2017 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2017 Southeastern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina from March 1 through 5, 2017. South Carolina won their 3rd straight SEC Tournament title and earned an automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.

2017 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2016–17
Teams14
SiteBon Secours Wellness Arena
Greenville, SC
ChampionsSouth Carolina (3rd title)
Winning coachDawn Staley (3rd title)
MVPA'ja Wilson (South Carolina)
Attendance36,122
TelevisionSEC Network, ESPN, ESPNU
2016–17 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 3 South Carolina†14–2 .875  33–4  .892
No. 7 Mississippi State13–3 .813  34–5  .872
No. 18 Kentucky11–5 .688  22–11  .667
No. 25 Missouri11–5 .688  21–11  .656
Tennessee10–6 .625  20–12  .625
Texas A&M9–7 .563  22–12  .647
LSU8–8 .500  20–12  .625
Auburn7–9 .438  17–15  .531
Georgia7–9 .438  16–15  .516
Ole Miss6–10 .375  17–14  .548
Alabama5–11 .313  22–14  .611
Florida5–11 .313  15–16  .484
Vanderbilt4–12 .250  14–16  .467
Arkansas2–14 .125  13–17  .433
† 2017 SEC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds
Seed School Conference
record		 Overall
record		 Tiebreaker
1 South Carolina‡† 14–2 25–4
2 Mississippi St.† 13–3 27–3
3 Missouri† 11–5 21–9 1–1 vs. KY; 1–0 vs. SC
4 Kentucky† 11–5 20–9 1–1 vs. MO; 0–1 vs. SC
5 Tennessee# 10–6 19–10
6 Texas A&M# 9–7 19–10
7 LSU# 8–8 19–10
8 Georgia# 7–9 15–15 1–0 vs. Aub.
9 Auburn# 7–9 17–13 0–1 vs. GA
10 Ole Miss# 6–10 17–12
11 Florida 5–11 14–15 1–0 vs. AL
12 Alabama 5–11 17–12 0–1 vs. FL
13 Vanderbilt 4–12 14–15
14 Arkansas 2–14 13–16
‡ – 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 1
1 11:00 AM
#12 Alabama vs. #13 Vanderbilt
 SECN 3,507
2 1:30 PM
#11 Florida vs. #14 Arkansas
Second round – Thursday, March 2
3 12:00 PM
#8 Georgia vs. #9 Auburn
SECN 3,746
4 2:30 PM
#5 Tennessee vs. #12 Alabama
5 6:00 PM
#7 LSU vs. #10 Ole Miss
 3,568
6 8:30 PM
#6 Texas A&M vs. #11 Florida
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 3
7 12:00 PM
#1 South Carolina vs. #8 Georgia
 SECN 5,702
8 2:30 PM
#4 Kentucky vs. #12 Alabama
9 6:00 PM
#2 Mississippi St. vs. #7 LSU
 4,330
10 8:30 PM
#3 Missouri vs. #6 Texas A&M
Semifinals – Saturday, March 4
11 5:00 PM
#1 South Carolina vs #4 Kentucky
ESPNU 7,554
12 7:30 PM
#2 Mississippi St. vs #6 Texas A&M
Championship – Sunday, March 5
13 2:30 PM
#1 South Carolina vs #2 Mississippi State
 ESPN 7,715
*Game times in EST. # – Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket
  First round
Wednesday, March 1
SECN		 Second round
Thursday, March 2
SECN		 Quarterfinals
Friday, March 3
SECN		 Semifinals
Saturday, March 4
ESPNU		 Championship
Sunday, March 5
ESPN
                                               
1 South Carolina 72  
    8 Georgia 48  
8 Georgia 56
9 Auburn 52  
  1 South Carolina 89  
  4 Kentucky 77  
4 Kentucky 65
    12 Alabama 55  
5 Tennessee 64
    12 Alabama 72  
12 Alabama 77
13 Vanderbilt 57  
1 South Carolina 59
2 Mississippi St. 49
2 Mississippi St. 78  
    7 LSU 61  
7 LSU 65
10 Ole Miss 49  
  2 Mississippi St. 66
  6 Texas A&M 50  
3 Missouri 48
    6 Texas A&M 62  
6 Texas A&M 67
    11 Florida 48  
11 Florida 71
14 Arkansas 61  

See also

References
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