2019 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament

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]

2019 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201819
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
2018–19 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 4 Mississippi State151 .938  333  .917
No. 15 South Carolina133 .813  239  .719
No. 14 Texas A&M124 .750  267  .788
No. 17 Kentucky115 .688  258  .758
Missouri106 .625  2411  .686
Auburn97 .563  2210  .688
Georgia97 .563  1812  .600
Tennessee79 .438  1913  .594
LSU79 .438  1613  .552
Arkansas610 .375  2215  .595
Alabama511 .313  1417  .452
Ole Miss313 .188  922  .290
Florida313 .188  823  .258
Vanderbilt214 .125  723  .233
2019 SEC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

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
                                               
1 Mississippi State 83  
    8 Tennessee 68  
8 Tennessee 69
9 LSU 66  
  1 Mississippi State 71  
  5 Missouri 56  
4 Kentucky 68
    5 Missouri 70OT  
5 Missouri 87
    13 Florida 56  
12 Ole Miss 57
13 Florida 64  
1 Mississippi State 101
10 Arkansas 70
2 South Carolina 89  
    10 Arkansas 95  
7 Georgia 76
10 Arkansas 86  
  10 Arkansas 58
  3 Texas A&M 51  
3 Texas A&M 64
    6 Auburn 62  
6 Auburn 53
    11 Alabama 52  
11 Alabama 74
14 Vanderbilt 57  

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 2019-03-11.
  4. "Arkansas falls to Mississippi State in SEC final". wholehogsports.com. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  5. Writer, PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports. "McCowan leads No. 5 Mississippi State to SEC tourney title". Meridian Star. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  6. "2019 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament". SEC. January 13, 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
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