2010 SEC women's basketball tournament
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{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament |
| Year=2010
| Conference=SEC
| Gender=Women's
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| Teams=12
| Arena=Arena at Gwinnett Center
| City=Duluth, GA
| Champions=Tennessee
| TitleCount=14th
| Coach=Pat Summitt
| CoachCount=14th
| MVP=Alyssia Brewer
| MVPTeam=Tennessee
| Attendance=27,894
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{{2009–10 SEC women's basketball standings}}
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.{{cite news|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncw/recap?gameId=300662633 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310223010/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncw/recap?gameId=300662633 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 10, 2010 |title=Lady Vols wrap up SEC championship; Summitt follows with a song |agency=Associated Press |work=ESPN.com |date=2010-03-07 |accessdate=2010-03-07}}
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
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!Session !Game !Time* !Matchup# !Television !Attendance |
| colspan=7| First round - Thursday, March 4 |
|---|
| rowspan=2|{{center|1}}
|{{center|1}} |12 noon |{{center|#9 Ole Miss vs. #8 South Carolina}} |rowspan=2|{{center|2,385}} |
| {{center|2}}
|2:30 pm |
| rowspan=2|{{center|2}}
|{{center|3}} |6:30 pm |{{center|#12 Arkansas vs. #5 Vanderbilt}} |rowspan=2|{{center|3,682}} |
| {{center|4}}
|9:00 pm |
| colspan=7| Quarterfinals - Friday, March 5 |
| rowspan=2|{{center|3}}
|{{center|5}} |12 noon |{{center|#9 Ole Miss vs. #1 Tennessee}} |rowspan=2|{{center|5,012}} |
| {{center|6}}
|2:30 pm |{{center|#10 Auburn vs. #2 Kentucky}} |
| rowspan=2|{{center|4}}
|{{center|7}} |6:30 pm |{{center|#5 Vanderbilt vs. #4 LSU}} |rowspan=2|{{center|4,813}} |
| {{center|8}}
|9:00 pm |{{center|#6 Georgia vs. #3 Mississippi State}} |
| colspan=7| Semifinals - Saturday, March 13 |
| rowspan=2|{{center|5}}
|{{center|9}} |3:30 pm |{{center|#1 Tennessee vs. #5 Vanderbilt}} |{{center|ESPNU}} |rowspan=2|{{center|6,148}} |
| {{center|10}}
|6:00 pm |{{center|#2 Kentucky vs. #3 Mississippi State}} |{{center|ESPNU}} |
| colspan=7| Championship Game - Sunday, March 7 |
| {{center|6}}
|{{center|11}} |6:30 pm |{{center|#1 Tennessee vs. #2 Kentucky}} |{{center|ESPN2}} |{{center|5,854}} |
| colspan=6| *Game Times in ET[http://www.secsports.com/sport_stats/wbasketball/2010%20Bracket.pdf]. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. |
2010 SEC tournament
{{4RoundBracket-Byes | RD1=First round
March 4
FSN
| RD2=Second round
March 5
FSN
| RD3=Semifinals
March 6
ESPNU
| RD4=SEC Championship Game
March 7
ESPN2
| RD1-seed01=9
| RD1-team01=Ole Miss
| RD1-score01=64
| RD1-seed02=8
| RD1-team02=South Carolina
| RD1-score02=63
| RD1-seed07=12
| RD1-team07=Arkansas
| RD1-score07=64
| RD1-seed08=5
| RD1-team08=Vanderbilt
| RD1-score08=65
| RD1-seed09=11
| RD1-team09=Alabama
| RD1-score09=66
| RD1-seed10=6
| RD1-team10=Georgia
| RD1-score10=73
| RD1-seed15=10
| RD1-team15=Auburn
| RD1-score15=74
| RD1-seed16=7
| RD1-team16=Florida
| RD1-score16=61
| RD2-seed01=9
| RD2-team01=Ole Miss
| RD2-score01=51
| RD2-seed02=1
| RD2-team02=Tennessee
| RD2-score02=76
| RD2-seed03=5
| RD2-team03=Vanderbilt
| RD2-score03=63
| RD2-seed04=4
| RD2-team04=LSU
| RD2-score04=61
| RD2-seed05=6
| RD2-team05=Georgia
| RD2-score05=52
| RD2-seed06=3
| RD2-team06=Mississippi State
| RD2-score06=67
| RD2-seed07=10
| RD2-team07=Auburn
| RD2-score07=54
| RD2-seed08=2
| RD2-team08=Kentucky
| RD2-score08=65
| RD3-seed01=1
| RD3-team01=Tennessee
| RD3-score01=68
| RD3-seed02=5
| RD3-team02=Vanderbilt
| RD3-score02=49
| RD3-seed03=3
| RD3-team03=Mississippi State
| RD3-score03=65
| RD3-seed04=2
| RD3-team04=Kentucky
| RD3-score04=76
| RD4-seed01=1
| RD4-team01=Tennessee
| RD4-score01=70
| RD4-seed02=2
| RD4-team02=Kentucky
| RD4-score02=62
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{SEC women's basketball tournament navbox}}
{{2010 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament navbox}}
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