2020 SEC women's basketball tournament

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
2021 →
2019–20 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 South Carolina 16 0   1.000 32 1   .970
No. 9 Mississippi State 13 3   .813 27 6   .818
No. 24 Arkansas 10 6   .625 24 8   .750
No. 16 Kentucky 10 6   .625 22 8   .733
No. 19 Texas A&M 10 6   .625 22 8   .733
Tennessee 10 6   .625 21 10   .677
LSU 9 7   .563 20 10   .667
Alabama 8 8   .500 18 12   .600
Georgia 7 9   .438 17 14   .548
Florida 6 10   .375 15 15   .500
Missouri 5 11   .313 9 22   .290
Vanderbilt 4 12   .250 14 16   .467
Auburn 4 12   .250 11 18   .379
Ole Miss 0 16   .000 7 23   .233
2020 SEC tournament winner
As of December 13, 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.