2020 Big South Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

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.[1]

2020 Big South Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2019–20
Teams	11
Site	Campus sites (first round) #1 and #2 seeds (quarterfinals and semifinals) Highest remaining seed (championship)
Big South Conference Women's Basketball Tournaments

2019–20 Big South women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Campbell	16	–	4		.800			21	–	8		.724
Radford	15	–	5		.750			17	–	12		.586
Hampton	14	–	6		.700			18	–	11		.621
High Point	14	–	6		.700			16	–	13		.552
Gardner-Webb	13	–	7		.650			18	–	11		.621
UNC Asheville	9	–	11		.450			15	–	14		.517
Longwood	8	–	12		.400			12	–	17		.414
Winthrop	8	–	12		.400			11	–	18		.379
Presbyterian	7	–	13		.350			11	–	18		.379
USC Upstate	4	–	16		.200			9	–	20		.310
Charleston Southern	2	–	18		.100			4	–	25		.138
† 2020 Big South Tournament winner As of January 19, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

Sites

The first round will be played at campus sites at the home of the higher seed. The quarterfinals and semifinals will be played at #1 and #2 seeds. The championship game will be held at the home arena of the higher surviving seed.

Seeds

All 11 conference teams are eligible for the tournament. The top five teams will receive a first-round bye. Teams are 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.[2]

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
First round - Tuesday, March 10 Campus sites
1	7:00 pm	No. 9 Presbyterian 82 at No. 8 Longwood 73	ESPN3
2		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 12 at #1 and #2 seeds
4	cancelled	No. 9 Presbyterian vs. No. 1 Campbell	ESPN3	N/A
5		No. 5 Gardner–Webb vs. No. 4 Hampton
6		No. 10 USC Upstate vs. No. 2 Radford
7		No. 6 UNC Asheville vs. No. 3 High Point
Semifinals - Friday, March 13 at #1 and #2 seeds
8	cancelled	Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 4	ESPN+	N/A
9		Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 6
Championship - Sunday, March 15 at Highest Remaining Seed
10	cancelled	Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 8	ESPN+	N/A
*Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First round Tuesday, March 10 ESPN3					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 12 ESPN3					Semifinals Friday, March 13 ESPN+					Championship Sunday, March 15 ESPN+
						1	Campbell
						9	Presbyterian
	8	Longwood	73
	9	Presbyterian	82
						4	Hampton
						5	Gardner–Webb
						2	Radford
						10	SC Upstate
	7	Winthrop	57
	10	USC Upstate	60
						3	High Point
						6	UNC Asheville
	6	UNC Asheville	82
	11	Charleston-Southern	46

See also

• 2020 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

References

1. "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns". NCAA.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
2. "Seedings for 2020 Hercules Tires Women's Basketball Championship Determined". bigsouthsports.com.