# 2025 SEC women's basketball tournament

The 2025 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was a postseason basketball tournament that determined the champion of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) for the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It was held at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, from March 5–9, 2025. The South Carolina Gamecocks won the tournament and earned an automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

## Background and venue selection

Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, hosted the tournament for the eighth time. In October 2024, the SEC announced a contract extension with the venue, which secured the arena as the host for the 2026, 2027, and 2028 editions as well. The arena first hosted the tournament in 2005—at that time as the "Bi-Lo Center", prior to its 2013 name change—before hosting the tournament again in 2017. Since then, it has hosted every year since 2019 with the exception of the 2022 tournament, which was held in Nashville.

## Seeds

| Seed | School | Conference record | Overall record | Tiebreaker 1 | Tiebreaker 2 |
| 1 | South Carolina$^{‡†}$ | 15–1 | 30–3 | Won coin flip | |
| 2 | Texas† | 15–1 | 31–3 | Lost coin flip | |
| 3 | LSU$^†$ | 12–4 | 28–5 | |
| 4 | Kentucky$^†$ | 11–5 | 22–7 | 1–0 vs. Oklahoma | |
| 5 | Oklahoma$^#$ | 11–5 | 25–7 | 0–1 vs. Kentucky | |
| 6 | Alabama$^#$ | 10–6 | 23–8 | 1–0 vs. Ole Miss | |
| 7 | Ole Miss$^#$ | 10–6 | 20–10 | 0–1 vs. Alabama | |
| 8 | Vanderbilt$^#$ | 8–8 | 22–10 | 1–0 vs. Tennessee | |
| 9 | Tennessee | 8–8 | 22–9 | 0–1 vs. Vanderbilt | |
| 10 | Mississippi State | 7–9 | 21–11 | | |
| 11 | Florida | 5–11 | 16–17 | | |
| 12 | Georgia | 4–12 | 13–19 | | |
| 13 | Arkansas | 3–13 | 10–22 | 3–1 vs. Auburn/Missouri/Texas A&M | |
| 14 | Auburn | 3–13 | 12–18 | 2–1 vs. Arkansas/Missouri/Texas A&M | 1–0 vs. Missouri |
| 15 | Missouri | 3–13 | 14–18 | 2–1 vs. Arkansas/Auburn/Texas A&M | 0–1 vs. Auburn |
| 16 | Texas A&M | 3–13 | 10–19 | 0–4 vs. Arkansas/Auburn/Missouri | |
| ‡ – 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$^#$ | Score | Television | Attendance |
| First round – Wednesday, March 5 ||||||
| 1 | 11:00 a.m. | #9 Tennessee vs. #16 Texas A&M | 77–37 | SEC Network | 9,082 |
| 2 | 1:30 p.m. | #12 Georgia vs. #13 Arkansas | 79–74 | SEC Network | 9,082 |
| 3 | 6:00 p.m. | #10 Mississippi State vs. #15 Missouri | 75–55 | SEC Network | 4,953 |
| 4 | 8:30 p.m. | #11 Florida vs. #14 Auburn | 60–50 | SEC Network | 4,953 |
| Second round – Thursday, March 6 ||||||
| 5 | 11:00 a.m. | #8 Vanderbilt vs. #9 Tennessee | 84–76 | SEC Network | 7,649 |
| 6 | 1:30 p.m. | #5 Oklahoma vs. #12 Georgia | 70–52 | SEC Network | 7,649 |
| 7 | 6:00 p.m. | #7 Ole Miss vs. #10 Mississippi State | 85–73 | SEC Network | 5,127 |
| 8 | 8:30 p.m. | #6 Alabama vs. #11 Florida | 61–63 | SEC Network | 5,127 |
| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 7 ||||||
| 9 | Noon | #1 South Carolina vs. #8 Vanderbilt | 84–63 | ESPN | 9,853 |
| 10 | 2:30 p.m. | #4 Kentucky vs. #5 Oklahoma | 65–69 | ESPN | 9,853 |
| 11 | 6:00 p.m. | #2 Texas vs. #7 Ole Miss | 70–63 | SEC Network | 8,439 |
| 12 | 8:30 p.m. | #3 LSU vs. #11 Florida | 101–87 | SEC Network | 8,439 |
| Semifinals – Saturday, March 8 ||||||
| 13 | 4:30 p.m. | #1 South Carolina vs #5 Oklahoma | 93–75 | ESPN2 | 13,275 |
| 14 | 7:00 p.m. | #2 Texas vs #3 LSU | 56–49 | ESPN2 | 13,275 |
| Championship – Sunday, March 9 ||||||
| 15 | 3:00 p.m. | #1 South Carolina vs #2 Texas | 64–45 | ESPN | 13,532 |
| *Game times in ET. # – Rankings denote tournament seed ||||||

## Bracket

| First round Wednesday, March 5 SECN | First round Wednesday, March 5 SECN | First round Wednesday, March 5 SECN | Second round Thursday, March 6 SECN | Second round Thursday, March 6 SECN | Second round Thursday, March 6 SECN | Quarterfinals Friday, March 7 ESPN/SECN | Quarterfinals Friday, March 7 ESPN/SECN | Quarterfinals Friday, March 7 ESPN/SECN | Semifinals Saturday, March 8 ESPN2 | Semifinals Saturday, March 8 ESPN2 | Semifinals Saturday, March 8 ESPN2 | Championship Sunday, March 9 ESPN | Championship Sunday, March 9 ESPN | Championship Sunday, March 9 ESPN |
| | | | | | | 1 | South Carolina | 84 | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Vanderbilt | 84 | 8 | Vanderbilt | 63 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Tennessee | 77 | 9 | Tennessee | 76 | | | | 1 | South Carolina | 93 | |
| 16 | Texas A&M | 37 | | | | | | | 5 | Oklahoma | 75 | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Kentucky | 65 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Oklahoma | 70 | 5 | Oklahoma | 69 | | | | | | |
| 12 | Georgia | 79 | 12 | Georgia | 52 | | | | | | | 1 | South Carolina | 64 |
| 13 | Arkansas | 74 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Texas | 45 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Texas | 70 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Ole Miss | 85 | 7 | Ole Miss | 63 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Mississippi State | 75 | 10 | Mississippi State | 73 | | | | 2 | Texas | 56 | | | |
| 15 | Missouri | 55 | | | | | | | 3 | LSU | 49 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | LSU | 101 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Alabama | 61 | 11 | Florida | 87 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Florida | 60 | 11 | Florida | 63 | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Auburn | 50 | | | | | | | | | | | | |