2020 America East Women's Basketball Tournament

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2020 America East Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2019–20
Teams8
SiteCampus Sites
TelevisionESPNU/ESPN+
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2019–20 America East Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Stony Brook 14 – 2   .875 28 – 3   .903
Maine 12 – 4   .750 16 – 14   .533
UMass Lowell 11 – 5   .688 15 – 14   .517
10 – 6   .625 21 – 8   .724
7 – 9   .438 10 – 18   .357
6 – 10   .375 12 – 17   .414
6 – 10   .375 10 – 17   .370
5 – 11   .313 9 – 20   .310
Hartford 1 – 15   .063 1 – 28   .034
† 2020 America East Tournament winner
As of January 2, 2022; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2020 America East Women's Basketball Tournament began on March 4 and was cancelled on March 12 prior to its scheduled conclusion. Maine was the defending champion. The winner would have advanced to the 2020 NCAA Tournament which was also cancelled in efforts to curtail the spread of COVID-19.

Seeds[]

Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conf Overall Tiebreaker
1 Stony Brook 15–1 26–3
2 Maine 12–4 16–14
3 UMass Lowell 11–5 15–14
4 Binghamton 10–6 21–8
5 New Hampshire 7–9 10–18
6 UMBC 6–10 10–17 1–1 vs. Maine
7 Vermont 6–10 12–17 0–2 vs. Maine
8 Albany 5–11 9–20
DNQ Hartford 1–15 1–28

Schedule[]

All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:

Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 4
1 6:30 pm #8 Albany at #1 Stony Brook ESPN+ 940
2 7:00 pm #7 Vermont at #2 Maine 1,310
3 7:00 pm #6 UMBC at #3 UMass Lowell 593
4 7:00 pm #5 New Hampshire at #4 Binghamton 1,522
Semifinals – Sunday, March 8
5 1:00 pm #3 UMass Lowell at #2 Maine ESPN+ 1,336
6 4:00 pm #4 Binghamton at #1 Stony Brook 1,142
Championship Game – Friday, March 13
7 5:00 pm #2 Maine at #1 Stony Brook ESPNU CANCELLED
*Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket and Results[]

Teams are reseeded after each round with highest remaining seeds receiving home court advantage.

Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
ESPN+ 		Semifinals
Sunday, March 8, 2020
ESPN+ 		Championship Game
Friday, March 13, 2020
ESPNU
         
1 Stony Brook 54*
8 Albany 49
1 Stony Brook 57
4 Binghamton 42
4 Binghamton 51
5 New Hampshire 42
1 Stony Brook
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
2 Maine
2 Maine 78
7 Vermont 66
2 Maine 67
3 UMass Lowell 54
3 UMass Lowell 66
6 UMBC 58

* denotes number of overtime periods

All times listed are Eastern

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