1997 SEC women's basketball tournament

1997 SEC women's basketball tournament
1997 SEC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	12
Site	McKenzie Arena; Chattanooga, TN
Champions	Auburn (4th title)
Winning coach	Joe Ciampi (4th title)
MVP	Laticia Morris (Auburn)
Attendance	37,806
	SEC women's basketball tournaments ← 1996 1998 →

ClassificationDivision I

Teams12

ChampionsAuburn (4th title)

The 1997 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 February 28 – March 3, 1997. The Auburn Tigers won the tournament and earned an automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Seed	School	Conference record	Overall record
1	Georgia^‡†	11–1	25–6
2	Alabama^†	10–2	25–7
3	Florida^†	9–3	24–9
4	LSU^†	9–3	25–5
5	Tennessee	8–4	29–10
6	Vanderbilt	6–6	20–11
7	Arkansas	5–7	18–10
8	Auburn	5–7	22–10
9	Ole Miss	5–7	16–11
10	Kentucky	2–10	8–19
11	Mississippi State	1–11	11–16
12	South Carolina	1–11	12–15
‡ – 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, Feb 28
1	No. 8 Auburn vs. No. 9 Ole Miss	72–64
2	No. 5 Tennessee vs. No. 12 South Carolina	75–48
3	No. 7 Arkansas vs. No. 10 Kentucky	71–60
4	No. 6 Vanderbilt vs. No. 11 Mississippi State	70–42
Quarterfinal – Sat, Mar 1
5	No. 1 Georgia vs. No. 8 Auburn	47–75
6	No. 4 LSU vs. No. 5 Tennessee	99–100
7	No. 2 Alabama vs. No. 7 Arkansas	85–63
8	No. 3 Florida vs. No. 6 Vanderbilt	68–54
Semifinal – Sun, Mar 2
9	No. 8 Auburn vs. No. 5 Tennessee	61–59
10	No. 2 Alabama vs. No. 3 Florida	73–83
Championship – Mon, Mar 3
11	No. 8 Auburn vs. No. 3 Florida	52–47
# – Rankings denote tournament seed

Schedule