2010 SEC women's basketball tournament


The 2010 SEC women's basketball tournament was the championship tournament of the Southeastern Conference in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The winner of the tournament earned the SEC's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA tournament. It was held at the Arena at Gwinnett Center in the Atlanta suburb of Duluth, Georgia from March 4 to March 7. The first round and quarterfinals were televised by Fox Sports South, the semifinals were aired by ESPNU, and the final aired on ESPN2.

2010 SEC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2009–10
Teams12
SiteArena at Gwinnett Center
Duluth, GA
ChampionsTennessee (14th title)
Winning coachPat Summitt (14th title)
MVPAlyssia Brewer (Tennessee)
Attendance27,894
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2009–10 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 Tennessee 15 1   .938 32 3   .914
No. 19 Kentucky 11 5   .688 28 8   .778
Mississippi State 9 7   .563 21 13   .618
No. 21 LSU 9 7   .563 21 10   .677
Vanderbilt 9 7   .563 23 11   .676
No. 23 Georgia 9 7   .563 25 9   .735
Florida 7 9   .438 15 17   .469
South Carolina 7 9   .438 14 15   .483
Ole Miss 7 9   .438 17 15   .531
Auburn 5 11   .313 15 16   .484
Alabama 4 12   .250 12 18   .400
Arkansas 4 12   .250 12 18   .400
2010 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The regular-season champion, Tennessee, won the tournament, which was believed at the time to have secured a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament (which proved true).[1]

Seeds

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All SEC schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2009–10 SEC season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Unlike men's basketball play, SEC women's play is not conducted in a divisional format; all 12 teams are organized in a single table. The top four teams in the regular-season standings received byes.

Schedule

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Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
First round - Thursday, March 4
1
1
12 noon Fox Sports South
2,385
2
2:30 pm
#10 Auburn vs. #7 Florida
Fox Sports South
2
3
6:30 pm
#12 Arkansas vs. #5 Vanderbilt
Fox Sports South
3,682
4
9:00 pm
#11 Alabama vs #6 Georgia
Fox Sports South
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 5
3
5
12 noon
#9 Ole Miss vs. #1 Tennessee
Fox Sports South
5,012
6
2:30 pm
#10 Auburn vs. #2 Kentucky
Fox Sports South
4
7
6:30 pm
#5 Vanderbilt vs. #4 LSU
Fox Sports South
4,813
8
9:00 pm
#6 Georgia vs. #3 Mississippi State
Fox Sports South
Semifinals - Saturday, March 13
5
9
3:30 pm
#1 Tennessee vs. #5 Vanderbilt
6,148
10
6:00 pm
#2 Kentucky vs. #3 Mississippi State
Championship Game - Sunday, March 7
6
11
6:30 pm
#1 Tennessee vs. #2 Kentucky
5,854
*Game Times in ET[1]. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

2010 SEC tournament

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First round
March 4
FSN
Second round
March 5
FSN
Semifinals
March 6
ESPNU
SEC Championship Game
March 7
ESPN2
            
9 Ole Miss 64
8 South Carolina 63
9 Ole Miss 51
1 Tennessee 76
1 Tennessee 68
5 Vanderbilt 49
5 Vanderbilt 63
4 LSU 61
12 Arkansas 64
5 Vanderbilt 65
1 Tennessee 70
2 Kentucky 62
11 Alabama 66
6 Georgia 73
6 Georgia 52
3 Mississippi State 67
3 Mississippi State 65
2 Kentucky 76
10 Auburn 54
2 Kentucky 65
10 Auburn 74
7 Florida 61

References

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  1. ^ "Lady Vols wrap up SEC championship; Summitt follows with a song". ESPN.com. Associated Press. March 7, 2010. Archived from the original on March 10, 2010. Retrieved March 7, 2010.