2016–17 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season explained

2016–17 SEC Women's Basketball Season
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League:NCAA Division I
Sport:Basketball
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No Of Teams:14
Tv:ESPN2, SEC Network, FSN
Draft:WNBA Draft
Draft Link:2017 WNBA draft
Top Pick:Alaina Coates (South Carolina)
Picked By:Chicago Sky
Season:Regular season
Season Champs:South Carolina
Second Place:Mississippi State
Mvp:A'ja Wilson (South Carolina)
Mvp Link:Southeastern Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year
Finals:Tournament
Finals Link:2017 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament
Finals Champ:South Carolina
Finals Runner-Up:Mississippi State
Finals Mvp:A'ja Wilson
Seasonslistnames:Basketball
Prevseason Link:2015–16 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season
Prevseason Year:2015–16
Nextseason Link:2017–18 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season
Nextseason Year:2017–18

The 2016–17 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season began with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play started in early January 2017 and concluded in March with the 2017 SEC women's basketball tournament at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina.[1] The South Carolina Gamecocks were both regular season and tournament champions, with the Mississippi State Bulldogs as runner-up. Both teams received bids to the 2017 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament and advanced to face each other in the championship, where South Carolina claimed their first-ever national title.

Pre-season

Media[2] Coaches[3]
1.South Carolina
2.Mississippi State
3.Tennessee
4.KentuckyFlorida
5.FloridaKentucky
6.Texas A&MAuburn
7.AuburnMissouri
8.MissouriTexas A&M
9.Vanderbilt
10.GeorgiaArkansas
11.ArkansasLSU
12.LSUGeorgia
13.Alabama
14.Ole Miss

Pre-season All-SEC teams

MediaCoaches
Makayla Epps KentuckyEpps
Victoria Vivians Mississippi StateVivians
Alaina Coates South CarolinaCoates
A'ja Wilson South CarolinaWilson
Diamond DeShields TennesseeDeShields
Jessica Jackson Arkansas
Ronni Williams Florida
Sophie Cunningham Missouri

Head coaches

Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and SEC records are from time at current school.

TeamHead coachPrevious jobSeasons at schoolOverall recordSEC recordNCAA TournamentsNCAA Final FoursNCAA Championships
AlabamaKristy CurryTexas Tech4th309–20013–35910
ArkansasJimmy DykesSeattle3rd30–3213–19100
AuburnTerri Williams-FlournoyGeorgetown5th214–16223–38400
FloridaAmanda ButlerCharlotte10th215–14366–74400
GeorgiaJoni TaylorGeorgia (ass't)2nd21–99–7100
KentuckyMatthew MitchellMemphis10th249–11891–49700
LSUNikki FargasUCLA6th164–9340–38600
Mississippi StateVic SchaeferSam Houston State5th170–15532–32200
MissouriRobin PingetonIllinois State7th436–24627–35300
Ole MissMatt InsellKentucky4th41–4411–37000
South CarolinaDawn StaleyTemple9th360–15683–431110
TennesseeHolly WarlickTennessee (ass't)5th108–3450–14400
Texas A&MGary BlairArkansas14th717–29245–192221
VanderbiltStephanie WhiteIndiana1st0–00–0000

Weekly rankings

See main article: 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings.

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Rankings source:[4]

Regular season

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

  AlabamaArkansasAuburnFloridaGeorgiaKentuckyLSUMississippi StateMissouriOle MissSouth CarolinaTennesseeTexas A&MVanderbilt
ARK AUB UF UGA UK LSU MSU MU MISS USC TENN A&M VANDY -->vs. Alabama– 1–01–00–01–01–01–01–00–10–21–00–11–01–0
vs. Arkansas0–1– 0–01–01–00–02–01–01–01–01–01–01–00–1
vs. Auburn0–10–0– 0–10–01–00–01–01–00–11–00–11–00–1
vs. Florida0–10–11–0– 0–10–01–01–00–01–01–01–02–00–1
vs. Georgia0–00–10–11–0– 1–00–00–01–01–02–00–10–10–1
vs. Kentucky0–10–00–10–00–1– 0–10–01–10–11–01–01–00–1
vs. LSU0–10–20–00–10–01–0– 1–00–10–01–01–01–11–0
vs. Mississippi State0–10–10–10–10–00–00–1– 0–10–01–00–10–20–1
vs. Missouri1–00–20–10–00–11–11–01–0– 0–00–11–00–10–1
vs. Ole Miss2–00–11–00–10–11–00–01–00–0– 1–00–10–01–0
vs. South Carolina0–10–10–20–10–20–10–10–11–00–1– 1–00–00–1
vs. Tennessee0–00–01–00–11–00–10–11–00–01–00–1– 1–00–2
vs. Texas A&M0–10–10–10–21–00–11–12–01–00–00–00–1– 0–1
vs. Vanderbilt0–11–01–01–01–01–00–11–01–00–12–02–01–0–ARK AUB UF UGA UK LSU MSU MU MISS USC TENN A&M VANDY -->
Total[5] 5–9 2–12 5–9 4–10 6–8 10–4 7–7 13–1 9–5 5–9 12–2 8–6 9–5 3–11

SEC tournament

See main article: 2017 SEC women's basketball tournament.

The conference tournament was held March 1 through March 5, 2017, at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina. Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.

