2010 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament

2010 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 200910
Teams 12
Site Arena at Gwinnett Center
Duluth, GA
Champions Tennessee (14th title)
Winning coach Pat Summitt (14th title)
MVP Alyssia Brewer (Tennessee)
2009–10 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#3 Tennessee 15 1   .938     32 3   .914
#19 Kentucky 11 5   .688     28 8   .778
Mississippi State 9 7   .563     21 13   .618
#21 LSU 9 7   .563     21 10   .677
Vanderbilt 9 7   .563     23 11   .676
#23 Georgia 9 7   .563     25 9   .735
Florida 7 9   .438     15 17   .469
South Carolina 7 9   .438     14 15   .483
Ole Miss 7 9   .438     17 15   .531
Auburn 5 11   .313     15 16   .484
Alabama 4 12   .250     12 18   .400
Arkansas 4 12   .250     12 18   .400
2010 SEC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament was the championship tournament of the Southeastern Conference in the 2009–10 season, with the winner earning the SEC's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Tournament. It was held at the Arena at Gwinnett Center in the Atlanta suburb of Duluth, Georgia from March 4 to March 7. The first round and quarterfinals were televised by Fox Sports South, the semifinals were aired by ESPNU, and the final aired on ESPN2.

The regular-season champion, Tennessee, won the tournament, which was believed at the time to have secured a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament (which proved true).[1]

Seeds

All SEC schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2009–10 SEC season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Unlike men's basketball play, SEC women's play is not conducted in a divisional format; all 12 teams are organized in a single table. The top four teams in the regular-season standings received byes.

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
First Round - Thursday, March 4
1
1
12 noon
#9 Ole Miss vs. #8 South Carolina
Fox Sports South
2,385
2
2:30 pm
#10 Auburn vs. #7 Florida
Fox Sports South
2
3
6:30 pm
#12 Arkansas vs. #5 Vanderbilt
Fox Sports South
3,682
4
9:00 pm
#11 Alabama vs #6 Georgia
Fox Sports South
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 5
3
5
12 noon
#9 Ole Miss vs. #1 Tennessee
Fox Sports South
5,012
6
2:30 pm
#10 Auburn vs. #2 Kentucky
Fox Sports South
4
7
6:30 pm
#5 Vanderbilt vs. #4 LSU
Fox Sports South
4,813
8
9:00 pm
#6 Georgia vs. #3 Mississippi State
Fox Sports South
Semifinals - Saturday, March 13
5
9
3:30 pm
#1 Tennessee vs. #5 Vanderbilt
ESPNU
6,148
10
6:00 pm
#2 Kentucky vs. #3 Mississippi State
ESPNU
Championship Game - Sunday, March 7
6
11
6:30 pm
#1 Tennessee vs. #2 Kentucky
ESPN2
5,854
*Game Times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

2010 SEC Tournament

  First round
March 4
FSN
Second round
March 5
FSN
Semifinals
March 6
ESPNU
SEC Championship Game
March 7
ESPN2
                                     
9 Ole Miss 64  
8 South Carolina 63  
  9 Ole Miss 51  
    1 Tennessee 76  
     
       
  1 Tennessee 68  
  5 Vanderbilt 49  
       
       
  5 Vanderbilt 63
    4 LSU 61  
12 Arkansas 64
5 Vanderbilt 65  
  1 Tennessee 70
  2 Kentucky 62
11 Alabama 66  
6 Georgia 73  
  6 Georgia 52
    3 Mississippi State 67  
     
       
  3 Mississippi State 65
  2 Kentucky 76  
       
       
  10 Auburn 54
    2 Kentucky 65  
10 Auburn 74
7 Florida 61  

References

  1. Associated Press (2010-03-07). "Lady Vols wrap up SEC championship; Summitt follows with a song". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2010-03-07.
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