The 1998 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament was played from March 4 to March 7, 1998. The tournament was played at the The Spectrum

Wachovia Spectrum

The Spectrum, formerly known as the CoreStates Spectrum , First Union Spectrum , and Wachovia Spectrum was an indoor arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...

 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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. The winner was named champion of the Atlantic 10 Conference and received an automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

1998 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

The 1998 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 12, 1998, and ended with the championship game on March 30 at the Alamodome in San Antonio,...

. Xavier University

Xavier Musketeers men's basketball

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 won the tournament. Massachusetts

UMass Minutemen

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, Rhode Island

Rhode Island Rams

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, Temple

Temple Owls

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, and George Washington

George Washington Colonials men's basketball

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 also received bids to the NCAA Tournament. James Posey

James Posey

James Mikely Mantell Posey, Jr. is an American professional basketball player, currently a small forward for the Indiana Pacers of the NBA.-Early life:...

 of Xavier was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Including Posey, 4 of the 5 players on the All-Championship Team were from Xavier. Joining Posey were Torraye Braggs

Torraye Braggs

Torraye Braggs is an American professional basketball player, formerly of the NBA.After a college career at Xavier University, Braggs was drafted by the Utah Jazz in the second round of the 1998 NBA Draft, and had short stints in the NBA, with the Houston Rockets and the Washington Wizards ,...

, Lenny Brown and Darnell Williams of Xavier, and Shawnta Rogers

Shawnta Rogers

Shawnta Rogers is an American professional basketball player and former star at The George Washington University of the Atlantic 10 Conference. He attended Lake Clifton High School in Baltimore, Maryland, where he was born. A 5' 4" point guard, Rogers was named the Atlantic 10 Player of the Year...

 of George Washington. Posey and Braggs would eventually play in the NBA, while Rogers would also play professionally. The top two teams in each division received a first-round bye.

Bracket

All games played at The Spectrum

Wachovia Spectrum

The Spectrum, formerly known as the CoreStates Spectrum , First Union Spectrum , and Wachovia Spectrum was an indoor arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...

, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* - Overtime