2020 CAA women's basketball tournament

2020 CAA women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2019–20
Teams10
SiteSchar Center
Elon, North Carolina
TelevisionFloHoops
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2019–20 CAA women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Drexel 16 – 2   .889 23 – 7   .767
James Madison 16 – 2   .889 25 – 4   .862
William & Mary 12 – 6   .667 21 – 8   .724
Towson 9 – 9   .500 14 – 15   .483
Northeastern 9 – 9   .500 13 – 16   .448
Elon 8 – 10   .444 12 – 17   .414
Delaware 8 – 10   .444 14 – 16   .467
Charleston 6 – 12   .333 13 – 17   .433
UNC Wilmington 6 – 12   .333 10 – 20   .333
Hofstra 0 – 18   .000 3 – 27   .100
† 2020 CAA tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll


The 2020 Colonial Athletic Association women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Colonial Athletic Association for the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season.[1] The tournament was scheduled to be held from March 11–14, 2020 at the Schar Center in Elon, North Carolina.[2] The champion would have received the CAA's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.[3] On March 12, the NCAA announced that the tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[4]

Seeds

All 10 CAA teams are expected to participate in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top six teams will receive a bye to the quarterfinals.

Seed School Conf. Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2
1 Drexel 16-2 2–0 vs. Towson
2 James Madison 16-2 1–1 vs. Towson
3 William & Mary 12-6
4 Towson 9-9
5 Northeastern 9-9
6 Delaware 8-10
7 Elon 8-10
8 Charleston 6-12
9 UNCW 6-12
10 Hofstra 0-18

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup Score Television
First round – Wednesday, March 11
1 1 2:00 pm No. 9 UNCW vs No. 8 Charleston 69–55 FloHoops
2 4:30 pm No. 10 Hofstra vs No. 7 Elon 71–51
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
2 3 Winner of Game 1 vs No. 1 Drexel Cancelled
4 No. 5 Northeastern vs No. 4 Towson Cancelled
3 5 Winner of Game 2 vs No. 2 James Madison Cancelled
6 No. 6 Delaware vs No. 3 William & Mary Cancelled
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
4 7 Winner of Game 3 vs Winner of Game 4 Cancelled
8 Winner of Game 5 vs Winner of Game 6 Cancelled
Championship – Saturday, March 14
5 9 Winner of Game 7 vs Winner of Game 8 Cancelled
*Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 11
FloHoops 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 12
FloHoops 		Semifinals
Friday, March 13
FloHoops 		Final
Saturday, March 14
FloHoops
            
1 Drexel
9 UNCW
8 UNCW 69
9 Charleston 55
 
 
4 Towson
5 Northeastern
 
 
2 James Madison
7 Elon
7 Elon 71
10 Hofstra 51
 
 
3 William & Mary
6 Delaware

* denotes overtime game

See also

References

  1. ^ "2019 Division I Women's Basketball Official Bracket". ncaa.com.
  2. ^ "Elon University Selected To Host 2020 CAA Women's Basketball Championship". caasports.com. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  3. ^ “Elon Selected to Host 2020 CAA Women’s Basketball Championship”.elonphoenix.com.Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  4. ^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns". NCAA.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.