Atlantic Ten Conference

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Atlantic 10 Conference

Data
Classification	NCAA Division I-AA
Established	1975
Members	24 (14 full; 10 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	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Commissioner	Linda Bruno

The Atlantic 10 Conference (A10) 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, it is largely made up of private, Catholic institutions.

The Atlantic 10 participates in the NCAA's Division I-AA for football and Division I for all other sports. After the 2006 football season, A-10 will disband its football division due to the member schools joining the Colonial Athletic Association.

Despite the name, there are 24 partial or full-time members; 12 schools play football, 14 basketball and other sports, and one affiliate member participates in women's field hockey only. Only three schools—UMass, Rhode Island, and Richmond—are members in both football and basketball. This odd conference construction is because the A-10 Football Conference was created in 1997 by a takeover of the football-only Yankee Conference, due to NCAA rules changes that significantly diminished the legislative input of single-sport conferences. The members of the Yankee Conference narrowly chose the A-10's merger proposal over that of the Colonial Athletic Association; this decision was later revisited by the football-playing members of the A-10, as explained below.

1 Members
- 1.1 Full Members
- 1.2 Associate Members
2 Men's Basketball Champions
3 Women's Basketball Champions
4 Sports sponsored
5 Future developments
6 Conference facilities
7 External links

[edit] Members

[edit] Full Members

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

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Year Joined	Nickname
UNC Charlotte	Charlotte, North Carolina	1946	Public	20,772	2005	49ers
University of Dayton	Dayton, Ohio	1850	Private/Catholic	9,175	1995	Flyers
Duquesne University	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	1878	Private/Catholic	9,985	1976	Dukes
Fordham University	New York, New York	1841	Private/Catholic	17,501	1995	Rams
George Washington University	Washington, D.C.	1821	Private/Non-sectarian	19,581	1976	Colonials
La Salle University	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1863	Private/Catholic	6,221	1995	Explorers
University of Massachusetts	Amherst, Massachusetts	1863	Public	22,585	1976	Minutemen
University of Rhode Island	Kingston, Rhode Island	1888	Public	14,180	1980	Rams
University of Richmond	Richmond, Virginia	1830	Private/Non-sectarian	4,276	2001	Spiders
St. Bonaventure University	Olean, New York	1856	Private/Catholic	2,700	1979	Bonnies
Saint Joseph's University	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1851	Private/Catholic	6,450	1982	Hawks
Saint Louis University	St. Louis, Missouri	1818	Private/Catholic	11,089	2005	Billikens
Temple University	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1884	Public	32,107	1982	Owls
Xavier University	Cincinnati, Ohio	1831	Private/Catholic	6,500	1995	Musketeers

[edit] Associate Members

The following is a list of the associate members and the sport to which they belong to the conference. Prior to 1997, football members belonged to the Yankee Conference.

Atlantic 10 Conference Members and Associate Members

University of Delaware (1983) [football-only member]
Hofstra University (2002) [football-only member]
James Madison University (1983) [football-only member]
University of Maine (1947) [football-only member]
University of New Hampshire (1947) [football-only member]
Northeastern University, Boston (1993) [football-only member]
Towson University (2004) [football-only member]
Villanova University (1985) [football-only member]
West Chester University of Pennsylvania (1996) [member only in field hockey]
College of William and Mary (1993) [football-only member]

Broken down by who plays what, that's:

Football

Delaware (1983)
Hofstra (2002)
James Madison (1983)
Maine (1947)
Massachusetts (1947)
New Hampshire (1947)
Northeastern (1993)
Rhode Island (1947)
Richmond (1984)
Towson (2004)
Villanova (1985)
William & Mary (1993)

Basketball and Olympic sports

Charlotte (2005)
Dayton (1995)
Duquesne
Fordham (1995)
George Washington (1976)
La Salle (1995)
Massachusetts (1976)
Rhode Island (1980)
Richmond (2001)
St. Bonaventure (1979)
Saint Joseph's (PA) (1982)
Saint Louis (2005)
Temple (1982)
Xavier (1995)

Women's field hockey only

West Chester (1996)

[edit] Men's Basketball Champions

Season	Regular Season Champion	Tournament Champion
1977	Rutgers/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	Rutgers/St. Bonaventure/West Virginia	West Virginia
1984	Temple	West Virginia
1985	West Virginia	Temple
1986	St. Joseph's	St. 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	Massachusetts/West Virginia/George Washington	Massachusetts
1997	St. Joseph's/Xavier	St. Joseph's
1998	Temple/Xavier	Xavier
1999	Temple/George Washington	Rhode Island
2000	Temple/Dayton	Temple
2001	St. Joseph's	Temple
2002	Xavier/Temple/St. Joseph's	Xavier
2003	Xavier/St. Joseph's	Dayton
2004	St. Joseph's/Dayton	Xavier
2005	St. Joseph's/George Washington	George Washington
2006	George Washington	Xavier

Atlantic Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Locations

[edit] Women's Basketball Champions

1984	Rutgers
1985	Penn State/St. Joseph's
1986	Rutgers
1987	Rutgers
1988	Rutgers
1989	Rutgers/St. Joseph's
1990	Rutgers/St. Joseph's
1991	Penn State
1992	West Virginia
1993	Rutgers
1994	George Washington/Rutgers
1995	George Washington
1996	George Washington
1997	St. Joseph's
1998	George Washington
1999	St. Joseph's
2000	George Washington/St. Joseph's
2001	Xavier
2002	George Washington
2003	George Washington
2004	George Washington/Temple
2005	Temple
2006	Charlotte/George Washington

[edit] Sports sponsored

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

[edit] Future developments

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 upcoming demise of the A-10 football conference.

Although the CAA does not currently sponsor football, 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. Eventually, the A-10 football conference opted to disband. All of its members will compete in the CAA football conference starting in 2007.

[edit] Conference facilities

School	Football stadium	Capacity	Basketball arena	Capacity
Charlotte	Non-Football School	N/A	Dale F. Halton Arena	9,105
Dayton	Welcome Stadium	11,000	University of Dayton Arena	13,409
Duquesne	Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field	4,500	A.J. Palumbo Center	6,200
Fordham	Coffey Field	7,000	Rose Hill Gym	3,470
George Washington	Non-football School	N/A	Smith Center	5,000
La Salle	McCarthy Stadium	7,500	Tom Gola Arena	4,000
Massachusetts	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium	17,000	Mullins Center	9,349
Rhode Island	Meade Stadium	6,580	Ryan Center	7,657
Richmond	University of Richmond Stadium	22,000	Robins Center	9,171
St. Bonaventure	Non-Football School	N/A	Reilly Center	6,000
Saint Joseph's	Non-Football School	N/A	Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse	3,200
Saint Louis	Non-Football School	N/A	Scottrade Center	21,000
Temple	Lincoln Financial Field	66,000	Liacouras Center	10,206
Xavier	Non-Football School	N/A	Cintas Center	10,250

[edit] External links

Atlantic 10 Conference

The Atlantic 10
Charlotte • Dayton • Duquesne • Fordham • George Washington • La Salle • UMass • Rhode Island • Richmond • Saint Bonaventure • Saint Joseph's • Saint Louis • Temple • Xavier

Atlantic 10 Football Conference
Delaware • Hofstra • James Madison • Maine • Massachusetts • New Hampshire • Northeastern • Rhode Island • Richmond • Towson • Villanova • William & Mary