2015 SEC women's basketball tournament

The 2015 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at Verizon Arena, now known as Simmons Bank Arena. in North Little Rock, Arkansas from March 4 through 8, 2015. The tournament consisted of five rounds and included all 14 SEC teams. Seeds 5 through 10 received a first-round bye, and the top four seeds received a "double bye" through the first and second rounds.[1][2]

2015 SEC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201415
Teams14
SiteVerizon Arena
North Little Rock, AR
ChampionsSouth Carolina (1st title)
Winning coachDawn Staley (1st title)
MVPAleighsa Welch (South Carolina)
Attendance25,821
TelevisionSEC Network, ESPN, ESPNU
2014–15 SEC women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 3 South Carolina*151 .938343  .919
No. 6 Tennessee151 .938306  .833
No. 12 Mississippi State115 .688277  .794
No. 11 Kentucky106 .6252410  .706
No. 21 Texas A&M106 .6252310  .697
LSU106 .6251714  .548
Missouri79 .4381914  .576
Ole Miss79 .4381914  .576
Georgia610 .3751912  .613
Arkansas610 .3751814  .563
Vanderbilt511 .3131516  .484
Florida511 .3131317  .433
Auburn313 .1881318  .419
Alabama214 .1251319  .406
2015 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

2015 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament seeds
Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker
1 South Carolinac‡† 15–1 29–2 1–0 vs. Tennessee
2 Tennesseec† 15–1 28–4 0–1 vs. South Carolina
3 Mississippi State 11–5 26–6
4 LSU 10–6 17–13 1–0 vs. Kentucky; 1–1 vs. Texas A&M; 1–0 vs. Mississippi State
5 Texas A&M# 10–6 23–9 1–0 vs. Kentucky; 1–1 vs. LSU; 0–1 vs. Mississippi State
6 Kentucky# 10–6 23–9 0–2 vs. Texas A&M, LSU
7 Missouri# 7–9 17–13 1–0 vs. Ole Miss
8 Ole Miss# 7–9 17–13 0–1 vs. Missouri
9 Arkansas# 6–10 17–13 1–0 vs. Georgia
10 Georgia# 6–10 19–12 0–1 vs. Arkansas
11 Vanderbilt 5–11 15–16 1–1 vs. Florida; 1–1 vs. Mississippi State
12 Florida 5–11 13–17 1–1 vs. Vanderbilt; 0–1 vs. Mississippi State
13 Auburn 3–13 13–18
14 Alabama 2–14 13–19
‡ – Tournament No. 1 seed.
c – SEC Regular Season co-champions.
† – Received a double-bye in the conference tournament.
# – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.
Overall records include all games played in the SEC Tournament.

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
First Round – Wednesday, March 4
1 4:00 p.m. #12 Florida vs. #13 Auburn SECN 1,915[3]
2 6:30 p.m. #11 Vanderbilt vs. #14 Alabama
Second Round – Thursday, March 5
3 Noon #9 Arkansas vs. #8 Ole Miss SECN
4 2:30 p.m. #5 Texas A&M vs. #13 Auburn
5 5:00 p.m. #7 Missouri vs. #10 Georgia 3,744[4]
6 7:30 p.m. #6 Kentucky vs. #11 Vanderbilt
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 6
7 Noon #1 South Carolina vs. #9 Arkansas SECN 4,630[5]
8 2:30 p.m. #4 LSU vs. #5 Texas A&M
9 6:00 p.m. #2 Tennessee vs. #10 Georgia 4,189
10 8:30 p.m. #3 Mississippi State vs. #6 Kentucky
Semifinals – Saturday, March 7
11 4:00 p.m. #1 South Carolina vs. #4 LSU ESPNU 5,524
12 6:30 p.m. #2 Tennessee vs. #6 Kentucky
Championship – Sunday, March 8
13 2:30 p.m. #1 South Carolina vs. #2 Tennessee ESPN 5,819
*Game times in CT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 4
SECN
Second round
Thursday, March 5
SECN
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 6
SECN
Semifinals
Saturday, March 7
ESPNU
Championship Game
Sunday, March 8
ESPN
9Arkansas36
9Arkansas721South Carolina58
8Ole Miss611South Carolina74
4LSU54
5Texas A&M65
13Auburn474LSU71
12Florida495Texas A&M571South Carolina62
13Auburn712Tennessee46
10Georgia41
10Georgia752Tennessee75
7Missouri642Tennessee75
6Kentucky64
6Kentucky76
11Vanderbilt613Mississippi State67
11Vanderbilt666Kentucky67
14Alabama56

Tourney awards

  • MVPAleighsa Welch, South Carolina[6]
  • All-Tournament Team – Makayla Epps (Kentucky), Cierra Burdick (Tennessee), Jordan Reynolds (Tennessee), Aleighsa Welch (South Carolina), and Alaina Coates (South Carolina)[6]

See also

References

  1. "North Little Rock Site Of 2015 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament". SEC. November 17, 2013. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  2. "SEC 2015 women's basketball tournament". Verizon Arena. Archived from the original on May 24, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  3. Game 2 Boxscore
  4. Game 6 Boxscore
  5. Game 8 Boxscore
  6. "South Carolina downs UT to win tournament". secsports.com. Associated Press. March 8, 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
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