2011 SEC women's basketball tournament

For the men's basketball tournament, see 2011 SEC men's basketball tournament.

2011 SEC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	12
Site	Bridgestone Arena Nashville, Tennessee
Champions	Tennessee Lady Volunteers (15th title)
Winning coach	Pat Summitt (15th title)
MVP	Shekinna Stricklen (Tennessee)
Attendance	42,140
Television	Fox Sports South (first round and quarterfinals), ESPNU (semifinals), ESPN2 (championship game)
SEC women's basketball tournaments

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

The 2011 SEC women's basketball tournament took place at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee from March 3–6, 2011. 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.

Seeds

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

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

	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