2021 SEC women's basketball tournament

The 2021 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, March 3–7, 2021. Vanderbilt cancelled its season after going 4-4 and did not compete in the conference tournament. By winning, South Carolina earned an automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.^[1][2]

2021 SEC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2020–21
Teams	13
Site	Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, SC
Champions	South Carolina (6th title)
Winning coach	Dawn Staley (6th title)
MVP	Aliyah Boston (South Carolina)
Television	SEC Network, ESPNU, ESPN2
SEC women's basketball tournaments ← 2020 2022 →

2020–21 SEC women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Texas A&M	13	–	1		.929			25	–	3		.893
No. 6 South Carolina †	14	–	2		.875			26	–	5		.839
No. 13 Tennessee	9	–	4		.692			17	–	8		.680
No. 10 Georgia	10	–	5		.667			20	–	6		.769
No. 15 Arkansas	9	–	6		.600			19	–	8		.704
No. 18 Kentucky	9	–	6		.600			18	–	8		.692
Alabama	8	–	8		.500			16	–	9		.640
LSU	6	–	8		.429			9	–	13		.409
Mississippi State	5	–	7		.417			10	–	9		.526
Missouri	5	–	9		.357			9	–	13		.409
Ole Miss	4	–	10		.286			15	–	12		.556
Florida	3	–	11		.214			12	–	14		.462
Auburn	0	–	15		.000			5	–	19		.208
Vanderbilt	0	–	3		.000			4	–	4		.500
Vanderbilt suspended their season on January 18, 2021
† 2021 SEC tournament winner As of March 21, 2021 Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference record	Overall record	Tiebreaker
1	Texas A&M‡	13–1	22–1
2	South Carolina†	14–2	19–4
3	Tennessee†	9–4	15–6
4	Georgia†	10–5	18–5
5	Kentucky#	9–6	16–7	1–0 vs. Arkansas
6	Arkansas#	9–6	19–7	0–1 vs. Kentucky
7	Alabama#	8–8	15–8
8	LSU#	6–8	8–12
9	Mississippi State#	5–7	10–8
10	Missouri#	5–9	9–10
11	Ole Miss#	4–10	10–10
12	Florida	3–11	10–12
13	Auburn	0–15	5–18
‡ – 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 3
1	4:00 pm	No. 12 Florida 69 vs. No. 13 Auburn 62	SEC Network	579
Second round – Thursday, March 4
2	11:00 am	No. 8 LSU 71 vs. No. 9 Mississippi State 62	SEC Network
3	1:30 pm	No. 5 Kentucky 73 vs. No. 12 Florida 64
4	6:00 pm	No. 7 Alabama 82 vs. No. 10 Missouri 74		912
5	8:30 pm	No. 6 Arkansas 60 vs. No. 11 Ole Miss 69
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 5
6	11:00 am	No. 1 Texas A&M 77 vs. No. 8 LSU 58	SEC Network	1,264
7	1:30 pm	No. 4 Georgia 78 vs. No. 5 Kentucky 66
8	6:00 pm	No. 2 South Carolina 75 vs. No. 7 Alabama 63		2,409
9	8:30 pm	No. 3 Tennessee 77 vs. No. 11 Ole Miss 72
Semifinals – Saturday, March 6
10	4:00 pm	No. 1 Texas A&M 68 vs No. 4 Georgia 74	ESPNU	2,662
11	6:30 pm	No. 2 South Carolina 67 vs No. 3 Tennessee 52
Championship – Sunday, March 7
12	2:00 pm	No. 4 Georgia 62 vs No. 2 South Carolina 67	ESPN2	2,872
Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed^[3]

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 3 SEC Network					Second round Thursday, March 4 SEC Network					Quarterfinals Friday, March 5 SEC Network					Semifinals Saturday, March 6 ESPNU					Championship Sunday, March 7 ESPN2
											1	Texas A&M	77
						8	LSU	71			8	LSU	58
						9	Mississippi State	62								1	Texas A&M	68
																4	Georgia	74
											4	Georgia	78
						5	Kentucky	73			5	Kentucky	66
	12	Florida	69			12	Florida	64													4	Georgia	62
	13	Auburn	62																		2	South Carolina	67
											2	South Carolina	75
						7	Alabama	82			7	Alabama	63
						10	Missouri	74								2	South Carolina	67
																3	Tennessee	52
											3	Tennessee	77
						6	Arkansas	60			11	Ole Miss	72
						11	Ole Miss	69

See also

• 2021 SEC men's basketball tournament

References

1. "SEC announces 2021 Women's Basketball schedule" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. November 13, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
2. Landrum, Cindy (October 25, 2017). "Greenville lands SEC women's basketball tournament in 2019, 2020 and 2021". Greenville Journal. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
3. 2021 SEC Women's Basketball Championship Schedule