# 2016 SEC women's basketball tournament

The 2016 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida from March 2 through 6, 2016. South Carolina won the SEC Women's Tournament for the 2nd year in a row and earned an automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.

## Seeds

| Seed | School | Conference record | Overall record | Tiebreaker |
| 1 | South Carolina ‡ | 16–0 | 28–1 | |
| 2 | Texas A&M † | 11–5 | 21–8 | 1–0 vs. MISS STATE |
| 3 | Mississippi State † | 11–5 | 24–6 | 0–1 vs. TEXAS A&M |
| 4 | Florida † | 10–6 | 22–7 | 1–0 vs. KENTUCKY |
| 5 | Kentucky # | 10–6 | 21–6 | 0–1 vs. FLORIDA |
| 6 | Georgia # | 9–7 | 21–8 | |
| 7 | Tennessee # | 8–8 | 17–12 | 2–0 vs. AUBURN, MIZZOU |
| 8 | Missouri # | 8–8 | 21–8 | 1–1 vs. AUBURN, TENN |
| 9 | Auburn # | 8–8 | 18–11 | 0–2 vs. MIZZOU, TENN |
| 10 | Arkansas # | 7–9 | 12–17 | |
| 11 | Vanderbilt | 5–11 | 16–13 | |
| 12 | Alabama | 4–12 | 15–14 | |
| 13 | LSU | 3–13 | 9–20 | |
| 14 | Ole Miss | 2–14 | 10–19 | |
| ‡ – 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 2 |||||
| 1 | 11:00 AM | #12 Alabama vs. #13 LSU | SECN | 2,889 |
| 2 | 1:30 PM | #11 Vanderbilt vs. #14 Ole Miss | SECN | 2,889 |
| Second round – Thursday, March 3 |||||
| 3 | 12:00 PM | #8 Missouri vs. #9 Auburn | SECN | 2,245 |
| 4 | 2:30 PM | #5 Kentucky vs. #13 LSU | SECN | 2,245 |
| 5 | 6:00 PM | #7 Tennessee vs. #10 Arkansas | SECN | 3,094 |
| 6 | 8:30 PM | #6 Georgia vs. #11 Vanderbilt | SECN | 3,094 |
| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 4 |||||
| 7 | 12:00 PM | #1 South Carolina vs. #9 Auburn | SECN | 4,703 |
| 8 | 2:30 PM | #4 Florida vs. #5 Kentucky | SECN | 4,703 |
| 9 | 6:00 PM | #2 Texas A&M vs. #7 Tennessee | SECN | 4,214 |
| 10 | 8:30 PM | #3 Mississippi State vs. #11 Vanderbilt | SECN | 4,214 |
| Semifinals – Saturday, March 5 |||||
| 11 | 5:00 PM | #1 South Carolina vs #5 Kentucky | ESPNU | 5,632 |
| 12 | 7:30 PM | #7 Tennessee vs #3 Mississippi State | ESPNU | 5,632 |
| Championship – Sunday, March 6 |||||
| 13 | 2:30 PM | #1 South Carolina vs #3 Mississippi State | ESPN | 6,549 |
| *Game times in EST. # – Rankings denote tournament seed |||||

## Bracket

| First round Wednesday, March 2 SEC Network | First round Wednesday, March 2 SEC Network | First round Wednesday, March 2 SEC Network | Second round Thursday, March 3 SEC Network | Second round Thursday, March 3 SEC Network | Second round Thursday, March 3 SEC Network | Quarterfinals Friday, March 4 SEC Network | Quarterfinals Friday, March 4 SEC Network | Quarterfinals Friday, March 4 SEC Network | | | Semifinals Saturday, March 5 ESPNU | Semifinals Saturday, March 5 ESPNU | Semifinals Saturday, March 5 ESPNU | Championship Sunday, March 6 ESPN | Championship Sunday, March 6 ESPN | Championship Sunday, March 6 ESPN |
| | | | | | | 1 | South Carolina | 57 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Missouri | 45 | 9 | Auburn | 48 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 9 | Auburn | 47 | | | | | | 1 | South Carolina | 93 | |
| | | | | | | | | | 5 | Kentucky | 63 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Florida | 69 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Kentucky | 79 | 5 | Kentucky | 92 | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Alabama | 49 | 13 | LSU | 71 | | | | | | | | 1 | South Carolina | 66 |
| 13 | LSU | 58 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 3 | Mississippi State | 52 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Texas A&M | 60 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Tennessee | 68 | 7 | Tennessee | 70 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 10 | Arkansas | 51 | | | | | | 7 | Tennessee | 48 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | Mississippi State | 58 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Mississippi State | 63 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Georgia | 49 | 11 | Vanderbilt | 46 | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Vanderbilt | 74 | 11 | Vanderbilt | 54$^{OT}$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Ole Miss | 59 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |