2002 SEC women's basketball tournament

2002 SEC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams12
SiteGaylord Entertainment Center
Nashville, TN
ChampionsVanderbilt (3 title)
Winning coachJim Foster (3 title)
MVPZuzana Klimešová (Vanderbilt)
Attendance41,888

The 2002 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference (SEC) held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee, from February 28 – March 3, 2002. The Vanderbilt Commodores won the tournament and earned an automatic bid to the 2002 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‡† 13–1 29–5
2 South Carolina† 10–4 25–7
3 Vanderbilt† 10–4 30–7
4 LSU† 8–6 18–12
5 Mississippi State 8–6 19–12
6 Florida 8–6 18–11
7 Arkansas 7–7 20–12
8 Alabama 7–7 19–12
9 Georgia 6–8 19–11
10 Ole Miss 3–11 11–17
11 Auburn 3–11 16–13
12 Kentucky 1–13 9–20
‡ – 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 28
1
No. 8 Alabama vs. No. 9 Georgia
 60–64
2
No. 7 Arkansas vs. No. 10 Ole Miss
 78–60
3
No. 6 Florida vs. No. 11 Auburn
 57–70
4
No. 5 Mississippi State vs. No. 12 Kentucky
 72–75
Quarterfinal – Fri, Mar 1
5
No. 2 South Carolina vs. No. 7 Arkansas
 61–79
6
No. 3 Vanderbilt vs. No. 11 Auburn
 55–39
7
No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 9 Georgia
 81–67
8
No. 4 LSU vs. No. 12 Kentucky
 74–62
Semifinal – Sat, Mar 2
9
No. 3 Vanderbilt vs. No. 7 Arkansas
 81–78
10
No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 4 LSU
 80–81
Championship – Sun, Mar 3
11
No. 4 LSU vs. No. 3 Vanderbilt
 48–63
# – Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

First round
Thu, Feb 28 		Quarterfinals
Fri, Mar 1 		Semifinals
Sat, Mar 2 		Championship
Sun, Mar 3
            
1 Tennessee 81
9 Georgia 67
8 Alabama 60
9 Georgia 64
1 Tennessee 80
4 LSU 81
4 LSU 74
12 Kentucky 62
5 Mississippi State 72
12 Kentucky 75
4 LSU 48
3 Vanderbilt 63
3 Vanderbilt 55
11 Auburn 39
6 Florida 57
11 Auburn 70
3 Vanderbilt 81
7 Arkansas 78
2 South Carolina 61
7 Arkansas 79
7 Arkansas 78
10 Ole Miss 60

References

  1. ^ "2001-02 Women's Southeastern Conference Season Summary". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved March 9, 2026.
  2. ^ "Women's Basketball Record Book". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved March 18, 2026.
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