2021 SEC women's basketball tournament

The 2021 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, March 3–7, 2021. Vanderbilt cancelled its season after going 4-4 and did not compete in the conference tournament. By winning, South Carolina earned an automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.[1][2]

2021 SEC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season202021
Teams13
SiteBon Secours Wellness Arena
Greenville, SC
ChampionsSouth Carolina (6th title)
Winning coachDawn Staley (6th title)
MVPAliyah Boston (South Carolina)
TelevisionSEC Network, ESPNU, ESPN2
2020–21 SEC women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Texas A&M131 .929253  .893
No. 6 South Carolina142 .875265  .839
No. 13 Tennessee94 .692178  .680
No. 10 Georgia105 .667206  .769
No. 15 Arkansas96 .600198  .704
No. 18 Kentucky96 .600188  .692
Alabama88 .500169  .640
LSU68 .429913  .409
Mississippi State57 .417109  .526
Missouri59 .357913  .409
Ole Miss410 .2861512  .556
Florida311 .2141214  .462
Auburn015 .000519  .208
Vanderbilt03 .00044  .500
Vanderbilt suspended their season on January 18, 2021
2021 SEC tournament winner
As of March 21, 2021
Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

Seed School Conference
record
Overall
record
Tiebreaker
1 Texas A&M‡ 13–1 22–1
2 South Carolina† 14–2 19–4
3 Tennessee† 9–4 15–6
4 Georgia† 10–5 18–5
5 Kentucky# 9–6 16–7 1–0 vs. Arkansas
6 Arkansas# 9–6 19–7 0–1 vs. Kentucky
7 Alabama# 8–8 15–8
8 LSU# 6–8 8–12
9 Mississippi State# 5–7 10–8
10 Missouri# 5–9 9–10
11 Ole Miss# 4–10 10–10
12 Florida 3–11 10–12
13 Auburn 0–15 5–18
‡ – 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 3
1 4:00 pm No. 12 Florida 69 vs. No. 13 Auburn 62 SEC Network 579
Second round – Thursday, March 4
2 11:00 am No. 8 LSU 71 vs. No. 9 Mississippi State 62 SEC Network
3 1:30 pm No. 5 Kentucky 73 vs. No. 12 Florida 64
4 6:00 pm No. 7 Alabama 82 vs. No. 10 Missouri 74 912
5 8:30 pm No. 6 Arkansas 60 vs. No. 11 Ole Miss 69
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 5
6 11:00 am No. 1 Texas A&M 77 vs. No. 8 LSU 58 SEC Network 1,264
7 1:30 pm No. 4 Georgia 78 vs. No. 5 Kentucky 66
8 6:00 pm No. 2 South Carolina 75 vs. No. 7 Alabama 63 2,409
9 8:30 pm No. 3 Tennessee 77 vs. No. 11 Ole Miss 72
Semifinals – Saturday, March 6
10 4:00 pm No. 1 Texas A&M 68 vs No. 4 Georgia 74 ESPNU 2,662
11 6:30 pm No. 2 South Carolina 67 vs No. 3 Tennessee 52
Championship – Sunday, March 7
12 2:00 pm No. 4 Georgia 62 vs No. 2 South Carolina 67 ESPN2 2,872
Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed[3]

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 3
SEC Network
Second round
Thursday, March 4
SEC Network
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 5
SEC Network
Semifinals
Saturday, March 6
ESPNU
Championship
Sunday, March 7
ESPN2
1Texas A&M77
8LSU718LSU58
9Mississippi State621Texas A&M68
4Georgia74
4Georgia78
5Kentucky735Kentucky66
12Florida6912Florida644Georgia62
13Auburn622South Carolina67
2South Carolina75
7Alabama827Alabama63
10Missouri742South Carolina67
3Tennessee52
3Tennessee77
6Arkansas6011Ole Miss72
11Ole Miss69

See also

References

  1. "SEC announces 2021 Women's Basketball schedule" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. November 13, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  2. Landrum, Cindy (October 25, 2017). "Greenville lands SEC women's basketball tournament in 2019, 2020 and 2021". Greenville Journal. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  3. 2021 SEC Women's Basketball Championship Schedule
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