# 2015–16 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season

The 2015–16 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season was the 40th season of Atlantic 10 Conference basketball. The 2016 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament was held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Dayton, 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, and Davidson all received bids to the NIT. Fordham received a bid to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament.

## Preseason
### Preseason poll

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Dayton |
| 2 | Rhode Island |
| 3 | Davidson |
| 4 | George Washington |
| 5 | VCU |
| 6 | Richmond |
| 7 | Saint Joseph's |
| 8 | St. Bonaventure |
| 9 | La Salle |
| 10 | Massachusetts |
| 11 | Duquesne |
| 12 | Saint Louis |
| 13 | George Mason |
| 14 | Fordham |

### Preseason All-Conference Teams

| Award | Recipients |
| First Team | Jack Gibbs (Davidson) Jordan Price (LaSalle) Hassan Martin (Rhode Island) E. C. Matthews (Rhode Island) DeAndre' Bembry (Saint Joseph's) |
| Second Team | Brian Sullivan (Davidson) Shevon Thompson (George Mason) Patricio Garino (George Washington) Kevin Larsen (George Washington) Marcus Posley (St. Bonaventure) |
| Third Team | Kendall Pollard (Dayton) Terry Allen (Richmond) ShawnDre' Jones (Richmond) Melvin Johnson (VCU) Mo Alie-Cox (VCU) |

## 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).
| | Davidson | Dayton | Duquesne | Fordham | GM | GW | La Salle | UMass | Rhode Island | Richmond | St. Joseph's | St. Louis | St. Bonaventure | VCU |
| vs. Davidson | – | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| vs. Dayton | 0–1 | – | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| vs. Duquesne | 2–0 | 2–0 | – | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| vs. Fordham | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | – | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| vs. George Mason | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | – | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| vs. George Washington | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | – | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| vs. La Salle | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | – | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| vs. UMass | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | – | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| vs. Rhode Island | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | – | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| vs. Richmond | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | – | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| vs. Saint Joseph's | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | – | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| vs. Saint Louis | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | – | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| vs. St. Bonaventure | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | – | 1–0 |
| vs. VCU | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | – |
| Total | 10–8 | 14–4 | 6–12 | 8–10 | 5–13 | 11–7 | 4–14 | 6–12 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 13–5 | 5–13 | 14–4 | 14–4 |

## Conference Awards

| Award | Recipients |
| Coach of the Year | Mark Schmidt (St. Bonaventure) |
| Player of the Year | DeAndre’ Bembry (Saint Joseph's) |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Hassan Martin (Rhode Island) |
| Rookie of the Year | Joseph Chartouny (Fordham) |
| Sixth Man of the Year | Jabarie Hinds (Massachusetts) and Denzel Gregg (St. Bonaventure) |
| Chris Daniels Most Improved Player of the Year | Isaiah Miles (Saint Joseph's) |
| All-Academic Team | Christian Sengfelder (Fordham) Tyler Cavanaugh (George Washington) Patricio Garino (George Washington) Alex Mitola (George Washington) Mike Crawford (Saint Louis) Mo Alie-Cox (VCU) |
| First Team | Jack Gibbs (Davidson) Charles Cooke (Dayton) Jaylen Adams (St. Bonaventure) DeAndre' Bembry (Saint Joseph's) Melvin Johnson (VCU) |
| Second Team | Dyshawn Pierre (Dayton) Tyler Cavanaugh (George Washington) Patricio Garino (George Washington) Isaiah Miles (Saint Joseph's) Marcus Posley (St. Bonaventure) |
| Third Team | Micah Mason (Duquesne) Ryan Rhoomes (Fordham) T. J. Cline (Richmond) Terry Allen (Richmond) Mo Alie-Cox (VCU) |
| All-Defensive Team | Charles Cooke (Dayton) Patricio Garino (George Washington) Mo Alie-Cox (VCU) Hassan Martin (Rhode Island) DeAndre' Bembry (Saint Joseph's) |
| All-Rookie Team | Joseph Chartouny (Fordham) Otis Livingston (George Mason) Lamarr Kimble (Saint Joseph's) Jermaine Bishop (Saint Louis) Khwan Fore (Richmond) |

