2023 SEC women's basketball tournament

{{Short description|American college basketball postseason tournament}}

{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament |

| Year=2023

| Conference=SEC

| Division=I

| Gender=Women's

| Image=

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| Caption=

| Teams=14

| Arena= Bon Secours Wellness Arena

| City= Greenville, SC

| Champions=South Carolina

| TitleCount=7th

| Coach=Dawn Staley

| CoachCount=7th

| MVP=Aliyah Boston

| MVPTeam=South Carolina

| Attendance=57,801

| OneTopScorer=

| TwoTopScorers=

| TopScorer=

| TopScorerTeam=

| TopScorer2=

| TopScorer2Team=

| Points=

| Television= SEC Network, ESPNU, ESPN

}}

The 2023 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference was held at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, from March{{nbsp}}1 through 5, 2023.{{cite web |url=https://greenvillejournal.com/sports/bon-secours-wellness-to-again-host-sec-womens-basketball-tournament/ |title=Bon Secours Wellness to again host SEC Women’s B-Ball tourney |date=February 24, 2022 |last=Putnam |first=Jeannie |website=greenvillejournal.com |access-date=July 8, 2022}} South Carolina won the tournament, earning an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I women's tournament.

Seeds

class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:95%; text-align:center"

! Seed

! School

! Conference
record

! Overall
record

! Tiebreaker

|align=left|South Carolina^‡†

|16–0

|29–0

|align=left|LSU^†

|15–1

|27–1

|align=left|Tennessee^†

|13–3

|21–10

|align=left|Ole Miss^†

|11–5

|22–7

|align=left|Mississippi State^#

|9–7

|20–9

|1–1 vs. Tennessee

|align=left|Alabama^#

|9–7

|20–9

|0–1 vs. Tennessee, 1–0 vs. Georgia

|align=left|Georgia^#

|9–7

|20–10

|0–1 vs. Tennessee, 0–1 vs. Alabama

|align=left|Arkansas^#

|7–9

|20–11

|align=left|Missouri^#

|6–10

|17–12

|align=left|Auburn^#

|5–11

|15–13

|1–0 vs. Florida

|align=left|Florida

|5–11

|16–13

|0–1 vs. Auburn

|align=left|Vanderbilt

|3–13

|12–18

|align=left|Texas A&M

|2–14

|7–19

| 1–0 vs. Kentucky

|align=left|Kentucky

|2–14

|10–18

| 0–1 vs. Texas A&M

colspan=6 align=left|‡ – 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

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" !Game !Time*{{cite web \|title=Championship - Women's Basketball \|url=https://www.secsports.com/article/10971306/championship-women-basketball \|website=SEC Sports \|access-date=February 15, 2023}} !Matchup^# !Score !Television !Attendance
colspan=6\| First round – Wednesday, March 1
align=center\|1 \|11:00 am \|{{center\|No. 12 Vanderbilt vs. No. 13 Texas A&M}} \|70–77 \|rowspan=2 align=center\|SEC Network \|rowspan=2 align=center\|8,125
align=center\|2 \|1:30 pm \|{{center\|No. 11 Florida vs. No. 14 Kentucky}} \|57–72
colspan=6\| Second round – Thursday, March 2
align=center\|3 \|12:00 pm \|{{center\|No. 8 Arkansas vs. No. 9 Missouri}} \|85–74 \|rowspan=4 align=center\|SEC Network \|rowspan=2 align=center\|5,531
align=center\|4 \|2:30 pm \|{{center\|No. 5 Mississippi State vs. No. 13 Texas A&M}} \|72–79
align=center\|5 \|6:00 pm \|{{center\|No. 7 Georgia vs. No. 10 Auburn}} \|63–47 \|rowspan=2 align=center\|7,691
align=center\|6 \|8:30 pm \|{{center\|No. 6 Alabama vs. No. 14 Kentucky}} \|71–58
colspan=6\| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 3
align=center\|7 \|12:00 pm \|{{center\|No. 1 South Carolina vs. No. 8 Arkansas}} \|93–66 \|rowspan=4 align=center\|SEC Network \|rowspan=2 align=center\|7,481
align=center\|8 \|2:30 pm \|{{center\|No. 4 Ole Miss vs. No. 13 Texas A&M}} \|77–60
align=center\|9 \|6:00 pm \|{{center\|No. 2 LSU vs. No. 7 Georgia}} \|83–66 \|rowspan=2 align=center\|6,299
align=center\|10 \|8:30 pm \|{{center\|No. 3 Tennessee vs. No. 14 Kentucky}} \|80–71
colspan=6\| Semifinals – Saturday, March 4
align=center\|11 \|4:30 pm \|{{center\|No. 1 South Carolina vs. No. 4 Ole Miss}} \|80–51 \|rowspan=2 align=center\|ESPNU \|rowspan=2 align=center\|10,471
align=center\|12 \|7:00 pm \|{{center\|No. 2 LSU vs No. 3 Tennessee}} \|67–69
colspan=6\| Championship – Sunday, March 5
align=center\|13 \|3:00 pm \|{{center\| No. 1 South Carolina vs No. 3 Tennessee}} \|74–58 \|rowspan=1 align=center\|ESPN \|rowspan=1 align=center\|12,203
colspan=6\| *Game times in ET. # – Rankings denote tournament seed

