2020 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

2020 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament
Women's Division III
Teams64
Finals siteCapital City Performance Arena
Columbus, Ohio
ChampionsRemaining when tournament abandoned:
Hope (highest D3Sports.com poll team remaining), Amherst, George Fox, Mary Hardin–Baylor, Christopher Newport, Loras, UW–Oshkosh, Baldwin Wallace, Bowdoin, Trine, Oglethorpe, Whitman, Tufts, Williams, Smith, Messiah
NCAA Division III women's tournaments
«2019 2021»

The 2020 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of the women's NCAA Division III college basketball in the United States. Featuring sixty-four teams, it began on March 6, 2020, following the 2019–20 season, and was to conclude with the championship on March 21 at the Capital University Center Performance Arena in Columbus, Ohio; however, on March 12 the tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[1]

Of the 16 teams remaining, Hope College was the highest ranked team remaining from the D3Sports.com poll[2].

Qualifying teams

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Automatic bids (43)

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The following 43 teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2020 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's automatic bid.[3]

Automatic bids
Qualifying school Record (Conf.) Conference Qualifying school Record (Conf.) Conference
La Roche 20–6 (18–2) Allegheny Mountain Wartburg 24–3 (14–2) American Rivers
Mary Hardin-Baylor 24–4 (10–2) American Southwest Christopher Newport 23–4 (10–0) Capital Athletic
Haverford 23–4 (18–2) Centennial Brooklyn 21–6 (14–0) CUNYAC
Illinois Wesleyan 19–8 (11–5) CCIW Keystone 21–6 (17–1) Colonial States
Endicott 18–10 (12–4) Commonwealth Coast St. John Fisher 21–6 (12–2) Empire 8
Emmanuel (MA) 21–7 (9–2) Great Northeast Transylvania 25–2 (17–1) Heartland Collegiate
Scranton 24–3 (12–2) Landmark Ithaca 22–5 (16–2) Liberty
Eastern Connecticut St. 23–4 (14–2) Little East Messiah 23–4 (15–1) MAC Commonwealth
DeSales 23–4 (13–1) MAC Freedom Framingham State 22–5 (12–0) MASCAC
Hope 27–0 (16–0) Michigan Intercollegiate Monmouth (IL) 21–6 (14–4) Midwest
Bethel (MN) 26–1 (19–1) Minnesota Intercollegiate New England Col. 21–6 (12–2) NECC
Bowdoin 25–2 (8–2) NESCAC Smith 23–4 (7–3) NEWMAC
Rowan 23–4 (16–2) New Jersey Athletic Husson 19–8 (14–0) North Atlantic
DePauw 27–1 (16–0) North Coast SUNY Poly 20-7 (16-0) North Eastern Athletic
Edgewood 25–2 (18–2) Northern Athletics George Fox 21–6 (11–5) Northwest
Baldwin Wallace 26–2 (17–1) Ohio Athletic Randolph–Macon 18–9 (13–5) Old Dominion
Grove City 25–2 (14–2) Presidents' Webster 20–7 (16–2) SLIAC
Merchant Marine 23–4 (14–2) Skyline Oglethorpe 27–1 (14–0) Southern Athletic
Redlands 25–2 (15–1) SCIAC Austin 23–4 (14–4) Southern Collegiate
SUNY New Paltz 24–3 (17–1) SUNYAC Chicago 20–5 (11–3) University Athletic
Bethany Lutheran 21–6 (15–1) Upper Midwest Berea 25–3 (15–1) USA South
UW–Oshkosh 18–10 (8–6) Wisconsin Intercollegiate

At-large bids (21)

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The following 21 teams were awarded qualification for the 2020 NCAA field by the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Committee. The committee evaluated teams on the basis of their win-loss percentage, strength of schedule, head-to-head results, results against common opponents, and results against teams included in the NCAA's final regional rankings.[4]

At-large bids
Qualifying school Record (Conf.) Conference Qualifying school Record (Conf.) Conference
Albright 22–5 (12–4) MAC Commonwealth Benedictine (IL) 24–3 (20–0) Northern Athletics
Amherst 22–4 (8–2) NESCAC Loras 23–4 (13–3) American Rivers
Gettysburg 22–5 (17–3) Centennial Marymount (VA) 23–4 (11–1) Atlantic East
Montclair St. 21–6 (15–3) New Jersey Athletic UW–La Crosse 19–7 (10–4) Wisconsin Intercollegiate
Widener 21–5 (13–3) MAC Commonwealth Texas–Dallas 22–5 (15–1) American Southwest
Trinity (TX) 23–4 (17–1) Southern Collegiate Trine 21–6 (14–2) Michigan Intercollegiate
SUNY Cortland 21–6 (14–4) SUNYAC Tufts 26–1 (10–0) NESCAC
Western New England 21–5 (14–2) Commonwealth Coast Williams 18–8 (6–4) NESCAC
NYU 20–5 (10–4) University Athletic William Peace 23–4 (15–1) USA South
Wheaton (IL) 20–7 (12–4) CCIW Whitman 24–3 (15–1) Northwest
UW–Whitewater 23–3 (13–1) Wisconsin Intercollegiate

