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The Atlantic 10 Conference (A10) is a college athletic conference which operates mostly in the eastern United States; it also has two member schools in Ohio: Dayton and Xavier, located in Dayton and Cincinnati, respectively. Another member, Saint Louis is also located in St. Louis, Missouri. It participates in the NCAA's Division I-AA for football and Division I for all other sports, but will disband its football division after the 2006 football season.

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.

Contents 1 Members (and year joined, where known; football-only dates pre-1997 refer to Yankee Conference) 1.1 Full Members 2 Men's Basketball Champions 3 Future developments 4 Conference Stadia 5 External link

Members (and year joined, where known; football-only dates pre-1997 refer to Yankee Conference)

• University of North Carolina at Charlotte (2005) [no football program] (known for athletics purposes as "Charlotte")
• University of Dayton (1995) [non-football member]
• University of Delaware (1983) [football-only member]
• Duquesne University [non-football member]
• Fordham University (1995) [non-football member]
• George Washington University (1976) [non-football member]
• Hofstra University (2001) [football-only member]
• James Madison University (1983) [football-only member]
• La Salle University (1995) [non-football member]
• University of Maine (1947) [football-only member]
• University of Massachusetts (1947 for football; joined basketball conference in 1976)
• University of New Hampshire (1947) [football-only member]
• Northeastern University, Boston (1993) [football-only member]
• University of Rhode Island (1947 football; 1980 basketball)
• University of Richmond (1984 football; 2001 basketball)
• St. Bonaventure University (1979) [no football program]
• Saint Joseph's University (PA) (1982) [no football program]
• Saint Louis University (2005) [no football program]
• Temple University (1982) [non-football 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]
• Xavier University (1995) [no football program]

Broken down by who plays what, that's:

Football

• Delaware (1983)
• Hofstra (2001)
• 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)

Full Members

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

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	St. Joseph's
2005	St. Joseph's/George Washington	George Washington

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. Not wishing to be left in a shell of a conference, Maine also applied for football-only membership in the CAA effective in 2007, and was accepted. Eventually, the A-10 football conference opted to disband. All of its members will compete in the CAA football conference starting in 2007.

Conference Stadia

School	Football stadium	Stadium capacity	Basketball arena	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
Duquense	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
LaSalle	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
St. Joseph's	Non-Football School	N/A	Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse	3,200
St. Louis	Non-Football School	N/A	Savvis Center	21,000
Temple	Lincoln Financial Field	66,000	Liacouras Center	10,224
Xavier	Non-Football School	N/A	Cintas Center	10,250

External link

• Atlantic 10 Conference

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

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