2020 WAC Women's Basketball Tournament

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2020 WAC Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2019–20
Teams8
SiteOrleans Arena
Paradise, Nevada
← 2019
2021 →
2019–20 WAC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
12 – 3   .800 19 – 10   .655
10 – 5   .667 15 – 11   .577
9 – 6   .600 12 – 15   .444
8 – 7   .533 13 – 15   .464
8 – 8   .500 11 – 18   .379
7 – 8   .467 15 – 13   .536
6 – 8   .429 12 – 15   .444
* 6 – 9   .400 15 – 15   .500
1 – 13   .071 1 – 26   .037
† 2020 WAC Tournament winner
As of February 1, 2022; Rankings from AP Poll
*ineligible for the 2020 NCAA Tournament due to transition period

The 2020 WAC Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Western Athletic Conference during the 2019–20 season. All tournament games was set to play at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada, from March 11–14, 2020. The tournament champion would have receive the WAC's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Women's Tournament.

Seeds[]

Eight of the 9 teams in the WAC are eligible to compete in the conference tournament. California Baptist is ineligible due to their transition from Division II to Division I. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. [1]

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker Tiebreaker 2
1 Kansas City 13–3
2 Utah Valley 9–6
3 Grand Canyon 10–6
4 UT Rio Grande 8–8
5 New Mexico State 8–8
6 CSU Bakersfield 8–8
7 Seattle 6–9
8 Chicago State 1–13

Schedule and results[]

Game Time Matchup Score Television
Quarterfinals – Wednesday March 11
1 Noon No. 1 Kansas City vs No. 8 Chicago State 86–52 ESPN+
2 2:30 pm No. 4 UT Rio Grande vs. No. 5 New Mexico State 61–73
3 6:00 pm No. 2 Utah Valley vs. No. 7 Seattle 48–61
Quarterfinals – Thursday March 12
4 9:30 am No. 3 Grand Canyon vs. No. 6 Bakersfield cancelled ESPN+
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
5 Noon No. 1 Kansas City vs. No. 5 New Mexico State cancelled
6 2:30 pm No. 7 Seattle vs. Game 4 winner
Final – Saturday, March 14
7 2:00 pm Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner cancelled
Game times in PDT. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket[]

Quarterfinals
March 11/12
ESPN+ 		Semifinals
March 13
Championship
March 14
         
1 Kansas City 86
8 Chicago State 52
1 UMKC
5 New Mexico State
4 UT Rio Grande 61
5 New Mexico State 73
 
 
2 Utah Valley 48
7 Seattle 61
7 Seattle
 
3 Grand Canyon  
6 Bakersfield  

References[]

  1. ^ "WAC Basketball Tournament Central".

External links[]

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