2021–22 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season

2021–22 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season
2021–22 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	14
Regular Season
Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament
Seasons
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

2021–22 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Davidson	15	–	3	.833	27	–	7	.794
Dayton	14	–	4	.778	24	–	11	.686
VCU	14	–	4	.778	22	–	10	.688
St. Bonaventure	12	–	5	.706	23	–	10	.697
Saint Louis	12	–	6	.667	23	–	12	.657
Richmond †	10	–	8	.556	24	–	13	.649
George Washington	8	–	9	.471	12	–	18	.400
Fordham	8	–	10	.444	16	–	16	.500
George Mason	7	–	9	.438	14	–	16	.467
UMass	7	–	11	.389	15	–	17	.469
Rhode Island	5	–	12	.294	15	–	16	.484
La Salle	5	–	13	.278	11	–	19	.367
Saint Joseph's	5	–	13	.278	11	–	19	.367
Duquesne	1	–	16	.059	6	–	24	.200

† 2022 A-10 tournament winner

The 2021–22 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season started non-conference play on November 9, 2021 and began conference play on December 30, 2021. The regular season ended on March 5, 2022, followed by the 2022 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament from March 9 to March 13.

Conference Schedule

Each team is scheduled to play 18 conference games. This results in each team playing 8 teams a singular time and 5 teams twice, once at home and once on the road.

Head Coaches

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Coach Changes

Fordham hired Kyle Neptune after Jeff Neubauer was fired during the previous midseason after a 1–7 start.

George Mason hired Kim English after Dave Paulsen was fired after going 13–9.

Coaches

Team	Head Coach	Previous Job	Years At School	Record at School	Atlantic 10 Record	Atlantic 10 Titles	NCAA Tournaments	Sweet 16 Appearances	Elite 8 Appearances
Davidson	Bob McKillop	Long Island Lutheran HS	33	606-373	76-43	1	9	1	1
Dayton	Anthony Grant	Oklahoma City Thunder (Assistant)	5	78-41	48-22	1	0	0	0
Duquesne	Keith Dambrot	Akron	5	65-47	35-33	0	0	0	0
Fordham	Kyle Neptune	Villanova (Assistant)	1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0
George Mason	Kim English	Tennessee (Assistant)	1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0
George Washington	Jamion Christian	Siena	3	17-31	9-17	0	0	0	0
La Salle	Ashley Howard	Villanova (Assistant)	4	34-52	20-33	0	0	0	0
UMass	Matt McCall	Chattanooga	5	46-65	23-41	0	0	0	0
Rhode Island	David Cox	Rhode Island (Assistant)	4	49-39	28-24	0	0	0	0
Richmond	Chris Mooney	Air Force	17	288-231	144-119	1	2	1	0
St. Bonaventure	Mark Schmidt	Robert Morris	15	245-185	129-106	2	3	0	0
Saint Joseph's	Billy Lange	Philadelphia 76ers (Assistant)	3	11-41	5-25	0	0	0	0
Saint Louis	Travis Ford	Oklahoma State	6	89-65	43-39	1	1	0	0
VCU	Mike Rhoades	Rice	5	80-43	43-25	0	2	0	0

Notes:

Year at school includes 2021–22 season.
Overall and Atlantic 10 records are from the time at current school and are through the end of the 2020–21 season.
NCAA Tournament appearances are from the time at current school only.

Preseason Awards

Preseason men's basketball poll

First Place Votes in Parentheses

St. Bonaventure (28) - 392
Richmond - 359
Saint Louis - 325
VCU - 288
Dayton - 274
Davidson - 260
Rhode Island - 231
George Mason - 158
UMass - 147
Saint Joseph's - 144
Duquesne - 129
La Salle - 105
George Washington - 96
Fordham - 32

