1987 SEC women's basketball tournament

1987 SEC women's basketball tournament
1987 SEC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	10
Site	Albany Civic Center; Albany, GA
Champions	Auburn (2nd title)
Winning coach	Joe Ciampi (2nd title)
MVP	Vickie Orr (Auburn)
Attendance	14,700
	SEC women's basketball tournaments ← 1986 1988 →

ClassificationDivision I

Teams10

ChampionsAuburn (2nd title)

The 1987 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference (SEC) held at the Albany Civic Center in Albany, GA, from March 4 – March 7, 1987. The Auburn Tigers won the tournament and earned an automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.^[1]^[2]

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Overall record
1	Auburn^‡†	8–1	31–2
2	Georgia^†	7–2	27–5
3	Ole Miss^†	7–2	25–5
4	Tennessee^†	6–3	28–6
5	LSU^†	6–3	20–8
6	Vanderbilt^†	4–5	23–10
7	Kentucky	3–6	17–11
8	Alabama	2–7	19–10
9	Mississippi State	2–7	13–17
10	Florida	0–9	12–16
‡ – 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.

Game	Matchup^#	Score
First Round – Wed, Mar 4
1	No. 7 Kentucky vs. No. 10 Florida	75–53
2	No. 8 Alabama vs. No. 9 Mississippi State	88–76
Quarterfinals – Thur, Mar 5
3	No. 1 Auburn vs. No. 8 Alabama	89–61
5	No. 2 Georgia vs. No. 7 Kentucky	67–64
4	No. 3 Ole Miss vs. No. 6 Vanderbilt	64–65
6	No. 4 Tennessee vs. No. 5 LSU	64–63
Semifinals – Fri, Mar 6
7	No. 1 Auburn vs. No. 4 Tennessee	102–96
8	No. 2 Georgia vs. No. 6 Vanderbilt	54–52
Finals – Sat, Mar 7
9	No. 1 Auburn vs. No. 2 Georgia	83–57
# – Rankings denote tournament seed

Schedule