Fourth-seeded Saint Joseph's (24-7; 13-5) will begin its quest for the 2016 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Championship in the quarterfinals against George Washington on Friday, March 11 at 2:30 p.m. at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

The game will be televised nationally on NBCSN with the radio broadcast on 990 AM or SJUHawks.com.

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ARENA: Barclays Center (18,000)
TELEVISION: NBCSN (Steve Schlanger, David Kaplan, Dalen Cuff)
RADIO: 990 AM (Matt Martucci, Joe Lunardi)
VIDEO STREAMING: NBC Sports LiveExtra
AUDIO STREAMING: SJUHawks.com
SJU STREAK: 2 losses
NEXT POSSIBLE GAME: Atlantic 10 Semifinals, March 12, 1:30 p.m., CBSSN

A-10 CHAMPIONSHIP CENTRAL? - SJU???|? A-10

GAME NOTES
? DeAndre' Bembry became the fifth Hawk to earn the Atlantic 10 Player of the Year award while Isaiah Miles is the third Hawk to be named the league's Most Improved Player. Bembry (1st team) and Miles (2nd team) earned All-Conference honors, Bembry was named to the All-Defensive team and Lamarr Kimble was named to the All-Rookie Team.
? A win today will give Phil Martelli his 400th victory in his 21-year career at Saint Joseph's. He currently owns a 399-271 record.
? SJU's seed is the same since 2014 when it won the A-10 title.
? The Hawks have lost two in a row for the first time all year.
? DeAndre' Bembry needs nine points to reach 1,500 in his career.
? Saint Joseph's RPI is 33, which is third in the Atlantic 10 behind Dayton (21) and St. Bonaventure (27).

TOP HAWKS: DeAndre' Bembry was named the Atlantic 10 Player of the Year, becoming the fifth Hawk to earn the conference's top honor and the first to achieve it since Ahmad Nivins in 2008-09. Isaiah Miles was honored for his breakout season with the Chris Daniels Most Improved Player Award. He is the third Hawk to receive that honor and the first since Delonte West in 2002-03. Bembry was also an All-Conference First Team selection for the second year in a row and was named to the All-Defensive Team. Miles was chosen to the All-Conference Second Team, earning All-League honors for the first time in his career. Freshman Lamarr Kimble was chosen to the All-Rookie Team, becoming SJU's first player selected to that squad since Bembry earned the recognition in 2013-14. Bembry and Miles join an impressive list of SJU players who have received those awards: 
?? ?Saint Joseph's A-10 Player of the Year
?? ?2015-16: DeAndre' Bembry
?? ?2008-09: Ahmad Nivins
?? ?2004-05: Pat Carroll (co-)
?? ?2003-04: Jameer Nelson
?? ?1985-86: Maurice Martin

?? ?Saint Joseph's A-10 Most Improved Player
?? ?2015-16: Isaiah Miles
?? ?2002-03: Delonte West
?? ?1996-97: Rashid Bey

MORE ON THE HONOREES: DeAndre' Bembry has made his mark as one of the top all-around players in the nation. He is averaging 17.0 points and 7.8 rebounds as well as team-highs of 4.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game. He has scored in double figures in all 31 games, with eight double-doubles, and ranks among the A-10's leaders in seven categories. Isaiah Miles made one of the most dramatic improvements in Saint Joseph's history, becoming the Hawks' leading scorer and rebounder. He is averaging 18.0 points and 8.1 rebounds, totals that are an increase of seven points and three rebounds from his junior year. The senior has scored in double figures in all 31 games, with nine double-doubles and 10 games of 20-plus points. Lamarr Kimble has shared time at point guard this season, coming off the bench to average 5.9 points, 2.4 assists and just 1.1 turnovers per game, while scoring double figures in nine games.

400 CLUB: Head coach Phil Martelli is seeking the 400th win of his 21-year career. Martelli currently ranks 35th for career victories among current Division I head coaches and will become the 121st coach in NCAA history to record 400-plus wins. He will also become just the sixth coach to achieve the feat at one school, joining Jim Boeheim (Syracuse), Tom Izzo (Michigan State), Bob McKillop (Davidson), Mark Few (Gonzaga) and Dave Loos (Austin Peay) as active coaches who have spent their careers with one program and have recorded 400-plus wins.

