Atlantic 10 announces sites of three future conference tournaments

Event heads back to Washington in three years

The Atlantic 10 Conference announced sites for three future men’s basketball tournaments on Tuesday.

The event returns to the Capital One Center in Washington, D.C., where it was held in 2018 for the first time, in 2022. In 2023 and 2024, it will be held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.

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The Barclays Center hosted the A-10 tournament from 2013-2016 and will host the event this March and in 2020 and 2021. The Atlantic Coast Conference will hold its tournament at the Barclays Center in 2022.

“Hosting the A-10 Championship in the number one and number six media markets in the United States has been fantastic for the conference,” Atlantic 10 Commissioner Bernadette V. McGlade said in a press release. “Both Capital One Arena and Barclays Center are venues our coaches, student-athletes and fans love. Our partnership with these organizations continues to elevate the A-10 Men’s Basketball Championship.”

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Dayton has played in the A-10 tournament 23 times. It has a 24-22 record in the event and is 1-3 in the championship game. Its only title came in 2003 at UD Arena. The tournament has not been held at a campus site since 2004 when UD hosted it and Xavier beat Dayton 58-49 in the final.

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