2020 Southern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

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2020 Southern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2019–20
Teams8
SiteHarrah's Cherokee Center
Asheville, North Carolina
ChampionsSamford (3rd title)
Winning coachCarley Kuhns (1st title)
TelevisionNexstar, ESPN+
← 2019
2021 →
2019–20 Southern Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UNC Greensboro 10 – 4   .714 21 – 8   .724
Samford† 10 – 4   .714 15 – 14   .517
Chattanooga 10 – 4   .714 11 – 17   .393
8 – 6   .571 12 – 11   .522
8 – 6   .571 15 – 14   .517
4 – 10   .286 9 – 20   .310
Mercer 4 – 10   .286 7 – 22   .241
2 – 12   .143 5 – 24   .172
† 2020 SoCon Tournament winner
As of February 1, 2022; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2020 Southern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was held between March 5-8, 2020 at the Harrah's Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina. Samford won the tournament and received an automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Tournament.[1]

Seeds[]

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

Seed School Conf Overall
#1 Samford 10-4 16-14
#2 Chattanooga 10-4 11-17
#3 UNC-Greensboro 10-4 21-8
#4 Furman 8–6 18-11
#5 Wofford 8-6 15-14
#6 ETSU 4-10 9-20
#7 Mercer 4-10 7-22
#8 Western Carolina 2-12 5-25

Schedule[]

All tournament games are streamed on ESPN+. The championship was televised across the region on select Nexstar stations and simulcast on ESPN+.

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 5
1 1 11 AM #1 Samford 77 vs. #8 Western Carolina 62 ESPN+
2 1:15 PM #4 Furman 68 vs. #5 Wofford 54
2 3 3:30 PM #2 Chattanooga 55 vs. #7 Mercer 63
4 5:45 PM #3 UNC Greensboro 57 vs. #6 ETSU 47
Semifinals – Friday, March 6
3 5 11 AM #1 Samford 75 vs. #4 Furman 45 ESPN+
6 1:15 PM #7 Mercer 73 vs. #3 UNCG 75
Championship Game – Sunday, March 8
4 7 Noon #1 Samford 59 vs. #3 UNC Greensboro 54 Nexstar
*Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket[]

  • All times are Eastern.
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 5, 2020
ESPN+ 		Semifinals
Friday, March 6, 2020
ESPN+ 		Championship Game
Sunday, March 8, 2020
Nexstar
         
1 Samford 77
8 Western Carolina 62
1 Samford 75
4 Furman 45
4 Furman 68
5 Wofford 54
1 Samford 59
3 UNC Greensboro 54
2 Chattanooga 55
7 Mercer 63
7 Mercer 73
3 UNC Greensboro 75
3 UNC Greensboro 57
6 ETSU 47

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Samford Women’s Basketball wins SOCON Tournament title with 59-54 win over UNCG
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