The 2020 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was to be the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It was to be held from March 10–14, 2020, at the Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey for the first time in MAAC history. The defending champions were the Quinnipiac Bobcats.
On March 12, 2020, amidst the tournament's quarterfinals, both the NCAA and MAAC officials canceled the tournament, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Seeds All 11 teams in the conference participate in the tournament. The top five teams receive byes to the quarterfinals. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 21Rider18–21-1 vs. Marist2-0 vs. Fairfield2Marist18–21-1 vs. Rider1-1 vs. Fairfield3Fairfield12–84Manhattan12–85Quinnipiac12–86Siena8–127Iona8–128Niagara7–139Saint Peter's6–1410Monmouth5–1511Canisius4–16
Schedule SessionGameTime* MatchupScoreTelevision First round – Tuesday, March 10119:30 am(8) Niagara vs. (9) Saint Peter's64–53ESPN3211:30 am(7) Iona vs. (10) Monmouth60–6931:30 pm(6) Siena vs. (11) Canisius58–48 Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 11241:30 pm(1) Rider vs. (8) Niagara79–75ESPN353:30 pm(2) Marist vs. (10) Monmouth68–44 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 123612:00 pm(3) Fairfield vs. (6) Siena72-56ESPN372:30 pm(4) Manhattan vs. (5) QuinnipiacCanceled Semifinals – Friday, March 134811:00 am(1) Rider vs. Game 7 WinnerCanceledESPN391:30 pm(2) Marist vs. (3) FairfieldCanceled Championship – Saturday, March 1451011:00 amGame 8 Winner vs. Game 9 WinnerCanceledESPNews *Game times in ET. ()-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
* denotes number of overtimes
See also 2020 MAAC men's basketball tournament
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