1996 SEC women's basketball tournament

American college basketball postseason tournament April 2026 1996 SEC Women's I 12 McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, TN Tennessee 7th Pat Summitt 7th Dominique Canty Alabama 36391 The 1996 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 March1 – 4, 1996. The Tennessee Lady Volunteers won the tournament and earned an automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.1995-96 Women's Southeastern Conference Season Summary https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/sec/women/1996.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 enKincheloe Johnna 1996-03-05 Lady Vols take SEC tournament title https://digital.lib.utk.edu/collections/islandora/object/beacon%3A69167#page/12/mode/1up 2026-04-25 The Daily Beacon 12 Seeds All teams in the conference participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by their conference record. Seed School Conferencerecord Overallrecord Tiebreaker 1Georgia‡†10–128–5 2Tennessee†9–232–4 3Vanderbilt†7–423–8 4Alabama†7–424–8 5Auburn6–523–9 6Florida6–521–9 7Ole Miss6–518–11 8LSU4–721–11 9Mississippi State4–713–14 10Arkansas3–821–13 11South Carolina2–916–12 12Kentucky2–98–19‡ – 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 – Fri, Feb 281No. 8 LSU vs. No. 9 Mississippi State85–632No. 5 Auburn vs. No. 12 Kentucky58–433No. 7 Ole Miss vs. No. 10 Arkansas76–734No. 6 Florida vs. No. 11 South Carolina65–48 Quarterfinal – Sat, Mar 15No. 1 Georgia vs. No. 8 LSU71–736No. 4 Alabama vs. No. 5 Auburn65–597No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 7 Ole Miss73–518No. 3 Vanderbilt vs. No. 6 Florida73–83 Semifinal – Sun, Mar 29No. 8 LSU vs. No. 4 Alabama70–8610No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 6 Florida74–63 Championship – Mon, Mar 311No. 4 Alabama vs. No. 2 Tennessee60–64 # – Rankings denote tournament seed Bracket First roundFri, Feb 28 QuarterfinalsSat, Mar 1 SemifinalsSun, Mar 2 ChampionshipMon, Mar 3 8 LSU 85 9 Mississippi State 63 5 Auburn 58 12 Kentucky 43 7 Ole Miss 76 10 Arkansas 73 6 Florida 65 11 South Carolina 48 1 Georgia 71 8 LSU 73 4 Alabama 65 5 Auburn 59 2 Tennessee 73 7 Ole Miss 51 3 Vanderbilt 73 6 Florida 83 8 LSU 70 4 Alabama 86 2 Tennessee 74 6 Florida 63 4 Alabama 60 2 Tennessee 64 References Category:1995–96 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