2022 SEC women's basketball tournament

The 2022 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, from March 2 through 6, 2022. The winner received an automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.[1][2] In the championship game, the seventh-seeded Kentucky Wildcats pulled off a major upset against the top-seeded and top-ranked South Carolina Gamecocks, 64–62.[3]

2022 SEC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2021–22
Teams14
SiteBridgestone Arena
Nashville, TN
ChampionsKentucky (2nd title)
Winning coachKyra Elzy (1st title)
MVPRhyne Howard (Kentucky)
Attendance51,045
TelevisionSEC Network, ESPNU, ESPN
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2023 →
2021–22 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 South Carolina 15 1   .938 35 2   .946
No. 9 LSU 13 3   .813 26 6   .813
No. 18 Tennessee 11 5   .688 25 9   .735
Ole Miss 10 6   .625 23 9   .719
Florida 10 6   .625 21 11   .656
Georgia 9 7   .563 21 10   .677
No. 15 Kentucky 8 8   .500 19 12   .613
Missouri 7 9   .438 18 13   .581
Arkansas 7 9   .438 18 14   .563
Alabama 6 10   .375 20 14   .588
Mississippi State 6 10   .375 15 14   .517
Texas A&M 4 12   .250 14 15   .483
Vanderbilt 4 12   .250 16 19   .457
Auburn 2 14   .125 10 18   .357
2022 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

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Seed School Conference
record
Overall
record
Tiebreaker
1 South Carolina‡† 15–1 27–1
2 LSU 13–3 25–4
3 Tennessee 11–5 22–7
4 Ole Miss 10–6 22–7 1–0 vs. FLA
5 Florida# 10–6 20–9 0–1 vs. MISS
6 Georgia# 9–7 20–8
7 Kentucky# 8–8 15–11
8 Arkansas# 7–9 17–12 2–0 vs. MIZ
9 Missouri# 7–9 18–11 0–2 vs. ARK
10 Mississippi State# 6–10 15–13 1–0 vs. ALA
11 Alabama 6–10 15–12 0–1 vs. MSST
12 Texas A&M 4–12 14–14 1–0 vs. VAN
13 Vanderbilt 4–12 13–17 0–1 vs. A&M
14 Auburn 2–14 10–17
‡ – 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*[4] Matchup# Television Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 2
1 11:00 am
No. 12 Texas A&M 69 vs. No. 13 Vanderbilt 85
SEC Network 6,446
2 1:30 pm
No. 11 Alabama 75 vs. No. 14 Auburn 68
Second round – Thursday, March 3
3 Noon
No. 8 Arkansas 61 vs. No. 9 Missouri 52OT
SEC Network 6,446
4 2:30 pm
No. 5 Florida 53 vs. No. 13 Vanderbilt 52
5 6:00 pm
No. 7 Kentucky 83 vs. No. 10 Mississippi State 67
6,500
6 8:30 pm
No. 6 Georgia 62 vs. No. 11 Alabama 74
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 4
7 Noon
No. 1 South Carolina 76 vs. No. 8 Arkansas 54
SEC Network 6,880
8 2:30 pm
No. 4 Ole Miss 70 vs. No. 5 Florida 60
9 6:00 pm
No. 2 LSU 63 vs. No. 7 Kentucky 78
7,704
10 8:30 pm
No. 3 Tennessee 74 vs. No. 11 Alabama 59
Semifinals – Saturday, March 5
11 4:00 pm
No. 1 South Carolina 61 vs No. 4 Ole Miss 51
ESPNU 9,072
12 6:30 pm
No. 7 Kentucky 83 vs No. 3 Tennessee 74
Championship – Sunday, March 6
13 1:00 pm
No. 1 South Carolina 62 vs No. 7 Kentucky 64
ESPN 7,997
*Game times in CT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

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First round
Wednesday, March 2
SECN
Second round
Thursday, March 3
SECN
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 4
SECN
Semifinals
Saturday, March 5
ESPNU
Championship
Sunday, March 6
ESPN
1South Carolina76
8Arkansas618Arkansas54
9Missouri52*1South Carolina61
4Ole Miss51
4Ole Miss70
5Florida535Florida60
12Texas A&M6913Vanderbilt521South Carolina62
13Vanderbilt857Kentucky64
2LSU63
7Kentucky837Kentucky78
10Mississippi State677Kentucky83
3Tennessee74
3Tennessee74
6Georgia6211Alabama59
11Alabama7511Alabama74
14Auburn68

* denotes overtime

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2022 SEC Women's Basketball Conference Schedule" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. September 9, 2021. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
  2. ^ "SEC making Nashville home of its basketball tourney". apnews.com. November 13, 2018. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
  3. ^ Hall, Cora. "Kentucky stuns No. 1 South Carolina with last-second shot to win women's SEC Tournament championship". Knoxville News-Sentinel. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  4. ^ "Championship - Women's Basketball". SEC Sports. Retrieved February 28, 2022.