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The 1982 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference (SEC) held at Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, Kentucky, from February 25–28, 1982. The Kentucky Wildcats won the tournament by beating the Tennessee Lady Volunteers and earned an automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]

ClassificationDivision I
Teams9
ChampionsKentucky (1st title)
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1982 SEC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams9
SiteMemorial Coliseum
Lexington, KY
ChampionsKentucky (1st title)
Winning coachTerry Hall (1st title)
MVPValerie Still (Kentucky)
Attendance8,111
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1981–82 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Tennessee7–1 .87522–10  .688
Ole Miss7–1 .87527–5  .844
No. 13 Kentucky †6–2 .75024–8  .750
Auburn6–2 .75024–5  .828
Georgia5–3 .62521–9  .700
Alabama4–4 .50016–13  .552
LSU3–5 .37518–13  .581
Vanderbilt1–7 .12520–14  .588
Florida1–7 .12513–16  .448
Mississippi State0–8 .00011–15  .423
† 1982 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll
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This was the final year the SEC was not officially sponsoring the tournament. Florida did not attend the tournament, leaving the field of teams at 9 and marking the only time all teams didn't attend the tournament

Seeds

All teams in the conference participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by their conference record.

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Seed School Conference
record
Overall
record
Tiebreaker
1 Tennessee‡† 7–1 22–10
2 Ole Miss† 7–1 27–5
3 Kentucky† 6–2 24–8
4 Auburn† 6–2 24–5
5 Georgia 5–3 21–9
6 Alabama 4–4 16–13
7 LSU 3–5 18–13
8 Vanderbilt 1–7 20–14
9 Mississippi State 0–8 11–15
‡ – SEC regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
† – Received a bye in the conference tournament.
Overall records include all games played in the SEC Tournament.
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Schedule

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Game Matchup# Score
First Round – Thurs, Feb 25
1
No. 8 Vanderbilt vs. No. 9 Mississippi State
87–67
Quarterfinal – Fri, Feb 26
2
No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 8 Vanderbilt
80–75
3
No. 2 Ole Miss vs. No. 7 LSU
73–77
4
No. 3 Kentucky vs. No. 6 Alabama
82–76
5
No. 4 Auburn vs. No. 5 Georgia
65–66
Semifinal – Sat, Feb 27
6
No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 5 Georgia
55–44
7
No. 7 LSU vs. No. 3 Kentucky
71–85
Championship – Sun, Feb 28
8
No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 3 Kentucky
74–80
# – Rankings denote tournament seed
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Tournament

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship game
            
1 Tennessee 80
8 Vanderbilt 75
8 Vanderbilt 87
9 Mississippi State 67
1 Tennessee 55
5 Georgia 44
4 Auburn 65
5 Georgia 66
1 Tennessee 74
3 Kentucky 80
2 Ole Miss 73
7 LSU 77
7 LSU 71
3 Kentucky 85
Third place
3 Kentucky 82 5 Georgia 77
6 Alabama 76 7 LSU 66

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