The 2020 Big South men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament that ended the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season of the Big South Conference. It was held from March 3 through March 8, 2020 at various campus sites. The Winthrop Eagles received the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament after defeating Hampton 76–68 in the championship game.
Sites The first round was played at campus sites at the home of the higher seed. The quarterfinals and semifinals were played at the home of regular-season champion and No. 1 seed. The championship game was held at the home of the highest remaining seed after the semifinals.
Seeds All 11 conference teams are eligible for the tournament. The top five teams receive a first-round bye. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
The tiebreakers operate in the following order: Head-to-head record. Record against the top-ranked conference team not involved in the tie, going down the standings until the tie is broken. For this purpose, teams with the same conference record are considered collectively. If two teams were unbeaten or winless against an opponent but did not play the same number of games against that opponent, the tie is not considered broken. SeedSchoolConferenceOverallTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 2 1 Radford 15–3 1–1 vs. Winthrop 1–1 vs. Gardner–Webb3–1 vs. Hampton/UNC Asheville 2 Winthrop 15–3 1–1 vs. Radford 1–1 vs. Gardner–Webb2–1 vs. Hampton/UNC Asheville 3 Gardner–Webb 11–7 4 Longwood 9–9 5 Hampton 8–10 2–0 vs. UNC Asheville 6 UNC Asheville 8–10 0–2 vs. Hampton 7 USC Upstate 7–11 2–1 vs. Charleston Southern/Presbyterian 8 Charleston Southern 7–11 2–2 vs. USC Upstate/Presbyterian 9 Presbyterian 7–11 1–2 vs. USC Upstate/Charleston Southern 10 High Point 6−12 1–0 vs. Campbell 11 Campbell 6−12 0–1 vs. High Point
Schedule GameTime*Matchup No. ScoreTelevision First round - Tuesday, March 3Campus sites1 7:00 pm No. 10 High Point at No. 7 USC Upstate 59–69ESPN32 7:00 pm No. 11 Campbell at No. 6 UNC Asheville 68–723 7:00 pm No. 9 Presbyterian at No. 8 Charleston Southern 64–81 Quarterfinals - Thursday, March 5at Dedmon Center; Radford, VA4 12:00 pm No. 7 USC Upstate vs. No. 2 Winthrop 70-106ESPN35 2:00 pm No. 6 UNC Asheville vs. No. 3 Gardner–Webb 62–726 6:00 pm No. 8 Charleston Southern vs. No. 1 Radford 48–627 8:00 pm No. 5 Hampton vs. No. 4 Longwood 78–53 Semifinals - Friday, March 6at Dedmon Center; Radford, VA8 6:00 pm No. 2 Winthrop vs. No. 3 Gardner–Webb 78-66ESPN+9 8:00 pm No. 1 Radford vs. No. 5 Hampton 78–86 Championship - Sunday, March 8at Winthrop Coliseum; Rock Hill, SC10 1:00 pm No. 5 Hampton vs. No. 2 Winthrop 68–76ESPN *Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding.
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References
External links 2020 Big South Men's Basketball Championship