2010 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament

2010 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2009–10
Teams 12
Site Arena at Gwinnett Center
Duluth, GA
Champions Tennessee (14th title)
Winning coach Pat Summitt (14th title)
MVP Alyssia Brewer (Tennessee)
Attendance 27,894
2009–10 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
#3 Tennessee†15–1 .938  32–3  .914
#19 Kentucky11–5 .688  28–8  .778
Mississippi State9–7 .563  21–13  .618
#21 LSU9–7 .563  21–10  .677
Vanderbilt9–7 .563  23–11  .676
#23 Georgia9–7 .563  25–9  .735
Florida7–9 .438  15–17  .469
South Carolina7–9 .438  14–15  .483
Ole Miss7–9 .438  17–15  .531
Auburn5–11 .313  15–16  .484
Alabama4–12 .250  12–18  .400
Arkansas4–12 .250  12–18  .400
† 2010 SEC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament was the championship tournament of the Southeastern Conference in the 2009–10 season, with the winner earning the SEC's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Tournament. It was held at the Arena at Gwinnett Center in the Atlanta suburb of Duluth, Georgia from March 4 to March 7. The first round and quarterfinals were televised by Fox Sports South, the semifinals were aired by ESPNU, and the final aired on ESPN2.

The regular-season champion, Tennessee, won the tournament, which was believed at the time to have secured a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament (which proved true).[1]

Seeds

All SEC schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2009–10 SEC season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Unlike men's basketball play, SEC women's play is not conducted in a divisional format; all 12 teams are organized in a single table. The top four teams in the regular-season standings received byes.

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
First Round - Thursday, March 4
1
1
 12 noon
#9 Ole Miss vs. #8 South Carolina
 Fox Sports South
2,385
2
 2:30 pm
#10 Auburn vs. #7 Florida
 Fox Sports South
2
3
 6:30 pm
#12 Arkansas vs. #5 Vanderbilt
 Fox Sports South
3,682
4
 9:00 pm
#11 Alabama vs #6 Georgia
 Fox Sports South
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 5
3
5
 12 noon
#9 Ole Miss vs. #1 Tennessee
 Fox Sports South
5,012
6
 2:30 pm
#10 Auburn vs. #2 Kentucky
 Fox Sports South
4
7
 6:30 pm
#5 Vanderbilt vs. #4 LSU
 Fox Sports South
4,813
8
 9:00 pm
#6 Georgia vs. #3 Mississippi State
 Fox Sports South
Semifinals - Saturday, March 13
5
9
 3:30 pm
#1 Tennessee vs. #5 Vanderbilt
ESPNU
6,148
10
 6:00 pm
#2 Kentucky vs. #3 Mississippi State
ESPNU
Championship Game - Sunday, March 7
6
11
 6:30 pm
#1 Tennessee vs. #2 Kentucky
ESPN2
5,854
*Game Times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

2010 SEC Tournament

  First round
March 4
FSN		 Second round
March 5
FSN		 Semifinals
March 6
ESPNU		 SEC Championship Game
March 7
ESPN2
                                     
9 Ole Miss 64  
8 South Carolina 63  
  9 Ole Miss 51  
    1 Tennessee 76  
     
       
  1 Tennessee 68  
  5 Vanderbilt 49  
       
       
  5 Vanderbilt 63
    4 LSU 61  
12 Arkansas 64
5 Vanderbilt 65  
  1 Tennessee 70
  2 Kentucky 62
11 Alabama 66  
6 Georgia 73  
  6 Georgia 52
    3 Mississippi State 67  
     
       
  3 Mississippi State 65
  2 Kentucky 76  
       
       
  10 Auburn 54
    2 Kentucky 65  
10 Auburn 74
7 Florida 61  

References

  1. ↑ Associated Press (2010-03-07). "Lady Vols wrap up SEC championship; Summitt follows with a song". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2010-03-07.
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