2015 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament

2015 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2014–15
Teams 14
Site Verizon Arena
North Little Rock, AR
Champions South Carolina (1st title)
Winning coach Dawn Staley (1st title)
MVP Aleighsa Welch (South Carolina)
Television SEC Network, ESPN, ESPNU
SEC Women's Basketball Tournaments
«2014  2016»
2014–15 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#3 South Carolina*† 15 – 1   .938     34 – 3   .919
#6 Tennessee 15 – 1   .938     30 – 6   .833
#12 Mississippi State 11 – 5   .688     27 – 7   .794
#11 Kentucky 10 – 6   .625     24 – 10   .706
#21 Texas A&M 10 – 6   .625     23 – 10   .697
LSU 10 – 6   .625     17 – 14   .548
Missouri 7 – 9   .438     19 – 14   .576
Ole Miss 7 – 9   .438     19 – 14   .576
Georgia 6 – 10   .375     19 – 12   .613
Arkansas 6 – 10   .375     18 – 14   .563
Vanderbilt 5 – 11   .313     15 – 16   .484
Florida 5 – 11   .313     13 – 17   .433
Auburn 3 – 13   .188     13 – 18   .419
Alabama 2 – 14   .125     13 – 19   .406
† 2015 SEC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 Southeastern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock, Arkansas from March 4 through 8, 2015. The tournament consisted of five rounds and included all 14 SEC teams. Seeds 5 through 10 received a first-round bye, and the top four seeds received a "double bye" through the first and second rounds.[1][2]

Seeds

2015 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament seeds
Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker
1 South Carolinac‡† 15–1 29–2 1–0 vs. Tennessee
2 Tennesseec† 15–1 28–4 0–1 vs. South Carolina
3 Mississippi State† 11–5 26–6
4 LSU† 10–6 17–13 1–0 vs. Kentucky; 1–1 vs. Texas A&M; 1–0 vs. Mississippi State
5 Texas A&M# 10–6 23–9 1–0 vs. Kentucky; 1–1 vs. LSU; 0–1 vs. Mississippi State
6 Kentucky# 10–6 23–9 0–2 vs. Texas A&M, LSU
7 Missouri# 7–9 17–13 1–0 vs. Ole Miss
8 Ole Miss# 7–9 17–13 0–1 vs. Missouri
9 Arkansas# 6–10 17–13 1–0 vs. Georgia
10 Georgia# 6–10 19–12 0–1 vs. Arkansas
11 Vanderbilt 5–11 15–16 1–1 vs. Florida; 1–1 vs. Mississippi State
12 Florida 5–11 13–17 1–1 vs. Vanderbilt; 0–1 vs. Mississippi State
13 Auburn 3–13 13–18
14 Alabama 2–14 13–19
‡ – Tournament No. 1 seed.
c – SEC Regular Season co-champions.
† – 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 4
1
 4:00 p.m.
#12 Florida vs. #13 Auburn
SEC Network
 1,915[3]
2
 6:30 p.m.
#11 Vanderbilt vs. #14 Alabama
Second Round – Thursday, March 5
3
 Noon
#9 Arkansas vs. #8 Ole Miss
SEC Network
4
 2:30 p.m.
#5 Texas A&M vs. #13 Auburn
5
 5:00 p.m.
#7 Missouri vs. #10 Georgia
3,744[4]
6
 7:30 p.m.
#6 Kentucky vs. #11 Vanderbilt
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 6
7
 Noon
#1 South Carolina vs. #9 Arkansas
SEC Network
4,630[5]
8
 2:30 p.m.
#4 LSU vs. #5 Texas A&M
9
 6:00 p.m.
#2 Tennessee vs. #10 Georgia
4,189
10
 8:30 p.m.
#3 Mississippi State vs. #6 Kentucky
Semifinals – Saturday, March 7
11
 4:00 p.m.
#1 South Carolina vs. #4 LSU
ESPNU
5,524
12
 6:30 p.m.
#2 Tennessee vs. #6 Kentucky
Championship – Sunday, March 8
13
 2:30 p.m.
#1 South Carolina vs. #2 Tennessee
ESPN
5,819
*Game times in CT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

  First Round
Wednesday, March 4
SECN		 Second Round
Thursday, March 5
SECN		 Quarterfinals
Friday, March 6
SECN		 Semifinals
Saturday, March 7
ESPNU		 Championship Game
Sunday, March 8
ESPN
                                               
9  Arkansas 72  
8  Ole Miss 61  
  9  Arkansas 36
  1  South Carolina 58  
  1  South Carolina 74  
  4  LSU 54  
12  Florida 49  
13  Auburn 71  
  13  Auburn 47  
  5  Texas A&M 57  
  5  Texas A&M 65
  4  LSU 71  
1  South Carolina 62
2  Tennessee 46
10  Georgia 75  
7  Missouri 64  
  10  Georgia 41
  2  Tennessee 75

 
  2  Tennessee 75
  6  Kentucky 64  
11  Vanderbilt 66  
14  Alabama 56  
  11  Vanderbilt 61  
  6  Kentucky 67  
  6  Kentucky 76
  3  Mississippi State 67  

Tourney awards

See also

References

  1. ↑ "North Little Rock Site Of 2015 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament". SEC. November 17, 2013. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  2. ↑ "SEC 2015 Women's Basketball Tournament". Verizon Arena. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  3. ↑ Game 2 Boxscore
  4. ↑ Game 6 Boxscore
  5. ↑ Game 8 Boxscore
  6. 1 2 "South Carolina downs UT to win tournament". Associated Press. secsports.com. March 8, 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2015.

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