2020 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament

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.^[1]

2020 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2019–20
Teams	8
Site	Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville, North Carolina
Champions	Samford (3rd title)
Winning coach	Carley Kuhns (1st title)
Television	Nexstar, ESPN+
Southern Conference women's basketball tournaments ← 2019 2021 →

2019–20 Southern Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
UNC Greensboro	10	–	4		.714			21	–	8		.724
Samford†	10	–	4		.714			15	–	14		.517
Chattanooga	10	–	4		.714			11	–	17		.393
Furman	8	–	6		.571			12	–	11		.522
Wofford	8	–	6		.571			15	–	14		.517
East Tennessee State	4	–	10		.286			9	–	20		.310
Mercer	4	–	10		.286			7	–	22		.241
Western Carolina	2	–	12		.143			5	–	24		.172
† 2020 SoCon Tournament winner As of October 23, 2023 Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conf	Overall
#1	Samford	10-4	16-14
#2	Chattanooga	10-4	11-17
#3	UNC-Greensboro	10-4	21-8
#4	Furman	8–6	18-11
#5	Wofford	8-6	15-14
#6	ETSU	4-10	9-20
#7	Mercer	4-10	7-22
#8	Western Carolina	2-12	5-25

Schedule

All tournament games are streamed on ESPN+. The championship was televised across the region on select Nexstar stations and simulcast on ESPN+.

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 5
1	1	11 AM	#1 Samford 77 vs. #8 Western Carolina 62	ESPN+
	2	1:15 PM	#4 Furman 68 vs. #5 Wofford 54
2	3	3:30 PM	#2 Chattanooga 55 vs. #7 Mercer 63
	4	5:45 PM	#3 UNC Greensboro 57 vs. #6 ETSU 47
Semifinals – Friday, March 6
3	5	11 AM	#1 Samford 75 vs. #4 Furman 45	ESPN+
	6	1:15 PM	#7 Mercer 73 vs. #3 UNCG 75
Championship Game – Sunday, March 8
4	7	Noon	#1 Samford 59 vs. #3 UNC Greensboro 54	Nexstar
*Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

• All times are Eastern.

	Quarterfinals Thursday, March 5, 2020 ESPN+					Semifinals Friday, March 6, 2020 ESPN+					Championship game Sunday, March 8, 2020 Nexstar
	1	Samford	77
	8	Western Carolina	62
						1	Samford	75
						4	Furman	45
	4	Furman	68
	5	Wofford	54
											1	Samford	59
											3	UNC Greensboro	54
	2	Chattanooga	55
	7	Mercer	63
						7	Mercer	73
						3	UNC Greensboro	75
	3	UNC Greensboro	57
	6	ETSU	47

See also

• 2020 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

References

1. Samford Women’s Basketball wins SOCON tournament title with 59–54 win over UNCG