2009 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2009 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament took place on March 5–8, 2009 in North Little Rock, Arkansas at Alltel Arena.

For the men's basketball tournament, see 2009 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament.
2009 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams12
SiteAlltel Arena
North Little Rock, Arkansas
ChampionsVanderbilt (6th title)
Winning coachMelanie Balcomb (3rd title)
MVPChristina Wirth (Vanderbilt)
Attendance24,777
2008–09 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 8 Auburn12–2 .857  30–4  .882
No. 14 Vanderbilt†10–4 .714  26–9  .743
LSU10–4 .714  19–11  .633
No. 22 Florida9–5 .643  24–8  .750
No. 18 Tennessee9–5 .643  22–11  .667
Mississippi State8–6 .571  23–10  .697
Georgia7–7 .500  18–14  .563
Arkansas6–8 .429  18–14  .563
Ole Miss5–9 .357  18–15  .545
Kentucky5–9 .357  16–16  .500
South Carolina2–12 .143  10–18  .357
Alabama1–13 .071  13–17  .433
† 2009 SEC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Vanderbilt won the tournament and with it the SEC's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Tournament. In the final, they upset top seed Auburn for the second time in three weeks; the Commodores were responsible for two of the Tigers' three losses going into the NCAA tournament.

Tournament
  First Round Second Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                     
9 Ole Miss 65  
8 Arkansas 60  
  9 Ole Miss 65  
    1 Auburn 71  
 
  1 Auburn 80  
  5 Tennessee 58  
12 Alabama 49  
5 Tennessee 68  
  5 Tennessee 71
    4 Florida 67  
 
  1 Auburn 54
  2 Vanderbilt 61
11 South Carolina 39  
6 Mississippi State 49  
  6 Mississippi State 58
    3 LSU 63  
 
  3 LSU 47
  2 Vanderbilt 61  
10 Kentucky 64  
7 Georgia 82  
  7 Georgia 61
    2 Vanderbilt 69  

Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime.

All-Tournament Team

References
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