The 2020 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament, a part of the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season, was scheduled to take place March 12–15, 2020 at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas.[1] The tournament was cancelled on March 12 just before the first game.[2] The winner of the tournament would have received the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA tournament.[3]
| 2020 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2019–20 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Site | Merrell Center Katy, Texas |
| Champions | Tournament cancelled |
| Television | ESPN+/CBSSN |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M-CC | 17 | – | 3 | .850 | 23 | – | 7 | .767 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abilene Christian | 16 | – | 4 | .800 | 24 | – | 5 | .828 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen F. Austin | 16 | – | 4 | .800 | 23 | – | 6 | .793 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sam Houston State | 14 | – | 6 | .700 | 19 | – | 10 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Orleans | 13 | – | 7 | .650 | 17 | – | 12 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Incarnate Word | 10 | – | 10 | .500 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nicholls | 10 | – | 10 | .500 | 13 | – | 16 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Arkansas | 9 | – | 11 | .450 | 13 | – | 16 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeastern Louisiana | 9 | – | 11 | .450 | 12 | – | 17 | .414 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamar | 6 | – | 14 | .300 | 10 | – | 19 | .345 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston Baptist | 4 | – | 16 | .200 | 8 | – | 21 | .276 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern State | 4 | – | 16 | .200 | 7 | – | 22 | .241 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese State | 2 | – | 18 | .100 | 5 | – | 24 | .172 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2020 Southland tournament winner As of March 7, 2020 Rankings from AP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeds and regular season standings
editOnly the top 8 teams qualified for the Southland Conference tournament. This chart shows all the teams records and standings and explains why teams advanced to the conference tourney or finished in certain tiebreaking positions.[4][5]
| 2020 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament seeds | ||||||
| Seed | School | Conference record | Overall record (end of regular season) |
Tiebreaker | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | ‡* Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 17–3 | 23–7 | |||
| 2. | * Stephen F. Austin | 16–4 | 23–6 | 2-0 vs AMCC | ||
| 3. | # Abilene Christian | 16–4 | 24–5 | 0-2 vs. AMCC | ||
| 4. | # Sam Houston State | 14–6 | 19–10 | |||
| 5. | New Orleans | 13–7 | 17–12 | |||
| 6. | Nicholls | 10–10 | 13–16 | |||
| 7. | Incarnate Word | 10–10 | 14–15 | |||
| 8. | Southeastern Louisiana | 9–11 | 12–17 | |||
| ‡ – Southland Conference regular season champions. * – Receive a first-round and second-round bye in the conference tournament. # – Receive a first-round bye in the conference tournament. Overall record are as of the end of the regular season. | ||||||
Schedule
editTournament cancelled
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Thursday, March 12 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 11:00 am | #5 New Orleans vs. #8 Southeastern Louisiana | ESPN+ | ||
| 2 | 1:30 pm | #6 Nicholls vs. #7 Incarnate Word | ||||
| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 13 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 11:00 am | #4 Sam Houston State vs. Game 1 winner | ESPN+ | ||
| 4 | 1:30 pm | #3 Abilene Christian vs. Game 2 winner | ||||
| Semifinals – Saturday, March 14 | ||||||
| 3 | 5 | 1:00 pm | #1 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi vs. Game 3 winner | ESPN+ | ||
| 6 | 3:30 pm | #2 Stephen F. Austin vs. Game 4 winner | ||||
| Championship – Sunday, March 15 | ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 1:00 pm | Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 winner | CBSSN | ||
| *Game times in CST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.[3] | ||||||
Bracket
editTournament cancelled
| First round Thursday, March 12 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Friday, March 13 ESPN+ | Semifinals Saturday, March 14 ESPN+ | Championship Game Sunday, March 15 CBSSN | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Sam Houston State | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | New Orleans | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Southeastern Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Stephen F. Austin | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Abilene Christian | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Incarnate Word | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Nicholls | ||||||||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Mitchell Northam (March 7, 2020). "2020 women's college basketball conference tournaments: Schedules, brackets, scores, auto-bids". 2020 NCAA-TURNER SPORTS INTERACTIVE, INC. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ^ "College Basketball Conference tournaments Cancelled in Light of Coronavirus Outbreak". Sports Illustrated. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- ^ a b "2020 Southland Basketball Tournament". Southland Conference. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
- ^ "SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT FINALIZED". Southland Conference. March 7, 2020. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ^ "SEEDING SCENARIOS AHEAD OF SOUTHLAND WOMEN'S BASKETBALL REGULAR-SEASON FINALES". Southland Conference. March 6, 2020. Retrieved March 7, 2020.