2018 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament

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.

2018 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201718
Teams14
SiteBridgestone Arena
Nashville, TN
ChampionsSouth Carolina (4th title)
Winning coachDawn Staley (4th title)
MVPA'ja Wilson (South Carolina)
Attendance45,174
TelevisionSEC Network, ESPN2, ESPNU
2017–18 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 4 Mississippi State160 1.000  372  .949
No. 7 South Carolina124 .750  297  .806
No. 18 Georgia124 .750  267  .788
No. 12 Tennessee115 .688  258  .758
No. 17 Missouri115 .688  248  .750
No. 14 Texas A&M115 .688  2610  .722
No. 24 LSU115 .688  1910  .655
Alabama79 .438  2014  .588
Kentucky610 .375  1517  .469
Auburn511 .313  1415  .483
Arkansas313 .188  1318  .419
Florida313 .188  1119  .367
Vanderbilt313 .188  724  .226
Ole Miss115 .063  1219  .387
2018 SEC Tournament winner
As of April 1, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

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

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