2023 SEC women's basketball tournament

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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
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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
2023 SEC tournament 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

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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

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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

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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

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  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.