2012 SEC women's basketball tournament

2012 SEC women's basketball tournament
2012 SEC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	12
Site	Bridgestone Arena; Nashville, Tennessee
Champions	Tennessee Lady Volunteers (16th title)
Winning coach	Pat Summitt (16th title)
MVP	Glory Johnson (Tennessee)
Attendance	46,130
Television	Fox Sports South (First Round and quarterfinals), ESPNU (Semifinals), ESPN2 (Championship game)
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The 2012 SEC women's basketball tournament took place at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee from March 1–4, 2012.^[1] The Tennessee Lady Volunteers won the tournament and received the SEC's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA women's basketball tournament by defeating the LSU Lady Tigers 70–58 in the championship game.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

ClassificationDivision I

Teams12

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Seed	School	Conference record	Overall record
1	Kentucky^‡†	13–3	28–7
2	Tennessee^†	12–4	27–9
3	Georgia^†	11–5	22–9
4	LSU^†	10–6	23–11
5	Arkansas	10–6	24–9
6	South Carolina	10–6	25–10
7	Vanderbilt	9–7	23–10
8	Florida	8–8	20–13
9	Auburn	5–11	13–17
10	Mississippi State	4–12	14–16
11	Alabama	2–14	12–19
12	Ole Miss	2–14	12–18
‡ – 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 – Thurs, Mar 1
1	No. 5 Arkansas vs. No. 12 Ole Miss	64–47
2	No. 6 South Carolina vs. No. 11 Alabama	57–38
3	No. 7 Vanderbilt vs. No. 10 Mississippi State	67–51
4	No. 8 Florida vs. No. 9 Auburn	70–60
Quarterfinal – Fri, Mar 7
5	No. 1 Kentucky vs. No. 8 Florida	71–67
6	No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 7 Vanderbilt	68–57
7	No. 3 Georgia vs. No. 6 South Carolina	55–59
8	No. 4 LSU vs. No. 5 Arkansas	41–40
Semifinal – Sat, Mar 8
9	No. 1 Kentucky vs. No. 4 LSU	61–72
10	No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 6 South Carolina	74–58
Championship – Sun, Mar 4
11	No. 4 LSU vs. No. 2 Tennessee	58–70
# – Rankings denote tournament seed

First Round Thursday, March 4 Fox Sports South			Second Round Friday, March 2 Fox Sports South			Semi-Finals Saturday, March 3 ESPNU			Finals Sunday, March 4 ESPN2

			1	Kentucky	71

			8	Florida	67
8	Florida	70

9	Auburn	60
						1	Kentucky	61

						4	LSU	72



			4	LSU	41

			5	Arkansas	40
5	Arkansas	64

12	Mississippi	47
									4	LSU	58

									2	Tennessee	70



			2	Tennessee	68

			7	Vanderbilt	57
7	Vanderbilt	67

10	Mississippi State	51
						2	Tennessee	74

						6	South Carolina	58



			3	Georgia	55

			6	South Carolina	59
6	South Carolina	57

11	Alabama	38

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