## Postseason
### Atlantic 10 tournament

| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup$^#$ | Television | Attendance |
| First round – Wednesday, March 9 ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 6:30 pm | #13 Saint Louis 83 vs. #12 George Mason 78 | ASN | 5,523 |
| 1 | 2 | 9:00 pm | #14 La Salle 88 vs. #11 Duquesne 73 | ASN | 5,523 |
| Second round – Thursday, March 10 ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 12:00 pm | #9 Richmond 70 vs. #8 Fordham 55 | NBCSN | 6,519 |
| 2 | 4 | 2:30 pm | #13 Saint Louis 65 vs. #5 George Washington 73 | NBCSN | 6,519 |
| 3 | 5 | 6:30 pm | #10 Massachusetts 67 vs. #7 Rhode Island 62 | NBCSN | 5,507 |
| 3 | 6 | 9:00 pm | #14 La Salle 63 vs. #6 Davidson 78 | NBCSN | 5,507 |
| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 11 ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 12:00 pm | #9 Richmond 54 vs. #1 Dayton 69 | NBCSN | 7,509 |
| 4 | 8 | 2:30 pm | #5 George Washington 80 vs. #4 Saint Joseph's 86 | NBCSN | 7,509 |
| 5 | 9 | 6:30 pm | #10 Massachusetts 70 vs. #2 VCU 85 | NBCSN | 8,223 |
| 5 | 10 | 9:00 pm | #6 Davidson 90 vs. #3 St. Bonaventure 86 (OT) | NBCSN | 8,223 |
| Semifinals – Saturday, March 12 ||||||
| 6 | 11 | 1:30 pm | #4 Saint Joseph's 82 vs. #1 Dayton 79 | CBSSN | 10,439 |
| 6 | 12 | 4:00 pm | #6 Davidson 54 vs. #2 VCU 76 | CBSSN | 10,439 |
| Championship – Sunday, March 13 ||||||
| 7 | 13 | 1:00 pm | #4 Saint Joseph's 87 vs. #2 VCU 74 | CBS | 8,413 |
*Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

### NCAA tournament

The Atlantic 10 Conference had three bids to the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.
| Seed | Region | School | First Four | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Sweet 16 | Elite Eight | Final Four | Championship |
| 7 | Midwest | Dayton | n/a | lost to (10) Syracuse 51–70 | | | | | |
| 8 | West | Saint Joseph's | n/a | defeated (9) Cincinnati 78–76 | lost to (1) Oregon 64–69 | | | | |
| 10 | West | VCU | n/a | defeated (7) Oregon State 75–67 | lost to (2) Oklahoma 81–85 | | | | |
| | | W–L (%): | 0–0 (–) | 2–1 (.667) | 0–2 (.000) | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) Total: 2–3 (.400) |

### National Invitation tournament

St. Bonaventure, George Washington, and Dayton earned NIT bids for the conference.
| Seed | Bracket | School | First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals |
| 1 | St. Bonaventure | St. Bonaventure | lost to Wagner 75–79 | | | | |
| 4 | Monmouth | George Washington | defeated Hofstra 82–80 | defeated Monmouth 87–71 | defeated Florida 82-77 | defeated San Diego State 65-46 | defeated Valparaiso 76-60 |
| 5 | Valparaiso | Davidson | lost to Florida State 74–84 | | | | |
| | | W–L (%): | 1–2 (.333) | 1–0 (1.000) | 1–0 (1.000) | 1–0 (1.000) | 1–0 (1.000) Total: 5–2 (.714) |

### CollegeInsider.com tournament

Fordham earned the sole bid to the CIT for the conference.
| School | First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals |
| Fordham | lost to Boston 66–69 | | | | |
| W–L (%): | 0–1 (.000) | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) Total: 0–1 (.000) |