Preseason Honors

Honor	Recipient
Preseason All-Atlantic 10 First Team	Hyunjung Lee, Davidson
	Jacob Gilyard, Richmond
	Grant Golden, Richmond
	Osun Osunniyi, St. Bonaventure
	Kyle Lofton, St. Bonaventure
	Javonte Perkins, Saint Louis
Preseason All-Atlantic 10 Second Team	James Bishop, George Washington
	Tyler Burton, Richmond
	Jaren Holmes, St. Bonaventure
	Taylor Funk, Saint Joseph's
	Jordan Hall, Saint Joseph's
	Vince Williams Jr., VCU
Preseason All-Atlantic 10 Third Team	Luka Brajkovic, Davidson
	Mustapha Amzil, Dayton
	Toumani Camara, Dayton
	Josh Oduro, George Mason
	Jeremy Sheppard, Rhode Island
	Yuri Collins, Saint Louis
Preseason All-Atlantic 10 Defensive Team	Makhel Mitchell, Rhode Island
	Jacob Gilyard, Richmond
	Osun Osunniyi, St. Bonaventure
	Yuri Collins, Saint Louis
	Hason Ward, VCU

Regular season

Rankings

Team	Preseason	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15
Davidson	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	RV	RV	RV	25	RV	RV	–
Davidson	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	RV	RV	RV
Dayton	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dayton	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Duquesne	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Duquesne	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Fordham	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Fordham	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
George Mason	–	–	RV	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
George Mason	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
George Washington	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
George Washington	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
La Salle	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
La Salle	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
UMass	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
UMass	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Rhode Island	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Rhode Island	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Richmond	RV	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Richmond	RV		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
St. Bonaventure	23	22	16	RV	RV	RV	–	–	–	–	–	–
St. Bonaventure	24*		16	25	RV	RV	–	–	–	–	–	–
Saint Joseph's	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Saint Joseph's	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Saint Louis	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Saint Louis	–		–	RV	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
VCU	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
VCU	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Notes:

No Coaches Poll Week 2
Top Box is the AP Poll
Bottom Box is the Coaches Poll

Conference standings

		Conference		Overall		Tiebreaker
Rank	Team	Record	Perecent	Record	Percent	Tiebreaker
1	Davidson	6-0	1.000	16-2	.882
2	St. Bonaventure	3-1	.750	11-4	.714
3	VCU	4-2	.667	11-6	.625	Ahead of Dayton based on Head-to-Head Win %
4	Dayton	4-2	.667	12-7	.667
5	Rhode Island	3-2	.600	12-5	.750
5	Saint Louis	3-2	.500	12-6	.667
7	Richmond	3-3	.500	12-7	.611	Ahead of George Mason based on # of games played
8	George Mason	1-1	.500	8-7	.500
9	Fordham	2-3	.400	9-8	.563
9	George Washington	2-3	.400	6-11	.313
11	Saint Joseph's	2-4	.333	8-9	.471
12	Duquesne	1-3	.250	6-10	.375
13	UMass	1-5	.200	8-10	.444
13	La Salle	1-5	.167	6-10	.375

Conference Matrix

	Davidson	Dayton	Duquesne	Fordham	George Mason	George Washington	La Salle	UMass	Rhode Island	Richmond	St. Joseph's	Saint Louis	St. Bonaventure	VCU
vs. Davidson	–			0-1				0-1	0-1	0-1	0-1			0-1
vs. Dayton		–	0-1		1-0	0-1						0-1	0-1	1-0
vs. Duquesne		1-0	–	1-0				0-1					1-0
vs. Fordham	1-0		0-1	–			0-1			1-0		1-1
vs. George Mason		0-1			–	1-0
vs. George Washington		1-0			0-1	–			0-1		1-0			1-0
vs. La Salle				1-0			–		1-0	1-0	0-1		1-0	1-0
vs. UMass	1-0		1-0					–	1-0	1-0		0-1
vs. Rhode Island	1-0					1-0	0-1	0-1	–		0-1
vs. Richmond	1-0			0-1			0-1	0-1		–	1-0	1-0
vs. Saint Joseph's	1-0					0-1	1-0		1-0	0-1	–			1-0
vs. Saint Louis		1-0		0-1				1-1		0-1		–
vs. St. Bonaventure		1-0	0-1				0-1						–	0-1
vs. VCU	1-0	0-1				0-1	0-1				0-1		1-0	–

