2019–20 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season

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]

2019–20 SEC Women's Basketball Season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams14
WNBA Draft
Top draft pickMikiah Herbert Harrigan
Picked byMinnesota Lynx
Regular Season
2020 SEC ChampionsSouth Carolina
Tournament
ChampionsSouth Carolina
  Runners-upMississippi State
Finals MVPMikiah Herbert Harrigan (South Carolina)
2019–20 SEC women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 South Carolina †16–0 1.00032–1  .970
No. 9 Mississippi State13–3 .81327–6  .818
No. 24 Arkansas10–6 .62524–8  .750
No. 16 Kentucky10–6 .62522–8  .733
No. 19 Texas A&M10–6 .62522–8  .733
Tennessee10–6 .62521–10  .677
LSU9–7 .56320–10  .667
Alabama8–8 .50018–12  .600
Georgia7–9 .43817–14  .548
Florida6–10 .37515–15  .500
Missouri5–11 .3139–22  .290
Vanderbilt4–12 .25014–16  .467
Auburn4–12 .25011–18  .379
Ole Miss0–16 .0007–23  .233
† 2020 SEC tournament winner
As of October 27, 2023
Rankings from AP poll

Pre-season

Pre-season team predictions
Media[2] Coaches[3]
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]
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
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
Main article: 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Received votes. NR=No rank/vote.
 PreWk
2		Wk
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5		Wk
6		Wk
7		Wk
8		Wk
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10		Wk
11		Wk
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18		Final
Alabama AP
C
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
C
Florida AP
C
Georgia AP
C
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
C
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
C

Conference matrix
Alabama Arkansas Auburn Florida Georgia Kentucky LSU Miss. State Missouri Ole Miss S. Carolina Tennessee Texas A&M Vanderbilt
vs. Alabama –0–00–10–00–01–01–00–00–00–01–00–00–00–0
vs. Arkansas 0–0–0–10–00–00–00–00–00–10–00–00–11–00–0
vs. Auburn 1–01–0–1–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–01–0
vs. Florida 0–00–00–1–0–01–00–01–00–00–00–00–00–00–1
vs. Georgia 0–00–00–00–0–0–00–01–00–00–10–00–00–01–0
vs. Kentucky 0–10–00–00–10–0–0–00–00–00–01–00–10–10–0
vs. LSU 0–10–00–00–00–00–0–0–01–00–10–00–00–00–0
vs. Miss. State 0–00–00–00–10–10–00–0–0–10–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Missouri 0–01–00–00–00–00–00–11–0–0–00–01–00–00–0
vs. Ole Miss 0–00–00–00–01–00–01–00–00-0–0–01–01–00–0
vs. South Carolina 0–10–10–00–00–00–10–00–00–00–0–0–00–00–1
vs. Tennessee 0–00–00–00–00–11–00–00–00–10–10–0–0–00–0
vs. Texas A&M 0–00–10–00–00–00–01–00–00-00–10–00–0–0–0
vs. Vanderbilt 0–00–00–11–00–10–00–00–00–00–01–00–00–0–
Total 1–32–20–42–21–33–13–13–01–30–44–03–12–12–2

Postseason

SEC tournament
Main article: 2020 SEC women's basketball tournament
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
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
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
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
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
7 #LSU 9–7 20–10 Bye vs. #10 Florida
W, 73–59		 vs. #2 Mississippi State
L, 49–79
8 #Alabama 8–8 18–12 Bye vs. #9 Georgia
L, 61–68
9 #Georgia 7–9 17–14 Bye vs. #8 Alabama
W, 68–61		 vs. #1 South Carolina
L, 56–89
10 #Florida 7–10 15–15 Bye vs. #7 LSU
L, 59–73
11 Missouri 5–11 9–22 vs. #14 Ole Miss
W, 64–53		 vs. #6 Tennessee
L, 51–64
12 Vanderbilt 4–12 14–16 vs. #13 Auburn
L, 67–77
13 Auburn 4–12 11–18 vs. #12 Vanderbilt
W, 77–67		 vs. #5 Arkansas
L, 66–90
14 Ole Miss 0–16 7–23 vs. #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.

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