1998 SEC women's basketball tournament

1998 SEC women's basketball tournament
1998 SEC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	12
Site	Columbus Civic Center; Columbus, GA
Champions	Tennessee (8th title)
Winning coach	Pat Summitt (8th title)
MVP	Chamique Holdsclaw (Tennsessee)
Attendance	29,584
	SEC women's basketball tournaments ← 1997 1999 →

ClassificationDivision I

Teams12

ChampionsTennessee (8th title)

The 1998 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference (SEC) held at the Columbus Civic Center in Columbus, Georgia, from February 26 – March 1, 1998. The Tennessee Lady Volunteers won the tournament and earned an automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.^[1]^[2]

Seed	School	Conference record	Overall record
1	Tennessee^‡†	14–0	39–0
2	Florida^†	10–4	23–9
3	Alabama^†	10–4	24–10
4	Vanderbilt^†	9–5	20–9
5	Georgia	8–6	17–11
6	LSU	7–7	19–13
7	Arkansas	7–7	22–11
8	Kentucky	5–9	13–15
9	Mississippi State	4–10	14–15
10	Auburn	4–10	16–11
11	South Carolina	3–11	13–15
12	Ole Miss	3–11	12–19
‡ – 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 – Thu, Feb 26
1	No. 8 Kentucky vs. No. 9 Mississippi State	48–67
2	No. 5 Georgia vs. No. 12 Ole Miss	73–77
3	No. 7 Arkansas vs. No. 10 Auburn	59–43
4	No. 6 LSU vs. No. 11 South Carolina	61–76
Quarterfinal – Fri, Feb 27
5	No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 9 Mississippi State	88–60
6	No. 4 Vanderbilt vs. No. 12 Ole Miss	76–64
7	No. 2 Florida vs. No. 7 Arkansas	63–49
8	No. 3 Alabama vs. No. 11 South Carolina	92–72
Semifinal – Sat, Feb 28
9	No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 4 Vanderbilt	106–45
10	No. 2 Florida vs. No. 3 Alabama	61–74
Championship – Sun, Mar 1
11	No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 3 Alabama	67–63
# – Rankings denote tournament seed

Schedule