Players of the Week

Week	Player(s) of the Week	School	Rookie(s) of the Week	School
Nov. 15	Josh Oduro & Taylor Funk	George Mason & Saint Joseph's	Primo Spears	Duquesne
Nov. 22	Jaren Holmes	St. Bonaventure	Erik Reynolds II	Saint Joseph's
Nov. 29	Leon Ayers III	Duquesne	Malachi Smith	Dayton
Dec. 6	Hyunjung Lee	Davidson	Malachi Smith (2)	Dayton (2)
Dec. 13	Jordan Hall	Saint Joseph's (2)	DaRon Holmes II	Dayton (3)
Dec. 20	Tyler Burton	Richmond	Malachi Smith (3)	Dayton (4)
Dec. 27	Luka Brajkovic	Davidson (2)	DaRon Holmes II (2)	Dayton (5)
Jan. 3	Yuri Collins	Saint Louis	Erik Reynolds II (2)	Saint Joseph's (2)
Jan. 10	Foster Loyer	Davidson (3)	Jackie Johnson III	Duquesne (2)
Jan. 17	Luka Brajkovic (2)	Davidson (4)	DaRon Holmes II (3)	Dayton (6)
Jan. 24	Darius Quisenberry	Fordham	Primo Spears (2)	Duquesne (3)
Jan. 31
Feb. 7
Feb. 14
Feb. 21
Feb. 28

Records against other conferences

Power 7 Conferences	Record	Power 7 Conferences	Record
ACC	8-2	American	2-4
Big East	2-7	Big Ten	3-2
Big 12	1-2	Pac-12	0-3
SEC	3-3	Power 7 Total	19-23
Other Division I Conferences	Record	Other Division I Conferences	Record
America East	6-2	ASUN	2-2
Big Sky	0-2	Big South	3-0
Big West	1-2	Colonial	4-7
Conference USA	5-5	Horizon League	3-0
Ivy League	7-1	MAAC	5-2
MAC	5-2	MEAC	5-1
MVC	3-4	MWC	1-2
NEC	9-2	OVC	2-2
Patriot League	8-2	SoCon	3-1
Southland	None	SWAC	1-0
Summit League	2-0	Sun Belt	2-0
WAC	1-1	WCC	0-1
Other Division I Total			78-41

NCAA Division I Total			97-64
NCAA Division II Total			1-0
NAIA Total			1-0
USCAA Total			1-0
Total Non-Conference Record			100-64

Postseason

The Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball tournament was held in Washington, D.C. at Capital One Arena from March 9 to March 13


First round Wednesday, March 9 ESPN+			Second round Thursday, March 10 USA Network/Peacock			Quarterfinals Friday, March 11 USA Network/Peacock			Semifinals Saturday, March 12 CBSSN			Championship Sunday, March 13 CBS/Paramount+



						1	Davidson	74

			8	Fordham	54	8	Fordham	56

			9	George Mason	49				1	Davidson	84

									5	Saint Louis	69

						4	St. Bonaventure	56

			5	Saint Louis	71	5	Saint Louis	57

12	La Salle	63	12	La Salle	51							1	Davidson

13	Saint Joseph's	56										6	Richmond

						2	Dayton	75

			7	George Washington	88	10	UMass	72

			10	UMass	99				2	Dayton	64

									6	Richmond	68

						3	VCU	64

			6	Richmond	64	6	Richmond	75

11	Rhode Island	79	11	Rhode Island	59

14	Duquesne	77

References

^ "MBB Notes - Main File (PDF) - Atlantic 10" (PDF). atlantic10.com. Retrieved December 30, 2021.

[1] "MBB Notes - Main File (PDF) - Atlantic 10" (PDF). atlantic10.com. Retrieved December 30, 2021.

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