2020 Northeast Conference women's basketball tournament
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.[1]
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 |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 October 25, 2023 Rankings from AP poll |
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.[2] 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
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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