| SEC Women's Basketball Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Conference Basketball Championship | |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament |
| Current stadium | Rotates — Arena at Gwinnett Center in 2010 |
| Current location | Rotates — Duluth, Georgia in 2010 |
| Played | 1980-present |
| Last contest | 2010 |
| Current champion | Tennessee Lady Volunteers |
| Most championships | Tennessee Lady Volunteers (14) |
| Official website | SECSports.com Women's Basketball |
The SEC Women's Basketball Tournament (sometimes known simply as the SEC Tournament) is the conference championship tournament in women's basketball for the Southeastern Conference (SEC). It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament.
The tournament is a seeded, single elimination tournament involving all league schools (currently 12). The top four teams in the conference receive byes in the first round, while #5 plays #12, #6 plays #11, #7 plays #10, and #8 plays #9. The winners of the first round games move on to face one of the top 4 seeds in the normal pairings of 1-8, 2-7, 3-6, and 4-5.
The tournament has been held since 1980.
Champions[]
| Year | School | Site |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Tennessee | Stokely Athletic Center, Knoxville, Tennessee |
| 1981 | Auburn | LSU Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 1982 | Kentucky | Memorial Coliseum, Lexington, Kentucky |
| 1983 | Georgia | Stokely Athletic Center, Knoxville, Tennessee |
| 1984 | Georgia | Georgia Coliseum, Athens, Georgia |
| 1985 | Tennessee | Various Campus Sites |
| 1986 | Georgia | Georgia Coliseum, Athens, Georgia |
| 1987 | Auburn | Gray Civic Center, Albany, Georgia |
| 1988 | Tennessee | Gray Civic Center, Albany, Georgia |
| 1989 | Tennessee | Gray Civic Center, Albany, Georgia |
| 1990 | Auburn | Gray Civic Center, Albany, Georgia |
| 1991 | LSU | Gray Civic Center, Albany, Georgia |
| 1992 | Tennessee | Gray Civic Center, Albany, Georgia |
| 1993 | Vanderbilt | McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| 1994 | Tennessee | McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| 1995 | Vanderbilt | McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| 1996 | Tennessee | McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| 1997 | Auburn | McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| 1998 | Tennessee | Columbus, Georgia |
| 1999 | Tennessee | McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| 2000 | Tennessee | McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| 2001 | Georgia | The Pyramid, Memphis, Tennessee |
| 2002 | Vanderbilt | Gaylord Entertainment Center, Nashville, Tennessee |
| 2003 | LSU | Alltel Arena, North Little Rock, Arkansas |
| 2004 | Vanderbilt | Gaylord Entertainment Center, Nashville, Tennessee |
| 2005 | Tennessee | Bi-Lo Center, Greenville, South Carolina |
| 2006 | Tennessee | Alltel Arena, North Little Rock, Arkansas |
| 2007 | Vanderbilt | Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, Georgia |
| 2008 | Tennessee | Sommet Center, Nashville, Tennessee |
| 2009 | Vanderbilt | Alltel Arena, North Little Rock, Arkansas |
| 2010 | Tennessee | Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, Georgia |
Championship by School[]
| School | Championships | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 14 | 1980, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010 |
| Vanderbilt | 6 | 1993, 1995, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2009 |
| Georgia | 4 | 1983, 1984, 1986, 2001 |
| Auburn | 4 | 1981, 1987, 1990, 1997 |
| LSU | 2 | 1991, 2003 |
| Kentucky | 1 | 1982 |
| Ole Miss | 0 | |
| Mississippi State | 0 | |
| South Carolina | 0 | |
| Arkansas | 0 | |
| Alabama | 0 | |
| Florida | 0 |
References[]
Women's Conference Basketball Tournaments
NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Conference Tournaments
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