2020 WAC women's basketball tournament
College basketball tournament
2020 WAC women's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2019–20 |
Teams | 8 |
Site | Orleans Arena Paradise, Nevada |
| Conf | Overall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas City | 12 | – | 3 | .800 | 19 | – | 10 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Canyon | 10 | – | 5 | .667 | 15 | – | 11 | .577 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah Valley | 9 | – | 6 | .600 | 12 | – | 15 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTRGV | 8 | – | 7 | .533 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico State | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 11 | – | 18 | .379 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cal State Bakersfield | 7 | – | 8 | .467 | 15 | – | 13 | .536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seattle | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 12 | – | 15 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California Baptist* | 6 | – | 9 | .400 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chicago State | 1 | – | 13 | .071 | 1 | – | 26 | .037 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2020 WAC tournament winner As of August 19, 2024 Rankings from AP poll *ineligible for the 2020 NCAA tournament due to transition period |
The 2020 WAC women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Western Athletic Conference during the 2019–20 season. All tournament games were set to play at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada, from March 11–14, 2020. The tournament champion would have received the WAC's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA women's tournament.
Seeds
Eight of the 9 teams in the WAC are eligible to compete in the conference tournament. California Baptist is ineligible due to their transition from Division II to Division I. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.[1]
Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker | Tiebreaker 2 |
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1 | Kansas City | 13–3 | ||
2 | Utah Valley | 9–6 | ||
3 | Grand Canyon | 10–6 | ||
4 | UT Rio Grande | 8–8 | ||
5 | New Mexico State | 8–8 | ||
6 | CSU Bakersfield | 8–8 | ||
7 | Seattle | 6–9 | ||
8 | Chicago State | 1–13 |
Schedule and results
Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television |
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Quarterfinals – Wednesday March 11 | ||||
1 | Noon | No. 1 Kansas City vs No. 8 Chicago State | 86–52 | ESPN+ |
2 | 2:30 pm | No. 4 UT Rio Grande vs. No. 5 New Mexico State | 61–73 | |
3 | 6:00 pm | No. 2 Utah Valley vs. No. 7 Seattle | 48–61 | |
Quarterfinals – Thursday March 12 | ||||
4 | 9:30 am | No. 3 Grand Canyon vs. No. 6 Bakersfield | cancelled | ESPN+ |
Semifinals – Friday, March 13 | ||||
5 | Noon | No. 1 Kansas City vs. No. 5 New Mexico State | cancelled | |
6 | 2:30 pm | No. 7 Seattle vs. Game 4 winner | ||
Final – Saturday, March 14 | ||||
7 | 2:00 pm | Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner | cancelled | |
Game times in PDT. Rankings denote tournament seed. |
Bracket
Quarterfinals March 11/12 ESPN+ | Semifinals March 13 | Championship March 14 | ||||||||||||
1 | Kansas City | 86 | ||||||||||||
8 | Chicago State | 52 | ||||||||||||
1 | UMKC | |||||||||||||
5 | New Mexico State | |||||||||||||
4 | UT Rio Grande | 61 | ||||||||||||
5 | New Mexico State | 73 | ||||||||||||
2 | Utah Valley | 48 | ||||||||||||
7 | Seattle | 61 | ||||||||||||
7 | Seattle | |||||||||||||
3 | Grand Canyon | |||||||||||||
6 | Bakersfield |
References
- ^ "WAC Basketball Tournament Central".
External links
- 2020 Western Athletic Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Championships