2019 SEC women's basketball tournament

The 2019 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, from March 6 through 10, 2019.[1][2] Mississippi State won its first-ever title to earn an automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.[3][4][5]

2019 SEC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2018–19
Teams14
SiteBon Secours Wellness Arena
Greenville, SC
ChampionsMississippi State (1st title)
Winning coachVic Schaefer (1st title)
MVPTeaira McCowan (Mississippi State)
Attendance32,180
TelevisionSEC Network, ESPNU, ESPN2
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2020 →
2018–19 SEC women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Mississippi State151 .938333 .917
No. 15 South Carolina133 .813239 .719
No. 14 Texas A&M124 .750267 .788
No. 17 Kentucky115 .688258 .758
Missouri106 .6252411 .686
Auburn97 .5632210 .688
Georgia97 .5631812 .600
Tennessee79 .4381913 .594
LSU79 .4381613 .552
Arkansas610 .3752215 .595
Alabama511 .3131417 .452
Ole Miss313 .188922 .290
Florida313 .188823 .258
Vanderbilt214 .125723 .233
2019 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

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SeedSchoolConference
record
Overall
record
Tiebreaker
1Mississippi State‡†15–127–2
2South Carolina13–321–8
3Texas A&M12–423–6
4Kentucky11–524–6
5Missouri#10–621–9
6Auburn#9–721–81–0 vs. UGA
7Georgia#9–718–110–1 vs. AUB
8Tennessee#7–918–111–0 vs. LSU
9LSU#7–916–120–1 vs. TEN
10Arkansas#6–1017–13
11Alabama5–1113–16
12Ole Miss3–139–211–0 vs. FLA
13Florida3–137–220–1 vs. MISS
14Vanderbilt2–147–22
‡ – 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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GameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance
First round – Wednesday, March 6
111:00 am
#12 Ole Miss vs. #13 Florida
SEC Network4,148
21:30 pm
#11 Alabama vs. #14 Vanderbilt
Second round – Thursday, March 7
3Noon
#8 Tennessee vs. #9 LSU
SEC Network3,215
42:30 pm
#5 Missouri vs. #13 Florida
56:00 pm
#7 Georgia vs. #10 Arkansas
3,089
68:30 pm
#6 Auburn vs. #11 Alabama
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 8
7Noon
#1 Mississippi State vs. #8 Tennessee
SEC Network4,431
82:30 pm
#4 Kentucky vs. #5 Missouri
96:00 pm
#2 South Carolina vs. #10 Arkansas
5,709
108:30 pm
#3 Texas A&M vs. #6 Auburn
Semifinals – Saturday, March 9
115:00 pm
#1 Mississippi State vs #5 Missouri
ESPNU5,817
127:30 pm
#10 Arkansas vs #3 Texas A&M
Championship – Sunday, March 10
132:00 pm
#1 Mississippi State vs #10 Arkansas
ESPN25,771
*Game times in ET.[6] # – Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

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First round
March 6, 2019
SECN
Second round
March 7, 2019
SECN
Quarterfinals
March 8, 2019
SECN
Semifinals
March 9, 2019
ESPNU
Championship
March 10, 2019
ESPN2
1Mississippi State83
8Tennessee698Tennessee68
9LSU661Mississippi State71
5Missouri56
4Kentucky68
5Missouri875Missouri70OT
12Ole Miss5713Florida561Mississippi State101
13Florida6410Arkansas70
2South Carolina89
7Georgia7610Arkansas95
10Arkansas8610Arkansas58
3Texas A&M51
3Texas A&M64
6Auburn536Auburn62
11Alabama7411Alabama52
14Vanderbilt57

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "SEC announces 2019 Women's Basketball schedule" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. August 24, 2018. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
  2. ^ Landrum, Cindy (October 25, 2017). "Greenville lands SEC women's basketball tournament in 2019, 2020 and 2021". Greenville Journal. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
  3. ^ "Bulldogs blow by Arkansas to earn Mississippi State's first SEC Tournament title". The Clarion Ledger. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  4. ^ "Arkansas falls to Mississippi State in SEC final". wholehogsports.com. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  5. ^ IACOBELLI, PETE. "McCowan leads No. 5 Mississippi State to SEC tourney title". Meridian Star. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  6. ^ "2019 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament". SEC. January 13, 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2019.