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Atlantic 10 Conference
Data
Classification	NCAA Division I
Established	1975
Members	15 (14 full; 1 associate)
Sports fielded	21
Region	Eastern United States
States	8 – Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri, Virginia, North Carolina, also the District of Columbia
Headquarters	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Commissioner	Linda Bruno
Locations

The Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) is a college athletic conference which operates mostly on the United States' eastern seaboard. It also has two member schools in Ohio: Dayton and Xavier, located in Dayton and Cincinnati, respectively. Another member, Saint Louis is located in St. Louis, Missouri. Although some of its members are state-funded, more than half of its membership is made up of private, Catholic institutions. The Atlantic 10 Conference was originally known as the Eastern 8 Conference. Despite the name, there are 15 partial or full-time members: 14 basketball and other sports, and one affiliate member participates in women's field hockey only.

Contents 1 Members 1.1 Full Members 1.2 Associate Members 1.3 Past members 2 Men's Basketball Champions 3 Women's Basketball Champions 4 Sports sponsored 5 A-10 football 5.1 Origin 5.2 Demise 6 Conference facilities 7 External links

The following is a list of the full members of the conference and the year they joined:

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment (2006-07)	Year Joined	Nickname
University of North Carolina at Charlotte	Charlotte, North Carolina	1946	Public	21,519	2005	49ers
University of Dayton	Dayton, Ohio	1850	Private/Catholic	9,175	1995	Flyers
Duquesne University	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	1878	Private/Catholic	9,617	1976	Dukes
Fordham University	New York City, New York	1841	Private/Catholic	17,661	1995	Rams
George Washington University	Washington, D.C.	1821	Private/Non-sectarian	23,082	1976	Colonials
La Salle University	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1863	Private/Catholic	6,221	1995	Explorers
University of Massachusetts	Amherst, Massachusetts	1863	Public	25,633	1976	Minutemen
University of Rhode Island	Kingston, Rhode Island	1892	Public	15,095	1980	Rams
University of Richmond	Richmond, Virginia	1830	Private/Non-sectarian	4,215	2001	Spiders
St. Bonaventure University	Olean, New York	1856	Private/Catholic	2,700	1979	Bonnies
Saint Joseph's University	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1851	Private/Catholic	7,020	1982	Hawks
Saint Louis University	St. Louis, Missouri	1818	Private/Catholic	11,823	2005	Billikens
Temple University	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1884	Semi-Public	33,693	1982	Owls
Xavier University	Cincinnati, Ohio	1831	Private/Catholic	6,500	1995	Musketeers

The following is a list of the associate members and the sport to which they belong to the conference:

Women's field hockey only

• West Chester (1996)

• University of Delaware (football only) (1986-2006)†
• Hofstra University (football only) (2001-2006)
• James Madison University (football only) (1993-2006)†
• University of Maine (football only) (1947-2006)†
• University of New Hampshire (football only) (1947-2006)†
• Northeastern University (football only) (1993-2006)†
• Pennsylvania State University (1976-1979; 1982-1991)
• University of Pittsburgh (1976-1982)
• Rutgers University (1976-1995)
• Towson University (football only) (2004-2006)
• Villanova University (1976-1980; 1988-2006 football only)†
• Virginia Tech (1995-2000)
• West Virginia University (1976-1995)
• The College of William & Mary (football only) (1993-2006)†

† Includes time in Yankee Conference, which merged with the Atlantic 10 for football in 1997.

