1989 SEC women's basketball tournament

1989 SEC women's basketball tournament
1989 SEC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	12
Site	Albany Civic Center; Albany, GA
Champions	Tennessee (4th title)
Winning coach	Pat Summit (4th title)
MVP	Bridgette Gordon (Tennessee)
Attendance	18,935
	SEC women's basketball tournaments ← 1988 1990 →

ClassificationDivision I

Teams12

ChampionsTennessee (4th title)

The 1989 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 3 – March 6, 1989. The Tennessee Lady Vols won the tournament and earned an automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.^[1]^[2]

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Overall record
1	Auburn^‡†	9–0	32–2
2	Tennessee^†	8–1	35–2
3	Georgia^†	6–3	23–7
4	Vanderbilt^†	5–4	21–8
5	LSU^†	5–4	19–11
6	Ole Miss^†	4–5	23–8
7	Mississippi State	3–6	12–16
8	Kentucky	3–6	12–16
9	Florida	1–8	15–14
10	Alabama	1–8	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 1
1	No. 7 Mississippi State vs. No. 10 Alabama	55–59
2	No. 8 Kentucky vs. No. 9 Florida	64–67
Quarterfinals – Sat, Mar 2
3	No. 1 Auburn vs. No. 9 Florida	72–61
5	No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 10 Alabama	89–61
4	No. 3 Georgia vs. No. 6 Ole Miss	69–78
6	No. 4 Vanderbilt vs. No. 5 LSU	73–79
Semifinals – Sun, Mar 3
7	No. 1 Auburn vs. No. 5 LSU	75–65
8	No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 6 Ole Miss	82–60
Finals – Mon, Mar 4
9	No. 1 Auburn vs. No. 2 Tennessee	51–66
# – Rankings denote tournament seed

Schedule