2020 Patriot League Women's Basketball Tournament

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]

2020 Patriot League Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201920
Teams10
SiteCampus sites
TelevisionPLN, CBSSN
2019–20 Patriot League women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Bucknell152 .882  226  .786
Colgate116 .647  199  .679
Boston University116 .647  1612  .571
Lafayette116 .647  1512  .556
Holy Cross107 .588  1711  .607
Lehigh88 .500  1611  .593
American710 .412  1116  .407
Loyola (MD)511 .313  819  .296
Army413 .235  820  .286
Navy215 .118  721  .250
2020 Patriot League Tournament winner
As of January 19, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

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

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

  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

  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. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
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