2019–20 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season
Appearance
2019–20 SEC Women's Basketball Season | |
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League | NCAA Division I |
Sport | Basketball |
Number of teams | 14 |
WNBA Draft | |
Top draft pick | Mikiah Herbert Harrigan |
Picked by | Minnesota Lynx |
Regular Season | |
2020 SEC Champions | South Carolina |
Tournament | |
Champions | South Carolina |
Runners-up | Mississippi State |
Finals MVP | Mikiah Herbert Harrigan (South Carolina) |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 South Carolina † | 16 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 32 | – | 1 | .970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Mississippi State | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 27 | – | 6 | .818 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 24 Arkansas | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 24 | – | 8 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 Kentucky | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 22 | – | 8 | .733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 Texas A&M | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 22 | – | 8 | .733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 21 | – | 10 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LSU | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 20 | – | 10 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alabama | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 17 | – | 14 | .548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Missouri | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 9 | – | 22 | .290 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vanderbilt | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Auburn | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 11 | – | 18 | .379 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ole Miss | 0 | – | 16 | .000 | 7 | – | 23 | .233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2020 SEC tournament winner As of August 27, 2024 Rankings from AP poll |
The 2019–20 SEC women's basketball season began with practices in October 2019, followed by the start of the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play started in early January 2020 and concluded in February, to be followed by the 2020 SEC women's basketball tournament at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, in March.[1]
Pre-season
Pre-season team predictions
Media[2] | Coaches[3] | |
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1. | South Carolina | Texas A&M |
2. | Texas A&M | South Carolina |
3. | Mississippi State | |
4. | Kentucky | |
5. | Arkansas | |
6. | Tennessee | LSU |
7. | Auburn | Tennessee |
8. | LSU | Auburn |
9. | Missouri | |
10. | Georgia | |
11. | Alabama | |
12. | Florida | Vanderbilt |
13. | Ole Miss | |
14. | Vanderbilt | Florida |
Pre-season All-SEC teams
Media[2] | Coaches[3] |
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Chennedy Carter Texas A&M | Carter |
Chelsea Dungee Arkansas | Dungee |
Rhyne Howard Kentucky | Howard |
Ayana Mitchell LSU | Mitchell |
Tyasha Harris South Carolina | Harris |
Jordan Danberry Mississippi State | |
Amber Smith Missouri | |
Rennia Davis Tennessee |
- Coaches select eight players
- Player in bold is choice for SEC Player of the Year
Head coaches
Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and SEC records are from time at current school.
Team | Head coach | Previous job | Seasons at school | Overall record | SEC record | NCAA Tournaments | NCAA Final Fours | NCAA Championships |
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Alabama | Kristy Curry | Texas Tech | 7th | 98–96 | 76–85 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
Arkansas | Mike Neighbors | Washington | 3rd | 25–33 | 9–23 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Auburn | Terri Williams-Flournoy | Georgetown | 8th | 124–101 | 44–70 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Florida | Cameron Newbauer | Belmont | 3rd | 19–42 | 6–26 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Georgia | Joni Taylor | Georgia (asst.) | 5th | 81–44 | 37–27 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Kentucky | Matthew Mitchell | Morehead State | 13th | 281–125 | 119–69 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
LSU | Nikki Fargas | UCLA | 9th | 148–106 | 66–60 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Mississippi State | Vic Schaefer | Texas A&M (assoc. HC) | 8th | 194–56 | 76–36 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
Missouri | Robin Pingeton | Illinois State | 10th | 171–119 | 57–51 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Ole Miss | Yolett McPhee-McCuin | Jacksonville | 2nd | 9–22 | 3–13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
South Carolina | Dawn Staley | Temple | 12th | 273–97 | 122–52 | 14 | 2 | 1 |
Tennessee | Kellie Harper | Missouri State | 1st | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Texas A&M | Gary Blair | Arkansas | 17th | 784–322 | 74–36 | 24 | 2 | 1 |
Vanderbilt | Stephanie White | Indiana Fever | 4th | 28–63 | 13–50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Weekly rankings
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Final | ||
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Alabama | AP | |||||||||||||||||||
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Arkansas | AP | 22 | 23 | 20 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 23 | ||||||||
C | 22 | 18 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 23 | ||||||||||
Auburn | AP | RV | NR | |||||||||||||||||
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Florida | AP | |||||||||||||||||||
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Georgia | AP | |||||||||||||||||||
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Kentucky | AP | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 11 | ||||||||
C | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 11 | ||||||||||
LSU | AP | RV | NR | 25 | NR | |||||||||||||||
C | NR | NR | RV | |||||||||||||||||
Mississippi State | AP | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 10 | ||||||||
C | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 9 | ||||||||||
Missouri | AP | |||||||||||||||||||
C | RV | NR | ||||||||||||||||||
Ole Miss | AP | |||||||||||||||||||
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South Carolina | AP | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||
C | 10 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||
Tennessee | AP | RV | RV | 23T | 20 | 17 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 24 | ||||||||
C | RV | RV | 25 | 19 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 25 | ||||||||||
Texas A&M | AP | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | ||||||||
C | 7 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | ||||||||||
Vanderbilt | AP | |||||||||||||||||||
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Conference matrix
Alabama | Arkansas | Auburn | Florida | Georgia | Kentucky | LSU | Miss. State | Missouri | Ole Miss | S. Carolina | Tennessee | Texas A&M | Vanderbilt | |
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vs. Alabama | – | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. Arkansas | 0–0 | – | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
vs. Auburn | 1–0 | 1–0 | – | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
vs. Florida | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | – | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
vs. Georgia | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
vs. Kentucky | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
vs. LSU | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. Miss. State | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. Missouri | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. Ole Miss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0-0 | – | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
vs. South Carolina | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
vs. Tennessee | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. Texas A&M | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0-0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 |
vs. Vanderbilt | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – |
Total | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
Postseason
SEC tournament
- March 4–8 at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina. Teams are seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion.
