# 2022 SEC women's basketball tournament

The 2022 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, from March 2 through 6, 2022. The winner received an automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. In the championship game, the seventh-seeded Kentucky Wildcats pulled off a major upset against the top-seeded and top-ranked South Carolina Gamecocks, 64–62.

## Seeds

| Seed | School | Conference record | Overall record | Tiebreaker |
| 1 | South Carolina$^{‡†}$ | 15–1 | 27–1 | |
| 2 | LSU$^†$ | 13–3 | 25–4 | |
| 3 | Tennessee$^†$ | 11–5 | 22–7 | |
| 4 | Ole Miss$^†$ | 10–6 | 22–7 | 1–0 vs. FLA |
| 5 | Florida$^#$ | 10–6 | 20–9 | 0–1 vs. MISS |
| 6 | Georgia$^#$ | 9–7 | 20–8 | |
| 7 | Kentucky$^#$ | 8–8 | 15–11 | |
| 8 | Arkansas$^#$ | 7–9 | 17–12 | 2–0 vs. MIZ |
| 9 | Missouri$^#$ | 7–9 | 18–11 | 0–2 vs. ARK |
| 10 | Mississippi State$^#$ | 6–10 | 15–13 | 1–0 vs. ALA |
| 11 | Alabama | 6–10 | 15–12 | 0–1 vs. MSST |
| 12 | Texas A&M | 4–12 | 14–14 | 1–0 vs. VAN |
| 13 | Vanderbilt | 4–12 | 13–17 | 0–1 vs. A&M |
| 14 | Auburn | 2–14 | 10–17 | |
| ‡ – 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 | No. 12 Texas A&M 69 vs. No. 13 Vanderbilt 85 | SEC Network | 6,446 |
| 2 | 1:30 pm | No. 11 Alabama 75 vs. No. 14 Auburn 68 | SEC Network | 6,446 |
| Second round – Thursday, March 3 |||||
| 3 | Noon | No. 8 Arkansas 61 vs. No. 9 Missouri 52$^{OT}$ | SEC Network | 6,446 |
| 4 | 2:30 pm | No. 5 Florida 53 vs. No. 13 Vanderbilt 52 | SEC Network | 6,446 |
| 5 | 6:00 pm | No. 7 Kentucky 83 vs. No. 10 Mississippi State 67 | SEC Network | 6,500 |
| 6 | 8:30 pm | No. 6 Georgia 62 vs. No. 11 Alabama 74 | SEC Network | 6,500 |
| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 4 |||||
| 7 | Noon | No. 1 South Carolina 76 vs. No. 8 Arkansas 54 | SEC Network | 6,880 |
| 8 | 2:30 pm | No. 4 Ole Miss 70 vs. No. 5 Florida 60 | SEC Network | 6,880 |
| 9 | 6:00 pm | No. 2 LSU 63 vs. No. 7 Kentucky 78 | SEC Network | 7,704 |
| 10 | 8:30 pm | No. 3 Tennessee 74 vs. No. 11 Alabama 59 | SEC Network | 7,704 |
| Semifinals – Saturday, March 5 |||||
| 11 | 4:00 pm | No. 1 South Carolina 61 vs No. 4 Ole Miss 51 | ESPNU | 9,072 |
| 12 | 6:30 pm | No. 7 Kentucky 83 vs No. 3 Tennessee 74 | ESPNU | 9,072 |
| Championship – Sunday, March 6 |||||
| 13 | 1:00 pm | No. 1 South Carolina 62 vs No. 7 Kentucky 64 | ESPN | 7,997 |
| *Game times in CT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed |||||

## Bracket

| First round Wednesday, March 2 SECN | First round Wednesday, March 2 SECN | First round Wednesday, March 2 SECN | Second round Thursday, March 3 SECN | Second round Thursday, March 3 SECN | Second round Thursday, March 3 SECN | Quarterfinals Friday, March 4 SECN | Quarterfinals Friday, March 4 SECN | Quarterfinals Friday, March 4 SECN | | | 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 | 76 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Arkansas | 61 | 8 | Arkansas | 54 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 9 | Missouri | 52* | | | | | | 1 | South Carolina | 61 | |
| | | | | | | | | | 4 | Ole Miss | 51 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Ole Miss | 70 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Florida | 53 | 5 | Florida | 60 | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Texas A&M | 69 | 13 | Vanderbilt | 52 | | | | | | | | 1 | South Carolina | 62 |
| 13 | Vanderbilt | 85 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 7 | Kentucky | 64 |
| | | | | | | 2 | LSU | 63 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Kentucky | 83 | 7 | Kentucky | 78 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 10 | Mississippi State | 67 | | | | | | 7 | Kentucky | 83 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | Tennessee | 74 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Tennessee | 74 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Georgia | 62 | 11 | Alabama | 59 | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Alabama | 75 | 11 | Alabama | 74 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Auburn | 68 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
* denotes overtime