# 2020 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament

The 2020 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament was a postseason tournament that concluded the 2019-20 season of the Atlantic 10 Conference. It was played at campus sites on March 3 for the first round, with the remaining games held on March 6–8 at the UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio. Dayton won the conference tournament to receive an 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 | Dayton$^{‡†}$ | 15–1 | 22–8 | |
| 2 | VCU$^†$ | 13–3 | 18–11 | |
| 3 | Fordham | 11–5 | 19–10 | |
| 4 | Saint Louis | 9–7 | 17–12 | 2–0 vs. UMass & Duquesne |
| 5 | UMass | 9–7 | 19–10 | 1–1 vs. Duquesne & Saint Louis |
| 6 | Duquesne | 9–7 | 19–10 | 0–1 vs. UMass & Saint Louis |
| 7 | Davidson | 8–8 | 15–14 | 1–0 vs. George Washington |
| #8 | George Washington | 8–8 | 14–15 | 0–1 vs. Davidson |
| #9 | Richmond | 7–9 | 14–16 | 2–0 vs. La Salle |
| #10 | La Salle | 7–9 | 13–16 | 0–2 vs. Richmond |
| #11 | Rhode Island | 6–10 | 13–15 | |
| #12 | St. Bonaventure | 4–12 | 7–22 | |
| #13 | George Mason | 3–13 | 9–19 | 1–0 vs. St. Joseph's |
| #14 | St. Joseph's | 3–13 | 9–20 | 0–1 vs. George Mason |
| ‡ – 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 3 ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 7:00 pm | No. 9 Richmond 57 at No. 8 George Washington 49 | ESPN+ | 454 |
| 2 | 2 | 8:00 pm | No. 13 George Mason 61 at No. 4 Saint Louis 69 | ESPN+ | 589 |
| 3 | 3 | 7:00 pm | No. 12 St. Bonaventure 54 at No. 5 UMass 72 | ESPN+ | 680 |
| 4 | 4 | 7:00 pm | No. 10 La Salle 63 at No. 7 Davidson 67 | ESPN+ | 407 |
| 5 | 5 | 7:00 pm | No. 14 St. Joseph's 39 at No. 3 Fordham 56 | ESPN+ | 895 |
| 6 | 6 | 7:00 pm | No. 11 Rhode Island 53 at No. 6 Duquesne 70 | ESPN+ | 609 |
| Quarterfinals - Friday, March 6 ||||||
| 7 | 7 | 11:00 am | No. 9 Richmond 68 at No. 1 Dayton 79 | ESPN+ | |
| 7 | 8 | 2:00 pm | No. 5 UMass 52 vs. No. 4 Saint Louis 65 | ESPN+ | |
| 8 | 9 | 4:30 pm | No. 7 Davidson 52 vs. No. 2 VCU 58 | ESPN+ | |
| 8 | 10 | 7:00 pm | No. 6 Duquesne 47 vs. No. 3 Fordham 54 | ESPN+ | |
| Semifinals - Saturday, March 7 ||||||
| 9 | 11 | 11:00 am | No. 1 Dayton 58 vs No. 4 Saint Louis 50 | CBSSN | |
| 9 | 12 | 1:30 pm | No. 2 VCU 59 vs No. 3 Fordham 55 | CBSSN | |
| Championship - Sunday, March 8 ||||||
| 10 | 13 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 Dayton 52 vs No. 2 VCU 48 | ESPNU | |
*Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

## Bracket

* All times are Eastern.
| First round Campus Sites March 3 ESPN+ | First round Campus Sites March 3 ESPN+ | First round Campus Sites March 3 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals University of Dayton Arena March 6 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals University of Dayton Arena March 6 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals University of Dayton Arena March 6 ESPN+ | Semifinals University of Dayton Arena March 7 CBSSN | Semifinals University of Dayton Arena March 7 CBSSN | Semifinals University of Dayton Arena March 7 CBSSN | | Championship University of Dayton Arena March 8 ESPNU | Championship University of Dayton Arena March 8 ESPNU | Championship University of Dayton Arena March 8 ESPNU |
| | | | 1 | Dayton | 79 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 9 | Richmond | 68 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | George Washington | 49 | 9 | Richmond | 68 | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Richmond | 57 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Richmond | 57 | | | | 1 | Dayton | 58 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Saint Louis | 50 | | | | |
| 5 | UMass | 72 | | | | | | | 4 | Saint Louis | 50 | | | | |
| 12 | St. Bonaventure | 54 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | St. Bonaventure | 54 | 5 | UMass | 52 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Saint Louis | 65 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Saint Louis | 69 | 4 | Saint Louis | 65 | | | | | | | |
| 13 | George Mason | 61 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | George Mason | 61 | | | | | | | | 1 | Dayton | 52 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | VCU | 48 |
| 6 | Duquesne | 70 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | VCU | 48 |
| 11 | Rhode Island | 53 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Rhode Island | 53 | 6 | Duquesne | 47 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 3 | Fordham | 54 | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Fordham | 59 | 3 | Fordham | 54 | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Saint Joseph's | 36 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Saint Joseph's | 36 | | | | 3 | Fordham | 55 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | VCU | 60 | | | | |
| 7 | Davidson | 67 | | | | | | | 2 | VCU | 60 | | | | |
| 10 | La Salle | 63 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | La Salle | 63 | 7 | Davidson | 52 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | VCU | 58 | | | | | | | |