1997 SEC women's basketball tournament

American college basketball postseason tournament April 2026 1997 SEC Women's I 12 McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, TN Auburn 4th Joe Ciampi 4th Laticia Morris Auburn 37806 The 1997 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference (SEC) held at the McKenzie Arena in Chattanooga, Tennessee, from February28 – March3, 1997. The Auburn Tigers won the tournament and earned an automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.1996-97 Women's Southeastern Conference Season Summary https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/sec/women/1997.html 2026-04-25 College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com enWomen's Basketball Record Book https://www.secsports.com/media-wbb/womens-basketball-record-book 2026-04-25 Southeastern Conference en1997-03-06 SEC Ciampi-ons https://content.lib.auburn.edu/digital/collection/plainsman/id/3028/rec/311 The Auburn Plainsman Holloman Jeremy D1 Seeds All teams in the conference participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by their conference record. Seed School Conferencerecord Overallrecord Tiebreaker 1Georgia‡†11–125–6 2Alabama†10–225–7 3Florida†9–324–9 4LSU†9–325–5 5Tennessee8–429–10 6Vanderbilt6–620–11 7Arkansas5–718–10 8Auburn5–722–10 9Ole Miss5–716–11 10Kentucky2–108–19 11Mississippi State1–1111–16 12South Carolina1–1112–15‡ – SEC regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.† – Received a bye in the conference tournament.Overall records include all games played in the SEC Tournament. Schedule GameMatchup#Score First Round – Fri, Feb 281No. 8 Auburn vs. No. 9 Ole Miss72–642No. 5 Tennessee vs. No. 12 South Carolina75–483No. 7 Arkansas vs. No. 10 Kentucky71–604No. 6 Vanderbilt vs. No. 11 Mississippi State70–42 Quarterfinal – Sat, Mar 15No. 1 Georgia vs. No. 8 Auburn47–756No. 4 LSU vs. No. 5 Tennessee99–1007No. 2 Alabama vs. No. 7 Arkansas85–638No. 3 Florida vs. No. 6 Vanderbilt68–54 Semifinal – Sun, Mar 29No. 8 Auburn vs. No. 5 Tennessee61–5910No. 2 Alabama vs. No. 3 Florida73–83 Championship – Mon, Mar 311No. 8 Auburn vs. No. 3 Florida52–47 # – Rankings denote tournament seed Bracket First roundFri, Feb 28 QuarterfinalsSat, Mar 1 SemifinalsSun, Mar 2 ChampionshipMon, Mar 3 8 Auburn 72 9 Ole Miss 64 5 Tennessee 75 12 South Carolina 48 7 Arkansas 71 10 Kentucky 60 6 Vanderbilt 70 11 Mississippi State 42 1 Georgia 47 8 Auburn 75 4 LSU 99 5 Tennessee 100 2 Alabama 85 7 Arkansas 63 3 Florida 68 6 Vanderbilt 54 8 Auburn 61 5 Tennessee 59 2 Alabama 73 3 Florida 83 8 Auburn 52 3 Florida 47 References Category:1996–97 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season Category:SEC women's basketball tournament SEC Women's Basketball Category:Women's sports in Tennessee Category:College basketball tournaments in Tennessee SEC women's basketball