# 2010 SEC women's basketball tournament

The 2010 SEC women's basketball tournament was the championship tournament of the Southeastern Conference in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The winner of the tournament earned the SEC's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA tournament. It was held at the Arena at Gwinnett Center in the Atlanta suburb of Duluth, Georgia from March 4 to March 7. The first round and quarterfinals were televised by Fox Sports South, the semifinals were aired by ESPNU, and the final aired on ESPN2.
The regular-season champion, Tennessee, won the tournament and secured a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

## Seeds

All SEC schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2009–10 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 in the regular-season standings received byes.

## Schedule

| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup$^#$ | Television | Attendance |
| First round - Thursday, March 4 ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 12 noon | #9 Ole Miss vs. #8 South Carolina | Fox Sports South | 2,385 |
| 1 | 2 | 2:30 pm | #10 Auburn vs. #7 Florida | Fox Sports South | 2,385 |
| 2 | 3 | 6:30 pm | #12 Arkansas vs. #5 Vanderbilt | Fox Sports South | 3,682 |
| 2 | 4 | 9:00 pm | #11 Alabama vs #6 Georgia | Fox Sports South | 3,682 |
| Quarterfinals - Friday, March 5 ||||||
| 3 | 5 | 12 noon | #9 Ole Miss vs. #1 Tennessee | Fox Sports South | 5,012 |
| 3 | 6 | 2:30 pm | #10 Auburn vs. #2 Kentucky | Fox Sports South | 5,012 |
| 4 | 7 | 6:30 pm | #5 Vanderbilt vs. #4 LSU | Fox Sports South | 4,813 |
| 4 | 8 | 9:00 pm | #6 Georgia vs. #3 Mississippi State | Fox Sports South | 4,813 |
| Semifinals - Saturday, March 13 ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 3:30 pm | #1 Tennessee vs. #5 Vanderbilt | ESPNU | 6,148 |
| 5 | 10 | 6:00 pm | #2 Kentucky vs. #3 Mississippi State | ESPNU | 6,148 |
| Championship Game - Sunday, March 7 ||||||
| 6 | 11 | 6:30 pm | #1 Tennessee vs. #2 Kentucky | ESPN2 | 5,854 |
| *Game Times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. ||||||

## 2010 SEC tournament

| First round March 4 FSN | First round March 4 FSN | First round March 4 FSN | Second round March 5 FSN | Second round March 5 FSN | Second round March 5 FSN | Semifinals March 6 ESPNU | Semifinals March 6 ESPNU | Semifinals March 6 ESPNU | SEC Championship Game March 7 ESPN2 | SEC Championship Game March 7 ESPN2 | SEC Championship Game March 7 ESPN2 |
| 9 | Ole Miss | 64 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | South Carolina | 63 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | South Carolina | 63 | 9 | Ole Miss | 51 | | | | | | |
| | | | 1 | Tennessee | 76 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 1 | Tennessee | 68 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Vanderbilt | 49 | | | |
| | | | 5 | Vanderbilt | 63 | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | LSU | 61 | | | | | | |
| 12 | Arkansas | 64 | 4 | LSU | 61 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Vanderbilt | 65 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Vanderbilt | 65 | | | | | | | 1 | Tennessee | 70 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Kentucky | 62 |
| 11 | Alabama | 66 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Kentucky | 62 |
| 6 | Georgia | 73 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Georgia | 73 | 6 | Georgia | 52 | | | | | | |
| | | | 3 | Mississippi State | 67 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Mississippi State | 65 | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | Kentucky | 76 | | | |
| | | | 10 | Auburn | 54 | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Kentucky | 65 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Auburn | 74 | 2 | Kentucky | 65 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Florida | 61 | | | | | | | | | |