2017 SEC women's basketball tournament

The 2017 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, from March 1 through 5, 2017. South Carolina won their 3rd straight SEC tournament title and earned an automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.

2017 SEC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201617
Teams14
SiteBon Secours Wellness Arena
Greenville, SC
ChampionsSouth Carolina (3rd title)
Winning coachDawn Staley (3rd title)
MVPA'ja Wilson (South Carolina)
Attendance36,122
TelevisionSEC Network, ESPN, ESPNU
2016–17 SEC women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 3 South Carolina142 .875334  .892
No. 7 Mississippi State133 .813345  .872
No. 18 Kentucky115 .6882211  .667
No. 25 Missouri115 .6882111  .656
Tennessee106 .6252012  .625
Texas A&M97 .5632212  .647
LSU88 .5002012  .625
Auburn79 .4381715  .531
Georgia79 .4381615  .516
Ole Miss610 .3751714  .548
Alabama511 .3132214  .611
Florida511 .3131516  .484
Vanderbilt412 .2501416  .467
Arkansas214 .1251317  .433
2017 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

Seed School Conference
record
Overall
record
Tiebreaker
1 South Carolina‡† 14–2 25–4
2 Mississippi St. 13–3 27–3
3 Missouri 11–5 21–9 1–1 vs. KY; 1–0 vs. SC
4 Kentucky 11–5 20–9 1–1 vs. MO; 0–1 vs. SC
5 Tennessee# 10–6 19–10
6 Texas A&M# 9–7 19–10
7 LSU# 8–8 19–10
8 Georgia# 7–9 15–15 1–0 vs. Aub.
9 Auburn# 7–9 17–13 0–1 vs. GA
10 Ole Miss# 6–10 17–12
11 Florida 5–11 14–15 1–0 vs. AL
12 Alabama 5–11 17–12 0–1 vs. FL
13 Vanderbilt 4–12 14–15
14 Arkansas 2–14 13–16
‡ – SEC regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
† – 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 1
1 11:00 AM #12 Alabama vs. #13 Vanderbilt SECN 3,507
2 1:30 PM #11 Florida vs. #14 Arkansas
Second round – Thursday, March 2
3 12:00 PM #8 Georgia vs. #9 Auburn SECN 3,746
4 2:30 PM #5 Tennessee vs. #12 Alabama
5 6:00 PM #7 LSU vs. #10 Ole Miss 3,568
6 8:30 PM #6 Texas A&M vs. #11 Florida
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 3
7 12:00 PM #1 South Carolina vs. #8 Georgia SECN 5,702
8 2:30 PM #4 Kentucky vs. #12 Alabama
9 6:00 PM #2 Mississippi St. vs. #7 LSU 4,330
10 8:30 PM #3 Missouri vs. #6 Texas A&M
Semifinals – Saturday, March 4
11 5:00 PM #1 South Carolina vs #4 Kentucky ESPNU 7,554
12 7:30 PM #2 Mississippi St. vs #6 Texas A&M
Championship – Sunday, March 5
13 2:30 PM #1 South Carolina vs #2 Mississippi State ESPN 7,715
*Game times in EST. # – Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 1
SECN
Second round
Thursday, March 2
SECN
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 3
SECN
Semifinals
Saturday, March 4
ESPNU
Championship
Sunday, March 5
ESPN
1South Carolina72
8Georgia568Georgia48
9Auburn521South Carolina89
4Kentucky77
4Kentucky65
5Tennessee6412Alabama55
12Alabama7712Alabama721South Carolina59
13Vanderbilt572Mississippi St.49
2Mississippi St.78
7LSU657LSU61
10Ole Miss492Mississippi St.66
6Texas A&M50
3Missouri48
6Texas A&M676Texas A&M62
11Florida7111Florida48
14Arkansas61

See also

References

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