1998 SEC women's basketball tournament

1998 SEC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams12
SiteColumbus Civic Center
Columbus, GA
ChampionsTennessee (8 title)
Winning coachPat Summitt (8 title)
MVPChamique Holdsclaw (Tennsessee)
Attendance29,584

The 1998 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference (SEC) held at the Columbus Civic Center in Columbus, Georgia, from February 26 – March 1, 1998. The Tennessee Lady Volunteers won the tournament and earned an automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.[1][2]

Seeds

All teams in the conference participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by their conference record.

Seed School Conference
record 		Overall
record 		Tiebreaker
1 Tennessee‡† 14–0 39–0
2 Florida† 10–4 23–9
3 Alabama† 10–4 24–10
4 Vanderbilt† 9–5 20–9
5 Georgia 8–6 17–11
6 LSU 7–7 19–13
7 Arkansas 7–7 22–11
8 Kentucky 5–9 13–15
9 Mississippi State 4–10 14–15
10 Auburn 4–10 16–11
11 South Carolina 3–11 13–15
12 Ole Miss 3–11 12–19
‡ – SEC regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
† – Received a bye in the conference tournament.
Overall records include all games played in the SEC Tournament.

Schedule

Game Matchup# Score
First Round – Thu, Feb 26
1
No. 8 Kentucky vs. No. 9 Mississippi State
 48–67
2
No. 5 Georgia vs. No. 12 Ole Miss
 73–77
3
No. 7 Arkansas vs. No. 10 Auburn
 59–43
4
No. 6 LSU vs. No. 11 South Carolina
 61–76
Quarterfinal – Fri, Feb 27
5
No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 9 Mississippi State
 88–60
6
No. 4 Vanderbilt vs. No. 12 Ole Miss
 76–64
7
No. 2 Florida vs. No. 7 Arkansas
 63–49
8
No. 3 Alabama vs. No. 11 South Carolina
 92–72
Semifinal – Sat, Feb 28
9
No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 4 Vanderbilt
 106–45
10
No. 2 Florida vs. No. 3 Alabama
 61–74
Championship – Sun, Mar 1
11
No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 3 Alabama
 67–63
# – Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

First round
Thu, Feb 26 		Quarterfinals
Fri, Feb 27 		Semifinals
Sat, Feb 28 		Championship
Sun, Mar 1
            
1 Tennessee 88
9 Mississippi State 60
8 Kentucky 48
9 Mississippi State 67
1 Tennessee 106
4 Vanderbilt 45
4 Vanderbilt 76
12 Ole Miss 64
5 Georgia 73
12 Ole Miss 77
1 Tennessee 67
3 Alabama 63
2 Florida 63
7 Arkansas 49
7 Arkansas 59
10 Auburn 43
2 Florida 61
3 Alabama 74
3 Alabama 92
11 South Carolina 72
6 LSU 61
11 South Carolina 76

References

  1. ^ "1997-98 Women's Southeastern Conference Season Summary". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved March 18, 2026.
  2. ^ "Women's Basketball Record Book". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved March 18, 2026.
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