2011 SEC women's basketball tournament

The 2011 SEC women's basketball tournament took place at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee from March 3–6, 2011.[1] The Tennessee Lady Volunteers won the tournament and received the SEC's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA women's basketball tournament by defeating the Kentucky Wildcats 90–65 in the championship game.

2011 SEC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams12
SiteBridgestone Arena
Nashville, Tennessee
ChampionsTennessee Lady Volunteers (15th title)
Winning coachPat Summitt (15th title)
MVPShekinna Stricklen (Tennessee)
Attendance42,140
TelevisionFox Sports South (first round and quarterfinals), ESPNU (semifinals), ESPN2 (championship game)
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2010–11 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Tennessee 16 0   1.000 34 3   .919
No. 17 Kentucky 11 5   .688 25 9   .735
Vanderbilt 10 6   .625 20 12   .625
Georgia 10 6   .625 23 11   .676
South Carolina 8 8   .500 18 15   .545
Auburn 8 8   .500 16 16   .500
LSU 8 8   .500 19 13   .594
Florida 7 9   .438 20 15   .571
Arkansas 6 10   .375 22 12   .647
Alabama 5 11   .313 18 15   .545
Mississippi State 4 12   .250 13 17   .433
Ole Miss 3 13   .188 10 19   .345
2011 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Seeds edit

All SEC schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by their 2010–11 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 on the regular-season table received byes.

Schedule edit

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
First Round - Thursday, March 3
1 1 1:00 pm #9 Arkansas vs. #8 Florida Fox Sports South 3,519
2 3:30 pm #10 Alabama vs. #7 LSU Fox Sports South
2 3 7:30 pm #12 Ole Miss vs. #5 South Carolina Fox Sports South 3,827
4 10:00 pm #11 Mississippi State vs #6 Auburn Fox Sports South
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 4
3 5 1:00 pm #8 Florida vs. #1 Tennessee Fox Sports South 7,461
6 3:30 pm #7 LSU vs. #2 Kentucky Fox Sports South
4 7 7:30 pm #5 South Carolina vs. #4 Georgia Fox Sports South 5,976
8 10:00 pm #11 Mississippi State vs. #3 Vanderbilt Fox Sports South
Semifinals - Saturday, March 5
5 9 4:00 pm #1 Tennessee vs #4 Georgia ESPNU 10,207
10 6:30 pm #2 Kentucky vs. #3 Vanderbilt ESPNU
Championship Game - Sunday, March 6
6 11 5:30 pm #1 Tennessee vs #2 Kentucky ESPN2 11,150
*Game Times in ET[1]. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

2011 SEC tournament edit

First round
March 3
FSN
Second round
March 4
FSN
Semifinals
March 5
ESPNU
SEC Championship Game
March 6
ESPN2
            
9 Arkansas 59
8 Florida 68
8 Florida 75
1 Tennessee 92
1 Tennessee 82
4 Georgia 58
5 South Carolina 34
4 Georgia 66
12 Ole Miss 50
5 South Carolina 63
1 Tennessee 90
2 Kentucky 65
11 Mississippi State 49
6 Auburn 47
11 Mississippi State 55
3 Vanderbilt 69
3 Vanderbilt 56
2 Kentucky 69
7 LSU 58
2 Kentucky 60
10 Alabama 36
7 LSU 63

References edit