1981 SEC women's basketball tournament

American college basketball midseason tournament May 2026 1981 SEC Women's I 10 Pete Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA Auburn 1st Joe Ciampi 1st Becky Jackson Auburn 1600 The 1981 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference (SEC) held at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, from January29 – February 1, 1981. The Auburn Tigers won the tournament by beating their rivals, the Alabama Crimson Tide in the championship game, however SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament History https://a.espncdn.com/photo/2014/0625/CH_WBB_HISTORY.pdf a.espncdn.com 23 March 2024Lockhart Russ 1981-02-05 Lady Tigers win SEC title; clobber ranked Kentucky https://content.lib.auburn.edu/digital/collection/plainsman/id/2519/rec/39 The Auburn Plainsman B1, B5Christensen Mike 1981-01-29 Lady Dogs meet Ole Miss https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/gua1179162/1981-01-29/ed-1/seq-7/ The Red & Black (University of Georgia) 71981-01-27 Lady 'Dores in SEC tourney https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.34446072?seq=12 The Vanderbilt Hustler 11-121981-01-30 Alabama ousts Lady Gators 67-54 https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00028290/03761/zoom/15 The Independent Florida Alligator 12https://digitalcollections.libraries.ua.edu/digital/collection/p17336coll4/id/39099/rec/89 Corolla 1981 1981 1981 89th 220https://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt7jq23qwj3b#page/199/mode/1up 1981 Kentuckian 1981 1981 87 1961981-01-30 SEC Women https://www.newspapers.com/image/1020541581/ Vicksburg Evening Post 111981-01-29 Lady Vols, Wildcats Picks in SEC Tourney https://www.newspapers.com/image/112667781/ The Tennessean 54Women'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 Also, the winner did not earn an automatic bid to the 1981 AIAW National Division I Basketball Championship.Bennett James 1981-01-30 Lady Vols plan for smoother play https://digital.lib.utk.edu/collections/islandora/object/beacon%3A38034#page/8/mode/2up The Daily Beacon 8 Seeds All teams in the conference participated in the tournament. All teams were seeded by a vote of the 10 SEC coaches on Jan. 22. The criteria used for balloting included SEC competition, the difficulty of schedule, the won-lost record and statistical information throughout the season. Each coach could not vote for his or her team.Lockhart Russ 1981-01-29 Lady Tiger basketball team seeded high at tournament https://content.lib.auburn.edu/digital/collection/plainsman/id/2551/rec/38 The Auburn Plainsman B1 Seed SchoolOverallRecordConferenceRecord 1Tennessee‡†25–63–0 2Kentucky†25–60–0 3Auburn†26–74–2 4Ole Miss†14–122–1 5Georgia†27–101–2 6LSU†17–151–3 7Mississippi State17–123–1 8Alabama21–123–2 9Vanderbilt12–162–2 10Florida11–170–6‡ – SEC tournament No. 1 seed.† – Received a bye in the conference tournament. Schedule GameMatchup#Score First Round – Thurs, Jan 291No. 8 Alabama vs. No. 10 Florida67–542No. 7 Mississippi State vs. No. 9 Vanderbilt84–76 Quarterfinal – Fri, Jan 303No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 8 Alabama71–774No. 2 Kentucky vs. No. 7 Mississippi State106–825No. 3 Auburn vs. No. 6 LSU73–716No. 4 Ole Miss vs. No. 5 Georgia68–75 Semifinal – Sat, Jan 317No. 8 Alabama vs. No. 5 Georgia80–668No. 2 Kentucky vs. No. 3 Auburn66–70 Championship – Sun, Feb 19No. 8 Alabama vs. No. 3 Auburn50–61 # – Rankings denote tournament seed Bracket First roundThurs, Jan 29 QuarterfinalsFri, Jan 30 SemifinalsSat, Jan 31 ChampionshipSun, Feb 1 8 Alabama 67 10 Florida 54 7 Mississippi State 84 9 Vanderbilt 76 1 Tennessee 71 8 Alabama 77 4 Ole Miss 68 5 Georgia 75 2 Kentucky 106 7 Mississippi State 82 3 Auburn* 73 6 LSU 71 8 Alabama 80 5 Georgia 66 2 Kentucky 66 3 Auburn 70 8 Alabama 50 3 Auburn 61 Third place 2 Kentucky 62 5 Georgia 73 Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime. All-Tournament team Mary Beasly, Alabama Leslie Payne, Alabama Becky Jackson, Auburn (MVP) Angie Hannah, Auburn Valerie Still, Kentucky References Category:SEC women's basketball tournament Category:1981 in sports in Louisiana Category:Sports competitions in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Category:College basketball tournaments in Louisiana Category:Women's sports in Louisiana