2020–21 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season explained

2020–21 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:2021 WNBA draft
Season:Regular Season
Season Champs:Texas A&M
Season Champ Name:2021 SEC Champions
Mvp:Rhyne Howard
Mvp Link:Southeastern Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year
Finals:Tournament
Finals Link:2021 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament
Finals Champ:South Carolina
Finals Runner-Up:Georgia
Finals Mvp:Aliyah Boston
Finals Mvp Link:SEC Women's Basketball Tournament#Champions
Seasonslistnames:Basketball
Prevseason Link:2019–20 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season
Prevseason Year:2019–20
Nextseason Link:2021–22 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season
Nextseason Year:2021–22

The 2020–21 SEC women's basketball season began with practices in November 2020 and was followed by the start of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in December. Conference play started in late December and will conclude in February, followed by the 2021 SEC women's basketball tournament at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, in March.[1]

Pre-season

Pre-season team predictions

Coaches[2]
1.South Carolina
2.Kentucky
3.Texas A&M
4.Arkansas
5.Mississippi State
6.Tennessee
7.LSU
8.Alabama
9.Georgia
10.Missouri
11.Ole Miss
12.Florida
13.Vanderbilt
14.Auburn

Pre-season All-SEC teams

Media[3] Coaches
Rhyne Howard KentuckyHoward
Aliyah Boston South CarolinaBoston
Chelsea Dungee Arkansas
Unique Thompson Auburn
Khayla Pointer LSU
Rickea Jackson Mississippi State
Rennia Davis Tennessee
N'dea Jones Texas A&M</small>

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 Tech8th116–10838–74000
ArkansasWashington4th59–4119–29000
AuburnGeorgetown9th135–11948–80300
FloridaBelmont4th34–5712–36000
GeorgiaGeorgia (asst.)6th97–5744–35200
KentuckyKentucky (associate HC)1st0–00–0000
LSUUCLA10th167–11675–69600
Mississippi StateNikki McCray-Penson1st0–00–0000
MissouriIllinois State11th180–14064–64400
Ole MissJacksonville3rd16–453–29000
South CarolinaTemple13th305–98138–52821
TennesseeMissouri State2nd21–1010–6000
Texas A&MArkansas18th379–15573–361411
VanderbiltIndiana Fever5th42–7913–51000

Weekly rankings

See main article: 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings.

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AlabamaAP RVRVRVRVRV
CRVRV
ArkansasAP 1416131211101317151916181816131515
C14131210101316171815171816131616
AuburnAP
C
FloridaAP
C
GeorgiaAP RVRVRVRVRVRV25242217161210
CRVRVRV232125252319221312
KentuckyAP 11119913131012121515201719171818
C12991211811121414181717191919
LSUAPRV
C
Mississippi StateAP 66121312121414192124RVRV
C712131313151419192224RVRVRV
MissouriAP
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Ole MissAP
C
South CarolinaAP 11555555442125756
C1444444431336755
TennesseeAP RVRVRVRVRV23252018162120141413
CRVRVRV24RV2219192121161515
Texas A&MAP 131210109987887653244
C1310109977877553244
VanderbiltAP
C

Conference matrix

AlabamaArkansasAuburnFloridaGeorgiaKentuckyLSUMiss. StateMissouriOle MissS. CarolinaTennesseeTexas A&MVanderbilt
vs. Alabama– 0–00–00–00–00–059–6778–8659–740–077–6082–560–056–80
vs. Arkansas0–0– 0–080–840–075–640–00–088–910–00–088–7374–730–0
vs. Auburn0–00–0– 68–5476–440–056–430–00–062–580–00–00–00–0
vs. Florida0–084–8054–68– 68–580–00–068–560–00–075–590–092–670–0
vs. Georgia0–00–044–7658–68– 0–00–069–620–057–730–066–670–00–0
vs. Kentucky0–064–750–00–00–0– 0–086–92OT0–00–075–700–077–6073–80
vs. LSU67–590–043–560–00–00–0– 0–00–069–77OT0–064–6361–650–0
vs. Miss. State86–780–00–056–6862–6992–86OT0–0– 0–056–600–00–069–410–0
vs. Missouri74–5991–880–00–00–00–00–00–0– 77–860–00–00–00–0
vs. Ole Miss0–00–058–620–073–570–077–69OT60–5686–77– 0–00–00–00–0
vs. South Carolina60–770–00–059–750–070–750–00–00–00–0– 0–00–043–106
vs. Tennessee56–8273–880–00–067–660–063–640–00–00–00–0– 0–00–0
vs. Texas A&M0–073–740–067–920–060–7765–6141–690–00–00–00–0– 0–0
vs. Vanderbilt80–560–00–00–00–080–730–00–00–00–0106–430–00–0–
Total4–22–30–41–54–13–23–23–31–21–44–03–14–10–3

Postseason

SEC tournament

See main article: 2021 SEC women's basketball tournament.

