2020 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament explained

The 2020 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament, a part of the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season, was scheduled to take place March 12–15, 2020 at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas.^[1] The tournament was cancelled on March 12 just before the first game.^[2] The winner of the tournament would have received the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA tournament.^[3]

Seeds and regular season standings

Only the top 8 teams qualified for the Southland Conference tournament. This chart shows all the teams records and standings and explains why teams advanced to the conference tourney or finished in certain tiebreaking positions.^{[4] [5]}

2020 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament seeds
Seed	School	Conference record	Overall record (end of regular season)	Tiebreaker
1.	‡* Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	17–3	23–7
2.	Stephen F. Austin	16–4	23–6	2-0 vs AMCC
3.	Abilene Christian	16–4	24–5	0-2 vs. AMCC
4.	Sam Houston State	14–6	19–10
5.	New Orleans	13–7	17–12
6.	Nicholls	10–10	13–16
7.	Incarnate Word	10–10	14–15
8.	Southeastern Louisiana	9–11	12–17
	‡ – Southland Conference regular season champions. * – Receive a first-round and second-round bye in the conference tournament. # – Receive a first-round bye in the conference tournament. Overall record are as of the end of the regular season.

Schedule

Tournament cancelled

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Score	Television
First round – Thursday, March 12
1	1	11:00 am	5 New Orleans vs. #8 Southeastern Louisiana		ESPN+
	2	1:30 pm	6 Nicholls vs. #7 Incarnate Word
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 13
2	3	11:00 am	4 Sam Houston State vs. Game 1 winner		ESPN+
	4	1:30 pm	3 Abilene Christian vs. Game 2 winner
Semifinals – Saturday, March 14
3	5	1:00 pm	1 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi vs. Game 3 winner		ESPN+
	6	3:30 pm	2 Stephen F. Austin vs. Game 4 winner
Championship – Sunday, March 15
4	7	1:00 pm	Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 winner		CBSSN
Game times in CST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

Tournament cancelled

See also

• 2020 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament
• Southland Conference women's basketball tournament

External links

• 2020 Southland Conference Basketball Tournament

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mitchell Northam . 2020 women's college basketball conference tournaments: Schedules, brackets, scores, auto-bids . 2020 NCAA-TURNER SPORTS INTERACTIVE, INC. . March 7, 2020 . March 7, 2020.
2. Web site: College Basketball Conference tournaments Cancelled in Light of Coronavirus Outbreak . Sports Illustrated . March 12, 2020 . March 12, 2020.
3. Web site: 2020 Southland Basketball Tournament . Southland Conference . December 19, 2019.
4. Web site: SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT FINALIZED . Southland Conference . March 7, 2020 . March 7, 2020.
5. Web site: SEEDING SCENARIOS AHEAD OF SOUTHLAND WOMEN'S BASKETBALL REGULAR-SEASON FINALES . Southland Conference . March 7, 2020 . March 6, 2020.