1981 SEC women's basketball tournament

The 1981 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference (SEC) held at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, from January29 – February 1, 1981. The Auburn Tigers won the tournament by beating their rivals, the Alabama Crimson Tide in the championship game, however

Notably, women’s basketball was not officially sponsored by the SEC until the 1982-83 season. Also, the winner did not earn an automatic bid to the 1981 AIAW National Division I Basketball Championship.

Seeds All teams in the conference participated in the tournament. All teams were seeded by a vote of the 10 SEC coaches on Jan. 22. The criteria used for balloting included SEC competition, the difficulty of schedule, the won-lost record and statistical information throughout the season. Each coach could not vote for his or her team. Seed SchoolOverallRecordConferenceRecord 1Tennessee‡†25–63–0 2Kentucky†25–60–0 3Auburn†26–74–2 4Ole Miss†14–122–1 5Georgia†27–101–2 6LSU†17–151–3 7Mississippi State17–123–1 8Alabama21–123–2 9Vanderbilt12–162–2 10Florida11–170–6‡ – SEC tournament No. 1 seed.† – Received a bye in the conference tournament. Schedule GameMatchup#Score First Round – Thurs, Jan 29167–54284–76 Quarterfinal – Fri, Jan 30371–774106–82573–71668–75 Semifinal – Sat, Jan 31780–66866–70 Championship – Sun, Feb 1950–61 # – Rankings denote tournament seed Bracket

Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime.

All-Tournament team Mary Beasly, Alabama Leslie Payne, Alabama Becky Jackson, Auburn (MVP) Angie Hannah, Auburn Valerie Still, Kentucky

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