South Carolina starts SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament as No. 1 seed as bracket is released

While South Carolina women’s basketball clinched the top seed in the SEC women’s basketball tournament this week after last week’s win over Tennessee, the rest of the seedings were finalized on Sunday with the final day of regular-season play.

The 2022 SEC tournament will be held Wednesday through Sunday at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. The Gamecocks (27-1, 15-1 SEC) started their conference slate with their lone loss of the 2021-22 regular season to Missouri, then went on a 15-game win streak to wrap up conference action.

South Carolina has won 6 of the last 7 SEC tournaments, including the last 2. The Gamecocks will start this year’s run for another conference tournament title Friday, playing the winner of Thursday’s game between the No. 8-seed Arkansas and No. 9 Missouri.

1. South Carolina (15-1)
2. LSU (13-3)
3. Tennessee (11-5)
4. Ole Miss (10-6)
5. Florida (10-6)
6. Georgia (9-7)
7. Kentucky (8-8)
8. Arkansas (7-9)
9. Missouri (7-9)
10. Mississippi State (6-10)
11. Alabama (6-10)
12. Texas A&M (4-12)
13. Vanderbilt (4-12)
14. Auburn (2-14)

SEC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Eastern time listed (*time approximate; game will start 25 minutes after conclusion of preceding game.)
FIRST ROUND — Wednesday, March 2 Game 1: No. 12 Texas A&M vs. No. 13 Vanderbilt — Noon, SEC Network Game 2: No. 11 Alabama vs. No. 14 Auburn — 2:30 p.m., SEC Network*

SECOND ROUND — Thursday, March 3 Game 3: No. 8 Arkansas vs. No. 9 Missouri — 1 p.m., SEC Network Game 4: No. 5 Florida vs. Game 1 winner — 3:30 p.m., SEC Network* Game 5: No. 7 Kentucky vs. No. 10 Mississippi State — 7 p.m., SEC Network Game 6: No. 6 Georgia vs. Game 2 winner — 9:30 p.m., SEC Network*

QUARTERFINALS — Friday, March 4 Game 7: No. 1 South Carolina vs. Game 3 winner — 1 p.m., SEC Network Game 8: No. 4 Ole Miss vs. Game 4 winner — 3:30 p.m., SEC Network* Game 9: No. 2 LSU vs. Game 5 winner — 7 p.m., SEC Network Game 10: No. 3 Tennessee vs. Game 6 winner — 9:30 p.m., SEC Network*

SEMIFINALS — Saturday, March 5 Game 11: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner — 5 p.m., ESPNU Game 12: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner — 7:30 p.m., ESPNU*

FINAL — Sunday, March 6 Game 13: Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner — 2 p.m., ESPN2

Keith Farner

A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.