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2020 Patriot League women's basketball tournament

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2020 Patriot League women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2019–20
Teams10
SiteCampus sites
TelevisionPLN, CBSSN
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2019–20 Patriot League women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Bucknell 15 2   .882 22 6   .786
Colgate 11 6   .647 19 9   .679
Boston University 11 6   .647 16 12   .571
Lafayette 11 6   .647 15 12   .556
Holy Cross 10 7   .588 17 11   .607
Lehigh 8 8   .500 16 11   .593
American 7 10   .412 11 16   .407
Loyola (MD) 5 11   .313 8 19   .296
Army 4 13   .235 8 20   .286
Navy 2 15   .118 7 21   .250
2020 Patriot League tournament winner
As of December 20, 2024
Rankings from AP poll


The 2020 Patriot League women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Patriot League which was scheduled to be held from March 7 to March 15 at campus sites of the higher seed. The winner would have earned an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament. On March 12, the NCAA announced that the tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[1]

Seeds

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Teams are seeded by conference record, with ties broken in the following order:

  • Head-to-head record between the teams involved in the tie
  • Record against the highest-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the seedings as necessary
  • Higher RPI entering the tournament, as published by College Basketball News

American, Bucknell, Holy Cross, BU, and Lehigh received first round byes.[2]

Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker
1 Bucknell 16–2 23–6
2 Boston University 12–6 17–12
3 Colgate 11–7 19–10
4 Holy Cross 11–7 18–11
5 Lafayette 11–7 18–13
6 Lehigh 10–8 18–11
7 American 8–10 12–16
8 Loyola (MD) 5–13 8–21
9 Army 4–14 8–21
10 Navy 2–16 7–22

Schedule

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Game Time* Matchup Score Television
First round – Saturday, March 7
1 2:00 pm #10 Navy at #7 American 53–63 PLN
2 5:00 pm #9 Army at #8 Loyola (MD) 72–65
Quarterfinals – Monday, March 9
3 6:00 pm #7 American at #2 Boston U 44–46 PLN
4 6:00 pm #9 Army at #1 Bucknell 61–87
5 7:00 pm #6 Lehigh at #3 Colgate 69–52
6 7:00 pm #5 Lafayette at #4 Holy Cross 33–52
Semifinals – Thursday, March 12
7 6:00 pm #4 Holy Cross vs. #1 Bucknell cancelled PLN
8 #6 Lehigh vs. #2 Boston U
Championship – Sunday, March 15
9 cancelled Winner of game 7 vs. Winner of game 8 N/A CBSSN
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.

Bracket

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First round
March 7
Patriot League Network
Quarterfinals
March 9
Patriot League Network
Semifinals
March 12
Patriot League Network
Championship
March 15
CBS Sports Network
            
1 Bucknell 87
9 Army 61
8 Loyola (MD) 65
9 Army 72
1 Bucknell
4 Holy Cross
4 Holy Cross 52
5 Lafayette 33
1/4  
2/6  
2 BU 46
7 American 44
7 American 63
10 Navy 53
2 BU
6 Lehigh
3 Colgate 62
6 Lehigh 69

References

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  1. ^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns". NCAA.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  2. ^ "Patriot League". patriotleague.org. Archived from the original on March 5, 2019. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
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