2023 SEC women's basketball tournament

The 2023 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference was held at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, from March 1 through 5, 2023.[1] South Carolina won the tournament, earning an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I women's tournament.

2023 SEC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season202223
Teams14
SiteBon Secours Wellness Arena
Greenville, SC
ChampionsSouth Carolina (7th title)
Winning coachDawn Staley (7th title)
MVPAliyah Boston (South Carolina)
Attendance57,801
TelevisionSEC Network, ESPNU, ESPN
2022–23 SEC women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 South Carolina160 1.000361  .973
No. 9 LSU151 .938342  .944
No. 24 Tennessee133 .8132512  .676
Ole Miss115 .688259  .735
Mississippi State97 .5632211  .667
Georgia97 .5632212  .647
Alabama97 .5632011  .645
Arkansas79 .4382413  .649
Missouri610 .3751814  .563
Florida511 .3131914  .576
Auburn511 .3131615  .516
Vanderbilt313 .1881219  .387
Kentucky214 .1251219  .387
Texas A&M214 .125920  .310
2023 SEC tournament winner
As of April 2, 2023
Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

Seed School Conference
record
Overall
record
Tiebreaker
1 South Carolina‡† 16–0 29–0
2 LSU 15–1 27–1
3 Tennessee 13–3 21–10
4 Ole Miss 11–5 22–7
5 Mississippi State# 9–7 20–9 1–1 vs. Tennessee
6 Alabama# 9–7 20–9 0–1 vs. Tennessee, 1–0 vs. Georgia
7 Georgia# 9–7 20–10 0–1 vs. Tennessee, 0–1 vs. Alabama
8 Arkansas# 7–9 20–11
9 Missouri# 6–10 17–12
10 Auburn# 5–11 15–13 1–0 vs. Florida
11 Florida 5–11 16–13 0–1 vs. Auburn
12 Vanderbilt 3–13 12–18
13 Texas A&M 2–14 7–19 1–0 vs. Kentucky
14 Kentucky 2–14 10–18 0–1 vs. Texas A&M
‡ – 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*[2] Matchup# Score Television Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 1
1 11:00 am
No. 12 Vanderbilt vs. No. 13 Texas A&M
70–77 SEC Network 8,125
2 1:30 pm
No. 11 Florida vs. No. 14 Kentucky
57–72
Second round – Thursday, March 2
3 12:00 pm
No. 8 Arkansas vs. No. 9 Missouri
85–74 SEC Network 5,531
4 2:30 pm
No. 5 Mississippi State vs. No. 13 Texas A&M
72–79
5 6:00 pm
No. 7 Georgia vs. No. 10 Auburn
63–47 7,691
6 8:30 pm
No. 6 Alabama vs. No. 14 Kentucky
71–58
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 3
7 12:00 pm
No. 1 South Carolina vs. No. 8 Arkansas
93–66 SEC Network 7,481
8 2:30 pm
No. 4 Ole Miss vs. No. 13 Texas A&M
77–60
9 6:00 pm
No. 2 LSU vs. No. 7 Georgia
83–66 6,299
10 8:30 pm
No. 3 Tennessee vs. No. 14 Kentucky
80–71
Semifinals – Saturday, March 4
11 4:30 pm
No. 1 South Carolina vs. No. 4 Ole Miss
80–51 ESPNU 10,471
12 7:00 pm
No. 2 LSU vs No. 3 Tennessee
67–69
Championship – Sunday, March 5
13 3:00 pm
No. 1 South Carolina vs No. 3 Tennessee
74–58 ESPN 12,203
*Game times in ET. # – 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 Carolina93
8Arkansas858Arkansas66
9Missouri741South Carolina80
4Ole Miss51
4Ole Miss77
5Mississippi State7213Texas A&M60
12Vanderbilt7013Texas A&M791South Carolina74
13Texas A&M773Tennessee58
2LSU83
7Georgia637Georgia66
10Auburn472LSU67
3Tennessee69
3Tennessee80
6Alabama5814Kentucky71
11Florida5714Kentucky71
14Kentucky72

References

  1. Putnam, Jeannie (February 24, 2022). "Bon Secours Wellness to again host SEC Women's B-Ball tourney". greenvillejournal.com. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  2. "Championship - Women's Basketball". SEC Sports. Retrieved February 15, 2023.


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