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2020–21 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season

The 2020–21 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season is the 45th season of Atlantic 10 Conference basketball. The season began with practices in November 2020, followed by the start of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in late November, delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. League play will begin in early January and end in early March.

The 2021 Atlantic 10 tournament was originally scheduled to be held from March 10–14, 2021, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, but due to ongoing impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was moved to campus locations. The tournament was first scheduled to be played on the same dates but split between the Robins Center at the University of Richmond and the Siegel Center at VCU, but the schedule was later adjusted so that the first four rounds will be played from March 3 to March 6 at those arenas with the championship game to be held March 14 at UD Arena at the University of Dayton.[1]

Dayton were the defending regular season champion. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was no defending Atlantic 10 Tournament champion.

Preseason

Preseason poll

Prior to the season at the conference's annual media day, awards and a poll were chosen by a panel of the league's head coaches and select media members.[2]

Preseason all-conference teams

Regular season

Early season tournaments

  1. ^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Maui Invitational Tournament was played at Harrah's Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina instead of the Lahaina Civic Center in Lahaina, Hawaii.
  2. ^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Paradise Jam tournament was played at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. instead of the Sports and Fitness Center in Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.

Rankings

*USA TODAY did not release a Coaches Poll for Week 2. AP does not release a final poll.

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team will play 18 conference games: one game vs. eight opponents and two games against five opponents.

Records against other conferences

2020–21 records against non-conference foes as of February 19, 2021. Records shown for regular season only.

Conference awards

On March 10, 2021, the Atlantic 10 announced its conference awards.[4]

Postseason

2021 A-10 Tournament

2021 NCAA Tournament

Two teams from the Atlantic 10 qualified for the NCAA Tournament. Tournament and regular-season champion St. Bonaventure qualified through the conference's automatic bid, while tournament and regular-season runner-up VCU qualified through an at-large bid.

2021 NIT

Four teams from the Atlantic 10 earned at-large bids into the NIT.

References

  1. ^ "Atlantic 10 Adjusts Men's, Women's Basketball Championship Dates". Atlantic 10 Conference. Atlantic10.com. February 19, 2021. Archived from the original on February 18, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  2. ^ "Richmond Chosen to Win A-10 Men's Basketball; League Honors 23 Student-Athletes". Atlantic 10 Conference. Atlantic10.com. November 9, 2020. Archived from the original on November 10, 2020. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  3. ^ "Atlantic 10 2019–20 Men's Basketball Composite Schedule" (PDF). atlantic10.com. Atlantic 10 Conference. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
  4. ^ "Hyland Named Atlantic 10 Player of the Year, Schmidt, Osunniyi Earn Top Honors". Atlantic10.com. March 10, 2021. Retrieved March 22, 2021.