2021 SEC women's basketball tournament

2021 SEC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2020–21
Teams13
SiteBon Secours Wellness Arena
Greenville, SC
ChampionsSouth Carolina (6th title)
Winning coachDawn Staley (6th title)
MVPAliyah Boston (South Carolina)
TelevisionSEC Network, ESPNU, ESPN2
← 2020
2022 →
2020–21 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Texas A&M 13 1   .929 25 3   .893
No. 6 South Carolina 14 2   .875 26 5   .839
No. 13 Tennessee 9 4   .692 17 8   .680
No. 10 Georgia 10 5   .667 20 6   .769
No. 15 Arkansas 9 6   .600 19 8   .704
No. 18 Kentucky 9 6   .600 18 8   .692
Alabama 8 8   .500 16 9   .640
LSU 6 8   .429 9 13   .409
Mississippi State 5 7   .417 10 9   .526
Missouri 5 9   .357 9 13   .409
Ole Miss 4 10   .286 15 12   .556
Florida 3 11   .214 12 14   .462
Auburn 0 15   .000 5 19   .208
Vanderbilt 0 3   .000 4 4   .500
Vanderbilt suspended their season on January 18, 2021
2021 SEC tournament winner
As of March 21, 2021
Rankings from AP poll


The 2021 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, March 3–7, 2021. Vanderbilt cancelled its season after going 4-4 and did not compete in the conference tournament. By winning, South Carolina earned an automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.[1][2]

Seeds

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Seed School Conference
record
Overall
record
Tiebreaker
1 Texas A&M‡ 13–1 22–1
2 South Carolina† 14–2 19–4
3 Tennessee† 9–4 15–6
4 Georgia† 10–5 18–5
5 Kentucky# 9–6 16–7 1–0 vs. Arkansas
6 Arkansas# 9–6 19–7 0–1 vs. Kentucky
7 Alabama# 8–8 15–8
8 LSU# 6–8 8–12
9 Mississippi State# 5–7 10–8
10 Missouri# 5–9 9–10
11 Ole Miss# 4–10 10–10
12 Florida 3–11 10–12
13 Auburn 0–15 5–18
‡ – 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 Matchup Television Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 3
1 4:00 pm No. 12 Florida 69 vs. No. 13 Auburn 62 SEC Network 579
Second round – Thursday, March 4
2 11:00 am No. 8 LSU 71 vs. No. 9 Mississippi State 62 SEC Network
3 1:30 pm No. 5 Kentucky 73 vs. No. 12 Florida 64
4 6:00 pm No. 7 Alabama 82 vs. No. 10 Missouri 74 912
5 8:30 pm No. 6 Arkansas 60 vs. No. 11 Ole Miss 69
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 5
6 11:00 am No. 1 Texas A&M 77 vs. No. 8 LSU 58 SEC Network 1,264
7 1:30 pm No. 4 Georgia 78 vs. No. 5 Kentucky 66
8 6:00 pm No. 2 South Carolina 75 vs. No. 7 Alabama 63 2,409
9 8:30 pm No. 3 Tennessee 77 vs. No. 11 Ole Miss 72
Semifinals – Saturday, March 6
10 4:00 pm No. 1 Texas A&M 68 vs No. 4 Georgia 74 ESPNU 2,662
11 6:30 pm No. 2 South Carolina 67 vs No. 3 Tennessee 52
Championship – Sunday, March 7
12 2:00 pm No. 4 Georgia 62 vs No. 2 South Carolina 67 ESPN2 2,872
Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed[3]

Bracket

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First round
Wednesday, March 3
SEC Network
Second round
Thursday, March 4
SEC Network
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 5
SEC Network
Semifinals
Saturday, March 6
ESPNU
Championship
Sunday, March 7
ESPN2
1Texas A&M77
8LSU718LSU58
9Mississippi State621Texas A&M68
4Georgia74
4Georgia78
5Kentucky735Kentucky66
12Florida6912Florida644Georgia62
13Auburn622South Carolina67
2South Carolina75
7Alabama827Alabama63
10Missouri742South Carolina67
3Tennessee52
3Tennessee77
6Arkansas6011Ole Miss72
11Ole Miss69

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "SEC announces 2021 Women's Basketball schedule" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. November 13, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  2. ^ Landrum, Cindy (October 25, 2017). "Greenville lands SEC women's basketball tournament in 2019, 2020 and 2021". Greenville Journal. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  3. ^ 2021 SEC Women's Basketball Championship Schedule