1982 SEC women's basketball tournament

1982 SEC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	14
Site	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
Champions	Kentucky (1st title)
Winning coach	Terry Hall (1st title)
MVP	Valerie Still (Kentucky)
SEC women's basketball tournaments

1981–82 SEC women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Ole Miss	7	–	1		.875			27	–	5		.844
No. 4 Tennessee	7	–	1		.875			22	–	10		.688
Georgia	7	–	4		.636			21	–	9		.700
LSU	4	–	7		.364			18	–	13		.581
Alabama	2	–	6		.250			16	–	13		.552
Vanderbilt	2	–	8		.200			20	–	14		.588
Mississippi State	0	–	9		.000			11	–	15		.423
Auburn		–			–			24	–	5		.828
No. 13 Kentucky †		–			–			24	–	8		.750
Florida		–			–			13	–	16		.448
† 1982 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 1982 SEC women's basketball tournament took place February 25 through 28 in Lexington, Kentucky.

Kentucky won the tournament by beating Tennessee in the championship game.

Tournament

	First round					Second round					Semifinals					Championship game
	8	Vanderbilt	87
	9	Mississippi State	67
						1	Tennessee	80
						8	Vanderbilt	75
												Georgia	44
												Tennessee	55
							Auburn	65
							Georgia	66
																	Tennessee	74
																	Kentucky	80
							Ole Miss	73
							LSU	77
												LSU	71
												Kentucky	85
							Alabama	76
							Kentucky	82

Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime.

All-Tournament team

• Janet Harris, Georgia
• Patty Jo Hedges, Kentucky
• Valerie Still, Kentucky (MVP)
• Joyce Walker, LSU
• Tanya Haave, Tennessee
• Mary Ostrowski, Tennessee