2004 SEC women's basketball tournament

2004 SEC women's basketball tournament
2004 SEC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	12
Site	Gaylord Entertainment Center; Nashville, TN
Champions	Vanderbilt (4 title)
Winning coach	Melanie Balcomb (3 title)
MVP	Carla Thomas (Vanderbilt)
Attendance	39,214
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ClassificationDivision I

Teams12

ChampionsVanderbilt (4 title)

The 2004 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 March 4–7, 2004. The Vanderbilt Commodores won the tournament and earned an automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.^[1]^[2]

Seed	School	Conference record	Overall record	Tiebreaker
1	Tennessee^‡†	14–0	31–4
2	LSU^†	10–4	27–8
3	Auburn^†	9–5	22–9
4	Florida^†	8–6	19–11	3–0 vs. Georgia/Vanderbilt
5	Georgia	8–6	25–10	1–2 vs. Florida/Vanderbilt
6	Vanderbilt	8–6	26–8	0–3 vs. Georgia/Florida
7	Ole Miss	7–7	17–14	2–0 vs. Mississippi State
8	Mississippi State	7–7	14–15	0–2 vs. Ole Miss
9	Arkansas	5–9	16–12
10	Alabama	4–10	12–16
11	Kentucky	3–11	11–17
12	South Carolina	1–13	10–18
‡ – 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 – Wed, Mar 4
1	No. 5 Georgia vs. No. 12 South Carolina	73–42
2	No. 8 Mississippi State vs. No. 9 Arkansas	79–74
3	No. 7 Ole Miss vs. No. 10 Alabama	63–56
4	No. 6 Vanderbilt vs. No. 11 Kentucky	60–41
Quarterfinal – Thu, Mar 5
5	No. 3 Auburn vs. No. 6 Vanderbilt	74–76
6	No. 4 Florida vs. No. 5 Georgia	72–76
7	No. 2 LSU vs. No. 7 Ole Miss	79–66
8	No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 8 Mississippi State	67–57
Semifinal – Fri, Mar 6
9	No. 2 LSU vs. No. 6 Vanderbilt	66–78
10	No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 5 Georgia	66–68
Championship – Sat, Mar 7
11	No. 5 Georgia vs. No. 6 Vanderbilt	56–62
# – Rankings denote tournament seed

v t e 2004 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

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