2016 SEC women's basketball tournament

2016 SEC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2015–16
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
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2015–16 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 South Carolina † 16 – 0   1.000 33 – 2   .943
No. 15 Mississippi State 11 – 5   .688 28 – 8   .778
No. 18 Texas A&M 11 – 5   .688 22 – 10   .688
No. 12 Kentucky 10 – 6   .625 25 – 8   .758
No. 25 Florida 10 – 6   .625 22 – 9   .710
Georgia 9 – 7   .563 21 – 10   .677
Missouri 8 – 8   .500 22 – 10   .688
Tennessee 8 – 8   .500 22 – 14   .611
Auburn 8 – 8   .500 20 – 13   .606
Arkansas 7 – 9   .438 12 – 18   .400
Vanderbilt 5 – 11   .313 18 – 14   .563
Alabama 4 – 12   .250 15 – 16   .484
LSU 3 – 13   .188 10 – 21   .323
Ole Miss 2 – 14   .125 10 – 20   .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 earned 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