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.

History

Tournaments

YearChampionScoreRunner-upTournament MVPLocation
198085–71Jill Rankin, TNStokely Athletic Center, Knoxville, Tennessee
198161–50Becky Jackson, AUBLSU Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
198280–74[1981–82 2007–08 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team|Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team|Tennessee]Valerie Still, KYMemorial Coliseum, Lexington, Kentucky
1983[1982–83 1998–99 Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball team|Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball team|Georgia]72–69Teresa Edwards, GAStokely Athletic Center, Knoxville, Tennessee
198474–65Cassandra Crumpton, GAGeorgia Coliseum, Athens, Georgia
198563–60Sheila Collins, TNVarious Campus Sites
198694–72Katrina McClain, GAGeorgia Coliseum, Athens, Georgia
198783–57Vickie Orr, AUBAlbany Civic Center, Albany, Georgia
1988Tennessee73–70AuburnBridgette Gordon, TNAlbany Civic Center, Albany, Georgia
1989Tennessee66–51AuburnBridgette Gordon, TN Albany Civic Center, Albany, Georgia
1990Auburn78–77Carolyn Jones, AUBAlbany Civic Center, Albany, Georgia
199180–75TennesseePokey Chatman, LSUAlbany Civic Center, Albany, Georgia
199273–66Dena Head, TNAlbany Civic Center, Albany, Georgia
1993Vanderbilt76–64Maura Cunningham, VANMcKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee
199482–57Tiffany Woosley, TNMcKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee
199567–61TennesseeSheri Sam, VANMcKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee
1996Tennessee64–60Dominique Canty, ALAMcKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee
199752–47Laticia Morris, AUBMcKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee
1998Tennessee67–63Chamique Holdsclaw, TNColumbus Civic Center, Columbus, Georgia
199985–69GeorgiaChamique Holdsclaw, TN McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee
2000Tennessee70–67LaToya Thomas, MSSTMcKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee
200162–60Chantelle Anderson, VANThe Pyramid, Memphis, Tennessee
200263–48Zuzana Klimešová, VANGaylord Entertainment Center, Nashville, Tennessee
200378–62TennesseeTemeka Johnson, LSUAlltel Arena, North Little Rock, Arkansas
200462–56Carla Thomas, VANGaylord Entertainment Center, Nashville, Tennessee
2005Tennessee67–65LSUShyra Ely, TNBi-Lo Center, Greenville, South Carolina
200663–62LSUCandace Parker, TNAlltel Arena, North Little Rock, Arkansas
200751–45LSUCarla Thomas, VAN Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, Georgia
2008Tennessee61–55LSUCandace Parker, TN Sommet Center, Nashville, Tennessee
2009Vanderbilt61–54AuburnChristina Wirth, VANAlltel Arena, North Little Rock, Arkansas
2010Tennessee70–62KentuckyAlyssia Brewer, TNArena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, Georgia
201190–65KentuckyShekinna Stricklen, TNBridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
201270–58Glory Johnson, TNBridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
201375–67KentuckyKelsey Bone, TXA&MArena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, Georgia
2014Tennessee71–70KentuckyIsabelle Harrison, TNArena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, Georgia
2015[2014–15 2023–24 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team|South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team|South Carolina]62–46TennesseeAleighsa Welch, SCVerizon Arena, North Little Rock, Arkansas
2016South Carolina66–52Mississippi StateTiffany Mitchell, SCJacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, Florida
2017South Carolina59–49Mississippi StateA'ja Wilson, SCBon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina
2018South Carolina62–51Mississippi StateA'ja Wilson, SC Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
2019Mississippi State101–70ArkansasTeaira McCowan, MSSTBon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina
2020South Carolina76–62Mississippi StateMikiah Herbert Harrigan, SCBon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina
2021South Carolina67–62GeorgiaAliyah Boston, SCBon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina
2022Kentucky64–62South CarolinaRhyne Howard, KYBridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
2023South Carolina74–58TennesseeAliyah Boston, SC Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina
2024South Carolina79–72LSUMiLaysia Fulwiley, SCBon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina
2025South Carolina64–45TexasChloe Kitts, SCBon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina
2026Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina
2027Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina
2028Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina