2020 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament
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The 2020 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament was held between March 5–8, 2020, at the Harrah's Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina. Samford won the tournament and received an automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Tournament.[1]
2020 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2019–20 |
Teams | 8 |
Site | Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville, North Carolina |
Champions | Samford (3rd title) |
Winning coach | Carley Kuhns (1st title) |
Television | Nexstar, ESPN+ |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNC Greensboro | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 21 | – | 8 | .724 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Samford† | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 15 | – | 14 | .517 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chattanooga | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Furman | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 12 | – | 11 | .522 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wofford | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 15 | – | 14 | .517 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Tennessee State | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 9 | – | 20 | .310 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mercer | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 7 | – | 22 | .241 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Carolina | 2 | – | 12 | .143 | 5 | – | 24 | .172 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2020 SoCon Tournament winner As of November 26, 2024 Rankings from AP poll |
Seeds
editTeams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
Seed | School | Conf | Overall |
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#1 | Samford | 10-4 | 16-14 |
#2 | Chattanooga | 10-4 | 11-17 |
#3 | UNC-Greensboro | 10-4 | 21-8 |
#4 | Furman | 8–6 | 18-11 |
#5 | Wofford | 8-6 | 15-14 |
#6 | ETSU | 4-10 | 9-20 |
#7 | Mercer | 4-10 | 7-22 |
#8 | Western Carolina | 2-12 | 5-25 |
Schedule
editAll tournament games are streamed on ESPN+. The championship was televised across the region on select Nexstar stations and simulcast on ESPN+.
Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Television | Attendance | |
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Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 5 | ||||||
1 | 1 | 11 AM | #1 Samford 77 vs. #8 Western Carolina 62 | ESPN+ | ||
2 | 1:15 PM | #4 Furman 68 vs. #5 Wofford 54 | ||||
2 | 3 | 3:30 PM | #2 Chattanooga 55 vs. #7 Mercer 63 | |||
4 | 5:45 PM | #3 UNC Greensboro 57 vs. #6 ETSU 47 | ||||
Semifinals – Friday, March 6 | ||||||
3 | 5 | 11 AM | #1 Samford 75 vs. #4 Furman 45 | ESPN+ | ||
6 | 1:15 PM | #7 Mercer 73 vs. #3 UNCG 75 | ||||
Championship Game – Sunday, March 8 | ||||||
4 | 7 | Noon | #1 Samford 59 vs. #3 UNC Greensboro 54 | Nexstar | ||
*Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. |
Bracket
edit- All times are Eastern.
Quarterfinals Thursday, March 5, 2020 ESPN+ | Semifinals Friday, March 6, 2020 ESPN+ | Championship game Sunday, March 8, 2020 Nexstar | ||||||||||||
1 | Samford | 77 | ||||||||||||
8 | Western Carolina | 62 | ||||||||||||
1 | Samford | 75 | ||||||||||||
4 | Furman | 45 | ||||||||||||
4 | Furman | 68 | ||||||||||||
5 | Wofford | 54 | ||||||||||||
1 | Samford | 59 | ||||||||||||
3 | UNC Greensboro | 54 | ||||||||||||
2 | Chattanooga | 55 | ||||||||||||
7 | Mercer | 63 | ||||||||||||
7 | Mercer | 73 | ||||||||||||
3 | UNC Greensboro | 75 | ||||||||||||
3 | UNC Greensboro | 57 | ||||||||||||
6 | ETSU | 47 |