1988 SEC women's basketball tournament

1988 SEC women's basketball tournament
1988 SEC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	10
Site	Albany Civic Center; Albany, GA
Champions	Tennessee (3rd title)
Winning coach	Pat Summit (3rd title)
MVP	Bridgette Gordon (Tennessee)
Attendance	19,512
	SEC women's basketball tournaments ← 1987 1989 →

ClassificationDivision I

Teams10

ChampionsTennessee (3rd title)

The 1988 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, 1988. The Tennessee Lady Vols won the tournament and earned an automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.^[1]^[2]

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Overall record
1	Auburn^‡†	9–0	32–3
2	Tennessee^†	8–1	31–3
3	LSU^†	6–3	18–11
4	Alabama^†	5–4	18–10
5	Ole Miss^†	5–4	24–7
6	Georgia^†	5–4	21–10
7	Vanderbilt	4–5	18–10
8	Mississippi State	2–7	19–13
9	Florida	1–8	9–18
10	Kentucky	0–9	14–15
‡ – 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.

Game	Matchup^#	Score
First Round – Fri, Mar 4
1	No. 7 Vanderbilt vs. No. 10 Kentucky	67–75
2	No. 8 Mississippi State vs. No. 9 Florida	67–46
Quarterfinals – Sat, Mar 5
3	No. 1 Auburn vs. No. 8 Mississippi State	69–48
5	No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 10 Kentucky	100–66
4	No. 3 LSU vs. No. 6 Georgia	84–86
6	No. 4 Alabama vs. No. 5 Ole Miss	66–76
Semifinals – Sun, Mar 6
7	No. 1 Auburn vs. No. 5 Ole Miss	69–60
8	No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 6 Georgia	82–76
Finals – Mon, Mar 7
9	No. 1 Auburn vs. No. 2 Tennessee	70–73
# – Rankings denote tournament seed

Schedule