2020 Patriot League women's basketball tournament

The 2020 Patriot League women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Patriot League which was scheduled to be held from March 7 to March 15 at campus sites of the higher seed. The winner would have earned an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament. On March 12, the NCAA announced that the tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

2020 Patriot League women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2019–20
Teams	10
Site	Campus sites
Television	PLN, CBSSN
Patriot League women's basketball tournaments

2019–20 Patriot League women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Bucknell	15	–	2		.882			22	–	6		.786
Colgate	11	–	6		.647			19	–	9		.679
Boston University	11	–	6		.647			16	–	12		.571
Lafayette	11	–	6		.647			15	–	12		.556
Holy Cross	10	–	7		.588			17	–	11		.607
Lehigh	8	–	8		.500			16	–	11		.593
American	7	–	10		.412			11	–	16		.407
Loyola (MD)	5	–	11		.313			8	–	19		.296
Army	4	–	13		.235			8	–	20		.286
Navy	2	–	15		.118			7	–	21		.250
† 2020 Patriot League tournament winner As of December 25, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

Teams are seeded by conference record, with ties broken in the following order:

• Head-to-head record between the teams involved in the tie
• Record against the highest-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the seedings as necessary
• Higher RPI entering the tournament, as published by College Basketball News

American, Bucknell, Holy Cross, BU, and Lehigh received first round byes.

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	Bucknell	16–2	23–6
2	Boston University	12–6	17–12
3	Colgate	11–7	19–10
4	Holy Cross	11–7	18–11
5	Lafayette	11–7	18–13
6	Lehigh	10–8	18–11
7	American	8–10	12–16
8	Loyola (MD)	5–13	8–21
9	Army	4–14	8–21
10	Navy	2–16	7–22

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup	Score	Television
First round – Saturday, March 7
1	2:00 pm	#10 Navy at #7 American	53–63	PLN
2	5:00 pm	#9 Army at #8 Loyola (MD)	72–65
Quarterfinals – Monday, March 9
3	6:00 pm	#7 American at #2 Boston U	44–46	PLN
4	6:00 pm	#9 Army at #1 Bucknell	61–87
5	7:00 pm	#6 Lehigh at #3 Colgate	69–52
6	7:00 pm	#5 Lafayette at #4 Holy Cross	33–52
Semifinals – Thursday, March 12
7	6:00 pm	#4 Holy Cross vs. #1 Bucknell	cancelled	PLN
8		#6 Lehigh vs. #2 Boston U
Championship – Sunday, March 15
9	cancelled	Winner of game 7 vs. Winner of game 8	N/A	CBSSN
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.

Bracket

	First round March 7 Patriot League Network					Quarterfinals March 9 Patriot League Network					Semifinals March 12 Patriot League Network					Championship March 15 CBS Sports Network
						1	Bucknell	87
						9	Army	61
	8	Loyola (MD)	65
	9	Army	72
											1	Bucknell
											4	Holy Cross
						4	Holy Cross	52
						5	Lafayette	33
																1/4
																2/6
						2	BU	46
						7	American	44
	7	American	63
	10	Navy	53
											2	BU
											6	Lehigh
						3	Colgate	62
						6	Lehigh	69

External links

• 2020 Patriot League Women's Basketball Championship