2020 SEC women's basketball tournament seeds and results | |||||||||
Seed | School | Conf. | Over. | Tiebreaker | First Round March 4 |
Second Round March 5 |
Quarterfinals March 6 |
Semifinals March 7 |
Championship March 8 |
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1 | ‡†South Carolina | 16–0 | 32–1 | Bye | Bye | vs. #9 Georgia W, 89–56 |
vs. #5 Arkansas W, 90–64 |
vs. #2 Mississippi State W, 76–62 | |
2 | †Mississippi State | 13–3 | 27–6 | Bye | Bye | vs. #7 LSU W, 79–49 |
vs. #3 Kentucky W, 77–59 |
vs. #1 South Carolina L, 62–76 | |
3 | †Kentucky | 10–6 | 22–7 | 1–0 vs. TAMU, 1–0 vs. TENN, 0–1 vs. ARK | Bye | Bye | vs. #6 Tennessee W, 86–65 |
vs. #2 Mississippi State L, 59–77 |
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4 | †Texas A&M | 10–6 | 22–8 | 1–0 vs. TENN, 1–0 vs. ARK, 0–1 vs. UK | Bye | Bye | vs. #5 Arkansas L, 66–67 |
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5 | #Arkansas | 10–6 | 24–8 | 1–0 vs. TENN, 1–0 vs. UK, 0–1 vs. TAMU | Bye | vs. #13 Auburn W, 90–66 |
vs. #4 Texas A&M W, 67–66 |
vs. #1 South Carolina L, 64–90 |
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6 | #Tennessee | 10–6 | 21–10 | 0–1 vs. UK, 0–1 vs. TAMU, 0–1 vs. ARK | Bye | vs. #11 Missouri W, 64–51 |
vs. #3 Kentucky L, 65–86 |
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7 | #LSU | 9–7 | 20–10 | Bye | vs. #10 Florida W, 73–59 |
vs. #2 Mississippi State L, 49–79 |
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8 | #Alabama | 8–8 | 18–12 | Bye | vs. #9 Georgia L, 61–68 |
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9 | #Georgia | 7–9 | 17–14 | Bye | vs. #8 Alabama W, 68–61 |
vs. #1 South Carolina L, 56–89 |
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10 | #Florida | 7–10 | 15–15 | Bye | vs. #7 LSU L, 59–73 |
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11 | Missouri | 5–11 | 9–22 | vs. #14 Ole Miss W, 64–53 |
vs. #6 Tennessee L, 51–64 |
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12 | Vanderbilt | 4–12 | 14–16 | vs. #13 Auburn L, 67–77 |
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13 | Auburn | 4–12 | 11–18 | vs. #12 Vanderbilt W, 77–67 |
vs. #5 Arkansas L, 66–90 |
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14 | Ole Miss | 0–16 | 7–23 | vs. #11 Missouri L, 53–64 |
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‡ – SEC regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. † – Received a double-Bye in the conference tournament. # – Received a single-Bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games played in the tournament. |
References
- ^ "SEC announces 2020 Women's Basketball schedule" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. September 4, 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
- ^ a b "South Carolina tabbed as 2020 SEC women's hoops champs" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. October 15, 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
- ^ a b "Coaches tab Aggies as 2018 SEC women's basketball champs" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. October 18, 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2019.