2022 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2022 Southeastern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, from March 2 through 6, 2022. The winner received an automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.[1][2] In the championship game, the seventh-seeded Kentucky Wildcats pulled off a major upset against the top-seeded and top-ranked South Carolina Gamecocks, 64–62.[3]

2022 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season202122
Teams14
SiteBridgestone Arena
Nashville, TN
ChampionsKentucky (2nd title)
Winning coachKyra Elzy (1st title)
MVPRhyne Howard (Kentucky)
TelevisionSEC Network, ESPNU, ESPN
2021–22 SEC women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 South Carolina151 .938352  .946
No. 9 LSU133 .813266  .813
No. 18 Tennessee115 .688259  .735
Ole Miss106 .625239  .719
Florida106 .6252111  .656
Georgia97 .5632110  .677
No. 15 Kentucky88 .5001912  .613
Missouri79 .4381813  .581
Arkansas79 .4381814  .563
Alabama610 .3752014  .588
Mississippi State610 .3751514  .517
Texas A&M412 .2501415  .483
Vanderbilt412 .2501619  .457
Auburn214 .1251018  .357
2022 SEC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

Seed School Conference
record
Overall
record
Tiebreaker
1 South Carolina‡† 15–1 27–1
2 LSU 13–3 25–4
3 Tennessee 11–5 22–7
4 Ole Miss 10–6 22–7 1–0 vs. FLA
5 Florida# 10–6 20–9 0–1 vs. MISS
6 Georgia# 9–7 20–8
7 Kentucky# 8–8 15–11
8 Arkansas# 7–9 17–12 2–0 vs. MIZ
9 Missouri# 7–9 18–11 0–2 vs. ARK
10 Mississippi State# 6–10 15–13 1–0 vs. ALA
11 Alabama 6–10 15–12 0–1 vs. MSST
12 Texas A&M 4–12 14–14 1–0 vs. VAN
13 Vanderbilt 4–12 13–17 0–1 vs. A&M
14 Auburn 2–14 10–17
‡ – 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*[4] Matchup# Television Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 2
1 11:00 am
No. 12 Texas A&M 69 vs. No. 13 Vanderbilt 85
SEC Network 6,446
2 1:30 pm
No. 11 Alabama 75 vs. No. 14 Auburn 68
Second round – Thursday, March 3
3 Noon
No. 8 Arkansas 61 vs. No. 9 Missouri 52OT
SEC Network 6,446
4 2:30 pm
No. 5 Florida 53 vs. No. 13 Vanderbilt 52
5 6:00 pm
No. 7 Kentucky 83 vs. No. 10 Mississippi State 67
6,500
6 8:30 pm
No. 6 Georgia 62 vs. No. 11 Alabama 74
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 4
7 Noon
No. 1 South Carolina 76 vs. No. 8 Arkansas 54
SEC Network 6,880
8 2:30 pm
No. 4 Ole Miss 70 vs. No. 5 Florida 60
9 6:00 pm
No. 2 LSU 63 vs. No. 7 Kentucky 78
7,704
10 8:30 pm
No. 3 Tennessee 74 vs. No. 11 Alabama 59
Semifinals – Saturday, March 5
11 4:00 pm
No. 1 South Carolina 61 vs No. 4 Ole Miss 51
ESPNU 9,072
12 6:30 pm
No. 7 Kentucky 83 vs No. 3 Tennessee 74
Championship – Sunday, March 6
13 1:00 pm
No. 1 South Carolina 62 vs No. 7 Kentucky 64
ESPN 7,997
*Game times in CT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

  First round
Wednesday, March 2
SECN
Second round
Thursday, March 3
SECN
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 4
SECN
Semifinals
Saturday, March 5
ESPNU
Championship
Sunday, March 6
ESPN
                                               
8 Arkansas 61  
9 Missouri 52*  
  1 South Carolina 76
  8 Arkansas 54  
  1 South Carolina 61  
  4 Ole Miss 51  
12 Texas A&M 69  
13 Vanderbilt 85  
  5 Florida 53  
  13 Vanderbilt 52  
  4 Ole Miss 70
  5 Florida 60  
1 South Carolina 62
7 Kentucky 64
7 Kentucky 83  
10 Mississippi State 67  
  2 LSU 63
  7 Kentucky 78  
  7 Kentucky 83
  3 Tennessee 74  
11 Alabama 75  
14 Auburn 68  
  6 Georgia 62  
  11 Alabama 74  
  3 Tennessee 74
  11 Alabama 59  

* denotes overtime

See also

References

  1. "2022 SEC Women's Basketball Conference Schedule" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. September 9, 2021. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
  2. "SEC making Nashville home of its basketball tourney". apnews.com. November 13, 2018. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
  3. Hall, Cora. "Kentucky stuns No. 1 South Carolina with last-second shot to win women's SEC Tournament championship". Knoxville News-Sentinel. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  4. "Championship - Women's Basketball". SEC Sports. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
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