2014 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2014 Southeastern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference (SEC), beginning on March 5, 2014, and ending on March 9, 2014 in Duluth, Georgia, at the Arena at Gwinnett Center.[3] While it determined the SEC's representative in the NCAA Tournament, it did not determine the official SEC champion; the conference has awarded its official championship solely on the basis of regular-season record since the 1985–86 season.[4]

2014 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2013–14
Teams	14
Site	Arena at Gwinnett Center Duluth, Georgia
Champions	Tennessee (17th title)
Winning coach	Holly Warlick (1st title)
MVP	Isabelle Harrison (Tennessee)
Attendance	30,467
Television	SportSouth, Fox Sports South, ESPNU, ESPN
SEC Women's Basketball Tournaments

2013–14 SEC women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 8 South Carolina	14	–	2		.875			29	–	5		.853
No. 3 Tennessee †	13	–	3		.813			29	–	6		.829
No. 15 Texas A&M	13	–	3		.813			27	–	9		.750
No. 10 Kentucky	10	–	6		.625			26	–	9		.743
Florida	8	–	8		.500			20	–	13		.606
Georgia	7	–	9		.438			20	–	12		.625
LSU	7	–	9		.438			21	–	13		.618
Vanderbilt	7	–	9		.438			18	–	13		.581
Auburn	7	–	9		.438			19	–	15		.559
Alabama	7	–	9		.438			14	–	16		.467
Arkansas	6	–	10		.375			19	–	11		.633
Missouri	6	–	10		.375			17	–	14		.548
Mississippi State	5	–	11		.313			22	–	14		.611
Ole Miss	2	–	14		.125			12	–	20		.375
† 2014 SEC Tournament winner As of 10:03, 1 April 2014 (UTC); Rankings from AP Poll[1][2]

Format

Although the SEC expanded to 14 members with the addition of Missouri and Texas A&M in July 2012, this was the first SEC women's tournament to feature 14 teams. Ole Miss did not participate in the 2013 tournament; it self-imposed a postseason ban for the 2012–13 season after revelations of potential major NCAA rules violations.[5]

The teams seeded 1–4 received a double-bye to the quarterfinals, and the teams seeded 5–10 received a single-bye to the second round. The remaining four teams played in the first round.[3]

Seeds

2014 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament seeds and results
Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker
1	‡South Carolina	14–2	27–4
2	†Tennessee	13–3	27–5	1–0 vs. Texas A&M
3	†Texas A&M	13–3	24–8	0–1 vs. Tennessee
4	†Kentucky	10–6	24–8
5	#Florida	8–8	19–12
6	#Auburn	7–9	17–14	4–2 vs. Alabama, Vanderbilt, Georgia, and LSU
7	#Alabama	7–9	14–16	3–2 vs. Auburn, Vanderbilt, Georgia, and LSU; 1–0 vs. Vanderbilt
8	#Vanderbilt	7–9	18–12	3–2 vs. Auburn, Alabama, Georgia, and LSU; 0–1 vs. Alabama
9	#Georgia	7–9	20–11	1–3 vs. Auburn, Alabama, Vanderbilt, and LSU; 1–0 vs. LSU
10	#LSU	7–9	19–12	1–3 vs. Auburn, Alabama, Vanderbilt, and Georgia; 0–1 vs. Georgia
11	Arkansas	6–10	19–11	2–0 vs. Missouri
12	Missouri	6–10	17–13	0–2 vs. Arkansas
13	Mississippi State	5–11	19–13
14	Ole Miss	2–14	12–20
‡ – 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

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
First Round – Wednesday, March 5
1	6:00 pm	#12 Missouri vs. #13 Mississippi State	FSSO/SPSO	2,044
2	8:30 pm	#11 Arkansas vs. #14 Ole Miss	FSSO/SPSO
Second Round – Thursday, March 6
3	Noon	#9 Georgia vs. #8 Vanderbilt	SPSO	2,918
4	2:30 pm	#5 Florida vs. #13 Mississippi State	SPSO
5	6:00 pm	#7 Alabama vs. #10 LSU	SPSO	3,152
6	8:30 pm	#6 Auburn vs. #14 Ole Miss	SPSO
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 7
7	Noon	#1 South Carolina vs. #9 Georgia	SPSO	4,217
8	2:30 pm	#4 Kentucky vs. #5 Florida	SPSO
9	6:00 pm	#2 Tennessee vs. #10 LSU	SPSO	5,232
10	8:30 pm	#3 Texas A&M vs. #6 Auburn	SPSO
Semifinals – Saturday, March 8
11	Noon	#1 South Carolina vs. #4 Kentucky	ESPNU	6,306
12	2:30 pm	#2 Tennessee vs. #3 Texas A&M	ESPNU
Championship – Sunday, March 9
13	3:30 pm	#4 Kentucky vs. #2 Tennessee	ESPN	6,544
*Game Times in ET. # – Rankings denote tournament seed

SPSO games air across the SEC Region on FSN affiliates, including FSSW, and FSMW. The games rotate between the main channel and Plus affiliates. The games are also simulcast outside SEC territories on ESPN3. Next year the majority of the games will move to SEC Network.

Bracket

	First Round Wednesday, March 5					Second Round Thursday, March 6					Quarterfinals Friday, March 7					Semifinals Saturday, March 8					Championship Game Sunday, March 9
						9	Georgia	53
						8	Vanderbilt	43
											9	Georgia	48
											1	South Carolina	67
																1	South Carolina	58
																4	Kentucky	68
	12	Missouri	70
	13	Mississippi State	73
						13	Mississippi State	67
						5	Florida	71
											5	Florida	70
											4	Kentucky	75
																					4	Kentucky	70
																					2	Tennessee	71
						10	LSU	78
						7	Alabama	65
											10	LSU	65
											2	Tennessee	77
																2	Tennessee	86
																3	Texas A&M	77
	11	Arkansas	62
	14	Ole Miss	63
						14	Ole Miss	54
						6	Auburn	70
											6	Auburn	54
											3	Texas A&M	86

^OT denotes overtime game

References

1. "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2013-14". ESPN. Retrieved 11 Apr 2014.
2. "2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 17)". ESPN. Retrieved 11 Apr 2014.
3. Bracket
4. "Championships: SEC Champions" (PDF). 2012–13 SEC Women's Basketball Media Guide. Southeastern Conference. p. 88. Retrieved May 16, 2013. From 1980 to 1985, the SEC champion was the winner of the SEC Tournament. Since 1986, the SEC champion has been determined by the regular season schedule.
5. Elkins, Chris (November 10, 2012). "Ole Miss women's basketball self-impose postseason ban". Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. Tupelo, MS. Archived from the original on 2014-03-11. Retrieved March 11, 2014.