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1983 SEC women's basketball tournament

The 1983 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference (SEC) held at the Stokely Athletic Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, from March 3 – 6, 1983. The Georgia Lady Bulldogs won the tournament by beating Ole Miss and earned an automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.[1][2][3][4][5]

1983 SEC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams10
SiteStokely Athletic Center
Knoxville, Tennessee
ChampionsGeorgia (1st title)
Winning coachAndy Landers (1st title)
MVPTeresa Edwards (Georgia)
Attendance5,962
← 1982
1984 →
1982–83 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern Division
No. 9 Tennessee7–1 .87525–8  .758
No. 11 Kentucky6–2 .75023–5  .821
No. 8 Georgia †4–4 .50027–7  .794
Vanderbilt2–6 .25012–14  .462
Florida1–7 .12511–16  .407
Western Division
No. 13 Ole Miss6–2 .75026–6  .813
No. 20 LSU6–2 .75020–7  .741
No. 14 Auburn6–2 .75024–8  .750
Alabama2–6 .25016–13  .552
Mississippi State0–8 .00015–13  .536
† 1983 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

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All teams in the conference participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by their conference record.

Seed School Conference
record		 Overall
record		 Tiebreaker
1E Tennessee‡† 7–1 25–8
1W Ole Miss† 6–2 26–6
2W LSU† 6–2 20–7
2E Kentucky† 6–2 23–5
3W Auburn† 6–2 24–8
3E Georgia† 8–5 27–7
4E Vanderbilt 2–6 12–14
4W Alabama 2–6 16–13
5E Florida 1–7 11–16
5W Mississippi State 0–8 15–13
‡ – 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

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Game Matchup# Score
First Round – Thurs, Mar 3
1
No. 4W Alabama vs. No. 5E Florida
 69–63
2
No. 4E Vanderbilt vs. No. 5W Mississippi State
 51–53
Quarterfinal – Fri, Mar 4
3
No. 1E Tennessee vs. No. 4W Alabama
 91–73
4
No. 1W Ole Miss vs. No. 5W Mississippi State
 59–56
5
No. 2E Kentucky vs. No. 3W Auburn
 70–85
6
No. 2W LSU vs. No. 3E Georgia
 78–79
Semifinal – Sat, Mar 5
7
No. 1E Tennessee vs. No. 3E Georgia
 65–71
8
No. 1W Ole Miss vs. No. 3W Auburn
 72–62
Championship – Sun, Mar 6
9
No. 3E Georgia vs. No. 1W Ole Miss
 72–69
# – Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

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First round
Thurs, Mar 3 		Quarterfinals
Fri, Mar 4 		Semifinals
Sat, Mar 5 		Championship
Sun, Mar 6
            
1E Tennessee 91
4W Alabama 73
4W Alabama 69
5E Florida 63
1E Tennessee 65
3E Georgia 71
2W LSU 78
3E Georgia 79
3E Georgia 72
1W Ole Miss 69
1W Ole Miss 59
5W Mississippi State 56
4E Vanderbilt 51
5W Mississippi State 53
1W Ole Miss 72
3W Auburn 62
Third place
2E Kentucky 70 1E Tennessee 83
3W Auburn 85 3W Auburn 75

Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime.

All-Tournament team

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References

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  1. ↑ "SEC Women's Basketball Tournament History" (PDF). a.espncdn.com. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Women's Basketball Record Book". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved May 4, 2026.
  3. ↑ "1982-83 Women's Southeastern Conference Season Summary". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 4, 2026.
  4. ↑ Browning, Mack (March 8, 1983). "Lady Dogs grab SEC championship". The Red & Black (University of Georgia). p. 8.
  5. ↑ Duckworth, Ray (March 7, 1983). "Lady Vols finish 3rd in tourney". The Daily Beacon. p. 9.
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