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
SEC women's basketball tournaments

2014–15 SEC women's basketball standings

	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

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.

Seeds

2015 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament seeds
Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker
1	South Carolinac‡†	15–1	29–2	1–0 vs. Tennessee
2	Tennesseec†	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.

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance
First Round – Wednesday, March 4
1	4:00 p.m.	#12 Florida vs. #13 Auburn	SECN	1,915
2	6:30 p.m.	#11 Vanderbilt vs. #14 Alabama
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
6	7:30 p.m.	#6 Kentucky vs. #11 Vanderbilt
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 6
7	Noon	#1 South Carolina vs. #9 Arkansas	SECN	4,630
8	2:30 p.m.	#4 LSU vs. #5 Texas A&M
9	6:00 p.m.	#2 Tennessee vs. #10 Georgia		4,189
10	8:30 p.m.	#3 Mississippi State vs. #6 Kentucky
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
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.

Bracket

	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

Tourney awards

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

See also

• 2015 SEC men's basketball tournament

External links

• Official website