2000 SEC women's basketball tournament

2000 SEC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams12
SiteMcKenzie Arena
Chattanooga TN
ChampionsTennessee (10 title)
Winning coachPat Summitt (10 title)
MVPLaToya Thomas (Mississippi State)
Attendance41,185

The 2000 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference (SEC) held at the McKenzie Arena in Chattanooga, Tennessee, from March 2–5, 2000. The Tennessee Lady Volunteers won the tournament and earned an automatic bid to the 2000 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 Georgia‡† 13–1 32–4
2 Tennessee† 13–1 33–4
3 LSU† 11–3 25–7
4 Auburn† 9–5 22–8
5 Mississippi State 8–6 24–8
6 Vanderbilt 6–8 21–13
7 Florida 6–8 21–13
8 Alabama 5–9 15–14
9 Kentucky 5–9 15–14
10 Arkansas 4–10 17–15
11 South Carolina 3–11 13–15
12 Ole Miss 1–13 12–16
‡ – 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, Mar 2
1
No. 8 Alabama vs. No. 9 Kentucky
 63–67
2
No. 5 Mississippi State vs. No. 12 Ole Miss
 75–59
3
No. 7 Florida vs. No. 10 Arkansas
 96–86
4
No. 6 Vanderbilt vs. No. 11 South Carolina
 80–58
Quarterfinal – Fri, Mar 3
5
No. 1 Georgia vs. No. 9 Kentucky
 63–45
6
No. 4 Auburn vs. No. 5 Mississippi State
 56–66
7
No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 7 Florida
 91–79
8
No. 3 LSU vs. No. 6 Vanderbilt
 46–59
Semifinal – Sat, Mar 4
9
No. 1 Georgia vs. No. 5 Mississippi State
 61–62
10
No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 6 Vanderbilt
 61–53
Championship – Sun, Mar 5
11
No. 5 Mississippi State vs. No. 2 Tennessee
 67–70
# – Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

First round
Thu, Mar 2 		Quarterfinals
Fri, Mar 3 		Semifinals
Sat, Mar 4 		Championship
Sun, Mar 5
            
1 Georgia 63
9 Kentucky 45
8 Alabama 63
9 Kentucky 67
1 Georgia 61
5 Mississippi State 62
4 Auburn 56
5 Mississippi State 66
5 Mississippi State 75
12 Ole Miss 59
5 Mississippi State 67
2 Tennessee 70
2 Tennessee 91
7 Florida 79
7 Florida 96
10 Arkansas 86
2 Tennessee 61
6 Vanderbilt 53
3 LSU 46
6 Vanderbilt 59
6 Vanderbilt 80
11 South Carolina 58

References

  1. ^ "1999-00 Women's Southeastern Conference Season Summary". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved March 14, 2026.
  2. ^ "Women's Basketball Record Book". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved March 18, 2026.
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