2020 America East women's basketball tournament

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2020 America East women's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 201920
Teams8
SiteCampus Sites
Television ESPNU/ESPN+
America East women's basketball tournaments
  2019
2021  
2019–20 America East Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Stony Brook 142 .875283  .903
Maine 124 .7501614  .533
UMass Lowell 115 .6881514  .517
Binghamton 106 .625218  .724
New Hampshire 79 .4381018  .357
Vermont 610 .3751217  .414
UMBC 610 .3751017  .370
Albany 511 .313920  .310
Hartford 115 .063128  .034
2020 America East tournament winner
As of August 24, 2023
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.

Contents

Seeds

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

SeedSchoolConfOverallTiebreaker
1Stony Brook15–126–3
2Maine12–416–14
3UMass Lowell11–515–14
4Binghamton10–621–8
5New Hampshire7–910–18
6UMBC6–1010–171–1 vs. Maine
7Vermont6–1012–170–2 vs. Maine
8Albany5–119–20
DNQHartford1–151–28

Schedule

All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:

GameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 4
16:30 pm#8 Albany at #1 Stony BrookESPN+940
27:00 pm#7 Vermont at #2 Maine1,310
37:00 pm#6 UMBC at #3 UMass Lowell593
47:00 pm#5 New Hampshire at #4 Binghamton1,522
Semifinals – Sunday, March 8
51:00 pm#3 UMass Lowell at #2 MaineESPN+1,336
64:00 pm#4 Binghamton at #1 Stony Brook1,142
Championship Game – Friday, March 13
75:00 pm#2 Maine at #1 Stony BrookESPNUCANCELLED
*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 Brook54*
8 Albany 49
1 Stony Brook57
4 Binghamton 42
4 Binghamton51
5 New Hampshire 42
1 Stony Brook
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
2 Maine
2 Maine78
7 Vermont 66
2 Maine67
3 UMass Lowell 54
3 UMass Lowell66
6 UMBC 58

* denotes number of overtime periods

All times listed are Eastern

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