2020 Conference USA women's basketball tournament

The 2020 Conference USA women's basketball tournament was to be a postseason women's basketball tournament for Conference USA that was to be held at The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, from March 11 through March 14, 2020. In the first round and quarterfinals, two games were to be played simultaneously within the same arena, with the courts separated by a curtain.[1] On March 12, the NCAA announced that the tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[2]

2020 Conference USA women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201920
Teams12
SiteThe Ford Center at The Star
Frisco, Texas
TelevisionESPN+, Stadium, CBSSN
2019–20 Conference USA women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Rice162 .889218  .724
Old Dominion144 .778246  .800
Western Kentucky144 .778227  .759
Middle Tennessee135 .722219  .700
UAB126 .6672010  .667
Charlotte117 .611209  .690
UTEP810 .4441514  .517
Southern Miss711 .3891514  .517
Florida Atlantic711 .3891316  .448
Marshall711 .3891217  .414
Louisiana Tech612 .3331415  .483
North Texas612 .3331218  .400
FIU315 .167623  .207
UTSA216 .111623  .207
2020 C-USA Tournament winner
As of October 27, 2023
Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

The top twelve teams will qualify for the tournament. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference
record
Overall
record
Tiebreaker
1 Rice 16–2 21–8
2 Old Dominion 14–4 24–6
3 Western Kentucky 14–4 22–7
4 Middle Tennessee State 13–5 21–9
5 UAB 12–6 21–10
6 Charlotte 11–7 20–9
7 UTEP 8–10 15–14
8 Marshall 7–11 12–17
9 Southern Mississippi 7–11 15–14
10 Florida Atlantic 7–11 13–16
11 North Texas 6–12 12–18
12 Louisiana Tech 6–12 14–15
‡ – C–USA regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
# – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.
Overall records include all games played in the regular season.

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup# Score Television
First round – Wednesday, March 11
1 1 11:00 am #8 Marshall vs. #9 Southern Miss 71–67 ESPN+
2 11:30 am #5 UAB vs. #12 Louisiana Tech 63–66
2 3 1:30 pm #7 UTEP vs. #10 Florida Atlantic 95–67
4 2:00 pm #6 Charlotte vs. #11 North Texas 71–67
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
3 5 #1 Rice vs. #8 Marshall Cancelled
6 #4 MTSU vs. #12 Louisiana Tech Cancelled
4 7 #2 Old Dominion vs. #7 UTEP Cancelled
8 #3 Western Kentucky vs. #6 Charlotte Cancelled
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
5 9 Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner Cancelled
10 Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner Cancelled
Championship – Saturday, March 14
6 11 Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner Cancelled
*Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 11
ESPN+
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 12
ESPN+/Stadium
Semifinals
Friday, March 13
Stadium
Championship Game
Saturday, March 14
CBSSN
            
1 Rice
8 Marshall
8 Marshall 71*
9 Southern Miss 67
 
 
4 MTSU
12 Louisiana Tech
5 UAB 63
12 Louisiana Tech 66
 
 
2 Old Dominion
7 UTEP
7 UTEP 95
10 Florida Atlantic 67
 
 
3 Western Kentucky
6 Charlotte
6 Charlotte 71
11 North Texas 67

All times listed are Central. * denotes overtime.

See also

2020 Conference USA men's basketball tournament

References

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