2020 America East women's basketball tournament

2020 America East women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2019–20
Teams	8
Site	Campus Sites
Television	ESPNU/ESPN+
America East women's basketball tournaments

2019–20 America East Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Stony Brook	14	–	2		.875			28	–	3		.903
Maine	12	–	4		.750			16	–	14		.533
UMass Lowell	11	–	5		.688			15	–	14		.517
Binghamton	10	–	6		.625			21	–	8		.724
New Hampshire	7	–	9		.438			10	–	18		.357
Vermont	6	–	10		.375			12	–	17		.414
UMBC	6	–	10		.375			10	–	17		.370
Albany	5	–	11		.313			9	–	20		.310
Hartford	1	–	15		.063			1	–	28		.034
† 2020 America East tournament winner As of November 4, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

The 2020 America East women's basketball tournament began on March 4 and was cancelled on March 12 prior to its scheduled conclusion. Maine was the defending champion. The winner would have advanced to the 2020 NCAA tournament which was also cancelled in efforts to curtail the spread of COVID-19.

Seeds

Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conf	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	Stony Brook	15–1	26–3
2	Maine	12–4	16–14
3	UMass Lowell	11–5	15–14
4	Binghamton	10–6	21–8
5	New Hampshire	7–9	10–18
6	UMBC	6–10	10–17	1–1 vs. Maine
7	Vermont	6–10	12–17	0–2 vs. Maine
8	Albany	5–11	9–20
DNQ	Hartford	1–15	1–28

Schedule

All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 4
1	6:30 pm	#8 Albany at #1 Stony Brook	ESPN+	940
2	7:00 pm	#7 Vermont at #2 Maine		1,310
3	7:00 pm	#6 UMBC at #3 UMass Lowell		593
4	7:00 pm	#5 New Hampshire at #4 Binghamton		1,522
Semifinals – Sunday, March 8
5	1:00 pm	#3 UMass Lowell at #2 Maine	ESPN+	1,336
6	4:00 pm	#4 Binghamton at #1 Stony Brook		1,142
Championship Game – Friday, March 13
7	5:00 pm	#2 Maine at #1 Stony Brook	ESPNU	CANCELLED
*Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket and Results

Teams are reseeded after each round with highest remaining seeds receiving home court advantage.

	Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 4, 2020 ESPN+					Semifinals Sunday, March 8, 2020 ESPN+					Championship Game Friday, March 13, 2020 ESPNU
	1	Stony Brook	54*
	8	Albany	49
						1	Stony Brook	57
						4	Binghamton	42
	4	Binghamton	51
	5	New Hampshire	42
											1	Stony Brook
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
											2	Maine
	2	Maine	78
	7	Vermont	66
						2	Maine	67
						3	UMass Lowell	54
	3	UMass Lowell	66
	6	UMBC	58

* denotes number of overtime periods

All times listed are Eastern

See also

• 2020 America East men's basketball tournament

External links

• 2020 America East Women's Basketball Championship