2021 SEC women's basketball tournament seeds and results
SeedSchoolConf.Over.TiebreakerFirst Round
March 3		Second Round
March 4		Quarterfinals
March 5		Semifinals
March 6		Championship
March 7
1‡†Texas A&M13–123–2ByeByevs. #8 LSU
W, 77–58		vs. #4 Georgia
L, 68–74
2†South Carolina14–222–4ByeByevs. #7 Alabama
W, 75–63		vs. # 3 Tennessee
W, 67–52		vs. #4 Georgia
W, 67–62
3†Tennessee9–416–7ByeByevs. #11 Ole Miss
W, 77–72		vs. #2 South Carolina
L, 52–67
4†Georgia10–520–6ByeByevs. #5 Kentucky
W, 78–66		vs. #1 Texas A&M<br/>W, 74–68vs. #2 South Carolina
L, 62–67
5
  1. Kentucky
9–617–81–0 vs. ARKByevs. #12 Florida
W, 73–64		vs. #4 Georgia
L, 66–78
6
  1. Arkansas
9–619–80–1 vs. UKByevs. #11 Ole Miss
L, 60–69
7
  1. Alabama
8–816–9Byevs. #10 Missouri
W, 82–74		vs. #2 South Carolina
L, 63–75
8
  1. LSU
6–89–13Byevs. #9 Mississippi State
W, 71–62		vs. #1 Texas A&M<br/>L, 58–77
9
  1. Mississippi State
5–710–9Byevs. #8 LSU
L, 62–71
10
  1. Missouri
5–99–11Byevs. #7 Alabama
L, 75–82
11
  1. Ole Miss
4–1011–11Byevs. #6 Arkansas
W, 69–60		vs. #3 Tennessee
L, 72–77
12Florida3–1111–13vs. #13 Auburn
W, 69–62		vs. #5 Kentucky
L, 64–73
13Auburn0–155–19vs. #12 Florida
L, 62–69
‡ – 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.

NCAA Division I Women's Basketball tournament

See main article: 2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

SeedBracketSchoolFirst RoundSecond RoundSweet 16Elite 8Final Four
1HemisFairSouth Carolinavs. #16 Mercer
W, 79–53		vs. #8 Oregon State
W, 59–42		vs. #5 Georgia Tech
W, 76–65		vs. #6 Texas
W, 62–34		vs. #1 Stanford
L, 65–66
2MercadoTexas A&Mvs. #15 Troy
W, 84–80		vs. #7 Iowa State
W, 84–82OT		vs. #3 Arizona
L, 59–79
3AlamoGeorgiavs. #14 Drexel
W, 60–53		vs. #6 Oregon
L, 50–57
3River WalkTennesseevs. #14 Middle Tennessee
W, 87–62		vs. #6 Michigan
L, 55–70
4River WalkKentuckyvs. #13 Idaho State
W, 71–63		vs. #5 Iowa
L, 72–86
7HemisFairAlabamavs. #10 North Carolina
W, 80–71		vs. #2 Maryland
L, 64–100
  1. Bids: 6
W-L (%):TOTAL:

Women's National Invitation tournament

See main article: 2021 Women's National Invitation Tournament.

SchoolFirst Round
March 19		Second Round
March 20		Quarterfinals
March 22		Semifinals
March 26		Championship
March 28
Missourivs. Fresno State
L, 75–78
Ole Missvs. Samford
W, 64–45		vs. Tulane
W, 72–61		vs. Colorado
W, 65–56		vs. Northern Iowa
W, 60–50		vs. Rice
L, 58–71
Floridavs. Charlotte
W, 66–65		vs. Villanova
L, 57–77

Consolation games

Notes and References

  1. SEC announces 2021 Women's Basketball schedule. Southeastern Conference . November 14, 2020 . November 18, 2020.
  2. Gamecocks tabbed as 2021 SEC Women's Basketball champs . Southeastern Conference . November 17, 2020 . November 18, 2020.
  3. Howard and Boston Named AP Preseason All-American . Southeastern Conference . November 11, 2020 . November 18, 2020.

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