1983 SEC women's basketball tournament

1983 SEC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	10
Site	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
Champions	Georgia (1st title)
Winning coach	Andy Landers (1st title)
MVP	Teresa Edwards (Georgia)
SEC women's basketball tournaments

1982–83 SEC women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern Division
No. 9 Tennessee	7	–	1		.875			25	–	8		.758
No. 11 Kentucky	6	–	2		.750			23	–	5		.821
No. 8 Georgia †	4	–	4		.500			27	–	7		.794
Vanderbilt	2	–	6		.250			12	–	14		.462
Florida	1	–	7		.125			11	–	16		.407
Western Division
No. 13 Ole Miss	6	–	2		.750			26	–	6		.813
No. 14 Auburn	6	–	2		.750			24	–	8		.750
No. 20 LSU	6	–	2		.750			20	–	7		.741
Alabama	2	–	6		.250			16	–	13		.552
Mississippi State	0	–	8		.000			15	–	13		.536
† 1983 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 1983 SEC women's basketball tournament took place March 3 through March 6, 1983 in Lexington, Kentucky.

Georgia won the tournament by beating Ole Miss in the championship game.

Tournament

First round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship game

5E

Florida

53

4W

Alabama

69

4W

Alabama

73

1E

Tennessee

91

1E

Tennessee

65

3E

Georgia

71

3W

LSU

78

3E

Georgia

79

1W

Ole Miss

69

3E

Georgia

72

2E

Kentucky

70

2W

Auburn

85

2W

Auburn

62

1W

Ole Miss

72

5W

Mississippi State

56

1W

Ole Miss

59

4E

Vanderbilt

51

5W

Mississippi State

53

Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime.

All-Tournament team

• Becky Jackson, Auburn
• Teresa Edwards, Georgia (MVP)
• Lisa O'Connor, Georgia
• Joyce Walker, LSU
• Eugenia Conner, Ole Miss
• Tanya Haave, Tennessee