It has been suggested that Atlantic Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Locations be merged into this article or section. (Discuss)

Season	Regular Season Champion(s)	Tournament Champion
1977	East - Rutgers, West - West Virginia/Penn State	Duquesne
1978	Rutgers/Villanova	Villanova
1979	Villanova	Rutgers
1980	Villanova/Duquesne/Rutgers	Villanova
1981	Rhode Island/Duquesne	Pittsburgh
1982	West Virginia	Pittsburgh
1983	East - Rutgers, West - St. Bonaventure/West Virginia	West Virginia
1984	Temple	West Virginia
1985	West Virginia	Temple
1986	Saint Joseph's	Saint Joseph's
1987	Temple	Temple
1988	Temple	Temple
1989	West Virginia	Rutgers
1990	Temple	Temple
1991	Rutgers	Penn State
1992	Massachusetts	Massachusetts
1993	Massachusetts	Massachusetts
1994	Massachusetts	Massachusetts
1995	Massachusetts	Massachusetts
1996	East - Massachusetts, West - West Virginia/George Washington	Massachusetts
1997	East - Saint Joseph's, West - Xavier	Saint Joseph's
1998	East - Temple, West - Xavier	Xavier
1999	East - Temple, West - George Washington	Rhode Island
2000	East - Temple, West - Dayton	Temple
2001	Saint Joseph's	Temple
2002	East - Temple/Saint Joseph's, West - Xavier	Xavier
2003	East - Saint Joseph's, West - Xavier	Dayton
2004	East - Saint Joseph's, West - Dayton	Xavier
2005	East - Saint Joseph's, West - George Washington	George Washington
2006	George Washington	Xavier
2007	Xavier/Massachusetts	George Washington

• Atlantic Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Locations

Season	Regular Season Champion(s)	Tournament Champion	Tournament Location
1983	Penn State	Penn State	Louis Brown Athletic Center, Piscataway, New Jersey
1984	Rutgers	Penn State	Rec Hall, University Park, Pennsylvania
1985	Penn State/Saint Joseph's	Penn State	Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1986	Rutgers	Penn State	WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, West Virginia
1987	Rutgers	Rutgers	First two rounds: Campus sites; Semifinals and finals: Louis Brown Athletic Center
1988	Rutgers	Rutgers	First two rounds: Campus sites; Semifinals and finals: Louis Brown Athletic Center
1989	Rutgers/Saint Joseph's	West Virginia	First two rounds: Campus sites; Semifinals and finals: Louis Brown Athletic Center
1990	Rutgers/Saint Joseph's	Penn State	First two rounds: Campus sites; Semifinals and finals: Rec Hall
1991	Penn State	Penn State	First two rounds: Campus sites; Semifinals and finals: Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse
1992	West Virginia	George Washington	Louis Brown Athletic Center
1993	Rutgers	Rutgers	Charles E. Smith Athletic Center, Washington, D.C.
1994	George Washington/Rutgers	Rutgers	Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse
1995	George Washington	George Washington	Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse
1996	East - Rhode Island, West - George Washington	George Washington	Cassell Coliseum, Blacksburg, Virginia
1997	East - Saint Joseph's, West - George Washington	Saint Joseph's	First two rounds: Campus sites; Semifinals and finals: Charles E. Smith Athletic Center
1998	East - Massachusetts, West - George Washington	Virginia Tech	First two rounds: Campus sites; Semifinals and finals: Mullins Center, Amherst, Massachusetts
1999	East - Saint Joseph's, West - Virginia Tech	Saint Joseph's	The Apollo of Temple, Philadelphia
2000	East - Saint Joseph's, West - George Washington	Xavier	Liacouras Center, Philadelphia
2001	Xavier	Xavier	Liacouras Center
2002	East - Temple, West - George Washington	Temple	Liacouras Center
2003	East - Saint Joseph's, West - George Washington	George Washington	First three rounds: Ryan Center, Kingston, Rhode Island; Finals: Charles E. Smith Athletic Center
2004	East - Temple, West - George Washington	Temple	Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse
2005	East - Temple, West - George Washington	Temple	Charles E. Smith Athletic Center
2006	Charlotte/George Washington	Temple	Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse
2007	George Washington	Xavier	Cintas Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

