2018 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament

2018 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2017–18
Teams 14
Site Bridgestone Arena
Nashville, TN
Champions South Carolina (4th title)
Winning coach Dawn Staley (4th title)
MVP A'ja Wilson (South Carolina)
Attendance 45,174
Television SEC Network, ESPN2, ESPNU
2017–18 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 4 Mississippi State16–0 1.000  37–2  .949
No. 7 South Carolina †12–4 .750  29–7  .806
No. 18 Georgia12–4 .750  26–7  .788
No. 12 Tennessee11–5 .688  25–8  .758
No. 17 Missouri11–5 .688  24–8  .750
No. 14 Texas A&M11–5 .688  26–10  .722
No. 24 LSU11–5 .688  19–10  .655
Alabama7–9 .438  20–14  .588
Kentucky6–10 .375  15–17  .469
Auburn5–11 .313  14–15  .483
Arkansas3–13 .188  13–18  .419
Florida3–13 .188  11–19  .367
Vanderbilt3–13 .188  7–24  .226
Ole Miss1–15 .063  12–19  .387
† 2018 SEC Tournament winner
As of April 1, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

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.

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
                                               
9 Kentucky 58  
    1 Mississippi State 81  
9 Kentucky 71
8 Alabama 64  
  1 Mississippi State 70  
  5 Texas A&M 55  
5 Texas A&M 75
    4 LSU 69  
13 Arkansas 52
    5 Texas A&M 82  
12 Vanderbilt 76
13 Arkansas 88  
1 Mississippi State 51
2 South Carolina 62
7 Tennessee 62  
    2 South Carolina 73  
10 Auburn 61
7 Tennessee 64  
  2 South Carolina 71
  3 Georgia 49  
6 Missouri 41
    3 Georgia 55  
14 Ole Miss 50
    6 Missouri 59  
11 Florida 43
14 Ole Miss 48  

See also

References

  1. ↑ 2018 SEC Women's Bracket (PDF)
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