2019 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2019 Southeastern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, from March 6 through 10, 2019.[1][2] Mississippi State won its first-ever title to earn an automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.[3][4][5]

2019 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2018–19
Teams	14
Site	Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, SC
Champions	Mississippi State (1st title)
Winning coach	Vic Schaefer (1st title)
MVP	Teaira McCowan (Mississippi State)
Attendance	32,180
Television	SEC Network, ESPNU, ESPN2
SEC Women's Basketball Tournaments

2018–19 SEC women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Mississippi State †	15	–	1		.938			33	–	3		.917
No. 15 South Carolina	13	–	3		.813			23	–	9		.719
No. 14 Texas A&M	12	–	4		.750			26	–	7		.788
No. 17 Kentucky	11	–	5		.688			25	–	8		.758
Missouri	10	–	6		.625			24	–	11		.686
Auburn	9	–	7		.563			22	–	10		.688
Georgia	9	–	7		.563			18	–	12		.600
Tennessee	7	–	9		.438			19	–	13		.594
LSU	7	–	9		.438			16	–	13		.552
Arkansas	6	–	10		.375			22	–	15		.595
Alabama	5	–	11		.313			14	–	17		.452
Ole Miss	3	–	13		.188			9	–	22		.290
Florida	3	–	13		.188			8	–	23		.258
Vanderbilt	2	–	14		.125			7	–	23		.233
† 2019 SEC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference record	Overall record	Tiebreaker
1	Mississippi State^‡†	15–1	27–2
2	South Carolina^†	13–3	21–8
3	Texas A&M^†	12–4	23–6
4	Kentucky^†	11–5	24–6
5	Missouri^#	10–6	21–9
6	Auburn^#	9–7	21–8	1–0 vs. UGA
7	Georgia^#	9–7	18–11	0–1 vs. AUB
8	Tennessee^#	7–9	18–11	1–0 vs. LSU
9	LSU^#	7–9	16–12	0–1 vs. TEN
10	Arkansas^#	6–10	17–13
11	Alabama	5–11	13–16
12	Ole Miss	3–13	9–21	1–0 vs. FLA
13	Florida	3–13	7–22	0–1 vs. MISS
14	Vanderbilt	2–14	7–22
‡ – 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 6
1	11:00 am	#12 Ole Miss vs. #13 Florida	SEC Network	4,148
2	1:30 pm	#11 Alabama vs. #14 Vanderbilt
Second round – Thursday, March 7
3	Noon	#8 Tennessee vs. #9 LSU	SEC Network	3,215
4	2:30 pm	#5 Missouri vs. #13 Florida
5	6:00 pm	#7 Georgia vs. #10 Arkansas		3,089
6	8:30 pm	#6 Auburn vs. #11 Alabama
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 8
7	Noon	#1 Mississippi State vs. #8 Tennessee	SEC Network	4,431
8	2:30 pm	#4 Kentucky vs. #5 Missouri
9	6:00 pm	#2 South Carolina vs. #10 Arkansas		5,709
10	8:30 pm	#3 Texas A&M vs. #6 Auburn
Semifinals – Saturday, March 9
11	5:00 pm	#1 Mississippi State vs #5 Missouri	ESPNU	5,817
12	7:30 pm	#10 Arkansas vs #3 Texas A&M
Championship – Sunday, March 10
13	2:00 pm	#1 Mississippi State vs #10 Arkansas	ESPN2	5,771
*Game times in ET.[6] # – Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	First round March 6, 2019 SECN					Second round March 7, 2019 SECN					Quarterfinals March 8, 2019 SECN					Semifinals March 9, 2019 ESPNU					Championship March 10, 2019 ESPN2
											1	Mississippi State	83
											8	Tennessee	68
						8	Tennessee	69
						9	LSU	66
																1	Mississippi State	71
																5	Missouri	56
											4	Kentucky	68
											5	Missouri	70^OT
						5	Missouri	87
						13	Florida	56
	12	Ole Miss	57
	13	Florida	64
																					1	Mississippi State	101
																					10	Arkansas	70
											2	South Carolina	89
											10	Arkansas	95
						7	Georgia	76
						10	Arkansas	86
																10	Arkansas	58
																3	Texas A&M	51
											3	Texas A&M	64
											6	Auburn	62
						6	Auburn	53
						11	Alabama	52
	11	Alabama	74
	14	Vanderbilt	57

See also

• 2019 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament

References

1. "SEC announces 2019 Women's Basketball schedule" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. August 24, 2018. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
2. Landrum, Cindy (October 25, 2017). "Greenville lands SEC women's basketball tournament in 2019, 2020 and 2021". Greenville Journal. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
3. "Bulldogs blow by Arkansas to earn Mississippi State's first SEC Tournament title". The Clarion Ledger. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
4. "Arkansas falls to Mississippi State in SEC final". wholehogsports.com. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
5. Writer, PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports. "McCowan leads No. 5 Mississippi State to SEC tourney title". Meridian Star. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
6. "2019 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament". SEC. January 13, 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2019.