2020 Patriot League women's basketball tournament explained

Year:2020
Conference:Patriot League
Division:I
Gender:Women's
Teams:10
Arena:Campus sites
Television:PLN, CBSSN

The 2020 Patriot League women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Patriot League which was scheduled to be held from March 7 to March 15 at campus sites of the higher seed. The winner would have earned an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament. On March 12, the NCAA announced that the tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[1]

Seeds

Teams are seeded by conference record, with ties broken in the following order:

American, Bucknell, Holy Cross, BU, and Lehigh received first round byes.[2]

SeedSchoolConferenceOverallTiebreaker
1Bucknell16–223–6
2Boston University12–617–12
3Colgate11–719–10
4Holy Cross11–718–11
5Lafayette11–718–13
6Lehigh10–818–11
7American8–1012–16
8Loyola (MD)5–138–21
9Army4–148–21
10Navy2–167–22

Schedule

GameTime*MatchupScoreTelevision
First round – Saturday, March 7
12:00 pm
  1. 10 Navy at #7 American
53–63PLN
25:00 pm
  1. 9 Army at #8 Loyola (MD)
72–65
Quarterfinals – Monday, March 9
36:00 pm
  1. 7 American at #2 Boston U
44–46PLN
46:00 pm
  1. 9 Army at #1 Bucknell
61–87
57:00 pm
  1. 6 Lehigh at #3 Colgate
69–52
67:00 pm
  1. 5 Lafayette at #4 Holy Cross
33–52
Semifinals – Thursday, March 12
76:00 pm
  1. 4 Holy Cross vs. #1 Bucknell
cancelledPLN
8
  1. 6 Lehigh vs. #2 Boston U
Championship – Sunday, March 15
9cancelledWinner of game 7 vs. Winner of game 8N/ACBSSN
  • Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns. NCAA.com. March 12, 2020. March 12, 2020.
  2. Web site: Patriot League. patriotleague.org. 2019-03-18. 2019-03-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20190305205740/http://patriotleague.org/tournaments/2019_women_s_basketball_championship. dead.