2020–21 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
DurationNovember 25, 2020 – March 14, 2021
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)CBSSN, NBCSN, CBS
Regular season
Season championsSt. Bonaventure
Season MVPBones Hyland, VCU
Tournament
ChampionsSt. Bonaventure
  Runners-upVCU
Finals MVPOsun Osunniyi, St. Bonaventure
2020–21 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
St. Bonaventure†11–4 .73316–5  .762
VCU10–4 .71419–7  .731
Davidson7–4 .63613–9  .591
Saint Louis6–4 .60014–7  .667
UMass6–4 .6008–7  .533
George Mason8–6 .57113–9  .591
Dayton9–7 .56314–10  .583
Richmond6–5 .54514–9  .609
Duquesne7–7 .5009–9  .500
Rhode Island7–10 .41210–15  .400
George Washington3–5 .3755–12  .294
La Salle6–11 .3539–16  .360
Saint Joseph's3–9 .2505–15  .250
Fordham2–11 .1542–12  .143
† 2021 A10 Tournament winner

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]

Rank Team
1Richmond (19)
2Saint Louis (7)
3Dayton (2)
4St. Bonaventure
5Duquesne
6Rhode Island
7Davidson
8UMass
9VCU
10George Mason
11George Washington
12Saint Joseph's
13La Salle
14Fordham
(first place votes)

Preseason all-conference teams

Award Recipients
Preseason All-Atlantic 10 First Team Kellan Grady, Davidson
Jalen Crutcher, Dayton
Tre Mitchell, UMass
Fatts Russell, Rhode Island
Jacob Gilyard, Richmond
Jordan Goodwin, Saint Louis
Preseason All-Atlantic 10 Second Team Marcus Weathers, Duquesne
Blake Francis, Richmond
Grant Golden, Richmond
Kyle Lofton, St. Bonaventure
Ryan Daly, Saint Joseph's
Hasahn French, Saint Louis
Preseason All-Atlantic 10 Third Team Sincere Carry, Duquesne
Javon Greene, George Mason
AJ Wilson, George Mason
Osun Osunniyi, St. Bonaventure
Javonte Perkins, Saint Louis
Bones Hyland, VCU
Preseason All-Atlantic 10 Defensive Team AJ Wilson, George Mason
Jacob Gilyard, Richmond
Osun Osunniyi, St. Bonaventure
Hasahn French, Saint Louis
Jordan Goodwin, Saint Louis

Regular season

Early season tournaments

Team Tournament Finish
Davidson Maui Invitational[lower-alpha 1] 7th
Dayton — —
Duquesne Wade Houseton Tipoff Classic
Fordham — —
George Mason DC Paradise Jam[lower-alpha 2] 2nd
George Washington Veterans Classic 2nd
La Salle — —
Massachusetts — —
Rhode Island 2K Empire Classic 4th
Hall of Fame Tip-Off 1st
Richmond Bluegrass Showcase 1st
Saint Joseph's Fort Myers Tip Off 4th
Saint Louis Billiken Classic 1st
St. Bonaventure — —
VCU Crossover Classic 3rd

Rankings

Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
    First Place votes shown in ()
 PreWk
2		Wk
3		Wk
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5		Wk
6		Wk
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10		Wk
11		Wk
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14		Wk
15		Wk
16		Final
Davidson AP
C
Dayton AP
C RV RV*
Duquesne AP
C
Fordham AP
C
George Mason AP
C
George Washington AP
C
La Salle AP
C
UMass AP
C
Rhode Island AP
C
Richmond AP RV 19 19 RV RV RV
C RV RV* 19 25 23 RV RV RV
Saint Joseph's AP
C
Saint Louis AP RV RV RV RV RV RV 23 24 25 22 RV RV RV
C RV RV* RV RV RV RV 23 24 RV 24 RV RV RV
St. Bonaventure AP RV RV RV RV RV
C RV RV RV RV RV
VCU AP RV RV RV
C

*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.

  DAV DAY DUQ FOR GMU GWU LAS UMA URI RIC STJ STL SBA VCU
vs. Davidson –1–00–10–10–00–00–10–10–11–00–10–02–00–1
vs. Dayton 0–1–1–11–00–20–11–00–01–10–01–00–20–12–0
vs. Duquesne 1–01–1–0–20–01–11–00–00–21–00–10–02–00–0
vs. Fordham 1–00–12–0–1–01–01–12–01–00–00–01–01–00–0
vs. George Mason 0–02–00–00–1–0–10–20–11–01–00–20–01–01–1
vs. George Washington 0–01–01–10–11–0–0–00–00–10–00–00–01–01–0
vs. La Salle 1–00–10–11–12–00–0–2–01–00–11–11–11–01–0
vs. UMass 1–00–00–00–21–00–00–2–0–21–00–01–00–00–0
vs. Rhode Island 1–01–12–00–10–11–00–12–0–1–00–11–00–11–1
vs. Richmond 0–10–00–10–00–10–01–00–10–1–1–11–01–01–0
vs. Saint Joseph's 1–00–11–00–02–00–01–10–01–01–1–0–01–01–0
vs. Saint Louis 0–02–00–00–10–00–01–10–10–10–10–0–0–11–0
vs. St. Bonaventure 0–21–00–20–10–10–10–10–01–00–10–11–0–1–1
vs. VCU 1–00–20–00–01–10–10–10–01–10–10–10–11–1–
Total 7–49–77–72–118–63–56–116–47–106–53–96–411–410–4

Records against other conferences

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

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