2022 SEC women's basketball tournament

2022 SEC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2021–22
Teams	14
Site	Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN
Champions	Kentucky (2nd title)
Winning coach	Kyra Elzy (1st title)
MVP	Rhyne Howard (Kentucky)
Attendance	51,045
Television	SEC Network, ESPNU, ESPN
SEC women's basketball tournaments ←  2021 2023  →

2021–22 SEC women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 South Carolina	15	–	1		.938			35	–	2		.946
No. 9 LSU	13	–	3		.813			26	–	6		.813
No. 18 Tennessee	11	–	5		.688			25	–	9		.735
Ole Miss	10	–	6		.625			23	–	9		.719
Florida	10	–	6		.625			21	–	11		.656
Georgia	9	–	7		.563			21	–	10		.677
No. 15 Kentucky †	8	–	8		.500			19	–	12		.613
Missouri	7	–	9		.438			18	–	13		.581
Arkansas	7	–	9		.438			18	–	14		.563
Alabama	6	–	10		.375			20	–	14		.588
Mississippi State	6	–	10		.375			15	–	14		.517
Texas A&M	4	–	12		.250			14	–	15		.483
Vanderbilt	4	–	12		.250			16	–	19		.457
Auburn	2	–	14		.125			10	–	18		.357
† 2022 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2022 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, from March 2 through 6, 2022. The winner received an automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. ^{[1] [2]} In the championship game, the seventh-seeded Kentucky Wildcats pulled off a major upset against the top-seeded and top-ranked South Carolina Gamecocks, 64–62. ^[3]

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference record	Overall record	Tiebreaker
1	South Carolina ‡†	15–1	27–1
2	LSU †	13–3	25–4
3	Tennessee †	11–5	22–7
4	Ole Miss †	10–6	22–7	1–0 vs. FLA
5	Florida #	10–6	20–9	0–1 vs. MISS
6	Georgia #	9–7	20–8
7	Kentucky #	8–8	15–11
8	Arkansas #	7–9	17–12	2–0 vs. MIZ
9	Missouri #	7–9	18–11	0–2 vs. ARK
10	Mississippi State #	6–10	15–13	1–0 vs. ALA
11	Alabama	6–10	15–12	0–1 vs. MSST
12	Texas A&M	4–12	14–14	1–0 vs. VAN
13	Vanderbilt	4–12	13–17	0–1 vs. A&M
14	Auburn	2–14	10–17
‡ – 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* [4]	Matchup#	Television	Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 2
1	11:00 am	No. 12 Texas A&M 69 vs. No. 13 Vanderbilt 85	SEC Network	6,446
2	1:30 pm	No. 11 Alabama 75 vs. No. 14 Auburn 68
Second round – Thursday, March 3
3	Noon	No. 8 Arkansas 61 vs. No. 9 Missouri 52OT	SEC Network	6,446
4	2:30 pm	No. 5 Florida 53 vs. No. 13 Vanderbilt 52
5	6:00 pm	No. 7 Kentucky 83 vs. No. 10 Mississippi State 67		6,500
6	8:30 pm	No. 6 Georgia 62 vs. No. 11 Alabama 74
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 4
7	Noon	No. 1 South Carolina 76 vs. No. 8 Arkansas 54	SEC Network	6,880
8	2:30 pm	No. 4 Ole Miss 70 vs. No. 5 Florida 60
9	6:00 pm	No. 2 LSU 63 vs. No. 7 Kentucky 78		7,704
10	8:30 pm	No. 3 Tennessee 74 vs. No. 11 Alabama 59
Semifinals – Saturday, March 5
11	4:00 pm	No. 1 South Carolina 61 vs No. 4 Ole Miss 51	ESPNU	9,072
12	6:30 pm	No. 7 Kentucky 83 vs No. 3 Tennessee 74
Championship – Sunday, March 6
13	1:00 pm	No. 1 South Carolina 62 vs No. 7 Kentucky 64	ESPN	7,997
*Game times in CT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 2 SECN					Second round Thursday, March 3 SECN					Quarterfinals Friday, March 4 SECN					Semifinals Saturday, March 5 ESPNU					Championship Sunday, March 6 ESPN
											1	South Carolina	76
						8	Arkansas	61			8	Arkansas	54
						9	Missouri	52*								1	South Carolina	61
																4	Ole Miss	51
											4	Ole Miss	70
						5	Florida	53			5	Florida	60
	12	Texas A&M	69			13	Vanderbilt	52													1	South Carolina	62
	13	Vanderbilt	85																		7	Kentucky	64
											2	LSU	63
						7	Kentucky	83			7	Kentucky	78
						10	Mississippi State	67								7	Kentucky	83
																3	Tennessee	74
											3	Tennessee	74
						6	Georgia	62			11	Alabama	59
	11	Alabama	75			11	Alabama	74
	14	Auburn	68

*denotes overtime

See also

• 2022 SEC men's basketball tournament

References

1. "2022 SEC Women's Basketball Conference Schedule" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. September 9, 2021. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
2. "SEC making Nashville home of its basketball tourney". apnews.com. November 13, 2018. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
3. Hall, Cora. "Kentucky stuns No. 1 South Carolina with last-second shot to win women's SEC Tournament championship". Knoxville News-Sentinel. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
4. "Championship - Women's Basketball". SEC Sports. Retrieved February 28, 2022.