2020 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament

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2020 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament
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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 February 1, 2022; 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
                                               
8 Alabama 61  
9 Georgia 68  
  1 South Carolina 89
  9 Georgia 56  
  1 South Carolina 90  
  5 Arkansas 64  
12 Vanderbilt 67  
13 Auburn 77  
  5 Arkansas 90  
  13 Auburn 66  
  4 Texas A&M 66
  5 Arkansas 67  
1 South Carolina 76
2 Mississippi State 62
7 LSU 73  
10 Florida 59  
  2 Mississippi State 79
  7 LSU 49  
  2 Mississippi State 77
  3 Kentucky 59  
11 Missouri 64  
14 Ole Miss 53  
  6 Tennessee 64  
  11 Missouri 51  
  3 Kentucky 86
  6 Tennessee 65  

* 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.
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