2009 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2009 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament took place on March 5–8, 2009 in North Little Rock, Arkansas at Alltel Arena.

For the men's basketball tournament, see 2009 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament.

2009 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	12
Site	Alltel Arena North Little Rock, Arkansas
Champions	Vanderbilt (6th title)
Winning coach	Melanie Balcomb (3rd title)
MVP	Christina Wirth (Vanderbilt)
Attendance	24,777
SEC Women's Basketball Tournaments

2008–09 SEC women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 8 Auburn	12	–	2		.857			30	–	4		.882
No. 14 Vanderbilt^†	10	–	4		.714			26	–	9		.743
LSU	10	–	4		.714			19	–	11		.633
No. 22 Florida	9	–	5		.643			24	–	8		.750
No. 18 Tennessee	9	–	5		.643			22	–	11		.667
Mississippi State	8	–	6		.571			23	–	10		.697
Georgia	7	–	7		.500			18	–	14		.563
Arkansas	6	–	8		.429			18	–	14		.563
Ole Miss	5	–	9		.357			18	–	15		.545
Kentucky	5	–	9		.357			16	–	16		.500
South Carolina	2	–	12		.143			10	–	18		.357
Alabama	1	–	13		.071			13	–	17		.433
† 2009 SEC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Vanderbilt won the tournament and with it the SEC's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Tournament. In the final, they upset top seed Auburn for the second time in three weeks; the Commodores were responsible for two of the Tigers' three losses going into the NCAA tournament.

Tournament

	First Round					Second Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
	9	Ole Miss	65
	8	Arkansas	60
						9	Ole Miss	65
						1	Auburn	71
											1	Auburn	80
										5	Tennessee	58
	12	Alabama	49
	5	Tennessee	68
						5	Tennessee	71
						4	Florida	67
																1	Auburn	54
																2	Vanderbilt	61
	11	South Carolina	39
	6	Mississippi State	49
						6	Mississippi State	58
						3	LSU	63
											3	LSU	47
										2	Vanderbilt	61
	10	Kentucky	64
	7	Georgia	82
						7	Georgia	61
						2	Vanderbilt	69

Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime.

All-Tournament Team

References