NEWPORT NEWS, Va.— Dayton, which won the regular season title with a 15-3 conference record, will be the No. 1 seed for next week’s Atlantic 10 Men’s Basketball Championship at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. The 14-team tournament begins Wednesday with the championship final set for Sunday, March 12.

All five days of the championship will be televised. The American Sports Network (ASN) will air Wednesday’s first-round games while NBCSN will carry the entire second round Thursday and all four quarterfinal matchups Friday. CBS Sports Network will air the semifinals Saturday at 1:00 and 3:30 pm. The championship final is set for 12:30 pm on CBS Sports as part of their annual Selection Sunday coverage.

In addition to Dayton, second-seeded VCU, No. 3 Richmond and No. 4 Rhode Island earned byes into the quarterfinal round of the championship. Richmond and Rhode Island tied at 13-5 in league play, but the Spiders earned the three seed by virtue of a head-to-head tiebreaker. Dayton plays at noon on Friday, followed by Rhode Island at 2:30 pm. VCU (14-4 in Atlantic 10 play) opens the evening session at 6:00 pm and Richmond will close out the quarterfinals at 8:30 pm.

Seeds five through 10 earn byes into the second round and will play Thursday on NBCSN. St. Bonaventure (11-7) is seeded fifth and will play the winner of No. 12 Massachusetts (4-14) and No. 13 Saint Joseph’s (4-14) at 2:30 pm Thursday. A head-to-head tiebreaker determined the seeding for UMass and SJU, which will meet Wednesday in the first round at 6:00 pm on ASN.

No. 6 George Washington (10-8) will open play Thursday at 8:30 pm against the winner of the late first-round game between No. 11 Saint Louis (6-12) and No. 14 Duquesne (3-15). The Billikens and Dukes game will tip off at 8:30 pm on Wednesday on ASN.

Seventh-seeded George Mason (9-9) wins a head-to-head tiebreaker over No. 8 La Salle (9-9) and will play 10-seeded Fordham at 6:00 pm on Thursday in the second round, with the winner playing No. 2 VCU. La Salle faces No. 9 Davidson (8-10) at noon on Thursday for the right to play Dayton in the quarterfinals.

Tickets for the championship can be purchased online at http://www.ticketmaster.com/Atlantic-10-Mens-Basketball-Championship-tickets.