The 2014 SEC women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference (SEC), beginning on March 5, 2014, and ending on March 9, 2014, in Duluth, Georgia, at the Arena at Gwinnett Center.Bracket While it determined the SEC's representative in the NCAA tournament, it did not determine the official SEC champion; the conference has awarded its official championship solely on the basis of regular-season record since the 1985–86 season.
Format Although the SEC expanded to 14 members with the addition of Missouri and Texas A&M in July 2012, this was the first SEC women's tournament to feature 14 teams. Ole Miss did not participate in the 2013 tournament; it self-imposed a postseason ban for the 2012–13 season after revelations of potential major NCAA rules violations.
The teams seeded 1–4 received a double-bye to the quarterfinals, and the teams seeded 5–10 received a single-bye to the second round. The remaining four teams played in the first round.
Seeds 2014 SEC women's basketball tournament seeds and results Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker1 ‡South Carolina 14–2 27–42 †Tennessee 13–3 27–5 1–0 vs. Texas A&M3 †Texas A&M 13–3 24–8 0–1 vs. Tennessee4 †Kentucky 10–6 24–8 5 #Florida 8–8 19–12 6 #Auburn 7–9 17–14 4–2 vs. Alabama, Vanderbilt, Georgia, and LSU7 #Alabama 7–9 14–16 3–2 vs. Auburn, Vanderbilt, Georgia, and LSU; 1–0 vs. Vanderbilt8 #Vanderbilt 7–9 18–12 3–2 vs. Auburn, Alabama, Georgia, and LSU; 0–1 vs. Alabama9 #Georgia 7–9 20–11 1–3 vs. Auburn, Alabama, Vanderbilt, and LSU; 1–0 vs. LSU10 #LSU 7–9 19–12 1–3 vs. Auburn, Alabama, Vanderbilt, and Georgia; 0–1 vs. Georgia11 Arkansas 6–10 19–11 2–0 vs. Missouri12 Missouri 6–10 17–13 0–2 vs. Arkansas13 Mississippi State 5–11 19–13 14Ole Miss 2–14 12–20 ‡ – SEC regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.† – Received a double-bye in the conference tournament.# – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.Overall records include all games played in the SEC Tournament.
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance First Round – Wednesday, March 516:00 pm#12 Missouri vs. #13 Mississippi StateFSSO/SPSO2,04428:30 pm#11 Arkansas vs. #14 Ole MissFSSO/SPSO Second Round – Thursday, March 63Noon#9 Georgia vs. #8 VanderbiltSPSO2,91842:30 pm#5 Florida vs. #13 Mississippi StateSPSO56:00 pm#7 Alabama vs. #10 LSUSPSO3,15268:30 pm#6 Auburn vs. #14 Ole MissSPSO Quarterfinals – Friday, March 77Noon#1 South Carolina vs. #9 GeorgiaSPSO4,21782:30 pm#4 Kentucky vs. #5 FloridaSPSO96:00 pm#2 Tennessee vs. #10 LSUSPSO5,232108:30 pm#3 Texas A&M vs. #6 AuburnSPSO Semifinals – Saturday, March 811Noon#1 South Carolina vs. #4 KentuckyESPNU6,306122:30 pm#2 Tennessee vs. #3 Texas A&MESPNU Championship – Sunday, March 9133:30 pm #4 Kentucky vs. #2 TennesseeESPN6,544 *Game Times in ET. # – Rankings denote tournament seed
SPSO games air across the SEC Region on FSN affiliates, including FSSW, and FSMW. The games rotate between the main channel and Plus affiliates. The games are also simulcast outside SEC territories on ESPN3. Next year the majority of the games will move to SEC Network.
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OT denotes overtime game
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