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SEC women's basketball tournament
Annual college basketball tournament
Annual college basketball tournament
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| name | SEC women's basketball tournament | |
| optional_subheader | Conference basketball championship | |
| image | [[File:Southeastern Conference logo.svg | 150px]] |
| caption | SEC Logo | |
| sport | Basketball | |
| conference | Southeastern Conference | |
| number_of_teams | 16 | |
| format | Single-elimination tournament | |
| current_stadium | Bon Secours Wellness Arena | |
| current_location | Greenville, SC | |
| years | 1980–present | |
| most_recent | 2025 | |
| current_champion | South Carolina | |
| most_championships | Tennessee (17) | |
| website | SECSports.com Women's Basketball | |
| all_stadiums | ||
| all_locations |
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 16 after the addition of two schools in 2024), and seeded based on regular season records.
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. 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.
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
Tournaments
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| Southeastern Conference | border=1 | color=#ffffff}}" | Year | Southeastern Conference | border=1 | color=#ffffff}}" | Champion | Southeastern Conference | border=1 | color=#ffffff}}" | Score | Southeastern Conference | border=1 | color=#ffffff}}" | Runner-up | Southeastern Conference | border=1 | color=#ffffff}}" | Tournament MVP | Southeastern Conference | border=1 | color=#ffffff}}" | Location |
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| 1980 | 85–71 | Jill Rankin, TN | Stokely Athletic Center, Knoxville, Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1981 | 61–50 | Becky Jackson, AUB | LSU Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1982 | 80–74 | Tennessee | Valerie Still, KY | Memorial Coliseum, Lexington, Kentucky | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1983 | Georgia | 72–69 | Teresa Edwards, GA | Stokely Athletic Center, Knoxville, Tennessee | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1984 | 74–65 | Cassandra Crumpton, GA | Georgia Coliseum, Athens, Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1985 | 63–60 | Sheila Collins, TN | Various Campus Sites | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1986 | 94–72 | Katrina McClain, GA | Georgia Coliseum, Athens, Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987 | 83–57 | Vickie Orr, AUB | Albany Civic Center, Albany, Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988 | Tennessee | 73–70 | Auburn | Bridgette Gordon, TN | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1989 | Tennessee | 66–51 | Auburn | Bridgette Gordon, TN (2) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | Auburn | 78–77 | Carolyn Jones, AUB | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991 | 80–75 | Tennessee | Pokey Chatman, LSU | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | 73–66 | Dena Head, TN | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993 | Vanderbilt | 76–64 | Maura Cunningham, VAN | McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | 82–57 | Tiffany Woosley, TN | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | 67–61 | Tennessee | Sheri Sam, VAN | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Tennessee | 64–60 | Dominique Canty, ALA | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | 52–47 | Laticia Morris, AUB | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Tennessee | 67–63 | Chamique Holdsclaw, TN | Columbus Civic Center, Columbus, Georgia | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | 85–69 | Georgia | Chamique Holdsclaw, TN (2) | McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Tennessee | 70–67 | LaToya Thomas, MSST | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | 62–60 | Chantelle Anderson, VAN | The Pyramid, Memphis, Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | 63–48 | Zuzana Klimešová, VAN | Gaylord Entertainment Center, Nashville, Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | 78–62 | Tennessee | Temeka Johnson, LSU | Alltel Arena, North Little Rock, Arkansas | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | 62–56 | Carla Thomas, VAN | Gaylord Entertainment Center, Nashville, Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Tennessee | 67–65 | LSU | Shyra Ely, TN | Bi-Lo Center, Greenville, South Carolina | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | 63–62 | LSU | Candace Parker, TN | Alltel Arena, North Little Rock, Arkansas | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | 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 | 90–65 | Kentucky | Shekinna Stricklen, TN | Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | 70–58 | Glory Johnson, TN | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | 75–67 | Kentucky | Kelsey Bone, TXA&M | Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, Georgia | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Tennessee | 71–70 | Kentucky | Isabelle Harrison, TN | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | South Carolina | 67–62 | Georgia | Aliyah Boston, SC | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | South Carolina | 79–72 | LSU | MiLaysia Fulwiley, SC | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | South Carolina | 64–45 | Texas | Chloe Kitts, SC | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2027 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2028 |
Tournament championships by school
| Southeastern Conference | border=1 | color=#ffffff}}" | School | Southeastern Conference | border=1 | color=#ffffff}}" | Championships | Southeastern Conference | border=1 | color=#ffffff}}" | Championship Years |
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| Tennessee | 17 | 1980, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014 | |||||||||
| South Carolina | 9 | 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025 | |||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 0 | ||||||||||
| Texas | 0 |
References
References
- "Championships: SEC Champions". Southeastern Conference.
- "Through the Years: SEC Champions". Southeastern Conference.
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