There are 21 NCAA sports in the conference

• baseball
• men's basketball
• women's basketball
• men's cross country
• women's cross country
• field hockey
• men's golf
• women’s lacrosse
• men's indoor track & field
• women's indoor track & field
• men's outdoor track & field
• women's outdoor track & field
• women's rowing
• men's soccer
• women's soccer
• softball
• men's swimming & diving
• women's swimming & diving
• men's tennis
• women's tennis
• women's volleyball

The A-10 began sponsoring football in 1997 when it absorbed the Yankee Conference, a Division I-AA (now known as Division I FCS) football-only conference. The move was triggered by a change in NCAA rules that reduced the influence of single-sport conferences over NCAA legislation. The following schools were in the Yankee Conference at the time of its demise:

• Boston University
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• James Madison
• Maine
• Massachusetts
• New Hampshire
• Northeastern
• Rhode Island
• Richmond
• Villanova
• William & Mary

Boston University dropped football after the first season of A-10 football. After the 1999 season, UConn started a transition from Division I-AA to Division I-A football (now Division I FBS) that was completed in 2002. In 2004, UConn, already a member of the Big East for other sports, became a football member of that conference. The other schools all remained in the A-10 football conference until its demise after the 2006 season.

The 2005 move of Northeastern University, a football-only member of the A-10, to the Colonial Athletic Association for basketball and Olympic sports began a chain of events that would lead to the demise of the A-10 football conference.

At that time, the CAA did not sponsor football, but five of its members in the 2004-05 academic year (Delaware, Hofstra, James Madison, Towson, and William & Mary) were football members of the A-10. The addition of Northeastern gave the CAA six schools with football programs, which under NCAA rules allows a conference to sponsor football. Northeastern agreed to join any future CAA football conference, which meant that the A-10 football conference would drop to six members once CAA football began operation.

With six football members in place, the CAA decided to start a football conference in 2007. The league then invited Richmond, which left the CAA in 2001, to rejoin for football only, because of UR's long-standing in-state rivalries with William & Mary and James Madison. UR accepted the invitation, taking the A-10 football conference below the NCAA minimum of six. Shortly after this, the A-10 football conference opted to disband, with all of its members becoming charter members of the CAA football conference.

School	Basketball arena	Capacity
Charlotte	Dale F. Halton Arena	9,105
Dayton	University of Dayton Arena	13,409
Duquesne	A.J. Palumbo Center	6,200
Fordham	Rose Hill Gym	3,470
George Washington	Smith Center	5,000
La Salle	Tom Gola Arena	4,000
Massachusetts	Mullins Center	9,349
Rhode Island	Ryan Center	7,657
Richmond	Robins Center	9,171
St. Bonaventure	Reilly Center	6,000
Saint Joseph's	Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse	3,200
Saint Louis	Men: Scottrade Center Women: Bauman-Eberhardt Center	20,000 2,200
Temple	Liacouras Center	10,206
Xavier	Cintas Center	10,250

Saint Louis will move both of its basketball teams to the Chaifetz Arena, capacity 10,600, when it opens in 2008.

• Atlantic 10 Conference

v • d • e The Atlantic 10
Charlotte 49ers • Dayton Flyers • Duquesne Dukes • Fordham Rams • George Washington Colonials • La Salle Explorers • UMass Minutemen & Minutewomen • Rhode Island Rams • Richmond Spiders • St. Bonaventure Bonnies • Saint Joseph's Hawks • Saint Louis Billikens • Temple Owls • Xavier Musketeers

v • d • e Current Basketball Arenas in the Atlantic 10 Conference

A.J. Palumbo Center (Duquesne) • Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse (Saint Joseph's) • Bauman-Eberhardt Center (Saint Louis women) • Cintas Center (Xavier) • Dale F. Halton Arena (Charlotte) • Liacouras Center (Temple) • Mullins Center (Massachusetts) • Reilly Center (St. Bonaventure) • Robins Center (Richmond) • Rose Hill Gym (Fordham) • Ryan Center (Rhode Island) • Scottrade Center (Saint Louis men) • Smith Center (George Washington) • Tom Gola Arena (La Salle) • UD Arena (Dayton)