2026-27 Atlantic 10 Men’s Preview: Is a return to 3 bids on the horizon?

The Atlantic 10 Conference returned to multi-bid status last season when both VCU and Saint Louis booked tickets to March Madness. As the Billikens danced into the First Round and decimated Georgia, and the Rams outwitted North Carolina in overtime, the A10 took center stage.

With VCU and Saint Louis both welcoming back plenty of talent, and a plethora of returners around the league, including Amaël L’Etang, Jaiden Glover-Toscano, Rikus Schulte, and more, this conference has a real opportunity to build on last season’s success.

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It means the Rams and the Billikens will be hard to shake from atop the A10’s standings, but it should help the conference as a whole prove even more competitive.

Dayton will always contend under head coach Anthony Grant. A healthy George Mason might be even better than last season while George Washington looks to turn expectations into reality after falling short the past few years. Saint Joseph’s and Steve Donahue try to carry on the momentum of 2025-26 after surprising many and Mike Magpayo has Fordham trending up like we haven’t seen since 2023. Even the bottom feeders of last season in Loyola Chicago, St. Bonaventure, La Salle and Richmond are looking so much stronger.

Ultimately, the field looks as talented as it has in recent memory. With storylines abounding, only one really matters: Can the Atlantic 10 finally return to three bids in March?

A10 Men’s Basketball Preseason Poll

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*Number in parenthesis indicates first-place votes received*

The A10 Favorite(s)

VCU

A year removed from winning a co-regular-season title, the conference tournament, and beating North Carolina in an overtime March Madness upset for the ages, VCU is picked atop the preseason poll for a third straight offseason. Between VCU and Saint Louis, there certainly isn’t much to differentiate the two as the rosters currently stand, but it’s hard to pick against a Rams team returning 59.4% of its minutes and an all-conference first-team selection in Lazar…

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