It was scheduled to conclude on March 28 at the LECOM Harborcenter in Buffalo, New York.
[1] On March 12, the NCAA announced that the tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
[2] Twelve teams qualified for the tournament in the following ways: (Pool A) eight teams will receive bids as a result of being conference tournament champions from conferences that possessed an automatic bid, (Pool C) four additional teams will receive at-large bids based upon their records.
The two lowest seeded western teams were placed in the first round of the same quarterfinal bracket with the winner advancing to play the top western seed.
In the First Round and Quarterfinals the higher-seeded team served as host.