Sunday, February 27, 2011

Florida Earns No. 8 Seed for SEC Tournament

The University of Florida women’s basketball team earned the No. 8 seed in the Southeastern Conference Tournament held at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.

The Gators (17-13, 7-9 SEC) will play Arkansas (18-10, 6-10), the No. 9 seed, in the first round of the 12-team, four-day event on Thu., March 3 beginning at 1 p.m. ET (Noon CT).

Florida and Arkansas squared off in the SEC season-opener on January 2 when the Gators upset the then-22nd-ranked Razorbacks, 64-53, and handed them their first loss of the year.


2011 SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament
March 3-6 * Bridgestone Arena (17,576) * Nashville
Game
Teams
Time, ET [TV]
FIRST ROUND - Thursday, March 3
Game 1
#8 FLORIDA vs. #9 Arkansas
1 p.m. [FSN]
Game 2
#7 LSU vs. #10 Alabama
3:30 p.m. [FSN]
Game 3
#5 South Carolina vs. #12 Ole Miss
7:30 p.m. [FSN]
Game 4
#6 Auburn vs. #11 Mississippi St.
10 p.m. [FSN]



SECOND ROUND - Friday, March 4
Game 5
#1 Tennessee vs. Game 1 winner
1 p.m. [FSN]
Game 6
#2 Kentucky vs. Game 2 winner
3:30 p.m. [FSN]
Game 7
#4 Georgia vs. Game 3 winner
7:30 p.m. [FSN]
Game 8
#3 Vanderbilt vs. Game 4 winner
10 p.m. [FSN]



SEMINFINALS - Saturday, March 5
Game 9
Game 5 winner vs. Game 7 winner
4:00 p.m. [ESPNU]
Game 10
Game 6 winner vs. Game 8 winner
6:30 p.m. [ESPNU]



FINAL - Sunday, March 6
Game 11
Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner
5:30 p.m. [ESPN2]