2013 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2013 Southeastern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held from March 6 to 10, 2013 in Duluth, Georgia at the Arena at Gwinnett Center.[1] The first and second rounds and the quarterfinal round was televised through FSS and SPSO, and the semifinals and finals was broadcast nationally on ESPNU and ESPN2.

2013 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2012–13
Teams	14
Site	Arena at Gwinnett Center Duluth, Georgia
Champions	Texas A&M (1st title)
Winning coach	Gary Blair
MVP	Kelsey Bone (Texas A&M)
Attendance	20,497
Television	FSS, SPSO, ESPNU, ESPN2
SEC Women's Basketball Tournaments

2012–13 SEC women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 10 Tennessee	14	–	2		.875			27	–	8		.771
No. 7 Kentucky	13	–	3		.813			30	–	6		.833
No. 14 Georgia	12	–	4		.750			28	–	7		.800
No. 17 South Carolina	11	–	5		.688			25	–	8		.758
No. 9 Texas A&M †	11	–	5		.688			25	–	10		.714
LSU	10	–	6		.625			22	–	12		.647
Vanderbilt	9	–	7		.563			21	–	12		.636
Arkansas	6	–	10		.375			20	–	13		.606
Florida	6	–	10		.375			22	–	15		.595
Missouri	6	–	10		.375			17	–	15		.531
Auburn	5	–	11		.313			19	–	15		.559
Mississippi State	5	–	11		.313			13	–	17		.433
Alabama	2	–	14		.125			13	–	18		.419
Ole Miss	2	–	14		.125			9	–	20		.310
† 2013 SEC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Format

With the addition of Missouri and Texas A&M to the league, the tournament likewise expanded to 14 teams. As in previous years, the top four teams received byes to the quarterfinals; these byes became double-byes with the addition of a new round featuring the four lowest seeds (11 through 14; seeds 5 through 10 receive a single bye into the second round). After these matchups on the first day, the rest of the tournament proceeded as in previous years, with the 11/14 and 12/13 winners facing, respectively, seeds 6 and 5, and seeds 7 & 10 and 8 & 9 also squaring off in the second round. The four winners on the second day joined the top four seeds in the quarterfinals.[2]

This year, Ole Miss chose to self-impose a post-season ban, so the teams were seeded 1–13, and the 11 seed received a single-bye.

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
First Round – Wednesday, March 6
1	1	6:00 PM	Mississippi State vs. Alabama	FSS
Second Round – Thursday, March 7
2	2	12:00 PM	Arkansas vs. Florida	SPSO
	3	2:30 PM	South Carolina vs. Alabama	SPSO
3	4	6:00 PM	Vanderbilt vs. Missouri	SPSO
	5	8:30 PM	LSU vs. Auburn	SPSO
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 8
4	6	12:00 PM	Tennessee vs. Florida	SPSO
	7	2:30 PM	Texas A&M vs. South Carolina	SPSO
5	8	6:00 PM	Kentucky vs. Vanderbilt	SPSO
	9	8:30 PM	Georgia vs. LSU	SPSO
Semifinals – Saturday, March 9
6	10	4:00 PM	Tennessee vs. Texas A&M	ESPNU
	11	6:00 PM	Kentucky vs. Georgia	ESPNU
Championship Game – Sunday, March 10
7	12	6:00 PM	Texas A&M vs. Kentucky	ESPN2
*Game Times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

[3]

	First Round Wednesday, March 6 Fox Sports South					Second Round Thursday, March 7 SPSO					Quarterfinals Friday, March 8 SPSO					Semifinals Saturday, March 9 ESPNU					Championship Game Sunday, March 10 ESPN2
						9	Florida	64
						8	Arkansas	59
											9	Florida	73
											1	Tennessee	82
																1	Tennessee	62
																4	Texas A&M	66
	13	Alabama	63
	12	Mississippi State	36
						13	Alabama	35
						5	South Carolina	77
											5	South Carolina	52
											4	Texas A&M	61
																					4	Texas A&M	75
																					2	Kentucky	67
						10	Missouri	40
						7	Vanderbilt	53
											7	Vanderbilt	65
											2	Kentucky	76
																2	Kentucky	60
																3	Georgia	38
						11	Auburn	62
						6	LSU	65
											6	LSU	53
											3	Georgia	71

References

1. "Future SEC Tournament Dates & Sites". secdigitalnetwork.com. February 22, 2012. Archived from the original on November 11, 2011. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
2. "SEC Men's Basketball Schedule And Tournament Formats Announced". auburntigers.com. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
3. "2013 SEC Tournament Men's Basketball Bracket" (PDF). secdigitalnetwork.com. Retrieved 10 March 2013.