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Tradition
CATS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE
KENTUCKY AND THE SEC
Women's basketball first came under the
auspices of the Southeastern Conference for
the 1982-83 season. Games played between
SEC teams before that time are not counted in
the all-time SEC standings, since there was no
uniform number of conference games played
each season prior to that time. From 1980-85,
the SEC champion was the winner of the SEC
Tournament. Since 1986, the SEC champion
has been determined by a round robin schedule.
The tournament continues to be held to
decide the recipient of the league's automatic
NCAA tournament bid.
Four Kentucky players have
been named to the SEC
All-Tournament team:
Valerie Still (1980, 1981, 1982*)
Patty Jo Hedges (1982)
Jodie Whitaker (1988)
Stacy McIntyre (1992)
*Tournament MVP
UK's last SEC All-Tournament Team selection
was Stacy McIntyre in 1992. That year, the
Cats defeated Arkansas and Auburn in the first
and second rounds before falling to Tennessee
in the semifinal game, 94-80. UK's semifinal
appearance in Chattanooga, Tenn., in 1999
marks the highest SEC Tournament finish for
the Cats since winning the tournament in 1982.
Annual Southeastern Conference Champions
Year Champion SEC Overall Coach Tournament Champion (Site)
1980 Tennessee 33-5 Pat Head Tennessee (Knoxville, Tenn.)
1981 Auburn 26-7 Joe Ciampi Auburn (Baton Rouge, La.)
1982 Kentucky 24-8 Terry Hall Kentucky (Lexington, Ky.)
1983 Georgia 4-4 27-7 Andy Landers Georgia (Knoxville, Tenn.)
1984 Georgia 7-1 30-3 Andy Landers Georgia (Athens, Ga.)
1985 Tennessee 4-4 22-10 Pat Summitt Tennessee (Oxford, Miss.)
1986 Georgia 9-0 30-2 Andy Landers Georgia (Athens, Ga.)
1987 Auburn 8-1 31-2 Joe Ciampi Auburn (Albany, Ga.)
1988 Auburn 9-0 32-3 Joe Ciampi Tennessee (Albany, Ga.)
1989 Auburn 9-0 32-2 Joe Ciampi Tennessee (Albany, Ga.)
1990 Tennessee 8-1 27-6 Pat Summitt Auburn (Albany, Ga.)
1991 Georgia 9-0 28-4 Andy Landers LSU (Albany, Ga.)
1992 Ole Miss 11-0 29-3 Van Chancellor Tennessee (Albany, Ga.)
1993 Tennessee 11-0 29-3 Pat Summitt Vanderbilt (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
1994 Tennessee 11-0 31-2 Pat Summitt Tennessee (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
1995 Tennessee 11-0 34-3 Pat Summitt Vanderbilt (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
1996 Georgia 10-1 28-5 Andy Landers Tennessee (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
1997 Georgia 11-1 25-6 Andy Landers Auburn (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
1998 Tennessee 14-0 39-0 Pat Summitt Tennessee (Columbus, Ga.)
1999 Tennessee 13-1 31-3 Pat Summitt Tennessee (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
2000 Georgia 13-1 32-4 Andy Landers Tennessee (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
Tennessee 13-1 33-4 Pat Summitt
2001 Tennessee 14-0 31-3 Pat Summitt Georgia (Memphis, Tenn.)
2002 Tennessee 13-1 29-5 Pat Summitt Vanderbilt (Nashville, Tenn.)
2003 Tennessee 14-0 33-5 Pat Summitt LSU (North Little Rock, Ark.)
2004 Tennessee 14-0 30-3 Pat Summitt Vanderbilt (Nashville, Tenn.)
2005 LSU 14-0 33-3 Pokey Chatman Tennessee (Greenville, S.C.)
Note: From 1980-85, the SEC champion was the winner of the SEC Tournament. Since 1986, the SEC champion has
been determined by a roundrobin schedule. The tournament continues to be held to decide the recipient of the league’s
automatic NCAA tournament bid.
UK’s Valerie Still (right) shares the record for most
points by an individual in the SEC Tournament with
Tennessee’s Shelia Collins. Both players scored 90
points in three games in 1982 and 1985, respectively.
Still also holds the record for most rebounds by
an individual in the tournament, grabbing 44 boards
in three games in 1980. Still garnered SEC Tournament
MVP honors in 1982 after being named to the
All-Tournament team the two previous seasons.
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