Tournament bracket

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Top-left

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First round
March 6
Campus Sites 		Second round
March 7
Campus Sites 		Sectional Semifinals
March 13
TBD 		Sectional Final
March 14
TBD
            
Tufts 72
SUNY Poly 34
Tufts 79
Springfield, MA
SUNY Cortland 53
SUNY Cortland 72
Western New England 66
Tufts
Williams
Williams 68
Albright 46
Williams 69
Ithaca, NY
Ithaca 61
Ithaca 72
New England Col. 54
 
 
SUNY New Paltz 69
Husson 50
SUNY New Paltz 60
New Paltz, NY
Smith 62
DeSales 72
Smith 81
Smith
Messiah
Eastern Connecticut St. 60
St. John Fisher 43
Eastern Connecticut St. 50
Mechanicsburg, PA
Messiah 60
Messiah 72
Keystone 47

Bottom-left

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First round
March 6
Campus Sites 		Second round
March 7
Campus Sites 		Sectional Semifinals
March 13
TBD 		Sectional Final
March 14
TBD
            
Bowdoin 90
Brooklyn 51
Bowdoin 86
Brunswick, ME
NYU 67
NYU 81
Emmanuel (MA) 62
Bowdoin
Trine
Trine 65
Benedictine (IL) 37
Trine 69
Whitewater, WI
Redlands 49
UW–Whitewater 62
Redlands 70
 
 
Transylvania 68
Randolph–Macon 78
Randolph–Macon 63
Lexington, KY
Oglethorpe 71
Oglethorpe 88
William Peace 74
Oglethorpe
Whitman
Wheaton (IL) 83
Whitman 86*
Whitman 67
Waverly, IA
Wartburg 63
Wartburg 91
Monmouth (IL) 55

Top-right

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First round
March 6
Campus Sites 		Second round
March 7
Campus Sites 		Sectional Semifinals
March 13
TBD 		Sectional Final
March 14
TBD
            
Amherst 70
Framingham State 46
Amherst 60
Amherst, MA
Rowan 40
Rowan 72
Merchant Marine 68
Amherst
George Fox
George Fox 74
Montclair St. 49
George Fox 57
Arlington, VA
Marymount (VA) 48
Marymount (VA) 68
Gettysburg 48
 
 
Trinity (TX) 69
Texas–Dallas 74
Texas–Dallas 48
San Antonio, TX
Mary Hardin–Baylor 64
Mary Hardin–Baylor 78
Austin 63
Mary Hardin–Baylor
Christopher Newport
Christopher Newport 82
Widener 66
Christopher Newport 74
Scranton, PA
Endicott 71
Scranton 56
Endicott 65

Bottom-right

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First round
March 6
Campus Sites 		Second round
March 7
Campus Sites 		Sectional Semifinals
March 13
TBD 		Sectional Final
March 14
TBD
            
DePauw 71
Webster 45
DePauw 60
Greencastle, IN
Loras 71
Loras 68
UW–La Crosse 52
Loras
UW–Oshkosh
UW–Oshkosh 61
Edgewood 40
UW–Oshkosh 67
Arden Hills, MN
Bethany Lutheran 60
Bethel (MN) 58
Bethany Lutheran 62
 
 
Baldwin Wallace 67
Haverford 42
Baldwin Wallace 60
Berea, OH
Chicago 58
Chicago 80
La Roche 57
Baldwin Wallace
Hope
Illinois Wesleyan 67
Berea 50
Illinois Wesleyan 69
Holland, MI
Hope 72
Hope 69
Grove City 18

Final Four

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Those rounds were cancelled.

National semifinal
March 20
Columbus, OH 		National championship
March 21
Columbus, OH
      
 
 
 
Columbus, OH
 
 
 

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns". NCAA.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  2. ^ "D3hoops.com women's Top 25, Final". D3Sports.com. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  3. ^ "See who the women's D3 tournament". NCAA. March 2, 2020. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  4. ^ "2018-19 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Pre-Championship Manual" (PDF). NCAA. October 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2019.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ "2020 Division III Women's Basketball Official Bracket". NCAA. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
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