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The ECBL
The Atlantic 10 Conference was first founded in 1975 as the Eastern Collegiate basketball league and began conference play in 1976. -
How the Atlantic 10 got its name
After Villanova and Pittsburgh left the conference in 1980 and 1982, St.Bonaventure, Rhode Island, Saint Josephs, and Temple joined. There was now 10 members in the league instead of 8, so the conference adopted the Atlantic 10 name in 1982. -
Football Conference Ends
After the 2005-2006 season, all of the schools in the A-10 football conference left to join the new conference sponsored by the CAA. -
Men's Basketball Revenue
During the 2009-2010 season, the atlantic 10 men's basketball program hauled in $54,582,759. -
New Partnership
The A 10 makes a deal with IMG College to handle multimedia rights. -
Davidson College
Davidson college officially joins the Atlantic 10 as their 14th school. -
Sponsorships
Geico and the United States Postal Inspection Service both are the corporate sponsors of the A-10 -
Target Market
The target market for the Atlantic 10 are males and females, ages 7-60 that live in the northeast. The characteristics of the people are smart with their money, intermediate sports fans, and people looking to watch a division 1 game at a good price. -
Media Outlets
The media outlets for the Atlantic 10 are the A10 website, A10 network, A10 facebook page, A10 twitter page and an instagram page for the conference.
