2010 SEC women's basketball tournament

The 2010 SEC women's basketball tournament was the championship tournament of the Southeastern Conference in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The winner of the tournament earned the SEC's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA tournament. It was held at the Arena at Gwinnett Center in the Atlanta suburb of Duluth, Georgia from March 4 to March 7. The first round and quarterfinals were televised by Fox Sports South, the semifinals were aired by ESPNU, and the final aired on ESPN2.

For the men's basketball tournament, see 2010 SEC men's basketball tournament.

2010 SEC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2009–10
Teams12
SiteArena at Gwinnett Center
Duluth, GA
ChampionsTennessee (14th title)
Winning coachPat Summitt (14th title)
MVPAlyssia Brewer (Tennessee)
Attendance27,894
2009–10 SEC women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 3 Tennessee†15–1 .93832–3  .914
No. 19 Kentucky11–5 .68828–8  .778
Mississippi State9–7 .56321–13  .618
No. 21 LSU9–7 .56321–10  .677
Vanderbilt9–7 .56323–11  .676
No. 23 Georgia9–7 .56325–9  .735
Florida7–9 .43815–17  .469
South Carolina7–9 .43814–15  .483
Ole Miss7–9 .43817–15  .531
Auburn5–11 .31315–16  .484
Alabama4–12 .25012–18  .400
Arkansas4–12 .25012–18  .400
† 2010 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The regular-season champion, Tennessee, won the tournament, which was believed at the time to have secured a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament (which proved true).[1]

Seeds

All SEC schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2009–10 SEC season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Unlike men's basketball play, SEC women's play is not conducted in a divisional format; all 12 teams are organized in a single table. The top four teams in the regular-season standings received byes.

Schedule
Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
First round - Thursday, March 4
1
1
 12 noon
#9 Ole Miss vs. #8 South Carolina
 Fox Sports South
2,385
2
 2:30 pm
#10 Auburn vs. #7 Florida
 Fox Sports South
2
3
 6:30 pm
#12 Arkansas vs. #5 Vanderbilt
 Fox Sports South
3,682
4
 9:00 pm
#11 Alabama vs #6 Georgia
 Fox Sports South
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 5
3
5
 12 noon
#9 Ole Miss vs. #1 Tennessee
 Fox Sports South
5,012
6
 2:30 pm
#10 Auburn vs. #2 Kentucky
 Fox Sports South
4
7
 6:30 pm
#5 Vanderbilt vs. #4 LSU
 Fox Sports South
4,813
8
 9:00 pm
#6 Georgia vs. #3 Mississippi State
 Fox Sports South
Semifinals - Saturday, March 13
5
9
 3:30 pm
#1 Tennessee vs. #5 Vanderbilt
ESPNU
6,148
10
 6:00 pm
#2 Kentucky vs. #3 Mississippi State
ESPNU
Championship Game - Sunday, March 7
6
11
 6:30 pm
#1 Tennessee vs. #2 Kentucky
ESPN2
5,854
*Game Times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

2010 SEC tournament
First round
March 4
FSN 		Second round
March 5
FSN 		Semifinals
March 6
ESPNU 		SEC Championship Game
March 7
ESPN2
            
9 Ole Miss 64
8 South Carolina 63
9 Ole Miss 51
1 Tennessee 76
1 Tennessee 68
5 Vanderbilt 49
5 Vanderbilt 63
4 LSU 61
12 Arkansas 64
5 Vanderbilt 65
1 Tennessee 70
2 Kentucky 62
11 Alabama 66
6 Georgia 73
6 Georgia 52
3 Mississippi State 67
3 Mississippi State 65
2 Kentucky 76
10 Auburn 54
2 Kentucky 65
10 Auburn 74
7 Florida 61

References
  1. "Lady Vols wrap up SEC championship; Summitt follows with a song". ESPN.com. Associated Press. March 7, 2010. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
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