1998 SEC women's basketball tournament

May 2026 American college basketball postseason tournament March 2026 1998 SEC Women's I 12 Columbus Civic Center Columbus, GA Tennessee 8th Pat Summitt 8th Chamique Holdsclaw Tennsessee 29,584 The 1998 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference (SEC) held at the Columbus Civic Center in Columbus, Georgia, from February26 – March1, 1998. The Tennessee Lady Volunteers won the tournament and earned an automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.1997-98 Women's Southeastern Conference Season Summary https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/sec/women/1998.html 2026-03-18 College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com enWomen's Basketball Record Book https://www.secsports.com/media-wbb/womens-basketball-record-book 2026-03-18 Southeastern Conference en Seeds All teams in the conference participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by their conference record. Seed School Conferencerecord Overallrecord Tiebreaker 1Tennessee‡†14–039–0 2Florida†10–423–9 3Alabama†10–424–10 4Vanderbilt†9–520–9 5Georgia8–617–11 6LSU7–719–13 7Arkansas7–722–11 8Kentucky5–913–15 9Mississippi State4–1014–15 10Auburn4–1016–11 11South Carolina3–1113–15 12Ole Miss3–1112–19‡ – 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 – Thu, Feb 261No. 8 Kentucky vs. No. 9 Mississippi State48–672No. 5 Georgia vs. No. 12 Ole Miss73–773No. 7 Arkansas vs. No. 10 Auburn59–434No. 6 LSU vs. No. 11 South Carolina61–76 Quarterfinal – Fri, Feb 275No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 9 Mississippi State88–606No. 4 Vanderbilt vs. No. 12 Ole Miss76–647No. 2 Florida vs. No. 7 Arkansas63–498No. 3 Alabama vs. No. 11 South Carolina92–72 Semifinal – Sat, Feb 289No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 4 Vanderbilt106–4510No. 2 Florida vs. No. 3 Alabama61–74 Championship – Sun, Mar 111No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 3 Alabama67–63 # – Rankings denote tournament seed Bracket First roundThu, Feb 26 QuarterfinalsFri, Feb 27 SemifinalsSat, Feb 28 ChampionshipSun, Mar 1 8 Kentucky 48 9 Mississippi State 67 5 Georgia 73 12 Ole Miss 77 7 Arkansas 59 10 Auburn 43 6 LSU 61 11 South Carolina 76 1 Tennessee 88 9 Mississippi State 60 4 Vanderbilt 76 12 Ole Miss 64 2 Florida 63 7 Arkansas 49 3 Alabama 92 11 South Carolina 72 1 Tennessee 106 4 Vanderbilt 45 2 Florida 61 3 Alabama 74 1 Tennessee 67 3 Alabama 63 References Category:1997–98 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season Category:SEC women's basketball tournament SEC women's basketball