2009 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2009 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament took place on March 5–8, 2009 in North Little Rock, Arkansas at Alltel Arena.

2009 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams12
SiteAlltel Arena
North Little Rock, Arkansas
ChampionsVanderbilt (6th title)
Winning coachMelanie Balcomb (3rd title)
MVPChristina Wirth (Vanderbilt)
Attendance24,777
2008–09 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 8 Auburn122 .857  304  .882
No. 14 Vanderbilt104 .714  269  .743
LSU104 .714  1911  .633
No. 22 Florida95 .643  248  .750
No. 18 Tennessee95 .643  2211  .667
Mississippi State86 .571  2310  .697
Georgia77 .500  1814  .563
Arkansas68 .429  1814  .563
Ole Miss59 .357  1815  .545
Kentucky59 .357  1616  .500
South Carolina212 .143  1018  .357
Alabama113 .071  1317  .433
2009 SEC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Vanderbilt won the tournament and with it the SEC's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Tournament. In the final, they upset top seed Auburn for the second time in three weeks; the Commodores were responsible for two of the Tigers' three losses going into the NCAA tournament.

Tournament

  First Round Second Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                     
9 Ole Miss 65  
8 Arkansas 60  
  9 Ole Miss 65  
    1 Auburn 71  
 
  1 Auburn 80  
  5 Tennessee 58  
12 Alabama 49  
5 Tennessee 68  
  5 Tennessee 71
    4 Florida 67  
 
  1 Auburn 54
  2 Vanderbilt 61
11 South Carolina 39  
6 Mississippi State 49  
  6 Mississippi State 58
    3 LSU 63  
 
  3 LSU 47
  2 Vanderbilt 61  
10 Kentucky 64  
7 Georgia 82  
  7 Georgia 61
    2 Vanderbilt 69  

Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime.

References

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