2020 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201920
Teams10
SiteSmoothie King Center
New Orleans, Louisiana
TelevisionESPN+, ESPN3
2019–20 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Troy*162 .889254  .862
Coastal Carolina153 .833254  .862
UT Arlington144 .7782111  .656
Louisiana108 .5561912  .613
South Alabama99 .5001616  .500
Little Rock99 .5001219  .387
Arkansas State810 .4441218  .400
Appalachian State810 .4441119  .367
Georgia Southern711 .3891019  .345
Texas State612 .3331317  .433
Georgia State513 .278821  .276
Louisiana–Monroe117 .056326  .103
2020 Sun Belt Tournament winner
As of January 9, 2024
Rankings from AP poll

The 2020 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Sun Belt Conference scheduled to be held from March 10 to March 15, 2020, at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. The winner of the tournament would have received a first-round bye to the 2020 NCAA tournament.[1] On March 12, the NCAA announced that the tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[2]

Seeds

2020 Sun Belt women's basketball tournament seeds and results
Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker
1 Troy 16–2 25–4
2 Coastal Carolina 15–3 25–4
3 UT Arlington 14–4 20–10
4 Louisiana 10–8 17–12
5 Little Rock 9–9 12–18
6 South Alabama 9–9 14–16
7 Arkansas State 8–10 11–18
8 Appalachian State 8–10 11–19
9 Georgia Southern 7–11 10–19
10 Texas State 6–12 13–16
‡ – Sun Belt Conference regular season champions.

Schedule

Texas State vs. UT Arlington, first round
Game Time Matchup Score Television
First round – Tuesday, March 10
1 3:00 pm No. 5 Little Rock vs. No. 8 Appalachian State 48–47 ESPN+
2 7:00 pm No. 9 Georgia Southern at No. 4 Louisiana 64–81
3 6:00 pm No. 10 Texas State at No. 3 UT Arlington 50–74 ESPN+
4 8:30 pm No. 6 South Alabama vs. No. 7 Arkansas State 82–71
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 11
5 7:00 pm #5 Little Rock vs. #4 Louisiana 46–49 ESPN+
6 7:00 pm #3 UT Arlington vs. No. 6 South Alabama 47–55
Semifinals – Saturday, March 14
7 5:00 pm #4 Louisiana vs. No. 1 Troy cancelled ESPN+
8 7:30 pm #6 South Alabama vs. No. 2 Coastal Carolina
Championship – Sunday, March 15
9 6:00 pm Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner cancelled ESPN3
Game times are in Central Time. Rankings denote tournament seed.

References

  1. Buckley, Tim (March 9, 2020). "Ragin' Cajun women open Sun Belt Tournament play". Lafayette Daily Advertiser. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  2. "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns". NCAA.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
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