SEC women's basketball tournament

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 after the addition of two schools in 2012), and seeded based on regular season records.

SEC women's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
SEC Logo
SportBasketball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Number of teams14
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumBon Secours Wellness Arena
Current locationGreenville, SC
Played1980–present
Last contest2023
Current championSouth Carolina
Most championshipsTennessee (17)
Official websiteSECSports.com Women's Basketball

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]

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.

History
Year Champion Score Runner-up MVP Site
1980 Tennessee 85-71 Ole Miss Jill Rankin, TN Stokely Athletic Center, Knoxville, Tennessee
1981 Auburn 61-50 Alabama Becky Jackson, AUB LSU Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1982 Kentucky 80-74 Tennessee Valerie Still, KY Memorial Coliseum, Lexington, Kentucky
1983 Georgia 72-69 Ole Miss Teresa Edwards, GA Stokely Athletic Center, Knoxville, Tennessee
1984 Georgia 74-65 Alabama Cassandra Crumpton, GA Georgia Coliseum, Athens, Georgia
1985 Tennessee 63-60 Auburn Sheila Collins, TN Various Campus Sites
1986 Georgia 94-72 LSU Katrina McClain, GA Georgia Coliseum, Athens, Georgia
1987 Auburn 83-57 Georgia Vickie Orr, AUB Albany Civic Center, Albany, Georgia
1988 Tennessee 73-70 Auburn Bridgette Gordon, TN Albany Civic Center, Albany, Georgia
1989 Tennessee 66-51 Auburn Bridgette Gordon, TN (2) Albany Civic Center, Albany, Georgia
1990 Auburn 78-77 Tennessee Carolyn Jones, AUB Albany Civic Center, Albany, Georgia
1991 LSU 80-75 Tennessee Pokey Chatman, LSU Albany Civic Center, Albany, Georgia
1992 Tennessee 73-66 Georgia Dena Head, TN Albany Civic Center, Albany, Georgia
1993 Vanderbilt 76-64 Georgia Maura Cunningham, VAN McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee
1994 Tennessee 82-57 Vanderbilt Tiffany Woosley, TN McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee
1995 Vanderbilt 67-61 Tennessee Sheri Sam, VAN McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee
1996 Tennessee 64-60 Alabama Dominique Canty, ALA McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee
1997 Auburn 52-47 Florida Laticia Morris, AUB McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee
1998 Tennessee 67-63 Alabama Chamique Holdsclaw, TN Columbus, Georgia
1999 Tennessee 85-69 Georgia Chamique Holdsclaw, TN (2) McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee
2000 Tennessee 70-67 Mississippi State LaToya Thomas, MSST McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee
2001 Georgia 62-60 Vanderbilt Chantelle Anderson, VAN The Pyramid, Memphis, Tennessee
2002 Vanderbilt 63-48 LSU Zuzana Klimešová, VAN Gaylord Entertainment Center, Nashville, Tennessee
2003 LSU 78-62 Tennessee Temeka Johnson, LSU Alltel Arena, North Little Rock, Arkansas
2004 Vanderbilt 62-56 Georgia Carla Thomas, VAN Gaylord Entertainment Center, Nashville, Tennessee
2005 Tennessee 67-65 LSU Shyra Ely, TN Bi-Lo Center, Greenville, South Carolina
2006 Tennessee 63-62 LSU Candace Parker, TN Alltel Arena, North Little Rock, Arkansas
2007 Vanderbilt 51-45 LSU Carla Thomas, VAN (2) Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, Georgia
2008 Tennessee 61-55 LSU Candace Parker, TN (2) Sommet Center, Nashville, Tennessee
2009 Vanderbilt 61-54 Auburn Christina Wirth, VAN Alltel Arena, North Little Rock, Arkansas
2010 Tennessee 70-62 Kentucky Alyssia Brewer, TN Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, Georgia
2011 Tennessee 90-65 Kentucky Shekinna Stricklen, TN Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
2012 Tennessee 70-58 LSU Glory Johnson, TN Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
2013 Texas A&M 75-67 Kentucky Kelsey Bone, TXA&M Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, Georgia
2014 Tennessee 71-70 Kentucky Isabelle Harrison, TN Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, Georgia
2015 South Carolina 62-46 Tennessee Aleighsa Welch, SC Verizon Arena, North Little Rock, Arkansas
2016 South Carolina 66-52 Mississippi State Tiffany Mitchell, SC Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, Florida
2017 South Carolina 59-49 Mississippi State A'ja Wilson, SC Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina
2018 South Carolina 62-51 Mississippi State A'ja Wilson, SC (2) Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
2019 Mississippi State 101–70 Arkansas Teaira McCowan, MSST Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina
2020 South Carolina 76-62 Mississippi State Mikiah Herbert Harrigan, SC Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina
2021 South Carolina 67-62 Georgia Aliyah Boston, SC Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina
2022 Kentucky 64–62 South Carolina Rhyne Howard, KY Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
2023 South Carolina 74-58 Tennessee Aliyah Boston, SC (2) Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina
2024 Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina
2025 Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina
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
South Carolina 7 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023
Vanderbilt 6 1993, 1995, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2009
Auburn 4 1981, 1987, 1990, 1997
Georgia 4 1983, 1984, 1986, 2001
LSU 2 1991, 2003
Kentucky 2 1982, 2022
Mississippi State 1 2019
Texas A&M 1 2013
Alabama 0
Arkansas 0
Florida 0
Ole Miss 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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