2001 SEC women's basketball tournament

2001 SEC women's basketball tournament
2001 SEC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	12
Site	The Pyramid; Memphis, TN
Champions	Georgia (4 title)
Winning coach	Andy Landers (4 title)
MVP	Chantelle Anderson (Vanderbilt)
Attendance	32,793
	SEC women's basketball tournaments ← 2000 2002 →

ClassificationDivision I

Teams12

ChampionsGeorgia (4 title)

The 2001 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference (SEC) held at The Pyramid in Memphis, Tennessee, from March 1–4, 2001. The Georgia Lady Bulldogs won the tournament and earned an automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.^[1]^[2]

Seed	School	Conference record	Overall record
1	Tennessee^‡†	14–0	31–3
2	Georgia^†	11–3	27–6
3	Florida^†	11–3	24–6
4	Vanderbilt^†	8–6	24–10
5	LSU	8–6	20–11
6	Arkansas	6–8	20–13
7	South Carolina	6–8	11–17
8	Alabama	5–9	19–12
9	Auburn	5–9	17–12
10	Ole Miss	4–10	17–13
11	Mississippi State	4–10	17–14
12	Kentucky	2–12	6–21
‡ – 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 1
1	No. 8 Alabama vs. No. 9 Auburn	59–55
2	No. 5 LSU vs. No. 12 Kentucky	72–57
3	No. 7 South Carolina vs. No. 10 Ole Miss	68–75
4	No. 6 Arkansas vs. No. 11 Mississippi State	94–76
Quarterfinal – Fri, Mar 2
5	No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 8 Alabama	82–52
6	No. 4 Vanderbilt vs. No. 5 LSU	70–58
7	No. 2 Georgia vs. No. 10 Ole Miss	80–61
8	No. 3 Florida vs. No. 6 Arkansas	69–78
Semifinal – Sat, Mar 3
9	No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 4 Vanderbilt	74–77
10	No. 2 Georgia vs. No. 6 Arkansas	63–44
Championship – Sun, Mar 4
11	No. 4 Vanderbilt vs. No. 2 Georgia	60–62
# – Rankings denote tournament seed

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