2018 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament

2017–18 SEC women's basketball standings
	† 2018 SEC Tournament winner ; As of April 1, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

2018 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament
2018 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2017–18
Teams	14
Site	Bridgestone Arena; Nashville, TN
Champions	South Carolina (4th title)
Winning coach	Dawn Staley (4th title)
MVP	A'ja Wilson (South Carolina)
Attendance	45,174
Television	SEC Network, ESPN2, ESPNU
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The 2018 Southeastern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, from February 28 through March 4, 2018. South Carolina defeated the regular-season champions Mississippi State to earn an automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.

Seeds[]

Seed	School	Conference record	Overall record	Tiebreaker
1	Mississippi State^‡†	16–0	32–0
2	South Carolina^†	12–4	25–6	1–0 vs. UGA
3	Georgia^†	12–4	25–6	0–1 vs. SC
4	LSU^†	11–5	19–9	1–0 vs. MIZZOU, 1–0 vs. TEN, 1–1 vs. TXAM
5	Texas A&M^#	11–5	24–9	1–0 vs. MIZZOU, 1–1 vs. LSU, 1–1 vs. TEN
6	Missouri^#	11–5	24–7	1–0 vs. TEN, 0–1 LSU, 0–1 vs. TXAM
7	Tennessee^#	11–5	24–7	1–1 vs. TXAM, 0–1 vs. LSU, 0–1 vs. MIZZOU
8	Alabama^#	7–9	17–13
9	Kentucky^#	6–10	15–16
10	Auburn^#	5–11	14–15
11	Florida	3–13	11–19	1–0 vs. VANDY, 1–0 vs. ARK
12	Vanderbilt	3–13	7–24	0–1 vs. UF, 1–0 vs. ARK
13	Arkansas	3–13	13–18	0–1 vs. UF, 0–1 vs. VANDY
14	Ole Miss	1–15	12–19
‡ – 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.

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
First round – Wednesday, February 28
1	11:00 am	#12 Vanderbilt vs. #13 Arkansas	SEC Network	4,371
2	1:30 pm	#11 Florida vs. #14 Ole Miss	SEC Network	4,371
Second round – Thursday, March 1
3	Noon	#8 Alabama vs. #9 Kentucky	SEC Network	3,889
4	2:30 pm	#5 Texas A&M vs. #13 Arkansas		3,889
5	6:00 pm	#7 Tennessee vs. #10 Auburn		6,047
6	8:30 pm	#6 Missouri vs. #14 Ole Miss		6,047
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 2
7	Noon	#1 Mississippi State vs. #9 Kentucky	SEC Network	6,344
8	2:30 pm	#4 LSU vs. #5 Texas A&M		6,344
9	6:00 pm	#2 South Carolina vs. #7 Tennessee		7,489
10	8:30 pm	#3 Georgia vs. #6 Missouri		7,489
Semifinals – Saturday, March 3
11	4:00 pm	#1 Mississippi State vs #5 Texas A&M	ESPNU	8,819
12	6:30 pm	#2 South Carolina vs #3 Georgia	ESPNU	8,819
Championship – Sunday, March 4
13	3:30 pm	#1 Mississippi State vs #2 South Carolina	ESPN2	8,215
*Game times in CT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed

Source:^[1]

First round Wednesday, February 28 SECN 11AM 1:25PM			Second round Thursday, March 1 SECN 12PM 2:25PM 6PM 8:25PM			Quarterfinals Friday, March 2 SECN 12PM 2:25PM 6PM 8:25PM			Semifinals Saturday, March 3 ESPNU 4PM 6:25PM			Championship Sunday, March 4 ESPN2 3:30PM


						9	Kentucky	58

						1	Mississippi State	81
			9	Kentucky	71

			8	Alabama	64

									1	Mississippi State	70

									5	Texas A&M	55

						5	Texas A&M	75

						4	LSU	69
			13	Arkansas	52

			5	Texas A&M	82
12	Vanderbilt	76

13	Arkansas	88
												1	Mississippi State	51

												2	South Carolina	62

						7	Tennessee	62

						2	South Carolina	73
			10	Auburn	61

			7	Tennessee	64

									2	South Carolina	71

									3	Georgia	49

						6	Missouri	41

						3	Georgia	55
			14	Ole Miss	50

			6	Missouri	59
11	Florida	43

14	Ole Miss	48

v t 2018 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournaments
Conference	ACC American America East ASUN Atlantic 10 Big 12 Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West CAA Conference USA Horizon Ivy MAAC MEAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Mountain West Northeast Ohio Valley Pac-12 Patriot SEC Southern Southland SWAC Sun Belt The Summit League WAC West Coast
National	NCAA WNIT WBI

2017–18 SEC women's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Mississippi State	16	–	0	1.000	37	–	2	.949
No. 7 South Carolina †	12	–	4	.750	29	–	7	.806
No. 18 Georgia	12	–	4	.750	26	–	7	.788
No. 12 Tennessee	11	–	5	.688	25	–	8	.758
No. 17 Missouri	11	–	5	.688	24	–	8	.750
No. 14 Texas A&M	11	–	5	.688	26	–	10	.722
No. 24 LSU	11	–	5	.688	19	–	10	.655
Alabama	7	–	9	.438	20	–	14	.588
Kentucky	6	–	10	.375	15	–	17	.469
Auburn	5	–	11	.313	14	–	15	.483
Arkansas	3	–	13	.188	13	–	18	.419
Florida	3	–	13	.188	11	–	19	.367
Vanderbilt	3	–	13	.188	7	–	24	.226
Ole Miss	1	–	15	.063	12	–	19	.387

† 2018 SEC Tournament winner As of April 1, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll