2024 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Championship Central
2024 Championship Bracket | 2024 Tiebreakers

KINGSTON, R.I. – Rhode Island has earned the No. 11 seed in the Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Championship and will face No. 14 Saint Louis in the opening round Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. The complete bracket was released by the conference Saturday night.

Richmond and Loyola Chicago both finished at 15-3 and shared the Atlantic 10 men's basketball regular season title. Richmond will be the No. 1 seed for the tournament at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. The 15-team tournament begins Tuesday with the championship final set for Sunday, March 17.
 
ESPN+ will broadcast Tuesday's three first-round games while USA Network will carry the entire second round Wednesday and all four quarterfinal matchups Thursday. CBS Sports Network will air the semifinals Saturday at 1:00 and 3:30 pm. The championship final is set for 1:00 pm on CBS Sports as part of their annual Selection Sunday coverage.
 
The Spiders receive the top seed by virtue of a head-to-head win over No. 2 Loyola Chicago. Both UR and the Ramblers earned double byes into the quarterfinals. Third-seeded Dayton (14-4) and No. 4 Massachusetts (11-7) also receive the double byes. Richmond plays at 11:30 am on Thursday, followed by Massachusetts at 2:00 pm. Loyola Chicago opens the evening session at 5:00 pm and Dayton will play in the last quarterfinal at 7:30 pm. Massachusetts earned the No. 4 spot with a head-to-head win over VCU (11-7) earlier this season.
 
Seeds five through nine earn byes into the second round and will play Wednesday on USA Network. VCU is seeded fifth and will play the winner of No. 12 Fordham (6-12) and No. 13 Davidson (5-13) at 2:00 pm Wednesday. Fordham and the Wildcats will meet Tuesday in the first round at 11:30 am on ESPN+. A head-to-head tiebreaker between Davidson and Saint Louis (5-13) gave the Wildcats the 13 seed.
 
No. 6 Duquesne (10-8) will open play Wednesday at 7:30 pm against the winner of the late first-round game between No. 11 Rhode Island (6-12) and No. 14 Saint Louis (5-13). The game between Rhody and the Billikens will tip off at 4:30 pm on Tuesday on ESPN+.
 
Seventh-seeded St. Bonaventure (9-9) will play the winner between 10th-seeded La Salle (6-12) and No. 15 George Washington (4-14) at 5:00 pm on Wednesday in the second round. The game between the Explorers and the Revolutionaries will tip off Tuesday at 2:00 pm on ESPN+. La Salle, Rhode Island and Fordham all tied for 10th at 6-12, with the seeds determined by the multi-team head-to-head tiebreaking procedure.
 
No. 8 George Mason (9-9) faces No. 9 Saint Joseph's (9-9) at 11:30 am on Wednesday for the right to play Richmond in the quarterfinals. The Hawks, Bonnies and George Mason all tied for seventh, and seeds were determined by the league's three-team tiebreaker procedure, based on combined results against Richmond and Loyola Chicago.
 
For the second straight year, the Friday following Thursday's quarterfinals will be a practice and press conference day for the four advancing semifinal teams.
 
The Rams finished in a three-way tie with La Salle and Fordham for 10th place in the final conference standings. Tiebreakers made La Salle the No. 10 seed, URI the 11th seed and Fordham the No. 12 seed.

Despite an up and down season, Rhode Island improved by three spots in the league standings. With a 12-19 record thus far, the Rams have improved their win total by three games from a year ago. Rhody also won six A-10 games, a one-game improvement from each of the last two seasons.

Rhode Island was the No. 11 seed at the Atlantic 10 Championship two years ago. It defeated No. 14 Duquesne 79-77 in the opening round before falling to No. 6 Richmond 64-59 in the second round.

The Rams are 30-38 all time at the conference tournament, winning the title in both 1999 and 2017.  

The winner of the Atlantic 10 Championship will receive the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
 
Tickets for the championship can be purchased online through A-10 schools' box offices or via TicketMaster. Information on tickets, schedules and more can be found at the Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Championship Page on Atlantic 10.com.