2020 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2020 Southeastern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference currently being held at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina through March 8, 2020. The winner of this tournament earns an automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.[1][2]

2020 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2019–20
Teams14
SiteBon Secours Wellness Arena
Greenville, SC
ChampionsSouth Carolina (5th title)
Winning coachDawn Staley (5th title)
MVPMikiah Herbert Harrigan (South Carolina)
TelevisionSEC Network
2019–20 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 1 South Carolina†16–0 1.000  32–1  .970
No. 9 Mississippi State13–3 .813  27–6  .818
No. 24 Arkansas10–6 .625  24–8  .750
No. 16 Kentucky10–6 .625  22–8  .733
No. 19 Texas A&M10–6 .625  22–8  .733
Tennessee10–6 .625  21–10  .677
LSU9–7 .563  20–10  .667
Alabama8–8 .500  18–12  .600
Georgia7–9 .438  17–14  .548
Florida6–10 .375  15–15  .500
Missouri5–11 .313  9–22  .290
Vanderbilt4–12 .250  14–16  .467
Auburn4–12 .250  11–18  .379
Ole Miss0–16 .000  7–23  .233
† 2020 SEC Tournament winner
As of June 27, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds
Seed School Conference
record		 Overall
record		 Tiebreaker
1 South Carolina‡† 16–0 32–1
2 Mississippi State† 13–3 27–6
3 Kentucky† 10–6 22–8 1–0 vs. TAMU, 1–0 vs. UT, 0–1 vs. ARK
4 Texas A&M† 10–6 22–8 1–0 vs. UT, 1–0 vs. Ark, 0–1 vs. UK
5 Arkansas# 10–6 24–7 1–0 vs. UT, 1–0 vs. UK, 0–1 vs. TAMU
6 Tennessee# 10–6 22–10 0–1 vs. UK, 0–1 vs. TAMU, 0–1 vs. ARK
7 LSU# 9–7 20–10
8 Alabama# 8–8 18–12
9 Georgia# 7–9 17–14
10 Florida# 6–10 15–15
11 Missouri 5–11 9–22
12 Vanderbilt 4–12 14–16 1–0 vs. Auburn
13 Auburn 4–12 11–18 0–1 vs. Vanderbilt
14 Ole Miss 0–16 7–23
‡ – 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, March 4
1 11:00 am
#12 Vanderbilt 67 vs. #13 Auburn 77
 SEC Network 5,589
2 1:30 pm
#11 Missouri 64 vs. #14 Ole Miss 53
Second round – Thursday, March 5
3 Noon
#8 Alabama 61 vs. #9 Georgia 68
 SEC Network 3,615
4 2:30 pm
#13 Auburn 68 vs. #5 Arkansas 90
5 6:00 pm
#7 LSU 73 vs. #10 Florida 59
 4,215
6 8:30 pm
#6 Tennessee 64 vs. #11 Missouri 51
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 6
7 Noon
#1 South Carolina 89 vs. #9 Georgia 56
 SEC Network 6,710
8 2:30 pm
#4 Texas A&M 66 vs. #5 Arkansas 67
9 6:00 pm
#2 Mississippi State 79 vs. #7 LSU 49
 5,749
10 8:30 pm
#3 Kentucky 86 vs. #6 Tennessee 65
Semifinals – Saturday, March 7
11 5:00 pm
#1 South Carolina 90 vs #5 Arkansas 64
 ESPNU
12 7:30 pm
#2 Mississippi State 77 vs #3 Kentucky 59
Championship – Sunday, March 8
13 2:00 pm
#1 South Carolina 76 vs #2 Mississippi State 62
 ESPN2
*Game times in ET. # – Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket
  First round
Wednesday, March 4
SECN		 Second round
Thursday, March 5
SECN		 Quarterfinals
Friday, March 6
SECN		 Semifinals
Saturday, March 7
ESPNU		 Championship
Sunday, March 8
ESPN2
                                               
8 Alabama 61  
9 Georgia 68  
  1 South Carolina 89
  9 Georgia 56  
  1 South Carolina 90  
  5 Arkansas 64  
12 Vanderbilt 67  
13 Auburn 77  
  5 Arkansas 90  
  13 Auburn 66  
  4 Texas A&M 66
  5 Arkansas 67  
1 South Carolina 76
2 Mississippi State 62
7 LSU 73  
10 Florida 59  
  2 Mississippi State 79
  7 LSU 49  
  2 Mississippi State 77
  3 Kentucky 59  
11 Missouri 64  
14 Ole Miss 53  
  6 Tennessee 64  
  11 Missouri 51  
  3 Kentucky 86
  6 Tennessee 65  

* denotes overtime period

See also

References
  1. "SEC announces 2020 Women's Basketball schedule" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. September 4, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  2. Landrum, Cindy (October 25, 2017). "Greenville lands SEC women's basketball tournament in 2019, 2020 and 2021". Greenville Journal. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
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