2018 SEC women's basketball tournament

2018 SEC women's basketball tournament
2018 SEC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2017–18
Teams	14
Site	Bridgestone Arena; Nashville, TN
Champions	South Carolina (4th title)
Winning coach	Dawn Staley (4th title)
MVP	A'ja Wilson (South Carolina)
Attendance	45,174
Television	SEC Network, ESPN2, ESPNU
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The 2018 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, from February 28 through March 4, 2018. South Carolina defeated the regular-season champions Mississippi State to earn an automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.

ClassificationDivision I

Teams14

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2017–18 SEC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Mississippi State	16	–	0	1.000	37	–	2	.949
No. 7 South Carolina †	12	–	4	.750	29	–	7	.806
No. 18 Georgia	12	–	4	.750	26	–	7	.788
No. 12 Tennessee	11	–	5	.688	25	–	8	.758
No. 17 Missouri	11	–	5	.688	24	–	8	.750
No. 14 Texas A&M	11	–	5	.688	26	–	10	.722
No. 24 LSU	11	–	5	.688	19	–	10	.655
Alabama	7	–	9	.438	20	–	14	.588
Kentucky	6	–	10	.375	15	–	17	.469
Auburn	5	–	11	.313	14	–	15	.483
Arkansas	3	–	13	.188	13	–	18	.419
Florida	3	–	13	.188	11	–	19	.367
Vanderbilt	3	–	13	.188	7	–	24	.226
Ole Miss	1	–	15	.063	12	–	19	.387

† 2018 SEC tournament winner As of April 1, 2018 Rankings from AP poll

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Seed	School	Conference record	Overall record	Tiebreaker
1	Mississippi State^‡†	16–0	32–0
2	South Carolina^†	12–4	25–6	1–0 vs. UGA
3	Georgia^†	12–4	25–6	0–1 vs. SC
4	LSU^†	11–5	19–9	1–0 vs. MIZZOU, 1–0 vs. TEN, 1–1 vs. TXAM
5	Texas A&M^#	11–5	24–9	1–0 vs. MIZZOU, 1–1 vs. LSU, 1–1 vs. TEN
6	Missouri^#	11–5	24–7	1–0 vs. TEN, 0–1 LSU, 0–1 vs. TXAM
7	Tennessee^#	11–5	24–7	1–1 vs. TXAM, 0–1 vs. LSU, 0–1 vs. MIZZOU
8	Alabama^#	7–9	17–13
9	Kentucky^#	6–10	15–16
10	Auburn^#	5–11	14–15
11	Florida	3–13	11–19	1–0 vs. VANDY, 1–0 vs. ARK
12	Vanderbilt	3–13	7–24	0–1 vs. UF, 1–0 vs. ARK
13	Arkansas	3–13	13–18	0–1 vs. UF, 0–1 vs. VANDY
14	Ole Miss	1–15	12–19
‡ – SEC regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. † – Received a double-bye in the conference tournament. # – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games played in the SEC Tournament.

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
First round – Wednesday, February 28
1	11:00 am	#12 Vanderbilt vs. #13 Arkansas	SEC Network	4,371
2	1:30 pm	#11 Florida vs. #14 Ole Miss	SEC Network	4,371
Second round – Thursday, March 1
3	Noon	#8 Alabama vs. #9 Kentucky	SEC Network	3,889
4	2:30 pm	#5 Texas A&M vs. #13 Arkansas		3,889
5	6:00 pm	#7 Tennessee vs. #10 Auburn		6,047
6	8:30 pm	#6 Missouri vs. #14 Ole Miss		6,047
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 2
7	Noon	#1 Mississippi State vs. #9 Kentucky	SEC Network	6,344
8	2:30 pm	#4 LSU vs. #5 Texas A&M		6,344
9	6:00 pm	#2 South Carolina vs. #7 Tennessee		7,489
10	8:30 pm	#3 Georgia vs. #6 Missouri		7,489
Semifinals – Saturday, March 3
11	4:00 pm	#1 Mississippi State vs #5 Texas A&M	ESPNU	8,819
12	6:30 pm	#2 South Carolina vs #3 Georgia	ESPNU	8,819
Championship – Sunday, March 4
13	3:30 pm	#1 Mississippi State vs #2 South Carolina	ESPN2	8,215
*Game times in CT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed


First round Wednesday, February 28 SECN 11AM 1:25PM			Second round Thursday, March 1 SECN 12PM 2:25PM 6PM 8:25PM			Quarterfinals Friday, March 2 SECN 12PM 2:25PM 6PM 8:25PM			Semifinals Saturday, March 3 ESPNU 4PM 6:25PM			Championship Sunday, March 4 ESPN2 3:30PM



						9	Kentucky	58

			9	Kentucky	71	1	Mississippi State	81

			8	Alabama	64				1	Mississippi State	70

									5	Texas A&M	55

						5	Texas A&M	75

			13	Arkansas	52	4	LSU	69

12	Vanderbilt	76	5	Texas A&M	82							1	Mississippi State	51

13	Arkansas	88										2	South Carolina	62

						7	Tennessee	62

			10	Auburn	61	2	South Carolina	73

			7	Tennessee	64				2	South Carolina	71

									3	Georgia	49

						6	Missouri	41

			14	Ole Miss	50	3	Georgia	55

11	Florida	43	6	Missouri	59

14	Ole Miss	48

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