| Year: | 2022 |
| Conference: | SEC |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Women's |
| Teams: | 14 |
| Arena: | Bridgestone Arena |
| City: | Nashville, TN |
| Champions: | Kentucky |
| Titlecount: | 2nd |
| Coach: | Kyra Elzy |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Rhyne Howard |
| Mvpteam: | Kentucky |
| Attendance: | 51,045 |
| Television: | SEC Network, ESPNU, ESPN |
The 2022 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, from March 2 through 6, 2022. The winner received an automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.[1] [2] In the championship game, the seventh-seeded Kentucky Wildcats pulled off a major upset against the top-seeded and top-ranked South Carolina Gamecocks, 64–62.[3]
| Seed | School | Conference record | Overall record | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Carolina‡† | 15–1 | 27–1 | |
| 2 | LSU† | 13–3 | 25–4 | |
| 3 | Tennessee† | 11–5 | 22–7 | |
| 4 | Ole Miss† | 10–6 | 22–7 | 1–0 vs. FLA |
| 5 | Florida | 10–6 | 20–9 | 0–1 vs. MISS |
| 6 | Georgia | 9–7 | 20–8 | |
| 7 | Kentucky | 8–8 | 15–11 | |
| 8 | Arkansas | 7–9 | 17–12 | 2–0 vs. MIZ |
| 9 | Missouri | 7–9 | 18–11 | 0–2 vs. ARK |
| 10 | Mississippi State | 6–10 | 15–13 | 1–0 vs. ALA |
| 11 | Alabama | 6–10 | 15–12 | 0–1 vs. MSST |
| 12 | Texas A&M | 4–12 | 14–14 | 1–0 vs. VAN |
| 13 | Vanderbilt | 4–12 | 13–17 | 0–1 vs. A&M |
| 14 | Auburn | 2–14 | 10–17 | |
| ‡ – 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*[4] | Matchup# | Television | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Wednesday, March 2 | |||||
| 1 | 11:00 am | SEC Network | 6,446 | ||
| 2 | 1:30 pm | ||||
| Second round – Thursday, March 3 | |||||
| 3 | Noon | SEC Network | 6,446 | ||
| 4 | 2:30 pm | ||||
| 5 | 6:00 pm | 6,500 | |||
| 6 | 8:30 pm | ||||
| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 4 | |||||
| 7 | Noon | SEC Network | 6,880 | ||
| 8 | 2:30 pm | ||||
| 9 | 6:00 pm | 7,704 | |||
| 10 | 8:30 pm | ||||
| Semifinals – Saturday, March 5 | |||||
| 11 | 4:00 pm | ESPNU | 9,072 | ||
| 12 | 6:30 pm | ||||
| Championship – Sunday, March 6 | |||||
| 13 | 1:00 pm | ESPN | 7,997 | ||
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* denotes overtime