| Gender: | Women's |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Division: | III |
| Teams: | 64 |
| Finalfourcity: | Capital City Performance Arena Columbus, Ohio |
| Canceled: | Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
The 2020 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of the women's NCAA Division III college basketball in the United States. Featuring sixty-four teams, it began on March 6, 2020, following the 2019–20 season, and was to conclude with the championship on March 21 at the Capital University Center Performance Arena in Columbus, Ohio; however, on March 12 the tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[1]
The following 43 teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2020 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's automatic bid.[2]
The following 21 teams were awarded qualification for the 2020 NCAA field by the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Committee. The committee evaluated teams on the basis of their win-loss percentage, strength of schedule, head-to-head results, results against common opponents, and results against teams included in the NCAA's final regional rankings.[3]
| At-large bids | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying school | Record (Conf.) | Conference | Qualifying school | Record (Conf.) | Conference | ||
| Albright | 22–5 (12–4) | MAC Commonwealth | Benedictine (IL) | 24–3 (20–0) | Northern Athletics | ||
| Amherst | 22–4 (8–2) | NESCAC | Loras | 23–4 (13–3) | American Rivers | ||
| Gettysburg | 22–5 (17–3) | Centennial | Marymount (VA) | 23–4 (11–1) | Atlantic East | ||
| Montclair St. | 21–6 (15–3) | New Jersey Athletic | UW–La Crosse | 19–7 (10–4) | Wisconsin Intercollegiate | ||
| Widener | 21–5 (13–3) | MAC Commonwealth | Texas–Dallas | 22–5 (15–1) | American Southwest | ||
| Trinity (TX) | 23–4 (17–1) | Southern Collegiate | Trine | 21–6 (14–2) | Michigan Intercollegiate | ||
| SUNY Cortland | 21–6 (14–4) | SUNYAC | Tufts | 26–1 (10–0) | NESCAC | ||
| Western New England | 21–5 (14–2) | Commonwealth Coast | Williams | 18–8 (6–4) | NESCAC | ||
| NYU | 20–5 (10–4) | University Athletic | William Peace | 23–4 (15–1) | USA South | ||
| Wheaton (IL) | 20–7 (12–4) | CCIW | Whitman | 24–3 (15–1) | Northwest | ||
| UW–Whitewater | 23–3 (13–1) | Wisconsin Intercollegiate | |||||
Those rounds were cancelled.