1997 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament

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1997 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament
Classification
Rashid Bey (Saint Joseph's)
1996–97 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
No. 12 Saint Joseph's 13 3   .813 26 7   .788
Rhode Island 12 4   .750 20 10   .667
UMass 11 5   .688 19 14   .576
Temple 10 6   .625 20 11   .645
St. Bonaventure 5 11   .313 14 14   .500
Fordham 1 15   .063 6 21   .222
West
No. 13 Xavier 13 3   .813 23 6   .793
George Washington
8 8   .500 15 14   .517
Virginia Tech 7 9   .438 15 16   .484
Dayton 6 10   .375 13 14   .481
La Salle 5 11   .313 10 17   .370
Duquesne 5 11   .313 9 18   .333
1997 Atlantic 10 Tournament winner
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1997 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament was played from March 5 to March 8, 1997. The tournament was played at the

NBA player Tyson Wheeler
of Rhode Island was among those also named to the All-Championship Team. The top two teams in each division received a first-round bye.

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 5
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 6
Semifinals
Friday, March 7
Final
Saturday, March 8
            
E1 #19 Saint Joseph's 71
E5 St. Bonaventure 59
W4 Dayton 75
E5 St. Bonaventure 81
E1 #19 Saint Joseph's 78
W2 George Washington 70
W2
George Washington
58
E3 UMass 49
E3 UMass 64
W6 La Salle 49
E1 #19 Saint Joseph's 61
E2 Rhode Island 56
W1 #11 Xavier 62OT
E4 Temple 69
E4 Temple 64
W5 Duquesne 47
E4 Temple 66
E2 Rhode Island 69*
E2 Rhode Island 67
W3 Virginia Tech 63
W3 Virginia Tech 56
E6 Fordham 53

All games played at