| Year: | 2021 |
| Conference: | SEC |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Women's |
| Teams: | 13 |
| Arena: | Bon Secours Wellness Arena |
| City: | Greenville, SC |
| Champions: | South Carolina |
| Titlecount: | 6th |
| Coach: | Dawn Staley |
| Coachcount: | 6th |
| Mvp: | Aliyah Boston |
| Mvpteam: | South Carolina |
| Television: | SEC Network, ESPNU, ESPN2 |
The 2021 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, March 3–7, 2021. Vanderbilt cancelled its season after going 4-4 and did not compete in the conference tournament. By winning, South Carolina earned an automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.[1] [2]
| Seed | School | Conference record | Overall record | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas A&M‡ | 13–1 | 22–1 | |
| 2 | South Carolina† | 14–2 | 19–4 | |
| 3 | Tennessee† | 9–4 | 15–6 | |
| 4 | Georgia† | 10–5 | 18–5 | |
| 5 | Kentucky# | 9–6 | 16–7 | 1–0 vs. Arkansas |
| 6 | Arkansas# | 9–6 | 19–7 | 0–1 vs. Kentucky |
| 7 | Alabama# | 8–8 | 15–8 | |
| 8 | LSU# | 6–8 | 8–12 | |
| 9 | Mississippi State# | 5–7 | 10–8 | |
| 10 | Missouri# | 5–9 | 9–10 | |
| 11 | Ole Miss# | 4–10 | 10–10 | |
| 12 | Florida | 3–11 | 10–12 | |
| 13 | Auburn | 0–15 | 5–18 | |
| ‡ – 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. |
| Game | Time | Matchup | Television | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Wednesday, March 3 | |||||
| 1 | 4:00 pm | No. 12 Florida 69 vs. No. 13 Auburn 62 | SEC Network | 579 | |
| Second round – Thursday, March 4 | |||||
| 2 | 11:00 am | No. 8 LSU 71 vs. No. 9 Mississippi State 62 | SEC Network | ||
| 3 | 1:30 pm | No. 5 Kentucky 73 vs. No. 12 Florida 64 | |||
| 4 | 6:00 pm | No. 7 Alabama 82 vs. No. 10 Missouri 74 | 912 | ||
| 5 | 8:30 pm | No. 6 Arkansas 60 vs. No. 11 Ole Miss 69 | |||
| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 5 | |||||
| 6 | 11:00 am | No. 1 Texas A&M 77 vs. No. 8 LSU 58 | SEC Network | 1,264 | |
| 7 | 1:30 pm | No. 4 Georgia 78 vs. No. 5 Kentucky 66 | |||
| 8 | 6:00 pm | No. 2 South Carolina 75 vs. No. 7 Alabama 63 | 2,409 | ||
| 9 | 8:30 pm | No. 3 Tennessee 77 vs. No. 11 Ole Miss 72 | |||
| Semifinals – Saturday, March 6 | |||||
| 10 | 4:00 pm | No. 1 Texas A&M 68 vs No. 4 Georgia 74 | ESPNU | 2,662 | |
| 11 | 6:30 pm | No. 2 South Carolina 67 vs No. 3 Tennessee 52 | |||
| Championship – Sunday, March 7 | |||||
| 12 | 2:00 pm | No. 4 Georgia 62 vs No. 2 South Carolina 67 | ESPN2 | 2,872 | |
| Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed[3] | |||||