2020 Conference USA women's basketball tournament

2020 Conference USA women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2019–20
Teams12
SiteThe Ford Center at The Star
Frisco, Texas
TelevisionESPN+, Stadium, CBSSN
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2019–20 Conference USA women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Rice 16 – 2   .889 21 – 8   .724
Old Dominion 14 – 4   .778 24 – 6   .800
Western Kentucky 14 – 4   .778 22 – 7   .759
Middle Tennessee 13 – 5   .722 21 – 9   .700
UAB 12 – 6   .667 20 – 10   .667
Charlotte 11 – 7   .611 20 – 9   .690
UTEP 8 – 10   .444 15 – 14   .517
Southern Miss 7 – 11   .389 15 – 15   .500
Florida Atlantic 7 – 11   .389 13 – 16   .448
Marshall 7 – 11   .389 13 – 17   .433
Louisiana Tech 6 – 12   .333 14 – 15   .483
North Texas 6 – 12   .333 12 – 18   .400
FIU 3 – 15   .167 6 – 23   .207
UTSA 2 – 16   .111 6 – 23   .207
† 2020 C-USA Tournament winner
As of December 3, 2024
Rankings from AP poll


The 2020 Conference USA women's basketball tournament was to be a postseason women's basketball tournament for Conference USA that was to be held at The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, from March 11 through March 14, 2020. In the first round and quarterfinals, two games were to be played simultaneously within the same arena, with the courts separated by a curtain.[1] On March 12, the NCAA announced that the tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[2]

Seeds

The top twelve teams will qualify for the tournament. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference
record 		Overall
record 		Tiebreaker
1 Rice‡# 16–2 21–8
2 Old Dominion# 14–4 24–6
3 Western Kentucky# 14–4 22–7
4 Middle Tennessee# 13–5 21–9
5 UAB 12–6 21–10
6 Charlotte 11–7 20–9
7 UTEP 8–10 15–14
8 Marshall 7–11 12–17
9 Southern Miss 7–11 15–14
10 Florida Atlantic 7–11 13–16
11 North Texas 6–12 12–18
12 Louisiana Tech 6–12 14–15
‡ – C–USA regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
# – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.
Overall records include all games played in the regular season.

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup# Score Television
First round – Wednesday, March 11
1 1 11:00 am #8 Marshall vs. #9 Southern Miss 71–67 ESPN+
2 11:30 am #5 UAB vs. #12 Louisiana Tech 63–66
2 3 1:30 pm #7 UTEP vs. #10 Florida Atlantic 95–67
4 2:00 pm #6 Charlotte vs. #11 North Texas 71–67
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
3 5 #1 Rice vs. #8 Marshall Cancelled
6 #4 MTSU vs. #12 Louisiana Tech Cancelled
4 7 #2 Old Dominion vs. #7 UTEP Cancelled
8 #3 Western Kentucky vs. #6 Charlotte Cancelled
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
5 9 Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner Cancelled
10 Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner Cancelled
Championship – Saturday, March 14
6 11 Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner Cancelled
*Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 11
ESPN+ 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 12
ESPN+/Stadium 		Semifinals
Friday, March 13
Stadium 		Championship Game
Saturday, March 14
CBSSN
            
1 Rice
8 Marshall
8 Marshall 71*
9 Southern Miss 67
 
 
4 MTSU
12 Louisiana Tech
5 UAB 63
12 Louisiana Tech 66
 
 
2 Old Dominion
7 UTEP
7 UTEP 95
10 Florida Atlantic 67
 
 
3 Western Kentucky
6 Charlotte
6 Charlotte 71
11 North Texas 67

All times listed are Central. * denotes overtime.

See also

2020 Conference USA men's basketball tournament

References

  1. ^ "2019 C-USA Basketball Championships".
  2. ^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns". NCAA.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.