The 1983 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference (SEC) held at the Stokely Athletic Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, from March3 – 6, 1983. The Georgia Lady Bulldogs won the tournament by beating Ole Miss and earned an automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. Seeds All teams in the conference participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by their conference record. Seed School Conferencerecord Overallrecord Tiebreaker 1ETennessee‡†7–125–8 1WOle Miss†6–226–6 2WLSU†6–220–7 2EKentucky†6–223–5 3WAuburn†6–224–8 3EGeorgia†8–527–7 4EVanderbilt2–612–14 4WAlabama2–616–13 5EFlorida1–711–16 5WMississippi State0–815–13‡ – 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 GameMatchup#Score First Round – Thurs, Mar 3169–63251–53 Quarterfinal – Fri, Mar 4391–73459–56570–85678–79 Semifinal – Sat, Mar 5765–71872–62 Championship – Sun, Mar 6972–69 # – Rankings denote tournament seed Bracket
Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime.
All-Tournament team Becky Jackson, Auburn Teresa Edwards, Georgia (MVP) Lisa O'Connor, Georgia Joyce Walker, LSU Eugenia Conner, Ole Miss Tanya Haave, Tennessee
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