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2019 SEC women's basketball tournament

2019 SEC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2018–19
Teams14
SiteBon Secours Wellness Arena
Greenville, SC
ChampionsMississippi State (1st title)
Winning coachVic Schaefer (1st title)
MVPTeaira McCowan (Mississippi State)
Attendance32,180
TelevisionSEC Network, ESPNU, ESPN2
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2018–19 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Mississippi State 15 1   .938 33 3   .917
No. 15 South Carolina 13 3   .813 23 9   .719
No. 14 Texas A&M 12 4   .750 26 7   .788
No. 17 Kentucky 11 5   .688 25 8   .758
Missouri 10 6   .625 24 11   .686
Auburn 9 7   .563 22 10   .688
Georgia 9 7   .563 18 12   .600
Tennessee 7 9   .438 19 13   .594
LSU 7 9   .438 16 13   .552
Arkansas 6 10   .375 22 15   .595
Alabama 5 11   .313 14 17   .452
Ole Miss 3 13   .188 9 22   .290
Florida 3 13   .188 8 23   .258
Vanderbilt 2 14   .125 7 23   .233
2019 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2019 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, from March 6 through 10, 2019.[1][2] Mississippi State won its first-ever title to earn an automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.[3][4][5]

Seeds

Seed School Conference
record
Overall
record
Tiebreaker
1 Mississippi State‡† 15–1 27–2
2 South Carolina 13–3 21–8
3 Texas A&M 12–4 23–6
4 Kentucky 11–5 24–6
5 Missouri# 10–6 21–9
6 Auburn# 9–7 21–8 1–0 vs. UGA
7 Georgia# 9–7 18–11 0–1 vs. AUB
8 Tennessee# 7–9 18–11 1–0 vs. LSU
9 LSU# 7–9 16–12 0–1 vs. TEN
10 Arkansas# 6–10 17–13
11 Alabama 5–11 13–16
12 Ole Miss 3–13 9–21 1–0 vs. FLA
13 Florida 3–13 7–22 0–1 vs. MISS
14 Vanderbilt 2–14 7–22
‡ – 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 6
1 11:00 am
#12 Ole Miss vs. #13 Florida
SEC Network 4,148
2 1:30 pm
#11 Alabama vs. #14 Vanderbilt
Second round – Thursday, March 7
3 Noon
#8 Tennessee vs. #9 LSU
SEC Network 3,215
4 2:30 pm
#5 Missouri vs. #13 Florida
5 6:00 pm
#7 Georgia vs. #10 Arkansas
3,089
6 8:30 pm
#6 Auburn vs. #11 Alabama
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 8
7 Noon
#1 Mississippi State vs. #8 Tennessee
SEC Network 4,431
8 2:30 pm
#4 Kentucky vs. #5 Missouri
9 6:00 pm
#2 South Carolina vs. #10 Arkansas
5,709
10 8:30 pm
#3 Texas A&M vs. #6 Auburn
Semifinals – Saturday, March 9
11 5:00 pm
#1 Mississippi State vs #5 Missouri
ESPNU 5,817
12 7:30 pm
#10 Arkansas vs #3 Texas A&M
Championship – Sunday, March 10
13 2:00 pm
#1 Mississippi State vs #10 Arkansas
ESPN2 5,771
*Game times in ET.[6] # – Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

First round
March 6, 2019
SECN
Second round
March 7, 2019
SECN
Quarterfinals
March 8, 2019
SECN
Semifinals
March 9, 2019
ESPNU
Championship
March 10, 2019
ESPN2
1Mississippi State83
8Tennessee698Tennessee68
9LSU661Mississippi State71
5Missouri56
4Kentucky68
5Missouri875Missouri70OT
12Ole Miss5713Florida561Mississippi State101
13Florida6410Arkansas70
2South Carolina89
7Georgia7610Arkansas95
10Arkansas8610Arkansas58
3Texas A&M51
3Texas A&M64
6Auburn536Auburn62
11Alabama7411Alabama52
14Vanderbilt57

See also

References

  1. ^ "SEC announces 2019 Women's Basketball schedule" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. August 24, 2018. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
  2. ^ Landrum, Cindy (October 25, 2017). "Greenville lands SEC women's basketball tournament in 2019, 2020 and 2021". Greenville Journal. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
  3. ^ "Bulldogs blow by Arkansas to earn Mississippi State's first SEC Tournament title". The Clarion Ledger. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  4. ^ "Arkansas falls to Mississippi State in SEC final". wholehogsports.com. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  5. ^ IACOBELLI, PETE. "McCowan leads No. 5 Mississippi State to SEC tourney title". Meridian Star. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  6. ^ "2019 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament". SEC. January 13, 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2019.