SEC Women's Basketball Tournament
The SEC Women's Basketball Tournament is the conference tournament in women's basketball for the Southeastern Conference. It is a single-elimination tournament that involves all league schools, and seeded based on regular season records.
The tournament was first held in 1980, and originally determined the conference champion. Even after the SEC began a uniform conference schedule in the 1982–83 season, the tournament continued to determine the official conference champion through the 1985 edition. Starting in the 1985–86 season, the SEC began awarding its official conference championship solely to the team with the best regular-season record. This change brought SEC women's basketball in line with men's basketball, in which the SEC has awarded its official conference title based on regular-season record since the 1950–51 season.
Under the current format, the bottom four teams in the conference play first-round games, while the top four teams receive a "double-bye" and do not play until the quarterfinals. The 2013 tournament, the first after the most recent expansion, only had 13 teams participating, with Ole Miss self-imposing a postseason ban.
History
Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Site |
1980 | Tennessee | 85-71 | Ole Miss | Stokely Athletic Center, Knoxville, Tennessee |
1981 | Auburn | 61-50 | Alabama | LSU Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
1982 | Kentucky | 80-74 | Tennessee | Memorial Coliseum, Lexington, Kentucky |
1983 | Georgia | 72-69 | Ole Miss | Stokely Athletic Center, Knoxville, Tennessee |
1984 | Georgia | 74-65 | Alabama | Georgia Coliseum, Athens, Georgia |
1985 | Tennessee | 63-60 | Auburn | Various Campus Sites |
1986 | Georgia | 94-72 | LSU | Georgia Coliseum, Athens, Georgia |
1987 | Auburn | 83-57 | Georgia | Albany Civic Center, Albany, Georgia |
1988 | Tennessee | 73-70 | Auburn | Albany Civic Center, Albany, Georgia |
1989 | Tennessee | 66-51 | Auburn | Albany Civic Center, Albany, Georgia |
1990 | Auburn | 78-77 | Tennessee | Albany Civic Center, Albany, Georgia |
1991 | LSU | 80-75 | Tennessee | Albany Civic Center, Albany, Georgia |
1992 | Tennessee | 73-66 | Georgia | Albany Civic Center, Albany, Georgia |
1993 | Vanderbilt | 76-64 | Georgia | McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee |
1994 | Tennessee | 82-57 | Vanderbilt | McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee |
1995 | Vanderbilt | 67-61 | Tennessee | McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee |
1996 | Tennessee | 64-60 | Alabama | McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee |
1997 | Auburn | 52-47 | Florida | McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee |
1998 | Tennessee | 67-63 | Alabama | Columbus, Georgia |
1999 | Tennessee | 85-69 | Georgia | McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee |
2000 | Tennessee | 70-67 | Mississippi State | McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee |
2001 | Georgia | 62-60 | Vanderbilt | The Pyramid, Memphis, Tennessee |
2002 | Vanderbilt | 63-48 | LSU | Gaylord Entertainment Center, Nashville, Tennessee |
2003 | LSU | 78-62 | Tennessee | Alltel Arena, North Little Rock, Arkansas |
2004 | Vanderbilt | 62-56 | Georgia | Gaylord Entertainment Center, Nashville, Tennessee |
2005 | Tennessee | 67-65 | LSU | Bi-Lo Center, Greenville, South Carolina |
2006 | Tennessee | 63-62 | LSU | Alltel Arena, North Little Rock, Arkansas |
2007 | Vanderbilt | 51-45 | LSU | Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, Georgia |
2008 | Tennessee | 61-55 | LSU | Sommet Center, Nashville, Tennessee |
2009 | Vanderbilt | 61-54 | Auburn | Alltel Arena, North Little Rock, Arkansas |
2010 | Tennessee | 70-62 | Kentucky | Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, Georgia |
2011 | Tennessee | 90-65 | Kentucky | Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee |
2012 | Tennessee | 70-58 | LSU | Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee |
2013 | Texas A&M | 75-67 | Kentucky | Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, Georgia |
2014 | Tennessee | 71-70 | Kentucky | Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, Georgia |
2015 | South Carolina | 62-46 | Tennessee | Verizon Arena, North Little Rock, Arkansas |
2016 | South Carolina | 66-52 | Mississippi State | Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, Florida |
2017 | South Carolina | 59-49 | Mississippi State | Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina |
2018 | South Carolina | 62-51 | Mississippi State | Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee |
2019 | Mississippi State | 101–70 | Arkansas | Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina |
2020 | South Carolina | 76-62 | Mississippi State | Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina |
2021 | Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina | |||
2022 | Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee | |||
2026 | Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee |