Richmond has defeated Dayton, 67-54, to win the 2011 Atlantic 10 championship and earn an automatic berth to the 2011 NCAA Tournament. The win is good news for all those bubble teams that were forced to sweat out Selection Sunday, as a win by Dayton would have bumped Richmond into the at-large pool, where they likely would have stolen a bid. Instead, the Spiders will see their seed improve, and Dayton will head to the NIT.
Atlantic 10 Championship 2011: Richmond Defeats Dayton To Win Automatic NCAA Tournament Bid
Kevin Anderson scored 23 points and Justin Harper added 18 to lead the Spiders to the win. Those two players have carried the offensive load all season for Richmond, and the defense did the rest, holding Dayton to 38 percent shooting for the game. Chris Wright and Chris Johnson, the two best players for Dayton, shot a combined 6-20 for the game in the loss.
Richmond was a No. 11 seed in our latest Bracketology predictions, but will likely rise now that they have won the Atlantic 10 Tournament.
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