NEWPORT NEWS, Va.— Dayton, the 2020 Atlantic 10 Regular Season Champion and No. 3 ranked team in the nation, will be the No. 1 seed for next week’s Atlantic 10 Men’s Basketball Championship at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. The 14-team event begins Wednesday with the championship final set for Sunday, March 15.
 
ESPN+ will air Wednesday’s first-round games while NBCSN will carry the entire second round Thursday and all four quarterfinal matchups Friday. CBS Sports Network will air the semifinals Saturday at 1:00 and 3:30 pm. The championship final is set for 1:00 pm on CBS Sports as part of their annual Selection Sunday coverage.
 
The Flyers registered a league-tying 18 wins and secured only the fourth unblemished conference record (18-0) in A-10 history. Dayton locked up their third regular season title in the last five years on Friday, Feb. 28 at home against Davidson and receive one of four double byes in the A-10 Championship.
 
In addition to Dayton, second-seeded Richmond (14-4), No. 3 Rhode Island (13-5) and No. 4 Saint Louis (12-6) earned byes into the quarterfinal round of the championship. Dayton plays at noon on Friday, followed by Saint Louis at 2:30 pm. Richmond opens the evening session at 6:00 pm and Rhode Island will play in the last quarterfinal at 8:30 pm.
 
Seeds five through 10 earn byes into the second round and will play Thursday on NBCSN. St. Bonaventure (11-7) is seeded fifth and will play the winner of No. 12 George Mason (5-13) and No. 13 Saint Joseph’s (2-16) at 2:30 pm Thursday. Mason and the Hawks will meet Wednesday in the first round at 1:00 pm on ESPN+. Saint Joseph’s earned the 13 seed by virtue of a head-to-head tiebreaker with Fordham.
 
No. 6 Duquesne (11-7) will open play Thursday at 8:30 pm against the winner of the late first-round game between No. 11 George Washington (6-12) and No. 14 Fordham (2-16). The game between the Colonials and Rams will tip off at 3:30 pm on Wednesday on ESPN+.
 
Seventh-seeded Davidson (10-8) will play 10-seeded La Salle (6-12) at 6:00 pm on Thursday in the second round, with the winner playing No. 2 Richmond. No. 8 Massachusetts (8-10) faces No. 9 VCU (8-10) at noon on Thursday for the right to play Dayton in the quarterfinals. UMass gets the higher seed through a head-to-head tiebreaker.
 
St. Bonaventure secured the No. 5 seed over Duquesne, winning a tiebreaker by virtue of the Bonnies’ win over Richmond earlier in the year.
 
The winner of the Atlantic 10 Championship will receive the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
 
Tickets for the championship can be purchased online at Ticketmaster.com. All championship information can be found at the Atlantic 10 Men’s Basketball Championship Page on Atlantic 10.com. Fans can also download the new A-10 Championship App for an interactive championship experience.