2020 SEC women's basketball tournament

2020 SEC women's basketball tournament
2020 SEC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2019–20
Teams	14
Site	Bon Secours Wellness Arena ; Greenville, South Carolina
Champions	South Carolina (5th title)
Winning coach	Dawn Staley (5th title)
MVP	Mikiah Herbert Harrigan (South Carolina)
Television	SEC Network, ESPNU, ESPN2
	SEC women's basketball tournaments ← 2019 2021 →

Last updated December 17, 2024

2019–20 SEC women's basketball standings
v t e	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 December 16, 2024 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, United States 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	SEC Network	5,589
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		3,615
5	6:00 pm	#7 LSU 73 vs. #10 Florida 59		4,215
6	8:30 pm	#6 Tennessee 64 vs. #11 Missouri 51		4,215
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		6,710
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		5,749
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	ESPNU	9,244
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



						1	South Carolina	89

			8	Alabama	61	9	Georgia	56

			9	Georgia	68				1	South Carolina	90

									5	Arkansas	64

						4	Texas A&M	66

			5	Arkansas	90	5	Arkansas	67

12	Vanderbilt	67	13	Auburn	66							1	South Carolina	76

13	Auburn	77										2	Mississippi State	62

						2	Mississippi State	79

			7	LSU	73	7	LSU	49

			10	Florida	59				2	Mississippi State	77

									3	Kentucky	59

						3	Kentucky	86

			6	Tennessee	64	6	Tennessee	65

11	Missouri	64	11	Missouri	51

14	Ole Miss	53

* denotes overtime period

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References

↑ "SEC announces 2020 Women's Basketball schedule" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. September 4, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
↑ 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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[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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