2016 SEC women's basketball tournament

The 2016 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida from March 2 through 6, 2016. South Carolina won the SEC Women's Tournament for the 2nd year in a row and earns an automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.

2016 SEC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2015–16
Teams	14
Site	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, FL
Champions	South Carolina (2nd title)
Winning coach	Dawn Staley (2nd title)
MVP	Tiffany Mitchell (South Carolina)
Attendance	29,526
Television	SEC Network, ESPN, ESPNU
SEC women's basketball tournaments ← 2015 2017 →

2015–16 SEC women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3 South Carolina †	16	–	0		1.000			33	–	2		.943
No. 15 Mississippi State	11	–	5		.688			28	–	8		.778
No. 18 Texas A&M	11	–	5		.688			22	–	10		.688
No. 12 Kentucky	10	–	6		.625			25	–	8		.758
No. 25 Florida	10	–	6		.625			22	–	9		.710
Georgia	9	–	7		.563			21	–	10		.677
Missouri	8	–	8		.500			22	–	10		.688
Tennessee	8	–	8		.500			22	–	14		.611
Auburn	8	–	8		.500			20	–	13		.606
Arkansas	7	–	9		.438			12	–	18		.400
Vanderbilt	5	–	11		.313			18	–	14		.563
Alabama	4	–	12		.250			15	–	16		.484
LSU	3	–	13		.188			10	–	21		.323
Ole Miss	2	–	14		.125			10	–	20		.333
† 2016 SEC tournament winner As of March 27, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference record	Overall record	Tiebreaker
1	South Carolina ‡	16–0	28–1
2	Texas A&M †	11–5	21–8	1–0 vs. MISS STATE
3	Mississippi State †	11–5	24–6	0–1 vs. TEXAS A&M
4	Florida †	10–6	22–7	1–0 vs. KENTUCKY
5	Kentucky #	10–6	21–6	0–1 vs. FLORIDA
6	Georgia #	9–7	21–8
7	Tennessee #	8–8	17–12	2–0 vs. AUBURN, MIZZOU
8	Missouri #	8–8	21–8	1–1 vs. AUBURN, TENN
9	Auburn #	8–8	18–11	0–2 vs. MIZZOU, TENN
10	Arkansas #	7–9	12–17
11	Vanderbilt	5–11	16–13
12	Alabama	4–12	15–14
13	LSU	3–13	9–20
14	Ole Miss	2–14	10–19
‡ – 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 2
1	11:00 AM	#12 Alabama vs. #13 LSU	SECN	2,889
2	1:30 PM	#11 Vanderbilt vs. #14 Ole Miss
Second round – Thursday, March 3
3	12:00 PM	#8 Missouri vs. #9 Auburn	SECN	2,245
4	2:30 PM	#5 Kentucky vs. #13 LSU
5	6:00 PM	#7 Tennessee vs. #10 Arkansas		3,094
6	8:30 PM	#6 Georgia vs. #11 Vanderbilt
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 4
7	12:00 PM	#1 South Carolina vs. #9 Auburn	SECN	4,703
8	2:30 PM	#4 Florida vs. #5 Kentucky
9	6:00 PM	#2 Texas A&M vs. #7 Tennessee		4,214
10	8:30 PM	#3 Mississippi State vs. #11 Vanderbilt
Semifinals – Saturday, March 5
11	5:00 PM	#1 South Carolina vs #5 Kentucky	ESPNU	5,632
12	7:30 PM	#7 Tennessee vs #3 Mississippi State
Championship – Sunday, March 6
13	2:30 PM	#1 South Carolina vs #3 Mississippi State	ESPN	6,549
*Game times in EST. # – Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 2 SEC Network					Second round Thursday, March 3 SEC Network					Quarterfinals Friday, March 4 SEC Network					Semifinals Saturday, March 5 ESPNU					Championship Sunday, March 6 ESPN
											1	South Carolina	57
						8	Missouri	45			9	Auburn	48
						9	Auburn	47								1	South Carolina	93
																5	Kentucky	63
											4	Florida	69
						5	Kentucky	79			5	Kentucky	92
	12	Alabama	49			13	LSU	71													1	South Carolina	66
	13	LSU	58																		3	Mississippi State	52
											2	Texas A&M	60
						7	Tennessee	68			7	Tennessee	70
						10	Arkansas	51								7	Tennessee	48
																3	Mississippi State	58
											3	Mississippi State	63
						6	Georgia	49			11	Vanderbilt	46
	11	Vanderbilt	74			11	Vanderbilt	54^OT
	14	Ole Miss	59

See also

• 2016 SEC men's basketball tournament

References

External links

• Official website