SEC Women's Basketball Tournament

SEC Women's Basketball Tournament
Conference Basketball Championship
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Sport Basketball
Conference Southeastern Conference
Number of teams 14
Format Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium Bon Secours Wellness Arena (2019–21)
Current location Greenville, South Carolina (2019–21)
Played 1980–present
Last contest 2018
Current champion South Carolina
Most championships Tennessee (17)
Official website SECSports.com Women's Basketball

The SEC Women's Basketball Tournament (sometimes known simply as the SEC Tournament) is the conference tournament in women's basketball for the Southeastern Conference (SEC). It is a single-elimination tournament that involves all league schools (currently 14), and seeded based on regular season records. The tournament was first held in 1980, and originally determined the conference champion. Even after the SEC began a uniform conference schedule in the 1982–83 season, the tournament continued to determine the official conference champion through the 1985 edition. Starting in the 1985–86 season, the SEC began awarding its official conference championship solely to the team(s) with the best regular-season record.[1] This change brought SEC women's basketball in line with men's basketball, in which the SEC has awarded its official conference title based on regular-season record since the 1950–51 season.[2]

The tournament is a seeded, single-elimination tournament that normally involves all league schools (currently 14 after the addition of two schools in 2012). Seeding is based on regular-season records. Under the current format, the bottom four teams in the conference play first-round games, while the top four teams receive a "double-bye" and do not play until the quarterfinals. The 2013 tournament, the first after the most recent expansion, only had 13 teams participating, with Ole Miss self-imposing a postseason ban.

History

Year Champion Score Runner-up Site
1980 Tennessee 85-71 Ole Miss Stokely Athletic Center, Knoxville, Tennessee
1981 Auburn 61-50 Alabama LSU Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1982 Kentucky 80-74 Tennessee Memorial Coliseum, Lexington, Kentucky
1983 Georgia 72-69 Ole Miss Stokely Athletic Center, Knoxville, Tennessee
1984 Georgia 74-65 Alabama Georgia Coliseum, Athens, Georgia
1985 Tennessee 63-60 Auburn Various Campus Sites
1986 Georgia 94-72 LSU Georgia Coliseum, Athens, Georgia
1987 Auburn 83-57 Georgia Albany Civic Center, Albany, Georgia
1988 Tennessee 73-70 Auburn Albany Civic Center, Albany, Georgia
1989 Tennessee 66-51 Auburn Albany Civic Center, Albany, Georgia
1990 Auburn 78-77 Tennessee Albany Civic Center, Albany, Georgia
1991 LSU 80-75 Tennessee Albany Civic Center, Albany, Georgia
1992 Tennessee 73-66 Georgia Albany Civic Center, Albany, Georgia
1993 Vanderbilt 76-64 Georgia McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee
1994 Tennessee 82-57 Vanderbilt McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee
1995 Vanderbilt 67-61 Tennessee McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee
1996 Tennessee 64-60 Alabama McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee
1997 Auburn 52-47 Florida McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee
1998 Tennessee 67-63 Alabama Columbus, Georgia
1999 Tennessee 85-69 Georgia McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee
2000 Tennessee 70-67 Mississippi State McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee
2001 Georgia 62-60 Vanderbilt The Pyramid, Memphis, Tennessee
2002 Vanderbilt 63-48 LSU Gaylord Entertainment Center, Nashville, Tennessee
2003 LSU 78-62 Tennessee Alltel Arena, North Little Rock, Arkansas
2004 Vanderbilt 62-56 Georgia Gaylord Entertainment Center, Nashville, Tennessee
2005 Tennessee 67-65 LSU Bi-Lo Center, Greenville, South Carolina
2006 Tennessee 63-62 LSU Alltel Arena, North Little Rock, Arkansas
2007 Vanderbilt 51-45 LSU Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, Georgia
2008 Tennessee 61-55 LSU Sommet Center, Nashville, Tennessee
2009 Vanderbilt 61-54 Auburn Alltel Arena, North Little Rock, Arkansas
2010 Tennessee 70-62 Kentucky Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, Georgia
2011 Tennessee 90-65 Kentucky Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
2012 Tennessee 70-58 LSU Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
2013 Texas A&M 75-67 Kentucky Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, Georgia
2014 Tennessee 71-70 Kentucky Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, Georgia
2015 South Carolina 62-46 Tennessee Verizon Arena, North Little Rock, Arkansas
2016 South Carolina 66-52 Mississippi State Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, Florida
2017 South Carolina 59-49 Mississippi State Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina
2018 South Carolina 62-51 Mississippi State Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
2019 Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina
2020 Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina
2021 Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina
2022 Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
2026 Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee

Tournament Championships by School

School Championships Years
Tennessee 17 1980, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014
Vanderbilt 6 1993, 1995, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2009
Auburn 4 1981, 1987, 1990, 1997
Georgia 4 1983, 1984, 1986, 2001
South Carolina 4 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
LSU 2 1991, 2003
Kentucky 1 1982
Texas A&M 1 2013
Alabama 0
Arkansas 0
Florida 0
Ole Miss 0
Mississippi State 0
Missouri 0

References

  1. ↑ "Championships: SEC Champions" (PDF). 2012–13 SEC Women's Basketball Media Guide. Southeastern Conference. p. 88. Retrieved May 16, 2013. From 1980 to 1985, the SEC champion was the winner of the SEC Tournament. Since 1986, the SEC champion has been determined by the regular season schedule.
  2. ↑ "Through the Years: SEC Champions" (PDF). 2012–13 SEC Men's Basketball Media Guide. Southeastern Conference. p. 67. Retrieved May 16, 2013. Since 1951, when the round-robin schedule was introduced, the title has been decided by a winning percentage on the conference schedule.
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