1996 SEC women's basketball tournament

1996 SEC women's basketball tournament
1996 SEC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	12
Site	McKenzie Arena; Chattanooga, TN
Champions	Tennessee (7th title)
Winning coach	Pat Summitt (7th title)
MVP	Dominique Canty (Alabama)
Attendance	36,391
	SEC women's basketball tournaments ← 1995 1997 →

ClassificationDivision I

Teams12

ChampionsTennessee (7th title)

The 1996 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference (SEC) held at the McKenzie Arena in Chattanooga, Tennessee, from March 1 – 4, 1996. The Tennessee Lady Volunteers won the tournament and earned an automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Seed	School	Conference record	Overall record
1	Georgia^‡†	10–1	28–5
2	Tennessee^†	9–2	32–4
3	Vanderbilt^†	7–4	23–8
4	Alabama^†	7–4	24–8
5	Auburn	6–5	23–9
6	Florida	6–5	21–9
7	Ole Miss	6–5	18–11
8	LSU	4–7	21–11
9	Mississippi State	4–7	13–14
10	Arkansas	3–8	21–13
11	South Carolina	2–9	16–12
12	Kentucky	2–9	8–19
‡ – 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, Feb 28
1	No. 8 LSU vs. No. 9 Mississippi State	85–63
2	No. 5 Auburn vs. No. 12 Kentucky	58–43
3	No. 7 Ole Miss vs. No. 10 Arkansas	76–73
4	No. 6 Florida vs. No. 11 South Carolina	65–48
Quarterfinal – Sat, Mar 1
5	No. 1 Georgia vs. No. 8 LSU	71–73
6	No. 4 Alabama vs. No. 5 Auburn	65–59
7	No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 7 Ole Miss	73–51
8	No. 3 Vanderbilt vs. No. 6 Florida	73–83
Semifinal – Sun, Mar 2
9	No. 8 LSU vs. No. 4 Alabama	70–86
10	No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 6 Florida	74–63
Championship – Mon, Mar 3
11	No. 4 Alabama vs. No. 2 Tennessee	60–64
# – Rankings denote tournament seed

Schedule