2020 Patriot League women's basketball tournament
Appearance
2020 Patriot League women's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2019–20 |
Teams | 10 |
Site | Campus sites |
Television | PLN, CBSSN |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bucknell | 15 | – | 2 | .882 | 22 | – | 6 | .786 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colgate | 11 | – | 6 | .647 | 19 | – | 9 | .679 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston University | 11 | – | 6 | .647 | 16 | – | 12 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lafayette | 11 | – | 6 | .647 | 15 | – | 12 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Holy Cross | 10 | – | 7 | .588 | 17 | – | 11 | .607 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lehigh | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 16 | – | 11 | .593 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
American | 7 | – | 10 | .412 | 11 | – | 16 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola (MD) | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 8 | – | 19 | .296 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Army | 4 | – | 13 | .235 | 8 | – | 20 | .286 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Navy | 2 | – | 15 | .118 | 7 | – | 21 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2020 Patriot League tournament winner As of August 26, 2024 Rankings from AP poll |
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:
- Head-to-head record between the teams involved in the tie
- Record against the highest-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the seedings as necessary
- Higher RPI entering the tournament, as published by College Basketball News
American, Bucknell, Holy Cross, BU, and Lehigh received first round byes.[2]
Seed | School | Conference | Overall | Tiebreaker |
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1 | Bucknell | 16–2 | 23–6 | |
2 | Boston University | 12–6 | 17–12 | |
3 | Colgate | 11–7 | 19–10 | |
4 | Holy Cross | 11–7 | 18–11 | |
5 | Lafayette | 11–7 | 18–13 | |
6 | Lehigh | 10–8 | 18–11 | |
7 | American | 8–10 | 12–16 | |
8 | Loyola (MD) | 5–13 | 8–21 | |
9 | Army | 4–14 | 8–21 | |
10 | Navy | 2–16 | 7–22 |
Schedule
Game | Time* | Matchup | Score | Television |
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First round – Saturday, March 7 | ||||
1 | 2:00 pm | #10 Navy at #7 American | 53–63 | PLN |
2 | 5:00 pm | #9 Army at #8 Loyola (MD) | 72–65 | |
Quarterfinals – Monday, March 9 | ||||
3 | 6:00 pm | #7 American at #2 Boston U | 44–46 | PLN |
4 | 6:00 pm | #9 Army at #1 Bucknell | 61–87 | |
5 | 7:00 pm | #6 Lehigh at #3 Colgate | 69–52 | |
6 | 7:00 pm | #5 Lafayette at #4 Holy Cross | 33–52 | |
Semifinals – Thursday, March 12 | ||||
7 | 6:00 pm | #4 Holy Cross vs. #1 Bucknell | cancelled | PLN |
8 | #6 Lehigh vs. #2 Boston U | |||
Championship – Sunday, March 15 | ||||
9 | cancelled | Winner of game 7 vs. Winner of game 8 | N/A | CBSSN |
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team. |
Bracket
First Round March 7 Patriot League Network | Quarterfinals March 9 Patriot League Network | Semifinals March 12 Patriot League Network | Championship March 15 CBS Sports Network | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Bucknell | 87 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Army | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Loyola (MD) | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Army | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Bucknell | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Holy Cross | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Holy Cross | 52 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Lafayette | 33 | |||||||||||||||||
1/4 | |||||||||||||||||||
2/6 | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | BU | 46 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | American | 44 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | American | 63 | |||||||||||||||||
10 | Navy | 53 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | BU | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | Lehigh | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Colgate | 62 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Lehigh | 69 |
References
- ^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns". NCAA.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- ^ "Patriot League". patriotleague.org. Retrieved 2019-03-18.