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2008–09 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team

2008-09 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball
Vanderbilt Commodores logo.svg
SEC Tournament Champions
Conference Southeast Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 8
2008-09 record 26-9 ( SEC)
Head coach Melanie Balcomb
Assistant coach Vicky Picott
Assistant coach Kim Rosamond
Home arena Memorial Gymnasium
Seasons
← 2007-08
2009-10 →
2008–09 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#8 Auburn 12 2   .857     30 4   .882
#14 Vanderbilt 10 4   .714     26 9   .743
LSU 10 4   .714     19 11   .633
#22 Florida 9 5   .643     24 8   .750
#18 Tennessee 9 5   .643     22 11   .667
Mississippi State 8 6   .571     23 10   .697
Georgia 7 7   .500     18 14   .563
Arkansas 6 8   .429     18 14   .563
Ole Miss 5 9   .357     18 15   .545
Kentucky 5 9   .357     16 16   .500
South Carolina 2 12   .143     10 18   .357
Alabama 1 13   .071     13 17   .433
2009 SEC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008–09 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2008–09 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Commodores are a member of the Southeast Conference and competed in the Sweet Sixteen at the NCAA Tournament. It was the Commodores 14th appearance in the NCAA Sweet 16 after earning its sixth Southeastern Conference Tournament championship.

March 8: The Commodores earned the SEC Tournament crown for sixth time in school history. In the championship game,Christine Wirth scored 20 points, and the Commodores (No. 23 ESPN/USA Today, No. 22 AP) beat Auburn (No. 5 ESPN/USA Today, No. 6 AP) 61-54 to win the Southeastern Conference tournament.

Vanderbilt (24-8) defeated the Tigers (29-3) for the second time in three weeks to win the SEC tournament. Vanderbilt also extended its winning streak over Auburn to 15. Auburn star DeWanna Bonner was held to nine points after scoring a combined 58 in her first two games of the tournament. Whitney Boddie led the Tigers with 14 points and eight assists. This was the 10th straight year the No. 1 seed has failed to win the SEC tournament. Wirth was named the tournament's most valuable player while Jennifer Risper also made the all-tournament squad. Vanderbilt has the second-most SEC tournament titles of any program, trailing only Tennessee's 13.

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