The 2020 America East women's basketball tournament began on March 4 and was cancelled on March 12 prior to its scheduled conclusion. Maine was the defending champion. The winner would have advanced to the 2020 NCAA tournament which was also cancelled in efforts to curtail the spread of COVID-19.
Seeds
Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
Seed
School
Conf
Overall
Tiebreaker
1
Stony Brook
15–1
26–3
2
Maine
12–4
16–14
3
UMass Lowell
11–5
15–14
4
Binghamton
10–6
21–8
5
New Hampshire
7–9
10–18
6
UMBC
6–10
10–17
1–1 vs. Maine
7
Vermont
6–10
12–17
0–2 vs. Maine
8
Albany
5–11
9–20
DNQ
Hartford
1–15
1–28
Schedule
All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:
Game
Time*
Matchup#
Television
Attendance
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 4
1
6:30 pm
#8 Albany at #1 Stony Brook
ESPN+
940
2
7:00 pm
#7 Vermont at #2 Maine
1,310
3
7:00 pm
#6 UMBC at #3 UMass Lowell
593
4
7:00 pm
#5 New Hampshire at #4 Binghamton
1,522
Semifinals – Sunday, March 8
5
1:00 pm
#3 UMass Lowell at #2 Maine
ESPN+
1,336
6
4:00 pm
#4 Binghamton at #1 Stony Brook
1,142
Championship Game – Friday, March 13
7
5:00 pm
#2 Maine at #1 Stony Brook
ESPNU
CANCELLED
*Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket and Results
Teams are reseeded after each round with highest remaining seeds receiving home court advantage.
