2000 SEC women's basketball tournament

2000 SEC women's basketball tournament
2000 SEC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	12
Site	McKenzie Arena; Chattanooga TN
Champions	Tennessee (10 title)
Winning coach	Pat Summitt (10 title)
MVP	LaToya Thomas (Mississippi State)
Attendance	41,185
	SEC women's basketball tournaments ← 1999 2001 →

ClassificationDivision I

Teams12

ChampionsTennessee (10 title)

The 2000 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 2–5, 2000. The Tennessee Lady Volunteers won the tournament and earned an automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.^[1]^[2]

Seed	School	Conference record	Overall record
1	Georgia^‡†	13–1	32–4
2	Tennessee^†	13–1	33–4
3	LSU^†	11–3	25–7
4	Auburn^†	9–5	22–8
5	Mississippi State	8–6	24–8
6	Vanderbilt	6–8	21–13
7	Florida	6–8	21–13
8	Alabama	5–9	15–14
9	Kentucky	5–9	15–14
10	Arkansas	4–10	17–15
11	South Carolina	3–11	13–15
12	Ole Miss	1–13	12–16
‡ – 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, Mar 2
1	No. 8 Alabama vs. No. 9 Kentucky	63–67
2	No. 5 Mississippi State vs. No. 12 Ole Miss	75–59
3	No. 7 Florida vs. No. 10 Arkansas	96–86
4	No. 6 Vanderbilt vs. No. 11 South Carolina	80–58
Quarterfinal – Fri, Mar 3
5	No. 1 Georgia vs. No. 9 Kentucky	63–45
6	No. 4 Auburn vs. No. 5 Mississippi State	56–66
7	No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 7 Florida	91–79
8	No. 3 LSU vs. No. 6 Vanderbilt	46–59
Semifinal – Sat, Mar 4
9	No. 1 Georgia vs. No. 5 Mississippi State	61–62
10	No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 6 Vanderbilt	61–53
Championship – Sun, Mar 5
11	No. 5 Mississippi State vs. No. 2 Tennessee	67–70
# – Rankings denote tournament seed

Schedule