2017 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament

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2017 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament
2017 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament.jpeg
ClassificationDivision I
Season2016–17
Teams14
SiteBon Secours Wellness Arena
Greenville, SC
ChampionsSouth Carolina (3rd title)
Winning coachDawn Staley (3rd title)
MVPA'ja Wilson (South Carolina)
Attendance36,122
TelevisionSEC Network, ESPN, ESPNU
← 2016
2018 →
2016–17 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 South Carolina† 14 – 2   .875 33 – 4   .892
No. 7 Mississippi State 13 – 3   .813 34 – 5   .872
No. 18 Kentucky 11 – 5   .688 22 – 11   .667
No. 25 Missouri 11 – 5   .688 21 – 11   .656
Tennessee 10 – 6   .625 20 – 12   .625
Texas A&M 9 – 7   .563 22 – 12   .647
LSU 8 – 8   .500 20 – 12   .625
Auburn 7 – 9   .438 17 – 15   .531
Georgia 7 – 9   .438 16 – 15   .516
Ole Miss 6 – 10   .375 17 – 14   .548
Alabama 5 – 11   .313 22 – 14   .611
Florida 5 – 11   .313 15 – 16   .484
Vanderbilt 4 – 12   .250 14 – 16   .467
Arkansas 2 – 14   .125 13 – 17   .433
† 2017 SEC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2017 Southeastern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina from March 1 through 5, 2017. South Carolina won their 3rd straight SEC Tournament title and earned an automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.

Seeds[]

Seed School Conference
record 		Overall
record 		Tiebreaker
1 South Carolina‡† 14–2 25–4
2 Mississippi St.† 13–3 27–3
3 Missouri† 11–5 21–9 1–1 vs. KY; 1–0 vs. SC
4 Kentucky† 11–5 20–9 1–1 vs. MO; 0–1 vs. SC
5 Tennessee# 10–6 19–10
6 Texas A&M# 9–7 19–10
7 LSU# 8–8 19–10
8 Georgia# 7–9 15–15 1–0 vs. Aub.
9 Auburn# 7–9 17–13 0–1 vs. GA
10 Ole Miss# 6–10 17–12
11 Florida 5–11 14–15 1–0 vs. AL
12 Alabama 5–11 17–12 0–1 vs. FL
13 Vanderbilt 4–12 14–15
14 Arkansas 2–14 13–16
‡ – 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 1
1 11:00 AM
#12 Alabama vs. #13 Vanderbilt
 SECN 3,507
2 1:30 PM
#11 Florida vs. #14 Arkansas
Second round – Thursday, March 2
3 12:00 PM
#8 Georgia vs. #9 Auburn
SECN 3,746
4 2:30 PM
#5 Tennessee vs. #12 Alabama
5 6:00 PM
#7 LSU vs. #10 Ole Miss
 3,568
6 8:30 PM
#6 Texas A&M vs. #11 Florida
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 3
7 12:00 PM
#1 South Carolina vs. #8 Georgia
 SECN 5,702
8 2:30 PM
#4 Kentucky vs. #12 Alabama
9 6:00 PM
#2 Mississippi St. vs. #7 LSU
 4,330
10 8:30 PM
#3 Missouri vs. #6 Texas A&M
Semifinals – Saturday, March 4
11 5:00 PM
#1 South Carolina vs #4 Kentucky
ESPNU 7,554
12 7:30 PM
#2 Mississippi St. vs #6 Texas A&M
Championship – Sunday, March 5
13 2:30 PM
#1 South Carolina vs #2 Mississippi State
 ESPN 7,715
*Game times in EST. # – Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket[]

  First round
Wednesday, March 1
SECN 		Second round
Thursday, March 2
SECN 		Quarterfinals
Friday, March 3
SECN 		Semifinals
Saturday, March 4
ESPNU 		Championship
Sunday, March 5
ESPN
                                               
1 South Carolina 72  
    8 Georgia 48  
8 Georgia 56
9 Auburn 52  
  1 South Carolina 89  
  4 Kentucky 77  
4 Kentucky 65
    12 Alabama 55  
5 Tennessee 64
    12 Alabama 72  
12 Alabama 77
13 Vanderbilt 57  
1 South Carolina 59
2 Mississippi St. 49
2 Mississippi St. 78  
    7 LSU 61  
7 LSU 65
10 Ole Miss 49  
  2 Mississippi St. 66
  6 Texas A&M 50  
3 Missouri 48
    6 Texas A&M 62  
6 Texas A&M 67
    11 Florida 48  
11 Florida 71
14 Arkansas 61  

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