2020 WAC Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2020 WAC Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Western Athletic Conference during the 2019–20 season. All tournament games was set to play at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada, from March 11–14, 2020. The tournament champion would have receive the WAC's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Women's Tournament.

2020 WAC Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201920
Teams8
SiteOrleans Arena
Paradise, Nevada
2019–20 WAC women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Kansas City123 .800  1910  .655
Grand Canyon105 .667  1511  .577
Utah Valley96 .600  1215  .444
UTRGV87 .533  1315  .464
New Mexico State88 .500  1118  .379
Cal State Bakersfield78 .467  1513  .536
Seattle68 .429  1215  .444
California Baptist*69 .400  1515  .500
Chicago State113 .071  126  .037
2020 WAC Tournament winner
As of January 19, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll
*ineligible for the 2020 NCAA Tournament due to transition period

Seeds

Eight of the 9 teams in the WAC are eligible to compete in the conference tournament. California Baptist is ineligible due to their transition from Division II to Division I. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. [1]

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker Tiebreaker 2
1 Kansas City 13–3
2 Utah Valley 9–6
3 Grand Canyon 10–6
4 UT Rio Grande 8–8
5 New Mexico State 8–8
6 CSU Bakersfield 8–8
7 Seattle 6–9
8 Chicago State 1–13

Schedule and results

Game Time Matchup Score Television
Quarterfinals – Wednesday March 11
1 Noon No. 1 Kansas City vs No. 8 Chicago State 86–52 ESPN+
2 2:30 pm No. 4 UT Rio Grande vs. No. 5 New Mexico State 61–73
3 6:00 pm No. 2 Utah Valley vs. No. 7 Seattle 48–61
Quarterfinals – Thursday March 12
4 9:30 am No. 3 Grand Canyon vs. No. 6 Bakersfield cancelled ESPN+
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
5 Noon No. 1 Kansas City vs. No. 5 New Mexico State cancelled
6 2:30 pm No. 7 Seattle vs. Game 4 winner
Final – Saturday, March 14
7 2:00 pm Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner cancelled
Game times in PDT. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
March 11/12
ESPN+
Semifinals
March 13
Championship
March 14
         
1 Kansas City 86
8 Chicago State 52
1 UMKC
5 New Mexico State
4 UT Rio Grande 61
5 New Mexico State 73
 
 
2 Utah Valley 48
7 Seattle 61
7 Seattle
 
3 Grand Canyon  
6 Bakersfield  

References

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