2018 SEC women's basketball tournament

The 2018 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, from February 28 through March 4, 2018. South Carolina defeated the regular-season champions Mississippi State to earn an automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.

2018 SEC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201718
Teams14
SiteBridgestone Arena
Nashville, TN
ChampionsSouth Carolina (4th title)
Winning coachDawn Staley (4th title)
MVPA'ja Wilson (South Carolina)
Attendance45,174
TelevisionSEC Network, ESPN2, ESPNU
2017–18 SEC women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Mississippi State160 1.000372  .949
No. 7 South Carolina124 .750297  .806
No. 18 Georgia124 .750267  .788
No. 12 Tennessee115 .688258  .758
No. 17 Missouri115 .688248  .750
No. 14 Texas A&M115 .6882610  .722
No. 24 LSU115 .6881910  .655
Alabama79 .4382014  .588
Kentucky610 .3751517  .469
Auburn511 .3131415  .483
Arkansas313 .1881318  .419
Florida313 .1881119  .367
Vanderbilt313 .188724  .226
Ole Miss115 .0631219  .387
2018 SEC tournament winner
As of April 1, 2018
Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

Seed School Conference
record
Overall
record
Tiebreaker
1 Mississippi State‡† 16–0 32–0
2 South Carolina 12–4 25–6 1–0 vs. UGA
3 Georgia 12–4 25–6 0–1 vs. SC
4 LSU 11–5 19–9 1–0 vs. MIZZOU, 1–0 vs. TEN, 1–1 vs. TXAM
5 Texas A&M# 11–5 24–9 1–0 vs. MIZZOU, 1–1 vs. LSU, 1–1 vs. TEN
6 Missouri# 11–5 24–7 1–0 vs. TEN, 0–1 LSU, 0–1 vs. TXAM
7 Tennessee# 11–5 24–7 1–1 vs. TXAM, 0–1 vs. LSU, 0–1 vs. MIZZOU
8 Alabama# 7–9 17–13
9 Kentucky# 6–10 15–16
10 Auburn# 5–11 14–15
11 Florida 3–13 11–19 1–0 vs. VANDY, 1–0 vs. ARK
12 Vanderbilt 3–13 7–24 0–1 vs. UF, 1–0 vs. ARK
13 Arkansas 3–13 13–18 0–1 vs. UF, 0–1 vs. VANDY
14 Ole Miss 1–15 12–19
‡ – 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, February 28
1 11:00 am
#12 Vanderbilt vs. #13 Arkansas
SEC Network 4,371
2 1:30 pm
#11 Florida vs. #14 Ole Miss
Second round – Thursday, March 1
3 Noon
#8 Alabama vs. #9 Kentucky
SEC Network 3,889
4 2:30 pm
#5 Texas A&M vs. #13 Arkansas
5 6:00 pm
#7 Tennessee vs. #10 Auburn
6,047
6 8:30 pm
#6 Missouri vs. #14 Ole Miss
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 2
7 Noon
#1 Mississippi State vs. #9 Kentucky
SEC Network 6,344
8 2:30 pm
#4 LSU vs. #5 Texas A&M
9 6:00 pm
#2 South Carolina vs. #7 Tennessee
7,489
10 8:30 pm
#3 Georgia vs. #6 Missouri
Semifinals – Saturday, March 3
11 4:00 pm
#1 Mississippi State vs #5 Texas A&M
ESPNU 8,819
12 6:30 pm
#2 South Carolina vs #3 Georgia
Championship – Sunday, March 4
13 3:30 pm
#1 Mississippi State vs #2 South Carolina
ESPN2 8,215
*Game times in CT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed

Source:[1]

Bracket

  • All times are Central
First round
Wednesday, February 28
SECN
11AM
1:25PM
Second round
Thursday, March 1
SECN
12PM
2:25PM
6PM
8:25PM
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 2
SECN
12PM
2:25PM
6PM
8:25PM
Semifinals
Saturday, March 3
ESPNU
4PM
6:25PM
Championship
Sunday, March 4
ESPN2
3:30PM
9Kentucky58
9Kentucky711Mississippi State81
8Alabama641Mississippi State70
5Texas A&M55
5Texas A&M75
13Arkansas524LSU69
12Vanderbilt765Texas A&M821Mississippi State51
13Arkansas882South Carolina62
7Tennessee62
10Auburn612South Carolina73
7Tennessee642South Carolina71
3Georgia49
6Missouri41
14Ole Miss503Georgia55
11Florida436Missouri59
14Ole Miss48

See also

References

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