College basketball tournament
2020 Northeast Conference women's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2019–20 |
Teams | 8 |
Site | Campus sites |
Television | NEC Front Row, ESPN3 |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robert Morris | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 22 | – | 7 | .759 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mount St. Mary's | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 19 | – | 11 | .633 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Merrimack* | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 20 | – | 9 | .690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fairleigh Dickinson | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 12 | – | 17 | .414 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sacred Heart | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 12 | – | 17 | .414 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Francis (PA) | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 11 | – | 18 | .379 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wagner | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 11 | – | 18 | .379 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bryant | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 9 | – | 20 | .310 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LIU | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 8 | – | 21 | .276 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. Francis Brooklyn | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 8 | – | 21 | .276 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central Connecticut | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 4 | – | 25 | .138 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
*Ineligible for NEC championship (reclassification from Division II) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2020 NEC tournament winner As of January 31, 2025 Rankings from AP poll |
The 2020 Northeast Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Northeast Conference for the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. All tournament games were scheduled to be played at the home arena of the highest seed from March 9 through March 15, 2020. On March 12, the NCAA announced that the tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Seeds
The top eight teams in the Northeast Conference are eligible to compete in the conference tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
- Note: Merrimack College joined the Northeast Conference from Division II Northeast-10 Conference. They are not eligible this year for the NEC Tournament.
Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker | Tiebreaker 2 |
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1 | Robert Morris | 17–1 | ||
2 | Mount St. Mary's | 14–4 | ||
DNQ | Merrimack | 13–5 | ||
3 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 9–9 | ||
4 | Saint Francis (PA) | 9–9 | ||
5 | Sacred Heart | 9–9 | ||
6 | Bryant | 7–11 | ||
7 | LIU | 7–11 | ||
8 | Wagner | 7–11 | ||
DNQ | St. Francis Brooklyn | 4–14 | ||
DNQ | Central Connecticut | 3–15 |
Bracket and results
Quarterfinals Monday, March 9 NEC Front Row | Semifinals Thursday, March 12 ESPN3/NEC Front Row | Championship Sunday, March 15 ESPNU | ||||||||||||
1 | Robert Morris | 65 | ||||||||||||
8 | Wagner | 61 | ||||||||||||
1 | Robert Morris | |||||||||||||
5 | Sacred Heart | |||||||||||||
2 | Mount St. Mary's | 80 | ||||||||||||
7 | LIU | 47 | ||||||||||||
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||
3 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 57 | ||||||||||||
6 | Bryant | 43 | ||||||||||||
2 | Mount St Mary's | |||||||||||||
3 | Fairleigh Dickinson | |||||||||||||
4 | Saint Francis (PA) | 70 | ||||||||||||
5 | Sacred Heart | 73 |
- denotes overtime
- denotes games cancelled due to COVID-19
See also
References
- "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns". NCAA.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- "Northeast Conference - Merrimack College Accepts Invitation to Join Northeast Conference". northeastconference.org. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
- "#NECMBB Tiebreaker Scenarios". Retrieved January 17, 2020.
External links
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2020 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournaments | |||||||
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