The SEC women's basketball tournament (sometimes known simply as the SEC Tournament) is the conference tournament in women's basketball for the Southeastern Conference (SEC). It is a single-elimination tournament that involves all league schools (currently 16 after the addition of two schools in 2024), and seeded based on regular season records.

The tournament was first held in 1980, and originally determined the conference champion. Even after the SEC began a uniform conference schedule in the 1982–83 season, the tournament continued to determine the official conference champion through the 1985 edition. Starting in the 1985–86 season, the SEC began awarding its official conference championship solely to the team(s) with the best regular-season record. This change brought SEC women's basketball in line with men's basketball, in which the SEC has awarded its official conference title based on regular-season record since the 1950–51 season.

Under the current format, the bottom four teams in the conference play first-round games, while the top four teams receive a "double-bye" and do not play until the quarterfinals.

History Tournaments

Year Champion Score Runner-up Tournament MVP Location 1980 85–71 Jill Rankin, TN Stokely Athletic Center, Knoxville, Tennessee 1981 61–50 Becky Jackson, AUB LSU Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 1982 80–74 Tennessee Valerie Still, KY Memorial Coliseum, Lexington, Kentucky 1983 Georgia 72–69 Teresa Edwards, GA Stokely Athletic Center, Knoxville, Tennessee 1984 74–65 Cassandra Crumpton, GA Georgia Coliseum, Athens, Georgia 1985 63–60 Sheila Collins, TN Various Campus Sites 1986 94–72 Katrina McClain, GA Georgia Coliseum, Athens, Georgia 1987 83–57 Vickie Orr, AUB Albany Civic Center, Albany, Georgia 1988 Tennessee 73–70 Auburn Bridgette Gordon, TN 1989 Tennessee 66–51 Auburn Bridgette Gordon, TN (2) 1990 Auburn 78–77 Carolyn Jones, AUB 1991 80–75 Tennessee Pokey Chatman, LSU 1992 73–66 Dena Head, TN 1993 Vanderbilt 76–64 Maura Cunningham, VAN McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee 1994 82–57 Tiffany Woosley, TN 1995 67–61 Tennessee Sheri Sam, VAN 1996 Tennessee 64–60 Dominique Canty, ALA 1997 52–47 Laticia Morris, AUB 1998 Tennessee 67–63 Chamique Holdsclaw, TN Columbus Civic Center, Columbus, Georgia 1999 85–69 Georgia Chamique Holdsclaw, TN (2) McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee 2000 Tennessee 70–67 LaToya Thomas, MSST 2001 62–60 Chantelle Anderson, VAN The Pyramid, Memphis, Tennessee 2002 63–48 Zuzana Klimešová, VAN Gaylord Entertainment Center, Nashville, Tennessee 2003 78–62 Tennessee Temeka Johnson, LSU Alltel Arena, North Little Rock, Arkansas 2004 62–56 Carla Thomas, VAN Gaylord Entertainment Center, Nashville, Tennessee 2005 Tennessee 67–65 LSU Shyra Ely, TN Bi-Lo Center, Greenville, South Carolina 2006 63–62 LSU Candace Parker, TN Alltel Arena, North Little Rock, Arkansas 2007 51–45 LSU Carla Thomas, VAN (2) Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, Georgia 2008 Tennessee 61–55 LSU Candace Parker, TN (2) Sommet Center, Nashville, Tennessee 2009 Vanderbilt 61–54 Auburn Christina Wirth, VAN Alltel Arena, North Little Rock, Arkansas 2010 Tennessee 70–62 Kentucky Alyssia Brewer, TN Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, Georgia 2011 90–65 Kentucky Shekinna Stricklen, TN Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee 2012 70–58 Glory Johnson, TN 2013 75–67 Kentucky Kelsey Bone, TXA&M Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, Georgia 2014 Tennessee 71–70 Kentucky Isabelle Harrison, TN 2015 South Carolina 62–46 Tennessee Aleighsa Welch, SC Verizon Arena, North Little Rock, Arkansas 2016 South Carolina 66–52 Mississippi State Tiffany Mitchell, SC Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, Florida 2017 South Carolina 59–49 Mississippi State A'ja Wilson, SC Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina 2018 South Carolina 62–51 Mississippi State A'ja Wilson, SC (2) Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee 2019 Mississippi State 101–70 Arkansas Teaira McCowan, MSST Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina 2020 South Carolina 76–62 Mississippi State Mikiah Herbert Harrigan, SC 2021 South Carolina 67–62 Georgia Aliyah Boston, SC 2022 Kentucky 64–62 South Carolina Rhyne Howard, KY Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee 2023 South Carolina 74–58 Tennessee Aliyah Boston, SC (2) Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina 2024 South Carolina 79–72 LSU MiLaysia Fulwiley, SC 2025 South Carolina 64–45 Texas Chloe Kitts, SC 2026 Texas 78–61 South CarolinaMadison Booker, TX 2027 2028

Tournament championships by school School Championships Championship Years Tennessee 17 1980, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014 South Carolina 9 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025 Vanderbilt 6 1993, 1995, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2009 Auburn 4 1981, 1987, 1990, 1997 Georgia 4 1983, 1984, 1986, 2001 LSU 2 1991, 2003 Kentucky 2 1982, 2022 Mississippi State 1 2019 Texas A&M 1 2013 Texas 1 2026 Alabama 0 Arkansas 0 Florida 0 Ole Miss 0 Missouri 0 Oklahoma 0

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