The 2021–22 SEC women's basketball season began in December 2021, following the start of the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play concluded in February, followed by the 2022 SEC women's basketball tournament at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, in March. This was the 40th season since the SEC first sponsored women's sports, including basketball, in the 1982–83 school year.

In August 2021, the SEC announced policies regarding game cancellations related to COVID-19. In the event a team is unable to begin or complete a regular season conference event, due to the unavailability of participants (from COVID-19, injuries or other reasons), that team will forfeit the contest and will be assigned a loss in the conference standings. The opposing team that is ready to play will be credited with a win in the standings. Both teams will be deemed to have played and completed the contest for purpose of the standings. If both teams are unable to compete, both teams shall be deemed to have forfeited the game, with a loss assigned to both teams and applied to the standings.

Pre-season

Pre-season team predictions Media Coaches 1.South Carolina 2. Tennessee Texas A&M 3. Texas A&M Tennessee 4. Kentucky Georgia 5. Georgia Kentucky 6. Arkansas Ole Miss 7. LSU Arkansas 8. Ole Miss LSU 9.Mississippi State 10. Alabama Missouri 11. Missouri Florida 12. Florida Alabama 13.Auburn 14.Vanderbilt

Pre-season All-SEC teams

Media Coaches Rhyne Howard, Kentucky Howard Aliyah Boston, South Carolina Lavender Briggs, Florida Shakira Austin, Ole Miss Khayla Pointer, LSU Rickea Jackson, Mississippi State Rae Burrell, Tennessee Zia Cooke, South Carolina Coaches select eight players Player in bold is choice for SEC Player of the Year

Head coaches

Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and SEC records are from time at current school. Team Head coach Previous job Seasons at school Overall record SEC record NCAA tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA championshipsAlabama Texas Tech 9th 133–118 46–82 1 0 0Arkansas Washington 5th 78–50 28–35 1 0 0Auburn Texas (associate HC) 1st 0–0 0–0 0 0 0Florida Florida (asst.) 1st 0–0 0–0 0 0 0Georgia Georgia (asst.) 7th 119–65 54–40 3 0 0Kentucky Kentucky (associate HC) 2nd 18–9 9–6 1 0 0LSU Baylor 1st 0–0 0–0 0 0 0Mississippi State Mississippi State (asst.) 1st 0–0 0–0 0 0 0Missouri Illinois State 12th 189–151 69–73 4 0 0Ole Miss Jacksonville 4th 31–57 7–39 0 0 0South Carolina Temple 13th 331–103 152–54 9 3 1Tennessee Missouri State 3rd 38–18 19–10 1 0 0Texas A&M Arkansas 19th 430–170 100–42 15 1 1Vanderbilt UConn (asst.) 1st 0–0 0–0 0 0 0

Postseason

SEC tournament

March 2–6 at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. Teams are seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion.

2022 SEC women's basketball tournament seeds and results Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker First RoundMarch 2 Second RoundMarch 3 QuarterfinalsMarch 4 SemifinalsMarch 5 ChampionshipMarch 61 ‡†South Carolina15–127–1 Bye Bye vs. #8 ArkansasW, 76–54 vs. #4 Ole MissW, 61–51 vs. #7 KentuckyL, 62–642†LSU13–325–4 Bye Bye vs. #7 KentuckyL, 63–78 3 †Tennessee11–522–7 Bye Bye vs. #11 AlabamaW, 74–59 vs. #7 KentuckyL, 74–834 †Ole Miss10–622–7 1–0 vs. UF Bye Bye vs. #5 FloridaW, 70–60 vs. #1 South CarolinaL, 51–61 5 #Florida 10–6 21–9 0–1 vs. OM Bye vs. #13 VanderbiltW, 53–52 vs. #4 Ole MissL, 60–70 6#Georgia9–720–9 Bye vs. #11 AlabamaL, 62–74 7#Kentucky8–816–11 Bye vs. #10 Mississippi StateW, 88–67 vs. #2 LSUW, 78–63 vs. #3 TennesseeW, 83–74 vs. #1 South CarolinaW, 64–628#Arkansas7–918–122–0 vs. MU Bye vs. #9 MissouriW, 61–52 vs. #1 South CarolinaL, 54–76 9 #Missouri7–918–120–2 vs. ARK Bye vs. #8 ArkansasL, 52–61 10#Mississippi State6–1015–141–0 vs. ALA Bye vs. #7 KentuckyL, 67–88 11Alabama6–1017–120–1 vs. MSU vs. #14 AuburnW, 75–68 vs. #6 GeorgiaW, 74–62 vs. #3 TennesseeL, 59–74 12Texas A&M4–1214–151–0 vs. VU vs. #13 VanderbiltL, 69–85 13Vanderbilt4–1214–180–1 vs. TAMU vs. #12 Texas A&MW, 85–69 vs. #5 FloridaL, 52–53 14Auburn2–1410–18 vs. #11 AlabamaL, 68–75 ‡ – SEC regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed† – Received a double-bye in the conference tournament# – Received a single-bye in the conference tournamentOverall records include all games played in the tournament.

NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament

March 16 – April 3 Seed Bracket School First round Second round Sweet 16 Elite 8 Final Four Championship 1 Greensboro South Carolina vs. #16 HowardW, 79–21 vs. #8 MiamiW, 49–23 vs. #5 North CarolinaW, 69–61 vs. #10 CreightonW, 80–50 vs. #1W LouisvilleW, 72–59 vs. #2B UConnW, 64–49 3 Spokane LSU vs. #14 Jackson StateW, 83–77 vs. #6 Iowa StateL, 64–79 4 Wichita Tennessee vs. #13 BuffaloW, 80–67 vs. #12 BelmontW, 70–67 vs. #1 LouisvilleL, 64–76 6 Greensboro Georgia vs. #11 DaytonW, 70–54 vs. #3 Iowa StateL, 44–67 6 Bridgeport Kentucky vs. #11 PrincetonL, 62–69 7 Wichita Ole Miss vs. #10 South DakotaL, 61–75 10 Bridgeport Florida vs. #7 UCFL, 52–69 10 Spokane Arkansas vs. #7 UtahL, 69–92 # Bids: 8W-L (%):TOTAL:

Women's National Invitation Tournament

March 16 – April 1 School First roundMarch 16 Second roundMarch 20 Third roundMarch 24 QuarterfinalsMarch 27 Alabamavs. TroyW, 82–79vs. TulaneW, 81–77vs. HoustonW, 79–64vs. South Dakota StateL, 73–78 Missourivs. DrakeL, 78–83OT Vanderbiltvs. Murray StateW, 73–47vs. LibertyW, 71–45vs. Middle Tennessee StateL, 53–55

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