| Year: | 2011 |
| Conference: | SEC |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Women's |
| Teams: | 12 |
| Arena: | Bridgestone Arena |
| City: | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Champions: | Tennessee Lady Volunteers |
| Titlecount: | 15th |
| Coach: | Pat Summitt |
| Coachcount: | 15th |
| Mvp: | Shekinna Stricklen |
| Mvpteam: | Tennessee |
| Attendance: | 42,140 |
| Television: | Fox Sports South, ESPNU, ESPN2 (championship game) |
The 2011 SEC women's basketball tournament took place at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee from March 3–6, 2011.[1] The Tennessee Lady Volunteers won the tournament and received the SEC's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA women's basketball tournament by defeating the Kentucky Wildcats 90–65 in the championship game.
All SEC schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by their 2010–11 SEC season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Unlike men's basketball play, SEC women's play is not conducted in a divisional format; all 12 teams are organized in a single table. The top four teams on the regular-season table received byes.
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Television | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Round - Thursday, March 3 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1:00 pm | Fox Sports South | 3,519 | ||
| 2 | 3:30 pm | Fox Sports South | ||||
| 2 | 3 | 7:30 pm |
| Fox Sports South | 3,827 | |
| 4 | 10:00 pm |
| Fox Sports South | |||
| Quarterfinals - Friday, March 4 | ||||||
| 3 | 5 | 1:00 pm |
| Fox Sports South | 7,461 | |
| 6 | 3:30 pm |
| Fox Sports South | |||
| 4 | 7 | 7:30 pm |
| Fox Sports South | 5,976 | |
| 8 | 10:00 pm |
| Fox Sports South | |||
| Semifinals - Saturday, March 5 | ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 4:00 pm |
| ESPNU | 10,207 | |
| 10 | 6:30 pm |
| ESPNU | |||
| Championship Game - Sunday, March 6 | ||||||
| 6 | 11 | 5:30 pm |
| ESPN2 | 11,150 | |
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