NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The Atlantic 10 Conference on Thursday announced the 2017-18 women’s basketball conference schedule team pairings. The league's 14 members will once again play a 16-game conference schedule in the upcoming season, which allows teams to face every opponent once and three teams twice. The complete 2017-18 conference schedule with dates and times will be announced at a later date.
During the 2016-17 season, the Atlantic 10 Conference had six women’s basketball teams qualify for postseason play. It was the 12th consecutive year that A-10 has had at least five teams compete in the postseason. Top-seeded Dayton defeated seventh-seeded Duquesne in the 2017 Championship final at the Richmond Coliseum, earning the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Flyers earned their first conference title since 2012.
The 2018 A-10 Championship will feature six first-round games being played on campus sites on Tuesday, Feb. 27 before heading to Richmond, Friday, March 2 through Sunday, March 4 for the quarterfinals, semifinals and championship final games. The top two championship seeds will receive a bye, with the remainder of the field facing off in games hosted by seeds 3-8 for the first round. For the second consecutive year, the women’s championship will place an increased emphasis on the regular season in a fan friendly format.
The following is a list of each school's home and away pairings for the 2017-18 season. Bold Italics denotes home and away partners (teams that will play twice).
Davidson Home - Dayton, Duquesne, George Washington, Saint Joseph’s, VCU, Fordham, Massachusetts, Rhode Island
Away – George Mason, La Salle, Richmond, St. Bonaventure, Saint Louis, Fordham, Massachusetts, Rhode Island
Dayton
Home – Duquesne, George Mason, Rhode Island, St. Bonaventure, VCU, Fordham, George Washington, Saint Louis
Away – Davidson, La Salle, Massachusetts, Richmond, Saint Joseph’s, Fordham, George Washington, Saint Louis
Duquesne
Home – Fordham, George Mason, La Salle, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, St. Bonaventure, Saint Joseph’s, VCU
Away – Davidson, Dayton, George Washington, Richmond, Saint Louis, St. Bonaventure, Saint Joseph’s, VCU
Fordham
Home – George Washington, La Salle, Rhode Island, St. Bonaventure, Saint Joseph’s, Davidson, Dayton, Saint Louis
Away – Duquesne, George Mason, Massachusetts, Richmond, VCU, Davidson, Dayton, Saint Louis
George Mason
Home – Davidson, Fordham, Massachusetts, Richmond, Saint Louis, George Washington, La Salle, St. Bonaventure
Away – Dayton, Duquesne, Rhode Island, Saint Joseph’s, VCU, George Washington, La Salle, St. Bonaventure
George Washington
Home – Duquesne, La Salle, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Richmond, Dayton, George Mason, Saint Louis
Away – Davidson, Fordham, St. Bonaventure, Saint Joseph’s, VCU, Dayton, George Mason, Saint Louis
La Salle
Home – Davidson, Dayton, St. Bonaventure, Saint Louis, VCU, George Mason, Richmond, Saint Joseph’s
Away – Duquesne, Fordham, George Washington, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, George Mason, Richmond, Saint Joseph’s
Massachusetts
Home– Dayton, Fordham, La Salle, Saint Joseph’s, VCU, Davidson, Rhode Island, Richmond
Away – Duquesne, George Mason, George Washington, St. Bonaventure, Saint Louis, Davidson, Rhode Island, Richmond
Rhode Island
Home – George Mason, La Salle, Richmond, Saint Louis, VCU, Davidson, Massachusetts, St. Bonaventure
Away – Dayton, Duquesne, Fordham, George Washington, Saint Joseph’s, Davidson, Massachusetts, St. Bonaventure
Richmond
Home– Davidson, Dayton, Duquesne, Fordham, Saint Louis, La Salle, Massachusetts, VCU
Away – George Mason, George Washington, Rhode Island, St. Bonaventure, Saint Joseph’s, La Salle, Massachusetts, VCU
St. Bonaventure Home– Davidson, George Washington, Massachusetts, Richmond, Saint Joseph’s, Duquesne, George Mason, Rhode Island
Away – Dayton, Fordham, La Salle, Saint Louis, VCU, Duquesne, George Mason, Rhode Island
Saint Joseph’s
Home – Dayton, George Mason, George Washington, Rhode Island, Richmond, Duquesne, La Salle, VCU
Away – Davidson, Fordham, Massachusetts, St. Bonaventure, Saint Louis, Duquesne, La Salle, VCU
Saint Louis
Home – Davidson, Duquesne, Massachusetts, St. Bonaventure, Saint Joseph’s, Dayton, Fordham, George Washington
Away – George Mason, La Salle, Rhode Island, Richmond, VCU, Dayton, Fordham, George Washington
VCU
Home – Fordham, George Mason, George Washington, St. Bonaventure, Saint Louis, Duquesne, Richmond, Saint Joseph’s
Away – Davidson, Dayton, La Salle, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Duquesne, Richmond, Saint Joseph’s