2009 SEC women's basketball tournament

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2009 SEC women's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Teams12
Site Alltel Arena
North Little Rock, Arkansas
Champions Vanderbilt (6th title)
Winning coach Melanie Balcomb (3rd title)
MVP Christina Wirth (Vanderbilt)
Attendance24,777
  2008
2010  
2008–09 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 8 Auburn 122 .857304  .882
No. 14 Vanderbilt 104 .714269  .743
LSU 104 .7141911  .633
No. 22 Florida 95 .643248  .750
No. 18 Tennessee 95 .6432211  .667
Mississippi State 86 .5712310  .697
Georgia 77 .5001814  .563
Arkansas 68 .4291814  .563
Ole Miss 59 .3571815  .545
Kentucky 59 .3571616  .500
South Carolina 212 .1431018  .357
Alabama 113 .0711317  .433
2009 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2009 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament took place on March 5–8, 2009 in North Little Rock, Arkansas at Alltel Arena.

Contents

Vanderbilt won the tournament and with it the SEC's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA tournament. In the final, they upset top seed Auburn for the second time in three weeks; the Commodores were responsible for two of the Tigers' three losses going into the NCAA tournament.

Tournament

First Round Second Round Semi-Finals Finals
            
9 Ole Miss 65
8 Arkansas 60
9 Ole Miss 65
1 Auburn 71
1 Auburn80
5 Tennessee 58
12 Alabama 49
5 Tennessee 68
5 Tennessee71
4 Florida 67
1 Auburn 54
2 Vanderbilt61
11 South Carolina 39
6 Mississippi State 49
6 Mississippi State 58
3 LSU 63
3 LSU 47
2 Vanderbilt61
10 Kentucky 64
7 Georgia 82
7 Georgia 61
2 Vanderbilt 69

Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime.

All-Tournament Team

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