2020 MAAC women's basketball tournament

The 2020 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was to be the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It was to be held from March 10–14, 2020, at the Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey for the first time in MAAC history.^[1] The defending champions were the Quinnipiac Bobcats.

2020 MAAC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2019–20
Teams	11
Site	Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, New Jersey
Television	ESPNews, ESPN3
MAAC women's basketball tournaments ← 2019 2021 →

2019–20 MAAC women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Marist	18	–	2		.900			26	–	4		.867
Rider	18	–	2		.900			26	–	4		.867
Fairfield	12	–	8		.600			16	–	14		.533
Manhattan	12	–	8		.600			15	–	14		.517
Quinnipiac	12	–	8		.600			15	–	14		.517
Siena	8	–	12		.400			11	–	20		.355
Iona	8	–	12		.400			9	–	21		.300
Niagara	7	–	13		.350			10	–	21		.323
Saint Peter's	6	–	14		.300			9	–	21		.300
Monmouth	5	–	15		.250			9	–	22		.290
Canisius	4	–	16		.200			5	–	25		.167
† 2020 MAAC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

On March 12, 2020, amidst the tournament's quarterfinals, both the NCAA and MAAC officials canceled the tournament, due to the coronavirus pandemic.^[2]

Seeds

All 11 teams in the conference participate in the tournament. The top five teams receive byes to the quarterfinals. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker 1	Tiebreaker 2
1	Rider	18–2	1-1 vs. Marist	2-0 vs. Fairfield
2	Marist	18–2	1-1 vs. Rider	1-1 vs. Fairfield
3	Fairfield	12–8
4	Manhattan	12–8
5	Quinnipiac	12–8
6	Siena	8–12
7	Iona	8–12
8	Niagara	7–13
9	Saint Peter's	6–14
10	Monmouth	5–15
11	Canisius	4–16

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup	Score	Television
First round – Tuesday, March 10
1	1	9:30 am	(8) Niagara vs. (9) Saint Peter's	64–53	ESPN3
	2	11:30 am	(7) Iona vs. (10) Monmouth	60–69
	3	1:30 pm	(6) Siena vs. (11) Canisius	58–48
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 11
2	4	1:30 pm	(1) Rider vs. (8) Niagara	79–75	ESPN3
	5	3:30 pm	(2) Marist vs. (10) Monmouth	68–44
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
3	6	12:00 pm	(3) Fairfield vs. (6) Siena	72-56	ESPN3
	7	2:30 pm	(4) Manhattan vs. (5) Quinnipiac	Canceled
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
4	8	11:00 am	(1) Rider vs. Game 7 Winner	Canceled	ESPN3
	9	1:30 pm	(2) Marist vs. (3) Fairfield	Canceled
Championship – Saturday, March 14
5	10	11:00 am	Game 8 Winner vs. Game 9 Winner	Canceled	ESPNews
*Game times in ET. ()-Rankings denote tournament seeding.[3]

Bracket

	First round Tuesday, March 10 ESPN3					Quarterfinals Wednesday/Thursday, March 11/12 ESPN3					Semifinals Friday, March 13 ESPN3					Championship Saturday, March 14 ESPNews
						1	Rider	79
						8	Niagara	74
	8	Niagara	64
	9	Saint Peter's	53
						4	Manhattan
						5	Quinnipiac
						2	Marist	68
						10	Monmouth	44
	7	Iona	60
	10	Monmouth	69
						3	Fairfield	72
						6	Siena	56
	6	Siena	58
	11	Canisius	48

* denotes number of overtimes

See also

• 2020 MAAC men's basketball tournament