2010 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2010 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament was the championship tournament of the Southeastern Conference in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The winner of the tournament earned the SEC's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Tournament. It was held at the Arena at Gwinnett Center in the Atlanta suburb of Duluth, Georgia from March 4 to March 7. The first round and quarterfinals were televised by Fox Sports South, the semifinals were aired by ESPNU, and the final aired on ESPN2.

2010 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season200910
Teams12
SiteArena at Gwinnett Center
Duluth, GA
ChampionsTennessee (14th title)
Winning coachPat Summitt (14th title)
MVPAlyssia Brewer (Tennessee)
Attendance27,894
2009–10 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 3 Tennessee151 .938  323  .914
No. 19 Kentucky115 .688  288  .778
Mississippi State97 .563  2113  .618
No. 21 LSU97 .563  2110  .677
Vanderbilt97 .563  2311  .676
No. 23 Georgia97 .563  259  .735
Florida79 .438  1517  .469
South Carolina79 .438  1415  .483
Ole Miss79 .438  1715  .531
Auburn511 .313  1516  .484
Alabama412 .250  1218  .400
Arkansas412 .250  1218  .400
2010 SEC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The regular-season champion, Tennessee, won the tournament, which was believed at the time to have secured a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament (which proved true).[1]

Seeds

All SEC schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2009–10 SEC season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Unlike men's basketball play, SEC women's play is not conducted in a divisional format; all 12 teams are organized in a single table. The top four teams in the regular-season standings received byes.

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
First Round - Thursday, March 4
1
1
12 noon
#9 Ole Miss vs. #8 South Carolina
Fox Sports South
2,385
2
2:30 pm
#10 Auburn vs. #7 Florida
Fox Sports South
2
3
6:30 pm
#12 Arkansas vs. #5 Vanderbilt
Fox Sports South
3,682
4
9:00 pm
#11 Alabama vs #6 Georgia
Fox Sports South
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 5
3
5
12 noon
#9 Ole Miss vs. #1 Tennessee
Fox Sports South
5,012
6
2:30 pm
#10 Auburn vs. #2 Kentucky
Fox Sports South
4
7
6:30 pm
#5 Vanderbilt vs. #4 LSU
Fox Sports South
4,813
8
9:00 pm
#6 Georgia vs. #3 Mississippi State
Fox Sports South
Semifinals - Saturday, March 13
5
9
3:30 pm
#1 Tennessee vs. #5 Vanderbilt
ESPNU
6,148
10
6:00 pm
#2 Kentucky vs. #3 Mississippi State
ESPNU
Championship Game - Sunday, March 7
6
11
6:30 pm
#1 Tennessee vs. #2 Kentucky
ESPN2
5,854
*Game Times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

2010 SEC Tournament

  First round
March 4
FSN
Second round
March 5
FSN
Semifinals
March 6
ESPNU
SEC Championship Game
March 7
ESPN2
                                     
9 Ole Miss 64  
8 South Carolina 63  
  9 Ole Miss 51  
    1 Tennessee 76  
     
       
  1 Tennessee 68  
  5 Vanderbilt 49  
       
       
  5 Vanderbilt 63
    4 LSU 61  
12 Arkansas 64
5 Vanderbilt 65  
  1 Tennessee 70
  2 Kentucky 62
11 Alabama 66  
6 Georgia 73  
  6 Georgia 52
    3 Mississippi State 67  
     
       
  3 Mississippi State 65
  2 Kentucky 76  
       
       
  10 Auburn 54
    2 Kentucky 65  
10 Auburn 74
7 Florida 61  

References

  1. Associated Press (2010-03-07). "Lady Vols wrap up SEC championship; Summitt follows with a song". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2010-03-07.
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