2023 SEC women's basketball tournament

2023 SEC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2022–23
Teams14
SiteBon Secours Wellness Arena
Greenville, SC
ChampionsSouth Carolina (7th title)
Winning coachDawn Staley (7th title)
MVPAliyah Boston (South Carolina)
Attendance57,801
TelevisionSEC Network, ESPNU, ESPN
2022–23 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 South Carolina 16 0   1.000 36 1   .973
No. 9 LSU 15 1   .938 34 2   .944
No. 24 Tennessee 13 3   .813 25 12   .676
Ole Miss 11 5   .688 25 9   .735
Mississippi State 9 7   .563 22 11   .667
Georgia 9 7   .563 22 12   .647
Alabama 9 7   .563 20 11   .645
Arkansas 7 9   .438 24 13   .649
Missouri 6 10   .375 18 14   .563
Florida 5 11   .313 19 14   .576
Auburn 5 11   .313 16 15   .516
Vanderbilt 3 13   .188 12 19   .387
Kentucky 2 14   .125 12 19   .387
Texas A&M 2 14   .125 9 20   .310
† winner
As of April 2, 2023
Rankings from AP poll

The 2023 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference was held at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, from March 1 through 5, 2023.[1] South Carolina won the tournament, earning an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I women's tournament.

Seeds

Seed School Conference
record
Overall
record
Tiebreaker
1 South Carolina‡† 16–0 29–0
2 LSU 15–1 27–1
3 Tennessee 13–3 21–10
4 Ole Miss 11–5 22–7
5 Mississippi State# 9–7 20–9 1–1 vs. Tennessee
6 Alabama# 9–7 20–9 0–1 vs. Tennessee, 1–0 vs. Georgia
7 Georgia# 9–7 20–10 0–1 vs. Tennessee, 0–1 vs. Alabama
8 Arkansas# 7–9 20–11
9 Missouri# 6–10 17–12
10 Auburn# 5–11 15–13 1–0 vs. Florida
11 Florida 5–11 16–13 0–1 vs. Auburn
12 Vanderbilt 3–13 12–18
13 Texas A&M 2–14 7–19 1–0 vs. Kentucky
14 Kentucky 2–14 10–18 0–1 vs. Texas A&M
‡ – 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*[2] Matchup# Score Television Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 1
1 11:00 am
No. 12 Vanderbilt vs. No. 13 Texas A&M
70–77 SEC Network 8,125
2 1:30 pm
No. 11 Florida vs. No. 14 Kentucky
57–72
Second round – Thursday, March 2
3 12:00 pm
No. 8 Arkansas vs. No. 9 Missouri
85–74 SEC Network 5,531
4 2:30 pm
No. 5 Mississippi State vs. No. 13 Texas A&M
72–79
5 6:00 pm
No. 7 Georgia vs. No. 10 Auburn
63–47 7,691
6 8:30 pm
No. 6 Alabama vs. No. 14 Kentucky
71–58
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 3
7 12:00 pm
No. 1 South Carolina vs. No. 8 Arkansas
93–66 SEC Network 7,481
8 2:30 pm
No. 4 Ole Miss vs. No. 13 Texas A&M
77–60
9 6:00 pm
No. 2 LSU vs. No. 7 Georgia
83–66 6,299
10 8:30 pm
No. 3 Tennessee vs. No. 14 Kentucky
80–71
Semifinals – Saturday, March 4
11 4:30 pm
No. 1 South Carolina vs. No. 4 Ole Miss
80–51 ESPNU 10,471
12 7:00 pm
No. 2 LSU vs No. 3 Tennessee
67–69
Championship – Sunday, March 5
13 3:00 pm
No. 1 South Carolina vs No. 3 Tennessee
74–58 ESPN 12,203
*Game times in ET. # – 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
1South Carolina93
8Arkansas858Arkansas66
9Missouri741South Carolina80
4Ole Miss51
4Ole Miss77
5Mississippi State7213Texas A&M60
12Vanderbilt7013Texas A&M791South Carolina74
13Texas A&M773Tennessee58
2LSU83
7Georgia637Georgia66
10Auburn472LSU67
3Tennessee69
3Tennessee80
6Alabama5814Kentucky71
11Florida5714Kentucky71
14Kentucky72

References

  1. ^ Putnam, Jeannie (February 24, 2022). "Bon Secours Wellness to again host SEC Women's B-Ball tourney". greenvillejournal.com. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  2. ^ "Championship - Women's Basketball". SEC Sports. Retrieved February 15, 2023.