2017 SEC women's basketball tournament

The 2017 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, from March 1 through 5, 2017. South Carolina won their 3rd straight SEC tournament title and earned an automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.

2017 SEC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2016–17
Teams	14
Site	Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, SC
Champions	South Carolina (3rd title)
Winning coach	Dawn Staley (3rd title)
MVP	A'ja Wilson (South Carolina)
Attendance	36,122
Television	SEC Network, ESPN, ESPNU
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2016–17 SEC women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3 South Carolina†	14	–	2		.875			33	–	4		.892
No. 7 Mississippi State	13	–	3		.813			34	–	5		.872
No. 18 Kentucky	11	–	5		.688			22	–	11		.667
No. 25 Missouri	11	–	5		.688			21	–	11		.656
Tennessee	10	–	6		.625			20	–	12		.625
Texas A&M	9	–	7		.563			22	–	12		.647
LSU	8	–	8		.500			20	–	12		.625
Auburn	7	–	9		.438			17	–	15		.531
Georgia	7	–	9		.438			16	–	15		.516
Ole Miss	6	–	10		.375			17	–	14		.548
Alabama	5	–	11		.313			22	–	14		.611
Florida	5	–	11		.313			15	–	16		.484
Vanderbilt	4	–	12		.250			14	–	16		.467
Arkansas	2	–	14		.125			13	–	17		.433
† 2017 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference record	Overall record	Tiebreaker
1	South Carolina‡†	14–2	25–4
2	Mississippi St.†	13–3	27–3
3	Missouri†	11–5	21–9	1–1 vs. KY; 1–0 vs. SC
4	Kentucky†	11–5	20–9	1–1 vs. MO; 0–1 vs. SC
5	Tennessee#	10–6	19–10
6	Texas A&M#	9–7	19–10
7	LSU#	8–8	19–10
8	Georgia#	7–9	15–15	1–0 vs. Aub.
9	Auburn#	7–9	17–13	0–1 vs. GA
10	Ole Miss#	6–10	17–12
11	Florida	5–11	14–15	1–0 vs. AL
12	Alabama	5–11	17–12	0–1 vs. FL
13	Vanderbilt	4–12	14–15
14	Arkansas	2–14	13–16
‡ – 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 1
1	11:00 AM	#12 Alabama vs. #13 Vanderbilt	SECN	3,507
2	1:30 PM	#11 Florida vs. #14 Arkansas
Second round – Thursday, March 2
3	12:00 PM	#8 Georgia vs. #9 Auburn	SECN	3,746
4	2:30 PM	#5 Tennessee vs. #12 Alabama
5	6:00 PM	#7 LSU vs. #10 Ole Miss		3,568
6	8:30 PM	#6 Texas A&M vs. #11 Florida
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 3
7	12:00 PM	#1 South Carolina vs. #8 Georgia	SECN	5,702
8	2:30 PM	#4 Kentucky vs. #12 Alabama
9	6:00 PM	#2 Mississippi St. vs. #7 LSU		4,330
10	8:30 PM	#3 Missouri vs. #6 Texas A&M
Semifinals – Saturday, March 4
11	5:00 PM	#1 South Carolina vs #4 Kentucky	ESPNU	7,554
12	7:30 PM	#2 Mississippi St. vs #6 Texas A&M
Championship – Sunday, March 5
13	2:30 PM	#1 South Carolina vs #2 Mississippi State	ESPN	7,715
*Game times in EST. # – Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 1 SECN					Second round Thursday, March 2 SECN					Quarterfinals Friday, March 3 SECN					Semifinals Saturday, March 4 ESPNU					Championship Sunday, March 5 ESPN
											1	South Carolina	72
						8	Georgia	56			8	Georgia	48
						9	Auburn	52								1	South Carolina	89
																4	Kentucky	77
											4	Kentucky	65
						5	Tennessee	64			12	Alabama	55
	12	Alabama	77			12	Alabama	72													1	South Carolina	59
	13	Vanderbilt	57																		2	Mississippi St.	49
											2	Mississippi St.	78
						7	LSU	65			7	LSU	61
						10	Ole Miss	49								2	Mississippi St.	66
																6	Texas A&M	50
											3	Missouri	48
						6	Texas A&M	67			6	Texas A&M	62
	11	Florida	71			11	Florida	48
	14	Arkansas	61

See also

• 2017 SEC men's basketball tournament

References

External links

• Official website