2020 Patriot League Women's Basketball Tournament

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2020 Patriot League Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2019–20
Teams10
SiteCampus sites
TelevisionPLN, CBSSN
← 2019
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2019–20 Patriot League women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
15 – 2   .882 22 – 6   .786
11 – 6   .647 19 – 9   .679
11 – 6   .647 16 – 12   .571
11 – 6   .647 15 – 12   .556
10 – 7   .588 17 – 11   .607
8 – 8   .500 16 – 11   .593
7 – 10   .412 11 – 16   .407
5 – 11   .313 8 – 19   .296
4 – 13   .235 8 – 20   .286
2 – 15   .118 7 – 21   .250
† 2020 Patriot League Tournament winner
As of February 3, 2022; 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
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
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[]

  1. ^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns". NCAA.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  2. ^ "Patriot League". patriotleague.org. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05. Retrieved 2019-03-18.

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