1980 SEC women's basketball tournament

American college basketball midseason tournament May 2026 1980 SEC Women's I 10 Stokely Athletic Center Knoxville, Tennessee Tennessee 1st Pat Summitt 1st Jill Rankin Tennessee 4085 yes The 1980 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was a midseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference (SEC) held at the Stokely Athletic Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, from February7 – 10, 1980. It was the first SEC women's basketball tournament in history and the Tennessee Lady Volunteers won the tournament defeating the Ole Miss Rebels 85-71. Tennessee earned an automatic bid to the 1980 AIAW National Division I Basketball Championship for their victory.King Wendy 1980-02-07 SEC women's basketball tourney opens in Stokely https://digital.lib.utk.edu/collections/islandora/object/beacon%3A37995#page/6/mode/2up The Daily Beacon 6Rickerd Brian 1980-02-11 UK-UT final doesn't materialize as Kats fall in SEC tourney https://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt74b853j71d#page/6/mode/1up The Kentucky Kernel 6Mullins Robbin 1980 the season's surprise https://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt7c862b9k88#page/92/mode/2up 1980 Kentuckian 88-93Keepfer Scott SEC Tourney has come a long way https://eu.greenvilleonline.com/story/sports/college/usc/2017/02/28/sec-tourney-has-come-long-way/98146038/ eu.greenvilleonline.com 23 March 2024Women's Basketball Year By Year Results https://rolltide.com/sports/womens-basketball/results 2026-05-03 Alabama Athletics enMississippi State Women's Basketball Media Guide https://static.hailstate.com/custompages/pdf/wbk/202526/wbk_2526mg.pdf Mississippi State Athletics 1092025 26 UT WBB Record Book https://utsports.com/documents/2025/10/24/2025-26_UT_WBB_Record_Book.pdf 2026-05-03 University of Tennessee Athletics 217 enKentucky Women's Basketball Media Guide https://storage.googleapis.com/ukathletics-com/2026/01/1bae5472-2025-26-fact-book.pdf Kentucky Athletics 832026-05-02 Official 24 25 Media Guide WBK Florida https://floridagators.com/documents/2025/1/23/Official_24-25_Media_Guide_WBK.pdf 2026-05-03 Florida Gators 104 en2025-26 Ole Miss WBB Media Guide https://olemisssports.com/documents/2025/10/16/2025-26_Ole_Miss_WBB_Media_Guide.pdf 2026-05-03 Ole Miss Athletics - Hotty Toddy 140 en2025-12-19 2025-26 LSU Women’s Basketball Record Book https://lsusports.net/2025-26-lsu-womens-basketball-record-book/ 2026-05-03 LSU 38-39 en-US2025-10-23 2025-26 Georgia Women's Basketball Media Guide https://issuu.com/georgiadogs/docs/2025-26_georgia_women_s_basketball_media_guide 2026-05-03 Issuu 90-91 en25-26 Auburn WBB Record Book.pdf https://auburntigers.com/documents/cc3dab21-8922-4b13-b3dc-70cf1c818fd2.pdf 2026-05-03 Auburn Tigers - Official Athletics Website 129 en-US2025-26-Vanderbilt WBB-Preseason-Record-Book2025 https://vucommodores.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-26-WBB-Preseason-Record-Book2025.pdf Vanderbilt Athletics 34 Notably, women’s basketball was not officially sponsored by the SEC until the 1982-83 season.Women's Basketball Record Book https://www.secsports.com/media-wbb/womens-basketball-record-book 2026-04-27 Southeastern Conference en Seeds All teams in the conference participated in the tournament. Seed School Overall RecordConference Record 1Tennessee‡†19–34–0 2Kentucky†15–22–1 3Ole Miss†18–113–1 4LSU†15–101–2 5Georgia†14–93–1 6Auburn†14–64–0 7Alabama9–121–4 8Mississippi State10–142–5 9Vanderbilt11–102–2 10Florida4–141–7‡ – SEC tournament No. 1 seed.† – Received a bye in the conference tournament. Schedule GameMatchup#Score First Round – Thurs, Feb 71No. 8 Mississippi State vs. No. 10 Florida62–682No. 7 Alabama vs. No. 9 Vanderbilt69–63 Quarterfinal – Fri, Feb 83No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 10 Florida118–444No. 2 Kentucky vs. No. 7 Alabama77–695No. 3 Ole Miss vs. No. 5 Georgia80–706No. 4 LSU vs. No. 6 Auburn64–70 Semifinal – Sat, Feb 97No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 6 Auburn72–618No. 2 Kentucky vs. No. 3 Ole Miss62–79 Championship – Sun, Feb 109No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 3 Ole Miss85–71 # – Rankings denote tournament seed Bracket First roundThurs, Feb 7 QuarterfinalsFri, Feb 8 SemifinalsSat, Feb 9 ChampionshipSun, Feb 10 8 Mississippi State 62 10 Florida 68 7 Alabama 69 9 Vanderbilt 63 1 Tennessee 118 10 Florida 44 4 LSU 64 6 Auburn 70 2 Kentucky 77 7 Alabama 69 3 Ole Miss 80 5 Georgia 70 1 Tennessee 72 6 Auburn 61 2 Kentucky 62 3 Ole Miss 79 1 Tennessee 85 3 Ole Miss 71 Third place 2 Kentucky 88 6 Auburn 59 Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime. All-Tournament team Lori Monroe, Auburn Valerie Still, Kentucky Peggie Gillom, Ole Miss Carol Ross, Ole Miss Cindy Noble, Tennessee Jill Rankin, Tennessee (MVP) Holly Warlick, TennesseeSEC Women’s Basketball Tournament History https://a.espncdn.com/photo/2014/0625/CH_WBB_HISTORY.pdf a.espncdn.com 23 March 2024 References Category:SEC women's basketball tournament Category:1980 in sports in Tennessee Category:College basketball tournaments in Tennessee Category:Sports competitions in Knoxville, Tennessee Category:Women's sports in Tennessee Category:February 1980 sports events in the United States