2017 SEC women's basketball tournament seeds and results
SeedSchoolConf.Over.TiebreakerFirst round
March 1		Second round
March 2		Quarterfinals
March 3		Semifinals
March 4		Championship
March 5
1.‡South Carolina14–227–4ByeByevs. #8 Georgia
W, 72–48		vs. #4 Kentucky
W, 89–77		vs. #2 Mississippi St.
W, 59–49
2.†Mississippi St.13–329–4ByeByevs. #7 LSU
W, 78–61		vs. #6 TAMU
W, 66–50		vs. #1 South Carolina
L, 49–59
3.†Missouri11–521–101–1 vs. Kentucky; 1–0 vs. South CarolinaByeByevs. #6 TAMU
L, 48–62
4.†Kentucky11–521–101–1 vs. Missouri; 0–1 vs. South CarolinaByeByevs. #12 Alabama
W, 65–55		vs. #1 South Carolina
L, 77–89
5.
  1. Tennessee
10–619–11Byevs. #12 Alabama
L, 64–72
6.
  1. Texas A&M
9–721–11Byevs. #11 Florida
W, 67–48		vs. #3 Missouri
W, 62–48		vs. #2 Mississippi St.
L, 50–66
7.
  1. LSU
8–820–11Byevs. #10 Ole Miss
W, 65–49		vs. #2 Mississippi St.
L, 61–78
8.
  1. Georgia
7–916–161–0 vs. AuburnByevs. #9 Auburn
W, 56–52		vs. #1 South Carolina
L, 48–72
9.
  1. Auburn
7–917–140–1 vs. GeorgiaByevs. #8 Georgia
L, 52–56
10.
  1. Ole Miss
6–1017–13Byevs. #7 LSU
L, 49–65
11.Florida5–1116–151–0 vs. Alabamavs. #14 Arkansas
W, 71–61		vs. #11 TAMU
L, 48–67
12.Alabama5–1119–130–1 vs. Floridavs. #13 Vanderbilt
W, 77–57		vs. #5 Tennessee
W, 74–62		vs. #4 Kentucky
L, 55–65
13.Vanderbilt4–1214–16vs. #12 Alabama
L, 57–77
14.Arkansas2–1413–17vs. #11 Florida
L, 61–71
‡ – 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 SEC tournament.

Postseason

NCAA Division I Women's Basketball tournament

See main article: 2017 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament and 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship Game.

SeedBracketSchoolFirst roundSecond roundSweet 16Elite 8Final FourChampionship
1StocktonSouth Carolina
  1. 16 UNC Asheville, W 90–40
  1. 8 Arizona State, W 71–68
  1. 12 Quinnipiac, W 100–58
  1. 3 Florida State, W 71–64
  1. 2L Stanford, W 62–53
  1. 2O Mississippi State, W 67–55
2OklahomaMississippi State
  1. 15 Troy, W 110–69
  1. 7 DePaul, W 93–71
  1. 3 Washington, W 75–64
  1. 1 Baylor, W 94–85OT
  1. 1B Connecticut, W 66–64OT
  1. 1S South Carolina, L 55–67
4LexingtonKentucky
  1. 13 Belmont, W 73–70
  1. 5 Ohio State, L 68–82
5BridgeportTexas A&M
  1. 12 Penn, W 63–61
  1. 4 UCLA, L 43–75
5OklahomaTennessee
  1. 12 Dayton, W 66–57
  1. 4 Louisville, L 64–75
6StocktonMissouri
  1. 11 South Florida, W 66–64
  1. 3 Florida State, L 55–77
8OklahomaLSU
  1. 9 California, L 52–55
11LexingtonAuburn
  1. 6 North Carolina State, L 48–62
  1. Bids: 8
W-L (%):TOTAL: 15–7 6–2 2–4 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1

Women's National Invitation tournament

See main article: 2017 Women's National Invitation Tournament.

SchoolFirst roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
AlabamaMercer, W 81–57Little Rock, W 55–53Tulane, W 72–64Georgia Tech, L 66–76
Ole MissGrambling State, L 75–78
W-L (%)1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1

WNBA draft

The 2017 WNBA draft was held on April 13 in New York City. Eight women from the SEC were selected. This is the most draft picks for the SEC since 2008 (10), and the seventh time at least eight players from the league have been drafted. It is the sixth time that the SEC has had at least four first round picks.[6]

SEC draftees

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2Alaina CoatesChicago SkySouth Carolina
3Evelyn AkhatorDallas WingsKentucky
4Allisha GrayDallas WingsSouth Carolina
10Kaela DavisDallas WingsSouth Carolina
19Jordan ReynoldsAtlanta DreamTennessee
22Ronni WilliamsIndiana FeverFlorida
25Schaquilla NunnSan Antonio StarsTennessee
33Makayla EppsChicago SkyKentucky
Footnotes

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Championship –Women's Basketball. October 10, 2016 . secsports.go.com . December 26, 2016.
  2. Media tabs Gamecocks to win SEC . Southeastern Conference . October 18, 2016 . December 27, 2016.
  3. Coaches tab Gamecocks as SEC women's basketball champs . Southeastern Conference . November 4, 2016 . December 27, 2016.
  4. https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-women/d1 NCAA Women's Basketball Division 1 Rankings
  5. http://www.secsports.com/standings/womens-basketball Standings
  6. Web site: Eight SEC players taken in 2017 WNBA draft . April 13, 2017 . secsports.com . April 24, 2017.

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