Women’s basketball: Dayton will be top seed in A-10 tournament

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The tournament starts March 10, a week later than originally planned, with two games involving the bottom four seeds. All the games will take place at Virginia Commonwealth’s Siegel Center in Richmond, Va.

Dayton, No. 2 seed Fordham, No. 3 Saint Louis and No. 4 Rhode Island received double byes into the quarterfinals. If Dayton wins Friday, it will play in the semifinals at 1 p.m. on March 13. The championship game takes place at noon on March 14.

The first three rounds of the tournament will be televised on ESPN+. The semifinals will be on the CBS Sports Network. ESPNU will broadcast the championship game.

Dayton beat Duquesne 64-48 on Jan. 3 at UD Arena and beat La Salle 95-66 on Feb. 7 in Philadelphia.

The A-10 champion earns the league’s automatic NCAA tournament bid. The bracket will be announced at 7 p.m. March 15. The tournament starts March 21. All games will take place in San Antonio, Texas. In the latest bracket projection by ESPN, Dayton was predicted to get a No. 13 seed and play No. 4 seed West Virginia in the first round.