2023 SEC women's basketball tournament

2023 SEC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2022–23
Teams	14
Site	Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, SC
Champions	South Carolina (7th title)
Winning coach	Dawn Staley (7th title)
MVP	Aliyah Boston (South Carolina)
Attendance	57,801
Television	SEC Network, ESPNU, ESPN
SEC women's basketball tournaments

2022–23 SEC women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 South Carolina†	16	–	0		1.000			36	–	1		.973
No. 9 LSU	15	–	1		.938			34	–	2		.944
No. 24 Tennessee	13	–	3		.813			25	–	12		.676
Ole Miss	11	–	5		.688			25	–	9		.735
Mississippi State	9	–	7		.563			22	–	11		.667
Georgia	9	–	7		.563			22	–	12		.647
Alabama	9	–	7		.563			20	–	11		.645
Arkansas	7	–	9		.438			24	–	13		.649
Missouri	6	–	10		.375			18	–	14		.563
Florida	5	–	11		.313			19	–	14		.576
Auburn	5	–	11		.313			16	–	15		.516
Vanderbilt	3	–	13		.188			12	–	19		.387
Kentucky	2	–	14		.125			12	–	19		.387
Texas A&M	2	–	14		.125			9	–	20		.310
† 2023 SEC tournament winner As of April 2, 2023 Rankings from AP poll

The 2023 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference was held at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, from March 1 through 5, 2023. South Carolina won the tournament, earning an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I women's tournament.

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference record	Overall record	Tiebreaker
1	South Carolina‡†	16–0	29–0
2	LSU†	15–1	27–1
3	Tennessee†	13–3	21–10
4	Ole Miss†	11–5	22–7
5	Mississippi State#	9–7	20–9	1–1 vs. Tennessee
6	Alabama#	9–7	20–9	0–1 vs. Tennessee, 1–0 vs. Georgia
7	Georgia#	9–7	20–10	0–1 vs. Tennessee, 0–1 vs. Alabama
8	Arkansas#	7–9	20–11
9	Missouri#	6–10	17–12
10	Auburn#	5–11	15–13	1–0 vs. Florida
11	Florida	5–11	16–13	0–1 vs. Auburn
12	Vanderbilt	3–13	12–18
13	Texas A&M	2–14	7–19	1–0 vs. Kentucky
14	Kentucky	2–14	10–18	0–1 vs. Texas A&M
‡ – 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#	Score	Television	Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 1
1	11:00 am	No. 12 Vanderbilt vs. No. 13 Texas A&M	70–77	SEC Network	8,125
2	1:30 pm	No. 11 Florida vs. No. 14 Kentucky	57–72
Second round – Thursday, March 2
3	12:00 pm	No. 8 Arkansas vs. No. 9 Missouri	85–74	SEC Network	5,531
4	2:30 pm	No. 5 Mississippi State vs. No. 13 Texas A&M	72–79
5	6:00 pm	No. 7 Georgia vs. No. 10 Auburn	63–47		7,691
6	8:30 pm	No. 6 Alabama vs. No. 14 Kentucky	71–58
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 3
7	12:00 pm	No. 1 South Carolina vs. No. 8 Arkansas	93–66	SEC Network	7,481
8	2:30 pm	No. 4 Ole Miss vs. No. 13 Texas A&M	77–60
9	6:00 pm	No. 2 LSU vs. No. 7 Georgia	83–66		6,299
10	8:30 pm	No. 3 Tennessee vs. No. 14 Kentucky	80–71
Semifinals – Saturday, March 4
11	4:30 pm	No. 1 South Carolina vs. No. 4 Ole Miss	80–51	ESPNU	10,471
12	7:00 pm	No. 2 LSU vs No. 3 Tennessee	67–69
Championship – Sunday, March 5
13	3:00 pm	No. 1 South Carolina vs No. 3 Tennessee	74–58	ESPN	12,203
*Game times in ET. # – Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 1 SECN					Second round Thursday, March 2 SECN					Quarterfinals Friday, March 3 SECN					Semifinals Saturday, March 4 ESPNU					Championship Sunday, March 5 ESPN
											1	South Carolina	93
						8	Arkansas	85			8	Arkansas	66
						9	Missouri	74								1	South Carolina	80
																4	Ole Miss	51
											4	Ole Miss	77
						5	Mississippi State	72			13	Texas A&M	60
	12	Vanderbilt	70			13	Texas A&M	79													1	South Carolina	74
	13	Texas A&M	77																		3	Tennessee	58
											2	LSU	83
						7	Georgia	63			7	Georgia	66
						10	Auburn	47								2	LSU	67
																3	Tennessee	69
											3	Tennessee	80
						6	Alabama	58			14	Kentucky	71
	11	Florida	57			14	Kentucky	71
	14	Kentucky	72