2016 SEC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201516
Teams14
SiteJacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
Jacksonville, FL
ChampionsSouth Carolina (2nd title)
Winning coachDawn Staley (2nd title)
MVPTiffany Mitchell (South Carolina)
Attendance29,526
TelevisionSEC Network, ESPN, ESPNU
2015–16 SEC women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 3 South Carolina160 1.000332  .943
No. 15 Mississippi State115 .688288  .778
No. 18 Texas A&M115 .6882210  .688
No. 12 Kentucky106 .625258  .758
No. 25 Florida106 .625229  .710
Georgia97 .5632110  .677
Missouri88 .5002210  .688
Tennessee88 .5002214  .611
Auburn88 .5002013  .606
Arkansas79 .4381218  .400
Vanderbilt511 .3131814  .563
Alabama412 .2501516  .484
LSU313 .1881021  .323
Ole Miss214 .1251020  .333
2016 SEC tournament winner
As of March 27, 2016
Rankings from AP poll

The 2016 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida from March 2 through 6, 2016. South Carolina won the SEC Women's Tournament for the 2nd year in a row and earns an automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.

Seeds

Seed School Conference
record
Overall
record
Tiebreaker
1 South Carolina ‡ 16–0 28–1
2 Texas A&M † 11–5 21–8 1–0 vs. MISS STATE
3 Mississippi State † 11–5 24–6 0–1 vs. TEXAS A&M
4 Florida † 10–6 22–7 1–0 vs. KENTUCKY
5 Kentucky # 10–6 21–6 0–1 vs. FLORIDA
6 Georgia # 9–7 21–8
7 Tennessee # 8–8 17–12 2–0 vs. AUBURN, MIZZOU
8 Missouri # 8–8 21–8 1–1 vs. AUBURN, TENN
9 Auburn # 8–8 18–11 0–2 vs. MIZZOU, TENN
10 Arkansas # 7–9 12–17
11 Vanderbilt 5–11 16–13
12 Alabama 4–12 15–14
13 LSU 3–13 9–20
14 Ole Miss 2–14 10–19
‡ – 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 2
1 11:00 AM #12 Alabama vs. #13 LSU SECN 2,889
2 1:30 PM #11 Vanderbilt vs. #14 Ole Miss
Second round – Thursday, March 3
3 12:00 PM #8 Missouri vs. #9 Auburn SECN 2,245
4 2:30 PM #5 Kentucky vs. #13 LSU
5 6:00 PM #7 Tennessee vs. #10 Arkansas 3,094
6 8:30 PM #6 Georgia vs. #11 Vanderbilt
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 4
7 12:00 PM #1 South Carolina vs. #9 Auburn SECN 4,703
8 2:30 PM #4 Florida vs. #5 Kentucky
9 6:00 PM #2 Texas A&M vs. #7 Tennessee 4,214
10 8:30 PM #3 Mississippi State vs. #11 Vanderbilt
Semifinals – Saturday, March 5
11 5:00 PM #1 South Carolina vs #5 Kentucky ESPNU 5,632
12 7:30 PM #7 Tennessee vs #3 Mississippi State
Championship – Sunday, March 6
13 2:30 PM #1 South Carolina vs #3 Mississippi State ESPN 6,549
*Game times in EST. # – Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 2
SEC Network
Second round
Thursday, March 3
SEC Network
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 4
SEC Network
Semifinals
Saturday, March 5
ESPNU
Championship
Sunday, March 6
ESPN
1South Carolina57
8Missouri459Auburn48
9Auburn471South Carolina93
5Kentucky63
4Florida69
5Kentucky795Kentucky92
12Alabama4913LSU711South Carolina66
13LSU583Mississippi State52
2Texas A&M60
7Tennessee687Tennessee70
10Arkansas517Tennessee48
3Mississippi State58
3Mississippi State63
6Georgia4911Vanderbilt46
11Vanderbilt7411Vanderbilt 54OT
14Ole Miss59

See also

References

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