2015 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament

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2015 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament
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ClassificationDivision I
Season2014–15
Teams14
SiteVerizon Arena
North Little Rock, AR
ChampionsSouth Carolina (1st title)
Winning coachDawn Staley (1st title)
MVPAleighsa Welch (South Carolina)
Attendance25,821
TelevisionSEC Network, ESPN, ESPNU
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2014–15 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 South Carolina*† 15 – 1   .938 34 – 3   .919
No. 6 Tennessee 15 – 1   .938 30 – 6   .833
No. 12 Mississippi State 11 – 5   .688 27 – 7   .794
No. 11 Kentucky 10 – 6   .625 24 – 10   .706
No. 21 Texas A&M 10 – 6   .625 23 – 10   .697
LSU 10 – 6   .625 17 – 14   .548
Missouri 7 – 9   .438 19 – 14   .576
Ole Miss 7 – 9   .438 19 – 14   .576
Georgia 6 – 10   .375 19 – 12   .613
Arkansas 6 – 10   .375 18 – 14   .563
Vanderbilt 5 – 11   .313 15 – 16   .484
Florida 5 – 11   .313 13 – 17   .433
Auburn 3 – 13   .188 13 – 18   .419
Alabama 2 – 14   .125 13 – 19   .406
† 2015 SEC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 Southeastern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at Verizon Arena, now known as Simmons Bank Arena. in North Little Rock, Arkansas from March 4 through 8, 2015. The tournament consisted of five rounds and included all 14 SEC teams. Seeds 5 through 10 received a first-round bye, and the top four seeds received a "double bye" through the first and second rounds.[1][2]

Seeds[]

2015 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament seeds
Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker
1 South Carolinac‡† 15–1 29–2 1–0 vs. Tennessee
2 Tennesseec† 15–1 28–4 0–1 vs. South Carolina
3 Mississippi State† 11–5 26–6
4 LSU† 10–6 17–13 1–0 vs. Kentucky; 1–1 vs. Texas A&M; 1–0 vs. Mississippi State
5 Texas A&M# 10–6 23–9 1–0 vs. Kentucky; 1–1 vs. LSU; 0–1 vs. Mississippi State
6 Kentucky# 10–6 23–9 0–2 vs. Texas A&M, LSU
7 Missouri# 7–9 17–13 1–0 vs. Ole Miss
8 Ole Miss# 7–9 17–13 0–1 vs. Missouri
9 Arkansas# 6–10 17–13 1–0 vs. Georgia
10 Georgia# 6–10 19–12 0–1 vs. Arkansas
11 Vanderbilt 5–11 15–16 1–1 vs. Florida; 1–1 vs. Mississippi State
12 Florida 5–11 13–17 1–1 vs. Vanderbilt; 0–1 vs. Mississippi State
13 Auburn 3–13 13–18
14 Alabama 2–14 13–19
‡ – Tournament No. 1 seed.
c – SEC Regular Season co-champions.
† – 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
 4:00 p.m.
#12 Florida vs. #13 Auburn
 SECN 1,915[3]
2
 6:30 p.m.
#11 Vanderbilt vs. #14 Alabama
Second Round – Thursday, March 5
3
 Noon
#9 Arkansas vs. #8 Ole Miss
 SECN
4
 2:30 p.m.
#5 Texas A&M vs. #13 Auburn
5
 5:00 p.m.
#7 Missouri vs. #10 Georgia
 3,744[4]
6
 7:30 p.m.
#6 Kentucky vs. #11 Vanderbilt
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 6
7
 Noon
#1 South Carolina vs. #9 Arkansas
 SECN 4,630[5]
8
 2:30 p.m.
#4 LSU vs. #5 Texas A&M
9
 6:00 p.m.
#2 Tennessee vs. #10 Georgia
 4,189
10
 8:30 p.m.
#3 Mississippi State vs. #6 Kentucky
Semifinals – Saturday, March 7
11
 4:00 p.m.
#1 South Carolina vs. #4 LSU
 ESPNU 5,524
12
 6:30 p.m.
#2 Tennessee vs. #6 Kentucky
Championship – Sunday, March 8
13
 2:30 p.m.
#1 South Carolina vs. #2 Tennessee
ESPN
5,819
*Game times in CT. # – 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 Game
Sunday, March 8
ESPN
                                               
9 Arkansas 72  
8 Ole Miss 61  
  9 Arkansas 36
  1 South Carolina 58  
  1 South Carolina 74  
  4 LSU 54  
12 Florida 49  
13 Auburn 71  
  13 Auburn 47  
  5 Texas A&M 57  
  5 Texas A&M 65
  4 LSU 71  
1 South Carolina 62
2 Tennessee 46
10 Georgia 75  
7 Missouri 64  
  10 Georgia 41
  2 Tennessee 75

 
  2 Tennessee 75
  6 Kentucky 64  
11 Vanderbilt 66  
14 Alabama 56  
  11 Vanderbilt 61  
  6 Kentucky 67  
  6 Kentucky 76
  3 Mississippi State 67  

Tourney awards[]

  • MVP – Aleighsa Welch, South Carolina[6]
  • All-Tournament Team – Makayla Epps (Kentucky), Cierra Burdick (Tennessee), Jordan Reynolds (Tennessee), Aleighsa Welch (South Carolina), and Alaina Coates (South Carolina)[6]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "North Little Rock Site Of 2015 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament". SEC. November 17, 2013. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  2. ^ "SEC 2015 Women's Basketball Tournament". Verizon Arena. Archived from the original on 2014-05-24. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  3. ^ Game 2 Boxscore
  4. ^ Game 6 Boxscore
  5. ^ Game 8 Boxscore
  6. ^ a b "South Carolina downs UT to win tournament". Associated Press. secsports.com. March 8, 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2015.

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