2020 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2020 Southeastern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference currently being held at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina through March 8, 2020. The winner of this tournament earns an automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.[1][2]

2020 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2019–20
Teams	14
Site	Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, SC
Champions	South Carolina (5th title)
Winning coach	Dawn Staley (5th title)
MVP	Mikiah Herbert Harrigan (South Carolina)
Television	SEC Network
SEC Women's Basketball Tournaments

2019–20 SEC women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 South Carolina†	16	–	0		1.000			32	–	1		.970
No. 9 Mississippi State	13	–	3		.813			27	–	6		.818
No. 24 Arkansas	10	–	6		.625			24	–	8		.750
No. 16 Kentucky	10	–	6		.625			22	–	8		.733
No. 19 Texas A&M	10	–	6		.625			22	–	8		.733
Tennessee	10	–	6		.625			21	–	10		.677
LSU	9	–	7		.563			20	–	10		.667
Alabama	8	–	8		.500			18	–	12		.600
Georgia	7	–	9		.438			17	–	14		.548
Florida	6	–	10		.375			15	–	15		.500
Missouri	5	–	11		.313			9	–	22		.290
Vanderbilt	4	–	12		.250			14	–	16		.467
Auburn	4	–	12		.250			11	–	18		.379
Ole Miss	0	–	16		.000			7	–	23		.233
† 2020 SEC Tournament winner As of August 14, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference record	Overall record	Tiebreaker
1	South Carolina^‡†	16–0	32–1
2	Mississippi State^†	13–3	27–6
3	Kentucky^†	10–6	22–8	1–0 vs. TAMU, 1–0 vs. UT, 0–1 vs. ARK
4	Texas A&M^†	10–6	22–8	1–0 vs. UT, 1–0 vs. Ark, 0–1 vs. UK
5	Arkansas^#	10–6	24–7	1–0 vs. UT, 1–0 vs. UK, 0–1 vs. TAMU
6	Tennessee^#	10–6	22–10	0–1 vs. UK, 0–1 vs. TAMU, 0–1 vs. ARK
7	LSU^#	9–7	20–10
8	Alabama^#	8–8	18–12
9	Georgia^#	7–9	17–14
10	Florida^#	6–10	15–15
11	Missouri	5–11	9–22
12	Vanderbilt	4–12	14–16	1–0 vs. Auburn
13	Auburn	4–12	11–18	0–1 vs. Vanderbilt
14	Ole Miss	0–16	7–23
‡ – 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*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 4
1	11:00 am	#12 Vanderbilt 67 vs. #13 Auburn 77	SEC Network	5,589
2	1:30 pm	#11 Missouri 64 vs. #14 Ole Miss 53
Second round – Thursday, March 5
3	Noon	#8 Alabama 61 vs. #9 Georgia 68	SEC Network	3,615
4	2:30 pm	#13 Auburn 68 vs. #5 Arkansas 90
5	6:00 pm	#7 LSU 73 vs. #10 Florida 59		4,215
6	8:30 pm	#6 Tennessee 64 vs. #11 Missouri 51
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 6
7	Noon	#1 South Carolina 89 vs. #9 Georgia 56	SEC Network	6,710
8	2:30 pm	#4 Texas A&M 66 vs. #5 Arkansas 67
9	6:00 pm	#2 Mississippi State 79 vs. #7 LSU 49		5,749
10	8:30 pm	#3 Kentucky 86 vs. #6 Tennessee 65
Semifinals – Saturday, March 7
11	5:00 pm	#1 South Carolina 90 vs #5 Arkansas 64	ESPNU
12	7:30 pm	#2 Mississippi State 77 vs #3 Kentucky 59
Championship – Sunday, March 8
13	2:00 pm	#1 South Carolina 76 vs #2 Mississippi State 62	ESPN2
*Game times in ET. # – Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 4 SECN					Second round Thursday, March 5 SECN					Quarterfinals Friday, March 6 SECN					Semifinals Saturday, March 7 ESPNU					Championship Sunday, March 8 ESPN2
						8	Alabama	61
						9	Georgia	68
											1	South Carolina	89
											9	Georgia	56
																1	South Carolina	90
																5	Arkansas	64
	12	Vanderbilt	67
	13	Auburn	77
						5	Arkansas	90
						13	Auburn	66
											4	Texas A&M	66
											5	Arkansas	67
																					1	South Carolina	76
																					2	Mississippi State	62
						7	LSU	73
						10	Florida	59
											2	Mississippi State	79
											7	LSU	49
																2	Mississippi State	77
																3	Kentucky	59
	11	Missouri	64
	14	Ole Miss	53
						6	Tennessee	64
						11	Missouri	51
											3	Kentucky	86
											6	Tennessee	65

* denotes overtime period

See also

• 2020 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament

References

1. "SEC announces 2020 Women's Basketball schedule" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. September 4, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
2. Landrum, Cindy (October 25, 2017). "Greenville lands SEC women's basketball tournament in 2019, 2020 and 2021". Greenville Journal. Retrieved October 4, 2019.