2020 MAAC women's basketball tournament

2020 MAAC women's basketball tournament
2020 MAAC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2019–20
Teams	11
Site	Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall; Atlantic City, New Jersey
Television	ESPNews, ESPN3
	MAAC women's basketball tournaments ← 2019 2021 →

2019–20 MAAC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Marist	18	–	2	.900	26	–	4	.867
Rider	18	–	2	.900	26	–	4	.867
Fairfield	12	–	8	.600	16	–	14	.533
Manhattan	12	–	8	.600	15	–	14	.517
Quinnipiac	12	–	8	.600	15	–	14	.517
Siena	8	–	12	.400	11	–	20	.355
Iona	8	–	12	.400	9	–	21	.300
Niagara	7	–	13	.350	10	–	21	.323
Saint Peter's	6	–	14	.300	9	–	21	.300
Monmouth	5	–	15	.250	9	–	22	.290
Canisius	4	–	16	.200	5	–	25	.167


† 2020 MAAC tournament winner As of December 1, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

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]

Seeds

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

Schedule

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
2	5	3:30 pm	(2) Marist vs. (10) Monmouth	68–44	ESPN3
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
3	6	12:00 pm	(3) Fairfield vs. (6) Siena	72-56	ESPN3
3	7	2:30 pm	(4) Manhattan vs. (5) Quinnipiac	Canceled	ESPN3
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
4	8	11:00 am	(1) Rider vs. Game 7 Winner	Canceled	ESPN3
4	9	1:30 pm	(2) Marist vs. (3) Fairfield	Canceled	ESPN3
Championship – Saturday, March 14
5	10	11:00 am	Game 8 Winner vs. Game 9 Winner	Canceled	ESPNews
*Game times in ET. ()-Rankings denote tournament seeding.^[3]

Bracket

First round Tuesday, March 10 ESPN3			Quarterfinals Wednesday/Thursday, March 11/12 ESPN3			Semifinals Friday, March 13 ESPN3	Championship Saturday, March 14 ESPNews

			1	Rider	79

			8	Niagara	74
8	Niagara	64

9	Saint Peter's	53


















			2	Marist	68

			10	Monmouth	44
7	Iona	60

10	Monmouth	69






			3	Fairfield	72

			6	Siena	56
6	Siena	58

11	Canisius	48

* denotes number of overtimes

References

^ "2020 MAAC Men's & Women's Basketball Championships". Retrieved February 23, 2020.
^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns". NCAA.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
^ "MAAC Women's Basketball tournament championship Schedule". MAAC Sports. Retrieved March 10, 2020.

[1] "2020 MAAC Men's & Women's Basketball Championships". Retrieved February 23, 2020.

[2] "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns". NCAA.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.

[3] "MAAC Women's Basketball tournament championship Schedule". MAAC Sports. Retrieved March 10, 2020.

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Seeds

Schedule

Bracket

See also

References