2020 WAC women's basketball tournament

2020 WAC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2019–20
Teams8
SiteOrleans Arena
Paradise, Nevada
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2019–20 WAC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Kansas City 12 – 3   .800 19 – 10   .655
Grand Canyon 10 – 5   .667 15 – 11   .577
Utah Valley 9 – 6   .600 12 – 15   .444
UTRGV 8 – 7   .533 13 – 15   .464
New Mexico State 8 – 8   .500 11 – 18   .379
Cal State Bakersfield 7 – 8   .467 15 – 13   .536
Seattle 6 – 8   .429 12 – 15   .444
California Baptist* 6 – 9   .400 15 – 15   .500
Chicago State 1 – 13   .071 1 – 26   .037
† 2020 WAC tournament winner
As of December 20, 2024
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 were set to play at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada, from March 11–14, 2020. The tournament champion would have received 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".