The 2020 Big South women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament that ended the 2019–20 season of the Big South Conference. It was scheduled be held from March 10 through March 15, 2020, at various campus sites. The winner would have received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. On March 12, the NCAA announced that the tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Sites The first round was played at campus sites at the home of the higher seed. The quarterfinals and semifinals were played at #1 and #2 seeds. The championship game was held at the home arena of the higher surviving seed.
Seeds All 11 conference teams were eligible for the tournament. The top five teams received a first-round bye. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker 1 Campbell‡ 16–4 21–8 2 Radford 15–5 17–12 3 High Point 14–6 16–13 2–0 vs. Hampton 4 Hampton 14–6 18–11 5 Gardner-Webb 13–7 18–11 6 UNC Asheville 9–11 15–14 7 Winthrop 8–12 11–18 2–0 vs. Longwood 8 Longwood 8–12 12–17 9 Presbyterian 7–13 11–18 10 USC Upstate 4–16 9–20 11 Charleston-Southern 2–18 4–25‡ – Big South regular season champion.Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance First round - Tuesday, March 10Campus sites17:00 pm No. 9 Presbyterian 82 at No. 8 Longwood 73ESPN32 No. 10 USC Upstate 60 at No. 7 Winthrop 57 3 No. 11 Charleston-Southern 46 at No. 6 UNC Asheville 82 Quarterfinals - Thursday, March 12at #1 and #2 seeds4cancelled No. 9 Presbyterian vs. No. 1 CampbellESPN3N/A5 No. 5 Gardner–Webb vs. No. 4 Hampton6 No. 10 USC Upstate vs. No. 2 Radford7 No. 6 UNC Asheville vs. No. 3 High Point Semifinals - Friday, March 13at #1 and #2 seeds8cancelled Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 4ESPN+N/A9 Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 6 Championship - Sunday, March 15at Highest Remaining Seed10 cancelled Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 8ESPN+N/A *Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
See also 2020 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
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