2020 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2020 Big South men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament that ended the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season of the Big South Conference. It was held from March 3 through March 8, 2020 at various campus sites. The Winthrop Eagles received the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament after defeating Hampton 76–68 in the championship game.

2020 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2019–20
Teams	11
Site	Campus sites (first round) Dedmon Center (quarterfinals and semifinals) Winthrop Coliseum (championship)
Champions	Winthrop (12th title)
Winning coach	Pat Kelsey (2nd title)
MVP	Hunter Hale (Winthrop)
Television	ESPN3, ESPN+, ESPN
Big South Conference men's basketball tournaments

2019–20 Big South men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Radford	15	–	3		.833			21	–	11		.656
Winthrop†	15	–	3		.833			24	–	10		.706
Gardner–Webb	11	–	7		.611			16	–	16		.500
Longwood	9	–	9		.500			14	–	18		.438
Hampton	8	–	10		.444			15	–	19		.441
UNC Asheville	8	–	10		.444			15	–	16		.484
USC Upstate	7	–	11		.389			13	–	20		.394
Charleston Southern	7	–	11		.389			14	–	18		.438
Presbyterian	7	–	11		.389			10	–	22		.313
High Point	6	–	12		.333			9	–	23		.281
Campbell	6	–	12		.333			15	–	16		.484
† 2020 Big South tournament winner

Sites

The first round was played at campus sites at the home of the higher seed. The quarterfinals and semifinals were played at the home of regular-season champion and No. 1 seed. The championship game was held at the home of the highest remaining seed after the semifinals.

Seeds

All 11 conference teams are eligible for the tournament. The top five teams receive a first-round bye. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

The tiebreakers operate in the following order:

1. Head-to-head record.
2. Record against the top-ranked conference team not involved in the tie, going down the standings until the tie is broken. For this purpose, teams with the same conference record are considered collectively. If two teams were unbeaten or winless against an opponent but did not play the same number of games against that opponent, the tie is not considered broken.

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker 1	Tiebreaker 2
1	Radford	15–3		1–1 vs. Winthrop	1–1 vs. Gardner–Webb 3–1 vs. Hampton/UNC Asheville
2	Winthrop	15–3		1–1 vs. Radford	1–1 vs. Gardner–Webb 2–1 vs. Hampton/UNC Asheville
3	Gardner–Webb	11–7
4	Longwood	9–9
5	Hampton	8–10		2–0 vs. UNC Asheville
6	UNC Asheville	8–10		0–2 vs. Hampton
7	USC Upstate	7–11		2–1 vs. Charleston Southern/Presbyterian
8	Charleston Southern	7–11		2–2 vs. USC Upstate/Presbyterian
9	Presbyterian	7–11		1–2 vs. USC Upstate/Charleston Southern
10	High Point	6−12		1–0 vs. Campbell
11	Campbell	6−12		0–1 vs. High Point

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup No.	Score	Television
First round - Tuesday, March 3 Campus sites
1	7:00 pm	No. 10 High Point at No. 7 USC Upstate	59–69	ESPN3
2	7:00 pm	No. 11 Campbell at No. 6 UNC Asheville	68–72
3	7:00 pm	No. 9 Presbyterian at No. 8 Charleston Southern	64–81
Quarterfinals - Thursday, March 5 at Dedmon Center; Radford, VA
4	12:00 pm	No. 7 USC Upstate vs. No. 2 Winthrop	70-106	ESPN3
5	2:00 pm	No. 6 UNC Asheville vs. No. 3 Gardner–Webb	62–72
6	6:00 pm	No. 8 Charleston Southern vs. No. 1 Radford	48–62
7	8:00 pm	No. 5 Hampton vs. No. 4 Longwood	78–53
Semifinals - Friday, March 6 at Dedmon Center; Radford, VA
8	6:00 pm	No. 2 Winthrop vs. No. 3 Gardner–Webb	78-66	ESPN+
9	8:00 pm	No. 1 Radford vs. No. 5 Hampton	78–86
Championship - Sunday, March 8 at Winthrop Coliseum; Rock Hill, SC
10	1:00 pm	No. 5 Hampton vs. No. 2 Winthrop	68–76	ESPN
*Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First round Tuesday, March 3 ESPN3					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 5 ESPN3					Semifinals Friday, March 6 ESPN+					Championship Sunday, March 8 ESPN
						1	Radford	62
						8	Charleston Southern	48
	8	Charleston Southern	81
	9	Presbyterian	64
											1	Radford	78
											5	Hampton	86
						4	Longwood	53
						5	Hampton	78
																5	Hampton	68
																2	Winthrop	76
						2	Winthrop	106
						7	USC Upstate	70
	7	USC Upstate	69
	10	High Point	59
											2	Winthrop	78
											3	Gardner–Webb	66
						3	Gardner–Webb	72
						6	UNC Asheville	62
	6	UNC Asheville	72
	11	Campbell	68

External links

• 2020 Big South Men's Basketball Championship