Like the men’s basketball championship before it, the 2013 Atlantic 10 women’s basketball championship game will take place in Brooklyn’s new Barclays Center.

The first three rounds of the women’s basketball tournament will take place at Saint Joseph’s Hagan Arena in Philadelphia, as in previous years. But the championship game will head to Brooklyn, slated for 7 p.m. March 16. It’s a move that seems designed to pull the women’s basketball competition into the spotlight of the men’s basketball postseason tournament, which will run March 14-17.

“We have made a commitment to further strengthen the Atlantic 10 as one of the premier women’s basketball conferences in Division I,” A-10 commissioner Bernadette V. McGlade said in a release. “Without a doubt, relocating our championship game to Barclays Center is a key move in that commitment. It gives our top teams exceptional exposure on one of the biggest stages in the world. We are excited about showcasing A-10 women’s basketball in Brooklyn in March.”

The Colonials traveled to the first round of the tournament last season, before falling to Duquesne.