2026 SEC women's basketball tournament

2026 SEC women's basketball tournament
2026 SEC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2025–26
Teams	16
Site	Bon Secours Wellness Arena; Greenville, SC
Champions	Texas (1st title)
Winning coach	Vic Schaefer (2nd title)
MVP	Madison Booker (Texas)
Attendance	66,186
Television	SEC Network, ESPN, ESPN2
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ClassificationDivision I

Season2025–26

Teams16

SiteBon Secours Wellness Arena
Greenville, SC

2025–26 SEC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 South Carolina	15	–	1	.938	31	–	2	.939
No. 5 Vanderbilt	13	–	3	.813	27	–	4	.871
No. 4 Texas †	13	–	3	.813	30	–	3	.909
No. 6 LSU	12	–	4	.750	27	–	5	.844
No. 7 Oklahoma	11	–	5	.688	24	–	7	.774
Tennessee	8	–	8	.500	16	–	13	.552
No. 24 Ole Miss	8	–	8	.500	23	–	11	.676
No. 22 Georgia	8	–	8	.500	22	–	9	.710
No. 17 Kentucky	8	–	8	.500	23	–	10	.697
Texas A&M	7	–	9	.438	14	–	12	.538
Alabama	7	–	9	.438	23	–	10	.697
Florida	5	–	11	.313	18	–	15	.545
Mississippi State	5	–	11	.313	18	–	13	.581
Missouri	4	–	12	.250	16	–	16	.500
Auburn	3	–	13	.188	15	–	17	.469
Arkansas	1	–	15	.063	12	–	20	.375

† 2026 SEC tournament winner As of March 7, 2026 Rankings from AP poll

The 2026 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference which was held at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, from March 4–8, 2026. The winner of this tournament earns an automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA tournament.^[1]

No. 3 Texas defeated defending champions No. 1 South Carolina 78–61 in the championship game, earning their first SEC title since joining the conference in 2024.

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Seed	School	SEC Record	Tiebreakers
1	South Carolina #‡	15–1
2	Vanderbilt ‡	13–3	1–0 vs. Texas
3	Texas ‡	13–3	0–1 vs. Vanderbilt
4	LSU ‡	12–4
5	Oklahoma †	11–5
6	Tennessee †	8–8	2–1 vs. Ole Miss/Georgia/Kentucky
7	Ole Miss †	8–8	2–2 vs. Tennessee/Georgia/Kentucky 1–0 vs. Oklahoma
8	Georgia †	8–8	2–2 vs. Tennessee/Ole Miss/Kentucky 0–1 vs. Oklahoma
9	Kentucky	8–8	1–2 vs. Tennessee/Ole Miss/Georgia
10	Texas A&M	7–9	1–0 vs. Alabama
11	Alabama	7–9	0–1 vs. Texas A&M
12	Florida	5–11	1–0 vs. Mississippi State
13	Mississippi State	5–11	0–1 vs. Florida
14	Missouri	4–12
15	Auburn	3–13
16	Arkansas	1–15
# – 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.

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Score	Television	Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 4, 2026
1	11:00 a.m.	No. 9 Kentucky vs. No. 16 Arkansas	94−64	SECN	10,322
2	1:30 p.m.	No. 12 Florida vs. No. 13 Mississippi State	86–68		10,322
3	6:00 p.m.	No. 10 Texas A&M vs. No. 15 Auburn	49–50		5,072
4	8:30 p.m.	No. 11 Alabama vs. No. 14 Missouri	65–48		5,072
Second round – Thursday, March 5, 2026
5	11:00 a.m.	No. 8 Georgia vs. No. 9 Kentucky	61−76	SECN	6,928
6	1:30 p.m.	No. 5 Oklahoma vs. No. 12 Florida	82−64		6,928
7	6:00 p.m.	No. 7 Ole Miss vs. Auburn	73–57		5,810
8	8:30 p.m.	No. 6 Tennessee vs. No. 11 Alabama	64–76		5,810
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 6, 2026
9	12:00 p.m.	No. 1 South Carolina vs. No. 9 Kentucky	87–64	ESPN	11,154
10	2:30 p.m.	No. 4 LSU vs. No. 5 Oklahoma	112–78	ESPN
11	6:00 p.m.	No. 2 Vanderbilt vs. No. 7 Ole Miss	78–89	SECN
12	8:30 p.m.	No. 3 Texas vs. No. 11 Alabama	83–60	SECN
Semifinals – Saturday, March 7, 2026
13	4:30 p.m.	No. 1 South Carolina vs. No. 4 LSU	83–77	ESPN2	13,333
14	7:00 p.m.	No. 3 Texas vs. No. 7 Ole Miss	85–68	ESPN2	13,333
Championship – Sunday, March 8, 2026
15	3:00 p.m.	No. 1 South Carolina vs. No. 3 Texas	61–78	ESPN	13,567
*Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

v t e 2026 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournaments
Conference	ACC America East American ASUN Atlantic 10 Big 12 Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West CAA CUSA Horizon Ivy MAAC MEAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Mountain West Northeast Ohio Valley Patriot SEC Southern Southland Summit Sun Belt SWAC WAC West Coast
National	NCAA WBIT WNIT

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First round Wednesday, March 4 SECN			Second round Thursday, March 5 SECN			Quarterfinals Friday, March 6 ESPN/SECN			Semifinals Saturday, March 7 ESPN2			Championship Sunday, March 8 ESPN



						1	3 South Carolina	87

			8	22 Georgia	61	9	17 Kentucky	64

9	17 Kentucky	94	9	17 Kentucky	76				1	3 South Carolina	83

16	Arkansas	64							4	6 LSU	77

						4	6 LSU	112

			5	7 Oklahoma	82	5	7 Oklahoma	78

12	Florida	86	12	Florida	64							1	3 South Carolina	61

13	Mississippi State	68										3	4 Texas	78

						2	5 Vanderbilt	78

			7	24 Ole Miss	73	7	24 Ole Miss	89

10	Texas A&M	49	15	Auburn	57				7	24 Ole Miss	68

15	Auburn	50							3	4 Texas	85

						3	4 Texas	83

			6	Tennessee	64	11	Alabama	60

11	Alabama	65	11	Alabama	76

14	Missouri	48