SEC Women's Basketball Tournament bracket if season ended today

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COLUMBIA — If the season were to end on Feb. 17, South Carolina women's basketball would be the No. 1 seed in the SEC Tournament.

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The No. 3 Gamecocks (25-2, 11-1 SEC) are the only team in the conference with one loss, with all other 15 teams having at least three SEC losses.

Texas, Vanderbilt and Tennessee all have three losses, but Tennessee and Vanderbilt still have to play March 1, which means one will end up with four losses.

Vanderbilt is ahead of Texas in the standings because the Commodores won the head-to-head matchup on Feb. 5.

Here's where seeding would line up based on standings as of Feb. 17.

SEC women's basketball standings as of Feb. 17

  1. South Carolina (11-1 in SEC)
  2. Vanderbilt (10-3)
  3. Texas (9-3)
  4. Tennessee (8-3)
  5. LSU (8-4)
  6. Ole Miss (7-4)
  7. Oklahoma (7-5)
  8. Kentucky (7-6)
  9. Alabama (6-6)
  10. Georgia (6-6)
  11. Mississippi State (5-7)
  12. Missouri (4-8)
  13. Texas A&M (3-9)
  14. Florida (3-9)
  15. Auburn (2-10)
  16. Arkansas (0-12)

SEC women's basketball Tournament bracket as of now

If the season was over on Feb. 17. The tournament will be played in Greenville, South Carolina.

First round, Wednesday March 4

  • Game 1: No. 16 Arkansas vs No. 9 Alabama, 11 a.m. ET
  • Game 2: No. 13 Texas A&M vs No. 12 Missouri, 1:30 p.m. ET
  • Game 3: No. 15 Auburn vs No. 10 Georgia, 6 p.m. ET
  • Game 4: No. 14 Florida vs No. 11 Mississippi State, 8:30 p.m. ET

Second round, Thursday March 5

  • Game 5: G1 winner vs No. 8 Kentucky, 11 a.m. ET
  • Game 6: G2 winner vs No. 5 LSU, 1:30 p.m. ET
  • Game 7: G3 winner vs No. 7 Oklahoma, 6 p.m. ET
  • Game 8: G4 winner vs No. 6 Ole Miss, 8:30 p.m. ET

Quarterfinals, Friday March 6

  • Game 9: G5 winner vs South Carolina, noon ET
  • Game 10: G6 winner vs No. 4 Tennessee, 2:30 p.m. ET
  • Game 11: G7 winner vs No. 2 Vanderbilt, 6 p.m. ET
  • Game 12: G8 winner vs No. 3 Texas, 8:30 p.m. ET

Semifinals, Saturday March 7

  • Game 13: G10 winner vs G9 winner, 4:30 p.m. ET
  • Game 13: G12 winner vs G11 winner, 7 p.m. ET

Championship, Sunday March 8

  • G14 winner vs G13 winner, 3 p.m. ET

Will Vanderbilt secure No. 2 seed in SEC Tournament?

The middle of the tournament seeding is expected to change given the remaining games left on the schedule.

If South Carolina wins out, there's no scenario the Gamecocks aren't the top seed.

If Vanderbilt wins out, the Commodores will secure the No. 2 seed. Vanderbilt still has to play: Kentucky, Alabama and Tennessee.

Here's a look at some tie-breaking hypothetical scenarios for the 1-4 seeds.

  • Texas wins out, Vanderbilt loses to Tennessee but wins other three, 1-4 seeding would be: South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
    • Texas beat Tennessee so if Vandy lost to Tennessee who Texas beat, the Longhorns would jump to No. 2 if they win out
  • Vanderbilt and Texas win out, Tennessee loses to Vandy but nobody else, 1-4 seeding would be: South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Texas, Tennessee
    • Vanderbilt and Texas have same number of losses, tie break goes to Vanderbilt because of head to head win vs. Texas

SEC Tournament tiebreaker procedures

Here are the tiebreaker rules according to the SEC. Teams are seeded based on final regular season SEC standings.

  1. Two-Team Tie: The following procedure will be used in the following order until the tieis broken:A. Won-lost results of head-to-head competition between the two teams.B. Won-lost percentage of the two teams versus the highest seed (and proceedingthrough the lowest seed, if necessary).C. Won-lost results in road Conference games.D. Head-to-head point differential (points scored minus points allowed) between thetwo tied teams.E. Winning percentage against all Quad 1 Division I opponents.F. Winning percentage against all Quad 2 Division I opponents.G. NCAA NET ranking (most recent available NET ranking before the conferencetournament).
  2. Three-Team Tie (or more): When three or more teams are tied, the following procedurewill be used in the following order until the tie is broken. If two teams remain tied after atiebreaker provision, the two-team tiebreaker formula will be used:A. Best winning percentage of games played among the tied teams (Example: Team Ais 3-1, Team B is 2-2 and Team C is 1-3 – Team A would be seeded highest, Team Bsecond-highest and Team C lowest of the three).B. Best winning percentage of the tied teams versus the highest seed (and proceedingthrough the lowest seed, if necessary).C. Won-lost results in road Conference games.D. Head-to-head point differential (points scored minus points allowed) between thetwo tied teams.E. Winning percentage against all Quad 1 Division I opponents.F. Winning percentage against all Quad 2 Division I opponents.G. NCAA NET ranking (most recent available NET ranking before the conferencetournament)

Lulu Kesin covers South Carolina athletics for The Greenville News and the USA TODAY Network. Email her at [email protected]. Follow her on X@Lulukesin and Bluesky‪@bylulukesin.bsky.social‬

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