The Colonial Athletic Association has selected Ƶ as the host for the 2020 CAA Women’s Basketball Championship on March 11-14. The event will mark the first-ever conference championship at Schar Center.
Ten teams will compete for conference bragging rights inside Ƶ’s Schar Center, as the university’s state-of-the-art, 5,100-seat arena hosts the 2020 Colonial Athletic Association Women’s Basketball Championship on March 11-14.
The tournament will mark Schar Center’s first opportunity to host a conference championship, as the league’s teams hope to win the tournament title and punch their ticket to the NCAA Tournament.
“We are thrilled to host the CAA Women’s Basketball Championship on our campus inside Schar Center in 2020,” said Ƶ Director of Athletics Dave Blank, following the announcement in 2018. “Coach Smith and her staff have done a great job growing the fan base for women’s basketball in our community and we are grateful for the opportunity and excited to host this championship in Alamance County.”
The Ƶ women’s basketball team has earned the seventh seed in this year’s tournament and will take on 10th-seeded Hofstra in the first round on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.
The CAA has released the four-day schedule for this year’s tournament, beginning with first-round play on Wednesday, March 11 and concluding with the crowning of the 2020 tournament champion on Saturday, March 14. The schedule of games is as follows:
Wednesday, March 11
Game 1: #8 Charleston vs. #9 UNCW, 2 p.m.
Game 2: #7 Ƶ vs. #10 Hofstra, 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 12
Game 3: #1 Drexel vs. Game 1 winner, 12 p.m.
Game 4: #4 Towson vs. #5 Northeastern, 2:30 p.m.
Game 5: #2 James Madison vs. Game 2 winner, 5 p.m.
Game 6: #3 William & Mary vs. #6 Delaware, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 13
Game 7: Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner, 2 p.m.
Game 8: Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner, 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 14
Game 9: Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner, 2 p.m.
Tickets are on sale now to the 2020 CAA Women’s Basketball Championship. Find more information about tickets, directions to Schar Center and more at Ƶ’s .