2020 SEC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2019–20
Teams14
SiteBon Secours Wellness Arena
Greenville, SC
ChampionsSouth Carolina (5th title)
Winning coachDawn Staley (5th title)
MVPMikiah Herbert Harrigan (South Carolina)
TelevisionSEC Network, ESPNU, ESPN2
2019–20 SEC women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 South Carolina †16–0 1.00032–1  .970
No. 9 Mississippi State13–3 .81327–6  .818
No. 24 Arkansas10–6 .62524–8  .750
No. 16 Kentucky10–6 .62522–8  .733
No. 19 Texas A&M10–6 .62522–8  .733
Tennessee10–6 .62521–10  .677
LSU9–7 .56320–10  .667
Alabama8–8 .50018–12  .600
Georgia7–9 .43817–14  .548
Florida6–10 .37515–15  .500
Missouri5–11 .3139–22  .290
Vanderbilt4–12 .25014–16  .467
Auburn4–12 .25011–18  .379
Ole Miss0–16 .0007–23  .233
† 2020 SEC tournament winner
As of January 9, 2024
Rankings from AP poll

The 2020 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina through March 8, 2020.[1][2] The South Carolina Gamecocks won the tournament.

Seeds

Seed School Conference
record		 Overall
record		 Tiebreaker
1 South Carolina‡† 16–0 32–1
2 Mississippi State† 13–3 27–6
3 Kentucky† 10–6 22–8 1–0 vs. TAMU, 1–0 vs. UT, 0–1 vs. ARK
4 Texas A&M† 10–6 22–8 1–0 vs. UT, 1–0 vs. Ark, 0–1 vs. UK
5 Arkansas# 10–6 24–7 1–0 vs. UT, 1–0 vs. UK, 0–1 vs. TAMU
6 Tennessee# 10–6 22–10 0–1 vs. UK, 0–1 vs. TAMU, 0–1 vs. ARK
7 LSU# 9–7 20–10
8 Alabama# 8–8 18–12
9 Georgia# 7–9 17–14
10 Florida# 6–10 15–15
11 Missouri 5–11 9–22
12 Vanderbilt 4–12 14–16 1–0 vs. Auburn
13 Auburn 4–12 11–18 0–1 vs. Vanderbilt
14 Ole Miss 0–16 7–23
‡ – 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 4
1 11:00 am
#12 Vanderbilt 67 vs. #13 Auburn 77
 SEC Network 5,589
2 1:30 pm
#11 Missouri 64 vs. #14 Ole Miss 53
Second round – Thursday, March 5
3 Noon
#8 Alabama 61 vs. #9 Georgia 68
 SEC Network 3,615
4 2:30 pm
#13 Auburn 68 vs. #5 Arkansas 90
5 6:00 pm
#7 LSU 73 vs. #10 Florida 59
 4,215
6 8:30 pm
#6 Tennessee 64 vs. #11 Missouri 51
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 6
7 Noon
#1 South Carolina 89 vs. #9 Georgia 56
 SEC Network 6,710
8 2:30 pm
#4 Texas A&M 66 vs. #5 Arkansas 67
9 6:00 pm
#2 Mississippi State 79 vs. #7 LSU 49
 5,749
10 8:30 pm
#3 Kentucky 86 vs. #6 Tennessee 65
Semifinals – Saturday, March 7
11 5:00 pm
#1 South Carolina 90 vs #5 Arkansas 64
 ESPNU 9,244
12 7:30 pm
#2 Mississippi State 77 vs #3 Kentucky 59
Championship – Sunday, March 8
13 2:00 pm
#1 South Carolina 76 vs #2 Mississippi State 62
 ESPN2 9,971
*Game times in ET. # – 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
Sunday, March 8
ESPN2
1South Carolina89
8Alabama619Georgia56
9Georgia681South Carolina90
5Arkansas64
4Texas A&M66
5Arkansas905Arkansas67
12Vanderbilt6713Auburn661South Carolina76
13Auburn772Mississippi State62
2Mississippi State79
7LSU737LSU49
10Florida592Mississippi State77
3Kentucky59
3Kentucky86
6Tennessee646Tennessee65
11Missouri6411Missouri51
14Ole Miss53

* denotes overtime period

See also

References

  1. ↑ "SEC announces 2020 Women's Basketball schedule" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. September 4, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  2. ↑ Landrum, Cindy (October 25, 2017). "Greenville lands SEC women's basketball tournament in 2019, 2020 and 2021". Greenville Journal. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
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