2002 SEC women's basketball tournament

2002 SEC women's basketball tournament
2002 SEC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	12
Site	Gaylord Entertainment Center; Nashville, TN
Champions	Vanderbilt (3 title)
Winning coach	Jim Foster (3 title)
MVP	Zuzana Klimešová (Vanderbilt)
Attendance	41,888
	SEC women's basketball tournaments ← 2001 2003 →

ClassificationDivision I

Teams12

ChampionsVanderbilt (3 title)

The 2002 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference (SEC) held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee, from February 28 – March 3, 2002. The Vanderbilt Commodores won the tournament and earned an automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.^[1]^[2]

Seed	School	Conference record	Overall record
1	Tennessee^‡†	13–1	29–5
2	South Carolina^†	10–4	25–7
3	Vanderbilt^†	10–4	30–7
4	LSU^†	8–6	18–12
5	Mississippi State	8–6	19–12
6	Florida	8–6	18–11
7	Arkansas	7–7	20–12
8	Alabama	7–7	19–12
9	Georgia	6–8	19–11
10	Ole Miss	3–11	11–17
11	Auburn	3–11	16–13
12	Kentucky	1–13	9–20
‡ – 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 28
1	No. 8 Alabama vs. No. 9 Georgia	60–64
2	No. 7 Arkansas vs. No. 10 Ole Miss	78–60
3	No. 6 Florida vs. No. 11 Auburn	57–70
4	No. 5 Mississippi State vs. No. 12 Kentucky	72–75
Quarterfinal – Fri, Mar 1
5	No. 2 South Carolina vs. No. 7 Arkansas	61–79
6	No. 3 Vanderbilt vs. No. 11 Auburn	55–39
7	No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 9 Georgia	81–67
8	No. 4 LSU vs. No. 12 Kentucky	74–62
Semifinal – Sat, Mar 2
9	No. 3 Vanderbilt vs. No. 7 Arkansas	81–78
10	No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 4 LSU	80–81
Championship – Sun, Mar 3
11	No. 4 LSU vs. No. 3 Vanderbilt	48–63
# – Rankings denote tournament seed

v t e 2002 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournaments
Conference	ACC America East Atlantic 10 Atlantic Sun Big 12 Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West CAA Conference USA Horizon MAAC MEAC Mid-American Mid-Con Missouri Valley Mountain West Northeast Ohio Valley Pac-10 Patriot SEC Southern Southland SWAC Sun Belt WAC West Coast\
National	NCAA WNIT

Schedule