NEWPORT NEWS, Va.— VCU won the Atlantic 10 regular season title with a 15-3 conference record, and will be the No. 1 seed for next week’s A-10 Men’s Basketball Championship at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. The 15-team tournament begins Tuesday with the championship final set for Sunday, March 12.
 
ESPN+ will broadcast Tuesday’s three first-round games while USA Network will carry the entire second round Wednesday and all four quarterfinal matchups Thursday. 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 top-seeded Rams receive one of four double byes into the quarterfinals. In addition to VCU, second-seeded Dayton, No. 3 Fordham and No. 4 Saint Louis all finished at 12-6 and earned the double byes. Because of the three-way tie, seeds two through four were determined by a three-team head-to-head tiebreaker. VCU plays at 11:30 am on Thursday, followed by Saint Louis at 2:00 pm. Dayton opens the evening session at 5:00 pm and Fordham will play in the last quarterfinal at 7:30 pm.
 
Seeds five through nine earn byes into the second round and will play Wednesday on USA Network. George Mason (11-7) is seeded fifth and will play the winner of No. 12 Richmond (7-11) and No. 13 Massachusetts (6-12) at 2:00 pm Wednesday. The Spiders and Minutemen will meet Tuesday in the first round at 11:30 am on ESPN+.
 
No. 6 Duquesne (10-8) will open play Wednesday at 7:30 pm against the winner of the late first-round game between No. 11 La Salle (7-11) and No. 14 Rhode Island (5-13). The game between The Explorers and Rhody will tip off at 4:30 pm on Tuesday on ESPN+. La Salle earned the 11 seed over Richmond through a head-to-head tiebreaker.
 
Seventh-seeded George Washington (10-8) will play the winner between 10th-seeded Saint Joseph’s (8-10) and No. 15 Loyola Chicago at 5:00 pm on Wednesday in the second round. The game between the Hawks and the Ramblers will tip off Tuesday at 2:00 pm on ESPN+.
 
No. 8 Davidson (8-10) faces No. 9 St. Bonaventure (8-10) at 11:30 am on Wednesday for the right to play VCU in the quarterfinals. The Wildcats, Bonnies and Saint Joseph’s all tied at 8-10 and seeds were determined by a three-team head-to-head tiebreaker.
 
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 through SeatGeek. Information on tickets, schedules and more can be found at the Atlantic 10 Men’s Basketball Championship Page on Atlantic 10.com.