Atlantic 10 Championship Central
Bronx, N.Y. – The Fordham University men's basketball team enters the 2024 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Championship as the 12 seed and will face off against 13-seeded Davidson (15-16, 5-13) on Tuesday, March 12, at 11:30 a.m. at Barclays Center.
Alumni, family, friends, and fans are invited to a
pregame reception to help the Rams kick off tournament play at at Pure Bistro, 88 5th Ave., Brooklyn (just minutes from Barclays Center). To register, click
here.
Head coach
Keith Urgo's Rams closed out the 2023-24 season with a 12-19 overall record, 6-12 in the Atlantic 10, finishing in a three-way tie for tenth. However Fordham lost the tiebreaker to both La Salle (the 10-seed) and Rhode Island (the 11-seed).
Fordham will be led into the championship by senior guard
Kyle Rose, who is averaging a team-high 10.7 ppg and 4.9 rpg, while senior guard
Japhet Medor is averaging 10.0 ppg. Senior center
Abdou Tsimbila leads Fordham in rebounding (6.3/game) and blocks (70), ranking second in the Atlantic 10 in blocks (2.3/game).
Fordham and Davidson met twice this year with the Wildcats winning both games. Davidson defeated Fordham 79-69 on January 17 in the Rose Hill Gym and 68-53 on February 20 in North Carolina.
It will be the second meeting between Fordham and Davidson at the Atlantic 10 Championship with the Wildcats taking the first meeting, 74-56, at the 2022 championship in Washington, D.C.
