The top seed in the SEC women’s basketball tournament 2025 came down to a coin toss. Both the Texas Longhorns (29-2) and the South Carolina Gamecocks (27-3) ended the regular season as co-champions with a 15-1 record in SEC play. They split their meetings during the season. As a result, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey flipped a coin and chose South Carolina. This means that the Gamecocks earn the No. 1 seed for the fourth straight year.
Head coach Dawn Staley praised the conference in a post-game interview. She said winning another regular-season championship means a great deal. She also noted, “Much respect to our conference. The Southeastern Conference is the best conference in the country.”
South Carolina has dominated the SEC tournament recently, winning it four out of the last five years. Moreover, the SEC as a whole has claimed the NCAA Tournament title in the past three years (South Carolina in 2024, LSU in 2023, and South Carolina in 2022).
Tournament Schedule and Venue
The SEC women’s basketball tournament 2025 will take place from March 5 to March 9. All the games will be held at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina. Following the tournament, Selection Sunday will arrive on March 16, and March Madness will tip off on March 21.
How to Watch the Tournament
Fans can enjoy the tournament on several TV networks. The SEC Network will show the first and second rounds exclusively. The first two quarterfinal games will air on ESPN, while the last two quarterfinals will return to the SEC Network. Semifinal games will be on ESPN2. Finally, the championship game will be broadcast on ESPN.
Bracket, Schedule, and Scores
All game times are Eastern Time.
March 5 – First Round
- Game 1: No. 9 Tennessee 77, No. 16 Texas A&M 37
- Game 2: No. 12 Georgia 79, No. 13 Arkansas 74
- Game 3: No. 10 Mississippi State vs. No. 15 Missouri at 6:00 p.m. (SEC Network)
- Game 4: No. 11 Auburn vs. No. 14 Florida at 8:30 p.m. (SEC Network)
March 6 – Second Round
- Game 5: No. 8 Vanderbilt vs. No. 9 Tennessee at 11:00 a.m. (SEC Network)
- Game 6: No. 5 Oklahoma vs. No. 12 Georgia at 1:30 p.m. (SEC Network)
- Game 7: No. 7 Ole Miss vs. winner of Game 3 at 6:00 p.m. (SEC Network)
- Game 8: No. 6 Alabama vs. winner of Game 4 at 8:30 p.m. (SEC Network)
March 7 – Quarterfinals
- Game 9: No. 1 South Carolina vs. winner of Game 5 at 12:00 p.m. (ESPN)
- Game 10: No. 4 Kentucky vs. winner of Game 6 at 2:30 p.m. (ESPN)
- Game 11: No. 3 Texas vs. winner of Game 7 at 6:00 p.m. (SEC Network)
- Game 12: No. 4 LSU vs. winner of Game 8 at 8:30 p.m. (SEC Network)
March 8 – Semifinals
- Game 13: Winner of Game 9 vs. winner of Game 10 at 4:30 p.m. (ESPN2)
- Game 14: Winner of Game 11 vs. winner of Game 12 at 7:00 p.m. (ESPN2)
March 9 – Championship
- Game 15: Winner of Game 13 vs. winner of Game 14 at 3:00 p.m. (ESPN)
