2019–20 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season explained

2019–20 SEC Women's Basketball Season
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League:NCAA Division I
Sport:Basketball
Pixels:125px
No Of Teams:14
Draft:WNBA Draft
Draft Link:2020 WNBA draft
Top Pick:Mikiah Herbert Harrigan
Picked By:Minnesota Lynx
Season:Regular Season
Season Champs:South Carolina
Season Champ Name:2020 SEC Champions
Mvp Link:Southeastern Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year
Finals:Tournament
Finals Link:2020 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament
Finals Champ:South Carolina
Finals Runner-Up:Mississippi State
Finals Mvp:Mikiah Herbert Harrigan (South Carolina)
Finals Mvp Link:SEC Women's Basketball Tournament#Champions
Seasonslistnames:Basketball
Prevseason Link:2018–19 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season
Prevseason Year:2018–19
Nextseason Link:2020–21 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season
Nextseason Year:2020–21

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]
1.South CarolinaTexas A&M
2.Texas A&MSouth Carolina
3.Mississippi State
4.Kentucky
5.Arkansas
6.TennesseeLSU
7.AuburnTennessee
8.LSUAuburn
9.Missouri
10.Georgia
11.Alabama
12.FloridaVanderbilt
13.Ole Miss
14.VanderbiltFlorida

Pre-season All-SEC teams

MediaCoaches
Chennedy Carter Texas A&M</small>Carter
Chelsea Dungee ArkansasDungee
Rhyne Howard KentuckyHoward
Ayana Mitchell LSUMitchell
Tyasha Harris South CarolinaHarris
Jordan Danberry Mississippi State
Amber Smith Missouri
Rennia Davis Tennessee

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
AlabamaTexas Tech7th98–9676–85910
ArkansasWashington3rd25–339–23310
AuburnGeorgetown8th124–10144–70500
FloridaBelmont3rd19–426–26200
GeorgiaGeorgia (asst.)5th81–4437–27200
KentuckyMorehead State13th281–125119–69900
LSUUCLA9th148–10666–60800
Mississippi StateTexas A&M (assoc. HC)8th194–5676–36520
MissouriIllinois State10th171–11957–51600
Ole MissJacksonville2nd9–223–13000
South CarolinaTemple12th273–97122–521421
TennesseeMissouri State1st0-00-0000
Texas A&MArkansas17th784–32274–362421
VanderbiltIndiana Fever4th28–6313–50000

Weekly rankings

See main article: 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings.

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Conference matrix

AlabamaArkansasAuburnFloridaGeorgiaKentuckyLSUMiss. StateMissouriOle MissS. CarolinaTennesseeTexas A&MVanderbilt
vs. Alabama– 0–00–10–00–01–01–00–00–00–01–00–00–00–0
vs. Arkansas0–0– 0–10–00–00–00–00–00–10–00–00–11–00–0
vs. Auburn1–01–0– 1–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–01–0
vs. Florida0–00–00–1– 0–01–00–01–00–00–00–00–00–00–1
vs. Georgia0–00–00–00–0– 0–00–01–00–00–10–00–00–01–0
vs. Kentucky0–10–00–00–10–0– 0–00–00–00–01–00–10–10–0
vs. LSU0–10–00–00–00–00–0– 0–01–00–10–00–00–00–0
vs. Miss. State0–00–00–00–10–10–00–0– 0–10–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Missouri0–01–00–00–00–00–00–11–0– 0–00–01–00–00–0
vs. Ole Miss0–00–00–00–01–00–01–00–00-0– 0–01–01–00–0
vs. South Carolina0–10–10–00–00–00–10–00–00–00–0– 0–00–00–1
vs. Tennessee0–00–00–00–00–11–00–00–00–10–10–0– 0–00–0
vs. Texas A&M0–00–10–00–00–00–01–00–00-00–10–00–0– 0–0
vs. Vanderbilt0–00–00–11–00–10–00–00–00–00–01–00–00–0–
Total1–32–20–42–21–33–13–13–01–30–44–03–12–12–2

Postseason

SEC tournament

See main article: 2020 SEC women's basketball tournament.

2020 SEC women's basketball tournament seeds and results
SeedSchoolConf.Over.TiebreakerFirst Round
March 4		Second Round
March 5		Quarterfinals
March 6		Semifinals
March 7		Championship
March 8
1‡†South Carolina16–032–1ByeByevs. #9 Georgia
W, 89–56		vs. #5 Arkansas
W, 90–64		vs. #2 Mississippi State
W, 76–62
2†Mississippi State 13–327–6ByeByevs. #7 LSU
W, 79–49		vs. #3 Kentucky
W, 77–59		vs. #1 South Carolina
L, 62–76
3†Kentucky10–622–71–0 vs. TAMU, 1–0 vs. TENN, 0–1 vs. ARKByeByevs. #6 Tennessee
W, 86–65		vs. #2 Mississippi State
L, 59–77
4†Texas A&M10–622–81–0 vs. TENN, 1–0 vs. ARK, 0–1 vs. UKByeByevs. #5 Arkansas
L, 66–67
5
  1. Arkansas
10–624–81–0 vs. TENN, 1–0 vs. UK, 0–1 vs. TAMUByevs. #13 Auburn
W, 90–66		vs. #4 Texas A&M<br/>W, 67–66vs. #1 South Carolina
L, 64–90
6
  1. Tennessee
10–621–100–1 vs. UK, 0–1 vs. TAMU, 0–1 vs. ARKByevs. #11 Missouri
W, 64–51		vs. #3 Kentucky
L, 65–86
7
  1. LSU
9–720–10Byevs. #10 Florida
W, 73–59		vs. #2 Mississippi State
L, 49–79
8
  1. Alabama
8–818–12Byevs. #9 Georgia
L, 61–68
9
  1. Georgia
7–917–14Byevs. #8 Alabama
W, 68–61		vs. #1 South Carolina
L, 56–89
10
  1. Florida
7–1015–15Byevs. #7 LSU
L, 59–73
11Missouri5–119–22vs. #14 Ole Miss
W, 64–53		vs. #6 Tennessee
L, 51–64
12Vanderbilt4–1214–16vs. #13 Auburn
L, 67–77
13Auburn4–1211–18vs. #12 Vanderbilt
W, 77–67		vs. #5 Arkansas
L, 66–90
14Ole Miss0–167–23vs. #11 Missouri
L, 53–64
‡ – 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.

Notes and References

  1. SEC announces 2020 Women's Basketball schedule. Southeastern Conference . September 4, 2019 . November 1, 2019.
  2. South Carolina tabbed as 2020 SEC women's hoops champs. Southeastern Conference . October 15, 2019 . November 1, 2019.
  3. Coaches tab Aggies as 2018 SEC women's basketball champs . Southeastern Conference . October 18, 2019 . November 1, 2019.

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