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!Game

!Time*{{cite web |title=Championship - Women's Basketball |url=https://www.secsports.com/article/10971306/championship-women-basketball |website=SEC Sports |access-date=February 15, 2023}}

!Matchup^#

!Score

!Television

!Attendance

colspan=6| First round – Wednesday, March 1

align=center|1

|11:00 am

|{{center|No. 12 Vanderbilt vs. No. 13 Texas A&M}}

|70–77

|rowspan=2 align=center|SEC Network

|rowspan=2 align=center|8,125

align=center|2

|1:30 pm

|{{center|No. 11 Florida vs. No. 14 Kentucky}}

|57–72

colspan=6| Second round – Thursday, March 2

align=center|3

|12:00 pm

|{{center|No. 8 Arkansas vs. No. 9 Missouri}}

|85–74

|rowspan=4 align=center|SEC Network

|rowspan=2 align=center|5,531

align=center|4

|2:30 pm

|{{center|No. 5 Mississippi State vs. No. 13 Texas A&M}}

|72–79

align=center|5

|6:00 pm

|{{center|No. 7 Georgia vs. No. 10 Auburn}}

|63–47

|rowspan=2 align=center|7,691

align=center|6

|8:30 pm

|{{center|No. 6 Alabama vs. No. 14 Kentucky}}

|71–58

colspan=6| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 3

align=center|7

|12:00 pm

|{{center|No. 1 South Carolina vs. No. 8 Arkansas}}

|93–66

|rowspan=4 align=center|SEC Network

|rowspan=2 align=center|7,481

align=center|8

|2:30 pm

|{{center|No. 4 Ole Miss vs. No. 13 Texas A&M}}

|77–60

align=center|9

|6:00 pm

|{{center|No. 2 LSU vs. No. 7 Georgia}}

|83–66

|rowspan=2 align=center|6,299

align=center|10

|8:30 pm

|{{center|No. 3 Tennessee vs. No. 14 Kentucky}}

|80–71

colspan=6| Semifinals – Saturday, March 4

align=center|11

|4:30 pm

|{{center|No. 1 South Carolina vs. No. 4 Ole Miss}}

|80–51

|rowspan=2 align=center|ESPNU

|rowspan=2 align=center|10,471

align=center|12

|7:00 pm

|{{center|No. 2 LSU vs No. 3 Tennessee}}

|67–69

colspan=6| Championship – Sunday, March 5

align=center|13

|3:00 pm

|{{center| No. 1 South Carolina vs No. 3 Tennessee}}

|74–58

|rowspan=1 align=center|ESPN

|rowspan=1 align=center|12,203

colspan=6| *Game times in ET. # – Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

{{14TeamBracket-SECBasketball

|RD1=First round
Wednesday, March 1
SECN

|RD2=Second round
Thursday, March 2
SECN

|RD3=Quarterfinals
Friday, March 3
SECN

|RD4=Semifinals
Saturday, March 4
ESPNU

|RD5=Championship
Sunday, March 5
ESPN

|RD1-seed01=12

|RD1-team01=Vanderbilt

|RD1-score01=70

|RD1-seed02=13

|RD1-team02=Texas A&M

|RD1-score02=77

|RD1-seed03=11

|RD1-team03=Florida

|RD1-score03=57

|RD1-seed04=14

|RD1-team04=Kentucky

|RD1-score04=72

|RD2-seed01=8

|RD2-team01=Arkansas

|RD2-score01=85

|RD2-seed02=9

|RD2-team02=Missouri

|RD2-score02=74

|RD2-seed03=5

|RD2-team03=Mississippi State

|RD2-score03=72

|RD2-seed04=13

|RD2-team04=Texas A&M

|RD2-score04=79

|RD2-seed05=7

|RD2-team05=Georgia

|RD2-score05=63

|RD2-seed06=10

|RD2-team06=Auburn

|RD2-score06=47

|RD2-seed07=6

|RD2-team07=Alabama

|RD2-score07= 58

|RD2-seed08=14

|RD2-team08=Kentucky

|RD2-score08=71

|RD3-seed01=1

|RD3-team01=South Carolina

|RD3-score01=93

|RD3-seed02=8

|RD3-team02=Arkansas

|RD3-score02=66

|RD3-seed03=4

|RD3-team03=Ole Miss

|RD3-score03=77

|RD3-seed04=13

|RD3-team04=Texas A&M

|RD3-score04=60

|RD3-seed05=2

|RD3-team05=LSU

|RD3-score05=83

|RD3-seed06=7

|RD3-team06=Georgia

|RD3-score06=66

|RD3-seed07=3

|RD3-team07=Tennessee

|RD3-score07=80

|RD3-seed08=14

|RD3-team08=Kentucky

|RD3-score08=71

|RD4-seed01=1

|RD4-team01=South Carolina

|RD4-score01=80

|RD4-seed02=4

|RD4-team02=Ole Miss

|RD4-score02=51

|RD4-seed03=2

|RD4-team03=LSU

|RD4-score03=67

|RD4-seed04=3

|RD4-team04=Tennessee

|RD4-score04=69

|RD5-team01=South Carolina

|RD5-seed01=1

|RD5-score01=74

|RD5-seed02=3

|RD5-team02=Tennessee

|RD5-score02=58

}}

References

Category:2022–23 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season

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Category:Basketball competitions in Greenville, South Carolina

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Category:Women's sports in South Carolina

Category:College basketball tournaments in South Carolina

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