2004 SEC women's basketball tournament

2004 SEC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams12
SiteGaylord Entertainment Center
Nashville, TN
ChampionsVanderbilt (4 title)
Winning coachMelanie Balcomb (3 title)
MVPCarla Thomas (Vanderbilt)
Attendance39,214

The 2004 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 March 4–7, 2004. The Vanderbilt Commodores won the tournament and earned an automatic bid to the 2004 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 31–4
2 LSU† 10–4 27–8
3 Auburn† 9–5 22–9
4 Florida† 8–6 19–11 3–0 vs. Georgia/Vanderbilt
5 Georgia 8–6 25–10 1–2 vs. Florida/Vanderbilt
6 Vanderbilt 8–6 26–8 0–3 vs. Georgia/Florida
7 Ole Miss 7–7 17–14 2–0 vs. Mississippi State
8 Mississippi State 7–7 14–15 0–2 vs. Ole Miss
9 Arkansas 5–9 16–12
10 Alabama 4–10 12–16
11 Kentucky 3–11 11–17
12 South Carolina 1–13 10–18
‡ – 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 – Wed, Mar 4
1
No. 5 Georgia vs. No. 12 South Carolina
 73–42
2
No. 8 Mississippi State vs. No. 9 Arkansas
 79–74
3
No. 7 Ole Miss vs. No. 10 Alabama
 63–56
4
No. 6 Vanderbilt vs. No. 11 Kentucky
 60–41
Quarterfinal – Thu, Mar 5
5
No. 3 Auburn vs. No. 6 Vanderbilt
 74–76
6
No. 4 Florida vs. No. 5 Georgia
 72–76
7
No. 2 LSU vs. No. 7 Ole Miss
 79–66
8
No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 8 Mississippi State
 67–57
Semifinal – Fri, Mar 6
9
No. 2 LSU vs. No. 6 Vanderbilt
 66–78
10
No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 5 Georgia
 66–68
Championship – Sat, Mar 7
11
No. 5 Georgia vs. No. 6 Vanderbilt
 56–62
# – Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

First round
Wed, Mar 4 		Quarterfinals
Thu, Mar 5 		Semifinals
Fri, Mar 6 		Championship
Sat, Mar 7
            
1 Tennessee 67
8 Mississippi State 57
8 Mississippi State 79
9 Arkansas 74
1 Tennessee 66
5 Georgia 68
4 Florida 72
5 Georgia 76
5 Georgia 73
12 South Carolina 42
5 Georgia 56
6 Vanderbilt 62
2 LSU 79
7 Ole Miss 66
7 Ole Miss 63
10 Alabama 56
2 LSU 66
6 Vanderbilt 78
3 Auburn 74
6 Vanderbilt 76
6 Vanderbilt 60
11 Kentucky 41

References

  1. ^ "2003-04 Women's Southeastern Conference Season Summary". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved March 8, 2026.
  2. ^ "Women's Basketball Record Book". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved March 18, 2026.
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