2018 SEC women's basketball tournament

2018 SEC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2017–18
Teams	14
Site	Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN
Champions	South Carolina (4th title)
Winning coach	Dawn Staley (4th title)
MVP	A'ja Wilson (South Carolina)
Attendance	45,174
Television	SEC Network, ESPN2, ESPNU
SEC women's basketball tournaments

2017–18 SEC women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Mississippi State	16	–	0		1.000			37	–	2		.949
No. 7 South Carolina †	12	–	4		.750			29	–	7		.806
No. 18 Georgia	12	–	4		.750			26	–	7		.788
No. 12 Tennessee	11	–	5		.688			25	–	8		.758
No. 17 Missouri	11	–	5		.688			24	–	8		.750
No. 14 Texas A&M	11	–	5		.688			26	–	10		.722
No. 24 LSU	11	–	5		.688			19	–	10		.655
Alabama	7	–	9		.438			20	–	14		.588
Kentucky	6	–	10		.375			15	–	17		.469
Auburn	5	–	11		.313			14	–	15		.483
Arkansas	3	–	13		.188			13	–	18		.419
Florida	3	–	13		.188			11	–	19		.367
Vanderbilt	3	–	13		.188			7	–	24		.226
Ole Miss	1	–	15		.063			12	–	19		.387
† 2018 SEC tournament winner As of April 1, 2018 Rankings from AP poll

The 2018 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, from February 28 through March 4, 2018. South Carolina defeated the regular-season champions Mississippi State to earn an automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference record	Overall record	Tiebreaker
1	Mississippi State‡†	16–0	32–0
2	South Carolina†	12–4	25–6	1–0 vs. UGA
3	Georgia†	12–4	25–6	0–1 vs. SC
4	LSU†	11–5	19–9	1–0 vs. MIZZOU, 1–0 vs. TEN, 1–1 vs. TXAM
5	Texas A&M#	11–5	24–9	1–0 vs. MIZZOU, 1–1 vs. LSU, 1–1 vs. TEN
6	Missouri#	11–5	24–7	1–0 vs. TEN, 0–1 LSU, 0–1 vs. TXAM
7	Tennessee#	11–5	24–7	1–1 vs. TXAM, 0–1 vs. LSU, 0–1 vs. MIZZOU
8	Alabama#	7–9	17–13
9	Kentucky#	6–10	15–16
10	Auburn#	5–11	14–15
11	Florida	3–13	11–19	1–0 vs. VANDY, 1–0 vs. ARK
12	Vanderbilt	3–13	7–24	0–1 vs. UF, 1–0 vs. ARK
13	Arkansas	3–13	13–18	0–1 vs. UF, 0–1 vs. VANDY
14	Ole Miss	1–15	12–19
‡ – 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, February 28
1	11:00 am	#12 Vanderbilt vs. #13 Arkansas	SEC Network	4,371
2	1:30 pm	#11 Florida vs. #14 Ole Miss
Second round – Thursday, March 1
3	Noon	#8 Alabama vs. #9 Kentucky	SEC Network	3,889
4	2:30 pm	#5 Texas A&M vs. #13 Arkansas
5	6:00 pm	#7 Tennessee vs. #10 Auburn		6,047
6	8:30 pm	#6 Missouri vs. #14 Ole Miss
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 2
7	Noon	#1 Mississippi State vs. #9 Kentucky	SEC Network	6,344
8	2:30 pm	#4 LSU vs. #5 Texas A&M
9	6:00 pm	#2 South Carolina vs. #7 Tennessee		7,489
10	8:30 pm	#3 Georgia vs. #6 Missouri
Semifinals – Saturday, March 3
11	4:00 pm	#1 Mississippi State vs #5 Texas A&M	ESPNU	8,819
12	6:30 pm	#2 South Carolina vs #3 Georgia
Championship – Sunday, March 4
13	3:30 pm	#1 Mississippi State vs #2 South Carolina	ESPN2	8,215
*Game times in CT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed

Source:

Bracket

• All times are Central

	First round Wednesday, February 28 SECN 11AM 1:25PM					Second round Thursday, March 1 SECN 12PM 2:25PM 6PM 8:25PM					Quarterfinals Friday, March 2 SECN 12PM 2:25PM 6PM 8:25PM					Semifinals Saturday, March 3 ESPNU 4PM 6:25PM					Championship Sunday, March 4 ESPN2 3:30PM
											9	Kentucky	58
						9	Kentucky	71			1	Mississippi State	81
						8	Alabama	64								1	Mississippi State	70
																5	Texas A&M	55
											5	Texas A&M	75
						13	Arkansas	52			4	LSU	69
	12	Vanderbilt	76			5	Texas A&M	82													1	Mississippi State	51
	13	Arkansas	88																		2	South Carolina	62
											7	Tennessee	62
						10	Auburn	61			2	South Carolina	73
						7	Tennessee	64								2	South Carolina	71
																3	Georgia	49
											6	Missouri	41
						14	Ole Miss	50			3	Georgia	55
	11	Florida	43			6	Missouri	59
	14	Ole Miss	48

See also

• 2018 SEC men's basketball tournament

External links

• Official website