2020 MAAC Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2020 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was to be the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It was to be held from March 10–14, 2020 at the Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey for the first time in MAAC history.[1] The defending champions were the Quinnipiac Bobcats.

2020 MAAC Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201920
Teams11
SiteJim Whelan Boardwalk Hall
Atlantic City, New Jersey
TelevisionESPNews, ESPN3
2019–20 MAAC women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Marist182 .900  254  .862
Rider182 .900  254  .862
Fairfield128 .600  1514  .517
Manhattan128 .600  1514  .517
Quinnipiac128 .600  1514  .517
Siena812 .400  1019  .345
Iona812 .400  920  .310
Niagara713 .350  920  .310
Saint Peter's614 .300  920  .310
Monmouth515 .250  821  .276
Canisius416 .200  524  .172
2020 MAAC Tournament winner
As of January 19, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

On March 12, 2020, amidst the tournament's quarterfinals, both the NCAA and MAAC officials canceled the tournament, due to the coronavirus pandemic.[2]

Seeds

All 11 teams in the conference participate in the tournament. The top five teams receive byes to the quarterfinals. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2
1 Rider 18–2 1-1 vs. Marist 2-0 vs. Fairfield
2 Marist 18–2 1-1 vs. Rider 1-1 vs. Fairfield
3 Fairfield 12–8
4 Manhattan 12–8
5 Quinnipiac 12–8
6 Siena 8–12
7 Iona 8–12
8 Niagara 7–13
9 Saint Peter's 6–14
10 Monmouth 5–15
11 Canisius 4–16

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup Score Television
First Round – Tuesday, March 10
1 1 9:30 am (8) Niagara vs. (9) Saint Peter's 64–53 ESPN3
2 11:30 am (7) Iona vs. (10) Monmouth 60–69
3 1:30 pm (6) Siena vs. (11) Canisius 58–48
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 11
2 4 1:30 pm (1) Rider vs. (8) Niagara 79–75 ESPN3
5 3:30 pm (2) Marist vs. (10) Monmouth 68–44
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
3 6 12:00 pm (3) Fairfield vs. (6) Siena 72-56 ESPN3
7 2:30 pm (4) Manhattan vs. (5) Quinnipiac Canceled
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
4 8 11:00 am (1) Rider vs. Game 7 Winner Canceled ESPN3
9 1:30 pm (2) Marist vs. (3) Fairfield Canceled
Championship – Saturday, March 14
5 10 11:00 am Game 8 Winner vs. Game 9 Winner Canceled ESPNews
*Game times in ET. ()-Rankings denote tournament seeding.[3]

Bracket

  First Round
Tuesday, March 10
ESPN3
Quarterfinals
Wednesday/Thursday, March 11/12
ESPN3
Semifinals
Friday, March 13
ESPN3
Championship
Saturday, March 14
ESPNews
                                     
       
  1 Rider 79  
    8 Niagara 74  
8 Niagara 64
9 Saint Peter's 53  
   
   
       
       
 
     
     
       
 
 
       
       
  2 Marist 68
    10 Monmouth 44  
7 Iona 60
10 Monmouth 69  
 
   
       
       
  3 Fairfield 72
    6 Siena 56  
6 Siena 58
11 Canisius 48  

* denotes number of overtimes

See also

References

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