Year: | 2020 |
Conference: | Summit League |
Division: | I |
Gender: | Women's |
Teams: | 8 |
Arena: | Denny Sanford Premier Center[1] |
City: | Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
Champions: | South Dakota |
Titlecount: | 2nd |
Coach: | Dawn Plitzuweit |
Coachcount: | 1st |
Mvp: | Hannah Sjerven |
Mvpteam: | South Dakota |
Television: | MidcoSN ESPN+ ESPNU |
The 2020 Summit League women's basketball tournament was a post-season women's basketball tournament for The Summit League. The tournament took place March 7–10, 2020, at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The top eight teams in the final standings qualified for the tournament. South Dakota won the tournament and earned an automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.
The top eight teams by conference record in the Summit League are eligible to compete in the conference tournament. Teams are to be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
Seed | School | Conference Record | Tiebreaker[2] |
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1 | South Dakota | 16–0 | |
2 | South Dakota State | 13–3 | |
3 | Denver | 9–7 | 1–1 vs. SDSU |
4 | Oral Roberts | 9–7 | 0–2 vs. SDSU, 2–0 vs. ND |
5 | Western Illinois | 9–7 | 0–2 vs. SDSU, 1–1 vs. ND |
6 | North Dakota State | 7–9 | |
7 | North Dakota | 6–10 | |
8 | Omaha | 2–14 | |
Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | |
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Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 7 | |||||
1 | 12:00 pm |
| 99–40 | MidcosSN/ ESPN+ | |
2 | 2:30 pm |
| 72–43 | ||
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 8 | |||||
3 | 12:00 pm |
| 74–66 | MidcosSN/ ESPN+ | |
4 | 2:00 pm |
| 72–68 | ||
Semifinals – Monday, March 9 | |||||
5 | 12:00 pm |
| 65–43 | MidcosSN/ ESPN+ | |
6 | 2:30 pm |
| 76–56 | ||
Final – Tuesday, March 10 | |||||
7 | 1:00 pm |
| 63–58 | ESPNU | |
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