| Year: | 2020 |
| Conference: | MAAC |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | women's |
| Teams: | 11 |
| Arena: | Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall |
| City: | Atlantic City, New Jersey |
| Television: | ESPNews, ESPN3 |
The 2020 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was to be the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It was to be held from March 10–14, 2020, at the Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey for the first time in MAAC history.[1] The defending champions were the Quinnipiac Bobcats.
On March 12, 2020, amidst the tournament's quarterfinals, both the NCAA and MAAC officials canceled the tournament, due to the coronavirus pandemic.[2]
All 11 teams in the conference participate in the tournament. The top five teams receive byes to the quarterfinals. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker 1 | Tiebreaker 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rider | 18–2 | 1-1 vs. Marist | 2-0 vs. Fairfield |
| 2 | Marist | 18–2 | 1-1 vs. Rider | 1-1 vs. Fairfield |
| 3 | Fairfield | 12–8 | ||
| 4 | Manhattan | 12–8 | ||
| 5 | Quinnipiac | 12–8 | ||
| 6 | Siena | 8–12 | ||
| 7 | Iona | 8–12 | ||
| 8 | Niagara | 7–13 | ||
| 9 | Saint Peter's | 6–14 | ||
| 10 | Monmouth | 5–15 | ||
| 11 | Canisius | 4–16 | ||
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup | Score | Television | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Tuesday, March 10 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 9:30 am | (8) Niagara vs. (9) Saint Peter's | 64–53 | ESPN3 | |
| 2 | 11:30 am | (7) Iona vs. (10) Monmouth | 60–69 | |||
| 3 | 1:30 pm | (6) Siena vs. (11) Canisius | 58–48 | |||
| Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 11 | ||||||
| 2 | 4 | 1:30 pm | (1) Rider vs. (8) Niagara | 79–75 | ESPN3 | |
| 5 | 3:30 pm | (2) Marist vs. (10) Monmouth | 68–44 | |||
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12 | ||||||
| 3 | 6 | 12:00 pm | (3) Fairfield vs. (6) Siena | 72-56 | ESPN3 | |
| 7 | 2:30 pm | (4) Manhattan vs. (5) Quinnipiac | Canceled | |||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 13 | ||||||
| 4 | 8 | 11:00 am | (1) Rider vs. Game 7 Winner | Canceled | ESPN3 | |
| 9 | 1:30 pm | (2) Marist vs. (3) Fairfield | Canceled | |||
| Championship – Saturday, March 14 | ||||||
| 5 | 10 | 11:00 am | Game 8 Winner vs. Game 9 Winner | Canceled | ESPNews | |