2010 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2010 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament was the championship tournament of the Southeastern Conference in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The winner of the tournament earned the SEC's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Tournament. It was held at the Arena at Gwinnett Center in the Atlanta suburb of Duluth, Georgia from March 4 to March 7. The first round and quarterfinals were televised by Fox Sports South, the semifinals were aired by ESPNU, and the final aired on ESPN2.

For the men's basketball tournament, see 2010 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament.

2010 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2009–10
Teams	12
Site	Arena at Gwinnett Center Duluth, GA
Champions	Tennessee (14th title)
Winning coach	Pat Summitt (14th title)
MVP	Alyssia Brewer (Tennessee)
Attendance	27,894
SEC Women's Basketball Tournaments

2009–10 SEC women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3 Tennessee^†	15	–	1		.938			32	–	3		.914
No. 19 Kentucky	11	–	5		.688			28	–	8		.778
Mississippi State	9	–	7		.563			21	–	13		.618
No. 21 LSU	9	–	7		.563			21	–	10		.677
Vanderbilt	9	–	7		.563			23	–	11		.676
No. 23 Georgia	9	–	7		.563			25	–	9		.735
Florida	7	–	9		.438			15	–	17		.469
South Carolina	7	–	9		.438			14	–	15		.483
Ole Miss	7	–	9		.438			17	–	15		.531
Auburn	5	–	11		.313			15	–	16		.484
Alabama	4	–	12		.250			12	–	18		.400
Arkansas	4	–	12		.250			12	–	18		.400
† 2010 SEC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The regular-season champion, Tennessee, won the tournament, which was believed at the time to have secured a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament (which proved true).[1]

Seeds

All SEC schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2009–10 SEC season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Unlike men's basketball play, SEC women's play is not conducted in a divisional format; all 12 teams are organized in a single table. The top four teams in the regular-season standings received byes.

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
First Round - Thursday, March 4
1	1	12 noon	#9 Ole Miss vs. #8 South Carolina	Fox Sports South	2,385
	2	2:30 pm	#10 Auburn vs. #7 Florida	Fox Sports South
2	3	6:30 pm	#12 Arkansas vs. #5 Vanderbilt	Fox Sports South	3,682
	4	9:00 pm	#11 Alabama vs #6 Georgia	Fox Sports South
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 5
3	5	12 noon	#9 Ole Miss vs. #1 Tennessee	Fox Sports South	5,012
	6	2:30 pm	#10 Auburn vs. #2 Kentucky	Fox Sports South
4	7	6:30 pm	#5 Vanderbilt vs. #4 LSU	Fox Sports South	4,813
	8	9:00 pm	#6 Georgia vs. #3 Mississippi State	Fox Sports South
Semifinals - Saturday, March 13
5	9	3:30 pm	#1 Tennessee vs. #5 Vanderbilt	ESPNU	6,148
	10	6:00 pm	#2 Kentucky vs. #3 Mississippi State	ESPNU
Championship Game - Sunday, March 7
6	11	6:30 pm	#1 Tennessee vs. #2 Kentucky	ESPN2	5,854
*Game Times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

2010 SEC Tournament

	First round March 4 FSN					Second round March 5 FSN					Semifinals March 6 ESPNU					SEC Championship Game March 7 ESPN2
	9	Ole Miss	64
	8	South Carolina	63
						9	Ole Miss	51
						1	Tennessee	76
											1	Tennessee	68
										5	Vanderbilt	49
						5	Vanderbilt	63
						4	LSU	61
	12	Arkansas	64
	5	Vanderbilt	65
																1	Tennessee	70
																2	Kentucky	62
	11	Alabama	66
	6	Georgia	73
						6	Georgia	52
						3	Mississippi State	67
											3	Mississippi State	65
										2	Kentucky	76
						10	Auburn	54
						2	Kentucky	65
	10	Auburn	74
	7	Florida	61

References

1. Associated Press (2010-03-07). "Lady Vols wrap up SEC championship; Summitt follows with a song". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2010-03-07.