2020 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

The 2020 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of the women's NCAA Division III college basketball in the United States. Featuring sixty-four teams, it began on March 6, 2020, following the 2019–20 season, and was to conclude with the championship on March 21 at the Capital University Center Performance Arena in Columbus, Ohio; however, on March 12 the tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Of the 16 teams remaining, Hope College was the highest ranked team remaining from the D3Sports.com poll.

Qualifying teams

Automatic bids (43) The following 43 teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2020 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's automatic bid.

Automatic bids Qualifying school Record (Conf.) Conference Qualifying school Record (Conf.) ConferenceLa Roche20–6 (18–2)Allegheny MountainWartburg24–3 (14–2)American RiversMary Hardin-Baylor24–4 (10–2)American SouthwestChristopher Newport23–4 (10–0)Capital AthleticHaverford23–4 (18–2)CentennialBrooklyn21–6 (14–0)CUNYACIllinois Wesleyan19–8 (11–5)CCIWKeystone21–6 (17–1)Colonial StatesEndicott18–10 (12–4)Commonwealth CoastSt. John Fisher21–6 (12–2)Empire 8Emmanuel (MA)21–7 (9–2)Great NortheastTransylvania25–2 (17–1)Heartland CollegiateScranton24–3 (12–2)LandmarkIthaca22–5 (16–2)LibertyEastern Connecticut St.23–4 (14–2)Little EastMessiah23–4 (15–1)MAC CommonwealthDeSales23–4 (13–1)MAC FreedomFramingham State22–5 (12–0)MASCACHope27–0 (16–0)Michigan IntercollegiateMonmouth (IL)21–6 (14–4)MidwestBethel (MN)26–1 (19–1)Minnesota IntercollegiateNew England Col.21–6 (12–2)NECCBowdoin25–2 (8–2)NESCACSmith23–4 (7–3)NEWMACRowan23–4 (16–2)New Jersey AthleticHusson19–8 (14–0)North AtlanticDePauw27–1 (16–0)North CoastSUNY Poly20-7 (16-0)North Eastern AthleticEdgewood25–2 (18–2)Northern AthleticsGeorge Fox21–6 (11–5)NorthwestBaldwin Wallace26–2 (17–1)Ohio AthleticRandolph–Macon18–9 (13–5)Old DominionGrove City25–2 (14–2)Presidents'Webster20–7 (16–2)SLIACMerchant Marine23–4 (14–2)SkylineOglethorpe27–1 (14–0)Southern AthleticRedlands25–2 (15–1)SCIACAustin23–4 (14–4)Southern CollegiateSUNY New Paltz24–3 (17–1)SUNYACChicago20–5 (11–3)University AthleticBethany Lutheran21–6 (15–1)Upper MidwestBerea25–3 (15–1)USA SouthUW–Oshkosh18–10 (8–6)Wisconsin Intercollegiate

At-large bids (21)

The following 21 teams were awarded qualification for the 2020 NCAA field by the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Committee. The committee evaluated teams on the basis of their win-loss percentage, strength of schedule, head-to-head results, results against common opponents, and results against teams included in the NCAA's final regional rankings.

At-large bids Qualifying schoolRecord (Conf.) Conference Qualifying school Record (Conf.) ConferenceAlbright22–5 (12–4)MAC CommonwealthBenedictine (IL)24–3 (20–0)Northern AthleticsAmherst22–4 (8–2)NESCACLoras23–4 (13–3)American RiversGettysburg22–5 (17–3)CentennialMarymount (VA)23–4 (11–1)Atlantic EastMontclair St.21–6 (15–3)New Jersey AthleticUW–La Crosse19–7 (10–4)Wisconsin IntercollegiateWidener21–5 (13–3)MAC CommonwealthTexas–Dallas22–5 (15–1)American SouthwestTrinity (TX)23–4 (17–1)Southern CollegiateTrine21–6 (14–2)Michigan IntercollegiateSUNY Cortland21–6 (14–4)SUNYACTufts26–1 (10–0)NESCACWestern New England21–5 (14–2)Commonwealth CoastWilliams18–8 (6–4)NESCACNYU20–5 (10–4)University AthleticWilliam Peace23–4 (15–1)USA SouthWheaton (IL)20–7 (12–4)CCIWWhitman24–3 (15–1)NorthwestUW–Whitewater23–3 (13–1)Wisconsin Intercollegiate

Tournament bracket

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Final Four Those rounds were cancelled.

See also 2020 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament 2020 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament 2020 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 2020 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament 2020 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament 2020 Women's National Invitation Tournament 2020 National Invitation Tournament 2020 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament 2020 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament 2020 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament 2020 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament

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