2020 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament
{{Short description|College basketball tournament}}
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{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament
| Year = 2020
| Conference = Southern Conference
| Division = I
| Gender = Women's
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| Teams = 8
| Arena = Harrah's Cherokee Center
| City = Asheville, North Carolina
| Champions = Samford
| TitleCount = 3rd
| Coach = Carley Kuhns
| CoachCount = 1st
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{{2019–20 Southern Conference women's basketball standings}}
The 2020 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament was held between March 5–8, 2020, at the Harrah's Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina. Samford won the tournament and received an automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Tournament.[https://www.cbs42.com/college-sports/samford-womens-basketball-wins-socon-tournament-title-with-59-54-win-over-uncg/ Samford Women’s Basketball wins SOCON tournament title with 59–54 win over UNCG]
Seeds
Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
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!Seed !School !Conf !Overall |
| #1
| Samford | 10-4 | 16-14 |
| #2
| Chattanooga | 10-4 | 11-17 |
| #3
|UNC-Greensboro | 10-4 | 21-8 |
| #4
| {{cbb link|year=2020|sex=women|team=Furman Paladins|title=Furman}} | 8–6 | 18-11 |
| #5
| {{cbb link|year=2020|sex=women|team=Wofford Terriers|title=Wofford}} | 8-6 | 15-14 |
| #6
|ETSU | 4-10 | 9-20 |
| #7
| {{cbb link|year=2020|sex=women|team=Mercer Bears|title=Mercer}} | 4-10 | 7-22 |
| #8
| {{cbb link|year=2020|sex=women|team=Western Carolina Catamounts|title=Western Carolina}} | 2-12 | 5-25 |
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Schedule
All tournament games are streamed on ESPN+. The championship was televised across the region on select Nexstar stations and simulcast on ESPN+.
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!Session !Game !Time* !Matchup# !Television !Attendance |
| colspan=6| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 5 |
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| rowspan=2| 1
| 1 | 11 AM | #1 Samford 77 vs. #8 Western Carolina 62 |rowspan=4| ESPN+ |rowspan=4| |
| 2
| 1:15 PM | #4 Furman 68 vs. #5 Wofford 54 |
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| 3 | 3:30 PM | #2 Chattanooga 55 vs. #7 Mercer 63 |
| 4
| 5:45 PM | #3 UNC Greensboro 57 vs. #6 ETSU 47 |
| colspan=7| Semifinals – Friday, March 6 |
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| 5 | 11 AM | #1 Samford 75 vs. #4 Furman 45 |rowspan=2| ESPN+ |rowspan=2| |
| 6
| 1:15 PM | #7 Mercer 73 vs. #3 UNCG 75 |
| colspan=7| Championship Game – Sunday, March 8 |
| 4
| 7 | Noon | #1 Samford 59 vs. #3 UNC Greensboro 54 | Nexstar | |
| colspan=6 style="text-align:left;"| *Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. |
Bracket
- All times are Eastern.
{{8TeamBracket
| RD1= Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 5, 2020
ESPN+
| RD2= Semifinals
Friday, March 6, 2020
ESPN+
| RD3= Championship game
Sunday, March 8, 2020
Nexstar
| RD1-seed1=1
| RD1-team1=Samford
| RD1-score1=77
| RD1-seed2=8
| RD1-team2=Western Carolina
| RD1-score2=62
| RD1-seed3=4
| RD1-team3=Furman
| RD1-score3=68
| RD1-seed4=5
| RD1-team4=Wofford
| RD1-score4=54
| RD1-seed5=2
| RD1-team5=Chattanooga
| RD1-score5=55
| RD1-seed6=7
| RD1-team6=Mercer
| RD1-score6=63
| RD1-seed7=3
| RD1-team7=UNC Greensboro
| RD1-score7=57
| RD1-seed8=6
| RD1-team8=ETSU
| RD1-score8=47
| RD2-seed1=1
| RD2-team1=Samford
| RD2-score1=75
| RD2-seed2=4
| RD2-team2=Furman
| RD2-score2=45
| RD2-seed3=7
| RD2-team3=Mercer
| RD2-score3=73
| RD2-seed4=3
| RD2-team4=UNC Greensboro
| RD2-score4=75
| RD3-seed1=1
| RD3-team1=Samford
| RD3-score1=59
| RD3-seed2=3
| RD3-team2=UNC Greensboro
| RD3-score2=54
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See also
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Southern Conference women's basketball tournament navbox}}
{{2020 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament navbox}}
Category:2019–20 Southern Conference women's basketball season
Category:College basketball tournaments in North Carolina