2017 SEC women's basketball tournament

The 2017 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, from March 1 through 5, 2017. South Carolina won their 3rd straight SEC tournament title and earned an automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.

2017 SEC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2016–17
Teams14
SiteBon Secours Wellness Arena
Greenville, SC
ChampionsSouth Carolina (3rd title)
Winning coachDawn Staley (3rd title)
MVPA'ja Wilson (South Carolina)
Attendance36,122
TelevisionSEC Network, ESPN, ESPNU
← 2016
2018 →
2016–17 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 South Carolina 14 2   .875 33 4   .892
No. 7 Mississippi State 13 3   .813 34 5   .872
No. 18 Kentucky 11 5   .688 22 11   .667
No. 25 Missouri 11 5   .688 21 11   .656
Tennessee 10 6   .625 20 12   .625
Texas A&M 9 7   .563 22 12   .647
LSU 8 8   .500 20 12   .625
Auburn 7 9   .438 17 15   .531
Georgia 7 9   .438 16 15   .516
Ole Miss 6 10   .375 17 14   .548
Alabama 5 11   .313 22 14   .611
Florida 5 11   .313 15 16   .484
Vanderbilt 4 12   .250 14 16   .467
Arkansas 2 14   .125 13 17   .433
2017 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

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Seed School Conference
record
Overall
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Tiebreaker
1 South Carolina‡† 14–2 25–4
2 Mississippi St. 13–3 27–3
3 Missouri 11–5 21–9 1–1 vs. KY; 1–0 vs. SC
4 Kentucky 11–5 20–9 1–1 vs. MO; 0–1 vs. SC
5 Tennessee# 10–6 19–10
6 Texas A&M# 9–7 19–10
7 LSU# 8–8 19–10
8 Georgia# 7–9 15–15 1–0 vs. Aub.
9 Auburn# 7–9 17–13 0–1 vs. GA
10 Ole Miss# 6–10 17–12
11 Florida 5–11 14–15 1–0 vs. AL
12 Alabama 5–11 17–12 0–1 vs. FL
13 Vanderbilt 4–12 14–15
14 Arkansas 2–14 13–16
‡ – 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.

Schedule

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Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 1
1 11:00 AM #12 Alabama vs. #13 Vanderbilt SECN 3,507
2 1:30 PM #11 Florida vs. #14 Arkansas
Second round – Thursday, March 2
3 12:00 PM #8 Georgia vs. #9 Auburn SECN 3,746
4 2:30 PM #5 Tennessee vs. #12 Alabama
5 6:00 PM #7 LSU vs. #10 Ole Miss 3,568
6 8:30 PM #6 Texas A&M vs. #11 Florida
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 3
7 12:00 PM #1 South Carolina vs. #8 Georgia SECN 5,702
8 2:30 PM #4 Kentucky vs. #12 Alabama
9 6:00 PM #2 Mississippi St. vs. #7 LSU 4,330
10 8:30 PM #3 Missouri vs. #6 Texas A&M
Semifinals – Saturday, March 4
11 5:00 PM #1 South Carolina vs #4 Kentucky ESPNU 7,554
12 7:30 PM #2 Mississippi St. vs #6 Texas A&M
Championship – Sunday, March 5
13 2:30 PM #1 South Carolina vs #2 Mississippi State ESPN 7,715
*Game times in EST. # – Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

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First round
Wednesday, March 1
SECN
Second round
Thursday, March 2
SECN
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 3
SECN
Semifinals
Saturday, March 4
ESPNU
Championship
Sunday, March 5
ESPN
1South Carolina72
8Georgia568Georgia48
9Auburn521South Carolina89
4Kentucky77
4Kentucky65
5Tennessee6412Alabama55
12Alabama7712Alabama721South Carolina59
13Vanderbilt572Mississippi St.49
2Mississippi St.78
7LSU657LSU61
10Ole Miss492Mississippi St.66
6Texas A&M50
3Missouri48
6Texas A&M676Texas A&M62
11Florida7111Florida48
14Arkansas61

See also

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References

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