# SEC women's basketball tournament

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 | Tennessee | 85–71 | Ole Miss | Jill Rankin, TN | Stokely Athletic Center, Knoxville, Tennessee |
| 1981 | Auburn | 61–50 | Alabama | Becky Jackson, AUB | LSU Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 1982 | Kentucky | 80–74 | Tennessee | Valerie Still, KY | Memorial Coliseum, Lexington, Kentucky |
| 1983 | Georgia | 72–69 | Ole Miss | Teresa Edwards, GA | Stokely Athletic Center, Knoxville, Tennessee |
| 1984 | Georgia | 74–65 | Alabama | Cassandra Crumpton, GA | Georgia Coliseum, Athens, Georgia |
| 1985 | Tennessee | 63–60 | Auburn | Sheila Collins, TN | Various Campus Sites |
| 1986 | Georgia | 94–72 | LSU | Katrina McClain, GA | Georgia Coliseum, Athens, Georgia |
| 1987 | Auburn | 83–57 | Georgia | Vickie Orr, AUB | Albany Civic Center, Albany, Georgia |
| 1988 | Tennessee | 73–70 | Auburn | Bridgette Gordon, TN | Albany Civic Center, Albany, Georgia |
| 1989 | Tennessee | 66–51 | Auburn | Bridgette Gordon, TN (2) | Albany Civic Center, Albany, Georgia |
| 1990 | Auburn | 78–77 | Tennessee | Carolyn Jones, AUB | Albany Civic Center, Albany, Georgia |
| 1991 | LSU | 80–75 | Tennessee | Pokey Chatman, LSU | Albany Civic Center, Albany, Georgia |
| 1992 | Tennessee | 73–66 | Georgia | Dena Head, TN | Albany Civic Center, Albany, Georgia |
| 1993 | Vanderbilt | 76–64 | Georgia | Maura Cunningham, VAN | McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| 1994 | Tennessee | 82–57 | Vanderbilt | Tiffany Woosley, TN | McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| 1995 | Vanderbilt | 67–61 | Tennessee | Sheri Sam, VAN | McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| 1996 | Tennessee | 64–60 | Alabama | Dominique Canty, ALA | McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| 1997 | Auburn | 52–47 | Florida | Laticia Morris, AUB | McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| 1998 | Tennessee | 67–63 | Alabama | Chamique Holdsclaw, TN | Columbus Civic Center, Columbus, Georgia |
| 1999 | Tennessee | 85–69 | Georgia | Chamique Holdsclaw, TN (2) | McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| 2000 | Tennessee | 70–67 | Mississippi State | LaToya Thomas, MSST | McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| 2001 | Georgia | 62–60 | Vanderbilt | Chantelle Anderson, VAN | The Pyramid, Memphis, Tennessee |
| 2002 | Vanderbilt | 63–48 | LSU | Zuzana Klimešová, VAN | Gaylord Entertainment Center, Nashville, Tennessee |
| 2003 | LSU | 78–62 | Tennessee | Temeka Johnson, LSU | Alltel Arena, North Little Rock, Arkansas |
| 2004 | Vanderbilt | 62–56 | Georgia | Carla Thomas, VAN | Gaylord Entertainment Center, Nashville, Tennessee |
| 2005 | Tennessee | 67–65 | LSU | Shyra Ely, TN | Bi-Lo Center, Greenville, South Carolina |
| 2006 | Tennessee | 63–62 | LSU | Candace Parker, TN | Alltel Arena, North Little Rock, Arkansas |
| 2007 | Vanderbilt | 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 | Tennessee | 90–65 | Kentucky | Shekinna Stricklen, TN | Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee |
| 2012 | Tennessee | 70–58 | LSU | Glory Johnson, TN | Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee |
| 2013 | Texas A&M | 75–67 | Kentucky | Kelsey Bone, TXA&M | Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, Georgia |
| 2014 | Tennessee | 71–70 | Kentucky | Isabelle Harrison, TN | Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, Georgia |
| 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 | Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina |
| 2021 | South Carolina | 67–62 | Georgia | Aliyah Boston, SC | Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina |
| 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 | Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina |
| 2025 | South Carolina | 64–45 | Texas | Chloe Kitts, SC | Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina |
| 2026 | | | | | Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina |
| 2027 | | | | | Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina |
| 2028 | | | | | Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina |

## 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 |
| Alabama | 0 | |
| Arkansas | 0 | |
| Florida | 0 | |
| Ole Miss | 0 | |
| Missouri | 0 | |
| Oklahoma | 0 | |
| Texas | 0 | |