2015 SEC women's basketball tournament

2015 SEC women's basketball tournament
2015 SEC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2014–15
Teams	14
Site	Verizon Arena; North Little Rock, AR
Champions	South Carolina (1st title)
Winning coach	Dawn Staley (1st title)
MVP	Aleighsa Welch (South Carolina)
Attendance	25,821
Television	SEC Network, ESPN, ESPNU
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The 2015 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at Verizon Arena, now known as Simmons Bank Arena. in North Little Rock, Arkansas from March 4 through 8, 2015. The tournament consisted of five rounds and included all 14 SEC teams. Seeds 5 through 10 received a first-round bye, and the top four seeds received a "double bye" through the first and second rounds.^[1]^[2]

2014–15 SEC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 South Carolina*^†	15	–	1	.938	34	–	3	.919
No. 6 Tennessee	15	–	1	.938	30	–	6	.833
No. 12 Mississippi State	11	–	5	.688	27	–	7	.794
No. 11 Kentucky	10	–	6	.625	24	–	10	.706
No. 21 Texas A&M	10	–	6	.625	23	–	10	.697
LSU	10	–	6	.625	17	–	14	.548
Missouri	7	–	9	.438	19	–	14	.576
Ole Miss	7	–	9	.438	19	–	14	.576
Georgia	6	–	10	.375	19	–	12	.613
Arkansas	6	–	10	.375	18	–	14	.563
Vanderbilt	5	–	11	.313	15	–	16	.484
Florida	5	–	11	.313	13	–	17	.433
Auburn	3	–	13	.188	13	–	18	.419
Alabama	2	–	14	.125	13	–	19	.406

† 2015 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Seeds edit

Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker
2015 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament seeds
1	South Carolina^c‡†	15–1	29–2	1–0 vs. Tennessee
2	Tennessee^c†	15–1	28–4	0–1 vs. South Carolina
3	Mississippi State^†	11–5	26–6
4	LSU^†	10–6	17–13	1–0 vs. Kentucky; 1–1 vs. Texas A&M; 1–0 vs. Mississippi State
5	Texas A&M^#	10–6	23–9	1–0 vs. Kentucky; 1–1 vs. LSU; 0–1 vs. Mississippi State
6	Kentucky^#	10–6	23–9	0–2 vs. Texas A&M, LSU
7	Missouri^#	7–9	17–13	1–0 vs. Ole Miss
8	Ole Miss^#	7–9	17–13	0–1 vs. Missouri
9	Arkansas^#	6–10	17–13	1–0 vs. Georgia
10	Georgia^#	6–10	19–12	0–1 vs. Arkansas
11	Vanderbilt	5–11	15–16	1–1 vs. Florida; 1–1 vs. Mississippi State
12	Florida	5–11	13–17	1–1 vs. Vanderbilt; 0–1 vs. Mississippi State
13	Auburn	3–13	13–18
14	Alabama	2–14	13–19
‡ – Tournament No. 1 seed. c – SEC Regular Season co-champions. † – 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.

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
First Round – Wednesday, March 4
1	4:00 p.m.	#12 Florida vs. #13 Auburn	SECN	1,915^[3]
2	6:30 p.m.	#11 Vanderbilt vs. #14 Alabama	SECN	1,915^[3]
Second Round – Thursday, March 5
3	Noon	#9 Arkansas vs. #8 Ole Miss	SECN
4	2:30 p.m.	#5 Texas A&M vs. #13 Auburn
5	5:00 p.m.	#7 Missouri vs. #10 Georgia		3,744^[4]
6	7:30 p.m.	#6 Kentucky vs. #11 Vanderbilt		3,744^[4]
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 6
7	Noon	#1 South Carolina vs. #9 Arkansas	SECN	4,630^[5]
8	2:30 p.m.	#4 LSU vs. #5 Texas A&M		4,630^[5]
9	6:00 p.m.	#2 Tennessee vs. #10 Georgia		4,189
10	8:30 p.m.	#3 Mississippi State vs. #6 Kentucky		4,189
Semifinals – Saturday, March 7
11	4:00 p.m.	#1 South Carolina vs. #4 LSU	ESPNU	5,524
12	6:30 p.m.	#2 Tennessee vs. #6 Kentucky	ESPNU	5,524
Championship – Sunday, March 8
13	2:30 p.m.	#1 South Carolina vs. #2 Tennessee	ESPN	5,819
*Game times in CT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.


First round Wednesday, March 4 SECN			Second round Thursday, March 5 SECN			Quarterfinals Friday, March 6 SECN			Semifinals Saturday, March 7 ESPNU			Championship Game Sunday, March 8 ESPN



						9	Arkansas	36

			9	Arkansas	72	1	South Carolina	58

			8	Ole Miss	61				1	South Carolina	74

									4	LSU	54

						5	Texas A&M	65

			13	Auburn	47	4	LSU	71

12	Florida	49	5	Texas A&M	57							1	South Carolina	62

13	Auburn	71										2	Tennessee	46

						10	Georgia	41

			10	Georgia	75	2	Tennessee	75

			7	Missouri	64				2	Tennessee	75

									6	Kentucky	64

						6	Kentucky	76

			11	Vanderbilt	61	3	Mississippi State	67

11	Vanderbilt	66	6	Kentucky	67

14	Alabama	56

MVP – Aleighsa Welch, South Carolina^[6]
All-Tournament Team – Makayla Epps (Kentucky), Cierra Burdick (Tennessee), Jordan Reynolds (Tennessee), Aleighsa Welch (South Carolina), and Alaina Coates (South Carolina)^[6]