# 2019 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament

The 2019 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament was a postseason tournament that conclude the 2018–19 season of the Atlantic 10 Conference. It was played at campus sites on March 5 for the first round, with the remaining games held on March 8–10 at the Palumbo Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Fordham defeated VCU, 62–47, to win the tournament championship and earn the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

## Seeds

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 | ‡† – VCU | 13–3 | 21–8 | 1–0 vs. Fordham |
| #2 | † – Fordham | 13–3 | 22–8 | 0–1 vs. VCU |
| #3 | Duquesne | 11–5 | 17–12 | |
| #4 | Dayton | 10–6 | 15–12 | 1–0 vs. Davidson |
| #5 | Davidson | 10–6 | 16–13 | 0–1 vs. Dayton |
| #6 | Saint Louis | 9–7 | 14–15 | |
| #7 | George Mason | 8–8 | 16–13 | |
| #8 | Saint Joseph's | 7–9 | 11–18 | 2-0 vs. GW/UMass |
| #9 | George Washington | 7–9 | 11–18 | 1–1 vs. SJU/UMass |
| #10 | UMass | 7–9 | 15–15 | 0-2 vs. SJU/GW |
| #11 | Richmond | 6–10 | 9–20 | |
| #12 | St. Bonaventure | 5–11 | 8–21 | |
| #13 | La Salle | 3–13 | 6–24 | 1–0 vs. URI |
| #14 | Rhode Island | 3–13 | 8–20 | 0–1 vs. LAS |
| ‡ – Atlantic 10 regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. † – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. |||||

## Schedule

| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup$^#$ | Television | Attendance |
| First round - Tuesday, March 5 ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 3:00 pm | No. 9 George Washington at No. 8 Saint Joseph's | ESPN+ | 278 |
| 2 | 2 | 7:00 pm | No. 13 La Salle at No. 4 Dayton | ESPN+ | 1,001 |
| 3 | 3 | 7:00 pm | No. 12 St. Bonaventure at No. 5 Davidson | ESPN+ | 462 |
| 4 | 4 | 12:00 pm | No. 10 UMass at No. 7 George Mason | ESPN+ | 259 |
| 5 | 5 | 7:00 pm | No. 14 Rhode Island at No. 3 Duquesne | ESPN+ | 601 |
| 6 | 6 | 8:00 pm | No. 11 Richmond at No. 6 Saint Louis | ESPN+ | 608 |
| Quarterfinals - Friday, March 8 ||||||
| 7 | 7 | 11:00 am | No. 8 Saint Joseph's vs. No. 1 VCU | ESPN+ | 1,009 |
| 7 | 8 | 2:00 pm | No. 4 Dayton vs. No. 5 Davidson | ESPN+ | 1,009 |
| 8 | 9 | 4:30 pm | No. 10 UMass vs. No. 2 Fordham | ESPN+ | 1,009 |
| 8 | 10 | 7:00 pm | No. 3 Duquesne vs. No. 6 Saint Louis | ESPN+ | 1,009 |
| Semifinals - Saturday, March 9 ||||||
| 9 | 11 | 11:00 am | No. 1 VCU vs. No. 4 Dayton | CBSSN | |
| 9 | 12 | 1:30 pm | No. 2 Fordham vs. No. 3 Duquesne | CBSSN | |
| Championship - Sunday, March 10 ||||||
| 10 | 13 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 VCU vs. No. 2 Fordham | ESPNU | |
*Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

## Bracket

* All times are Eastern.
| First round Campus Sites March 5 ESPN+ | First round Campus Sites March 5 ESPN+ | First round Campus Sites March 5 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Palumbo Center March 8 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Palumbo Center March 8 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Palumbo Center March 8 ESPN+ | Semifinals Palumbo Center March 9 CBSSN | Semifinals Palumbo Center March 9 CBSSN | Semifinals Palumbo Center March 9 CBSSN | | Championship Palumbo Center March 10 ESPNU | Championship Palumbo Center March 10 ESPNU | Championship Palumbo Center March 10 ESPNU |
| | | | 1 | VCU | 58 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Saint Joseph's | 47 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Saint Joseph's | 61 | 8 | Saint Joseph's | 47 | | | | | | | |
| 9 | George Washington | 49 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | George Washington | 49 | | | | 1 | VCU | 61 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Dayton | 52 | | | | |
| 5 | Davidson | 74 | | | | | | | 4 | Dayton | 52 | | | | |
| 12 | St. Bonaventure | 49 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | St. Bonaventure | 49 | 5 | Davidson | 65 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Dayton | 84 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Dayton | 65 | 4 | Dayton | 84 | | | | | | | |
| 13 | La Salle | 38 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | La Salle | 38 | | | | | | | | 1 | VCU | 47 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Fordham | 62 |
| 6 | Saint Louis | 58 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Fordham | 62 |
| 11 | Richmond | 49 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Richmond | 49 | 6 | Saint Louis | 51 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 3 | Duquesne | 72 | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Duquesne | 106 | 3 | Duquesne | 72 | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Rhode Island | 69 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Rhode Island | 69 | | | | 3 | Duquesne | 34 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | Fordham | 76 | | | | |
| 7 | George Mason | 80 | | | | | | | 2 | Fordham | 76 | | | | |
| 10 | UMass | 86 2OT | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | UMass | 86 2OT | 10 | UMass | 62 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Fordham | 73 | | | | | | | |