SEEKING A REPEAT: Saint Joseph's is sitting in the same spot it was two years ago, as the fourth seed in the Atlantic 10 Championship. Ironically, that squad also lost three of its last six, including one to La Salle on “Senior Day” at Hagan Arena. The Hawks went on to defeat Dayton in the quarterfinals, beat St. Bonaventure in the semifinals and take down #23 VCU in the finals to earn their first A-10 title since 1997. That was the second Atlantic 10 Championship won by the Hawks under Phil Martelli as head coach.

IN FINE COMPANY: DeAndre' Bembry's second straight selection to the All-A-10 First Team marks the 21st time that an SJU player has earned that recognition. He is the sixth Hawk to earn multiple first-team honors (Tony Costner, Rodney Blake, Bernard Blunt, Jameer Nelson, Ahmad Nivins) and the fifth to do so in consecutive years. Only Nelson was a three-time All-A-10 First Team honoree.

BRACKET BUSTERS: The Hawks own a 7-0 record this year against teams on their side of the bracket. SJU scored wins over Dayton, George Washington, Richmond, George Mason and Saint Louis this year, and defeated Fordham twice.

HISTORY MAKERS: With a 24-7 record, the Hawks are on their way to posting one of the best seasons in school history, as the 24 wins is tied for the fourth best number ever. The 2003-04 squad set the school record with a 30-2 mark. while there were three teams that notched 26 wins - 1964-65, 1985-86, 1996-97 and 2000-01. Three teams in Hawk history have compiled a total of 25 wins - the 1960-61, 1980-81 and 1981-82 squads.

AND THEN THERE WERE FIVE: A-10 Player of the Year DeAndre' Bembry has been named one of five finalists for the 2016 Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award, which is given by the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame. The other finalists are: Brandon Ingram (Duke), Wayne Selden, Jr. (Kansas), Ben Simmons (LSU) and Denzel Valentine (Michigan State). The winner will be determined by a combination of fan votes and input from the selection committee, with voting beginning on March 11.

CAREER MILES: Isaiah Miles became the 53rd 1,000-point scorer in Saint Joseph's history, when he scored his 18th point in the Duquesne game.? It is a remarkable feat considering that the senior entered this year with 444 points in three seasons combined and has now scored 559 in this year alone, to give him a total of 1,003 points. Miles is also shooting 82.8 percent from the foul line in his career, which is the fourth best percentage in school history.

FAMILIAR COURT: This is Saint Joseph's second trip to Brooklyn this year as the Hawks partIcipated in the ACC-A-10 Challenge in December, defeating Virginia Tech, 79-62. Saint Joseph's turned in one of its best efforts of the year, led by a dominating 36-point, 15-rebound performance from Isaiah Miles. The Hawks own a 5-2 all-time record in the Barclays Center counting that victory and the three previous years of the A-10 Championship.

DEAN OF COACHES: Phil Martelli is the dean of A-10 coaches in his 21st season as the head coach of the Hawks with a 399-272 career record. He owns a 198-142 record in Atlantic 10 play for the most conference wins of any active coach, and the second most all-time. Martelli has guided the Hawks to two Atlantic 10 titles (2014, 1997) and to 12 post-season appearances, the most of any SJU coach.
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ON TARGET: In the past six games, DeAndre' Bembry has converted 59.7 percent of his two-point field goal attempts, hitting 43-for-72. His top effort was an 11-for-13 performance in the win over Saint Louis.

GETTING IT DONE: ESPN.com ranked Phil Martelli's effort this year as the ninth best coaching performance of the season. The Hawks' mentor has guided them to 11 more wins than last season and has them on the verge of earning the school's 13th post-season bid in his 21 seasons.

IN THE DISTRICT: DeAndre' Bembry was named to the USBWA All-District II Team for the second year in a row.

FLYING START: This was the quickest that the Hawks achieved 20 wins since the undefeated regular season in 2003-04. They've had two seven-game winning streaks, while this is Saint Joseph's best record through 31 games since the 2003-04 team was 30-1. It is also the best A-10 mark (13-5) since the 2004-05 team went 14-2 in league play.

EXCLUSIVE LIST: DeAndre' Bembry is just one of three players in the nation to be averaging over 17 points, 7.5 rebounds and four assists per game. The others are Ben Simmons of LSU and Denzel Valentine of Michigan State. Bembry, however, is the only player in the nation to post those numbers and average less than 2.5 turnovers per game.

LOOKING AHEAD: Saint Joseph's is looking to make its third semifinal appearance in the past six years. The last came in 2014 when the Hawks defeated St. Bonaventure in the semifinals and then beat VCU to win the championship. If the Hawks advance, they would play in the semifinals on Saturday at 1:30 p.m.