne University in Boardwalk Hall!
Browse the 2009 A10 - Photo Gallery online.
Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Championships will return to
Boardwalk Hall in 2010, 2011, and 2012
For the 2010 A-10 All-Session Brochure, click here.
To reserve your all-session tickets for the
2010 A-10 Men’s Basketball Championship, please call 609-348-7021.
The Atlantic 10 Conference will hold its 2010, 2011 and 2012 men's basketball championships at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J., it was announced today by commissioner Bernadette V. McGlade. The Championship has been held there for the past three years.
“The decision to return to Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City provides a great opportunity to grow our marquee event and truly brand the Atlantic 10 Men’s Basketball Championship,” states McGlade. “The facility is well-suited for this Championship, Atlantic City is a historic seashore resort, and the city has welcomed the Atlantic 10 and committed to host three more great years.”
Beginning in 2010, a new format will be in place for the A-10 Men’s Basketball Championship. The top 12 teams will qualify for the Championship; however the opening round games will be hosted on the campuses of teams seeded #5, #6, #7, and #8 on Tuesday, March 9, 2010. The top four seeded teams (#1-#4) will again receive a bye into the quarterfinal round, scheduled for Friday, March 12, 2010. Semifinal action will take place on Saturday, March 13 with the Championship game held on Sunday, March 14, and televised live at 1:00pm on CBS Sports for the first time in A-10 history.
Dates for the 2011 Championship are March 8, 11-13, while the 2012 Championship will be held March 6, 9-11. "It's a testament to the Boardwalk Hall facilities, our hotels and destination amenities that the Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Championship will be calling Atlantic City home for another three years,” says Jeffrey Vasser, president of the Atlantic City Convention & Visitors Authority. "We are, of course, thrilled to be working with the A-10 staff in order to make the next three years as successful as the past years have been."
The 2009 A-10 Men's Basketball Championship consisted of Temple University, the 2008 defending champion, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, University of Dayton, Duquesne University, Fordham University, The George Washington University, La Salle University, University of Massachusetts, University of Rhode Island, University of Richmond, St. Bonaventure University, Saint Joseph’s University, Saint Louis University, and Xavier University.
This event is sponsored by the Atlantic City Convention & Visitors Authority.
