2016–17 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season

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.

2016–17 SEC Women's Basketball Season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)ESPN2, SEC Network, FSN
WNBA Draft
Top draft pickAlaina Coates (South Carolina)
Picked byChicago Sky
Regular season
Season championsSouth Carolina
  Runners-upMississippi State
Season MVPA'ja Wilson (South Carolina)
Tournament
ChampionsSouth Carolina
  Runners-upMississippi State
Finals MVPA'ja Wilson
2016–17 SEC women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 3 South Carolina†14–2 .87533–4  .892
No. 7 Mississippi State13–3 .81334–5  .872
No. 18 Kentucky11–5 .68822–11  .667
No. 25 Missouri11–5 .68821–11  .656
Tennessee10–6 .62520–12  .625
Texas A&M9–7 .56322–12  .647
LSU8–8 .50020–12  .625
Auburn7–9 .43817–15  .531
Georgia7–9 .43816–15  .516
Ole Miss6–10 .37517–14  .548
Alabama5–11 .31322–14  .611
Florida5–11 .31315–16  .484
Vanderbilt4–12 .25014–16  .467
Arkansas2–14 .12513–17  .433
† 2017 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

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

Pre-season All-SEC teams
Media[2] Coaches[3]
Makayla Epps Kentucky Epps
Victoria Vivians Mississippi State Vivians
Alaina Coates South Carolina Coates
A'ja Wilson South Carolina Wilson
Diamond DeShields Tennessee DeShields
Jessica Jackson Arkansas
Ronni Williams Florida
Sophie Cunningham Missouri
  • Coaches select eight players
  • Players in bold are choices 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 4th 309–200 13–35 9 1 0
Arkansas Jimmy Dykes Seattle 3rd 30–32 13–19 1 0 0
Auburn Terri Williams-Flournoy Georgetown 5th 214–162 23–38 4 0 0
Florida Amanda Butler Charlotte 10th 215–143 66–74 4 0 0
Georgia Joni Taylor Georgia (ass't) 2nd 21–9 9–7 1 0 0
Kentucky Matthew Mitchell Memphis 10th 249–118 91–49 7 0 0
LSU Nikki Fargas UCLA 6th 164–93 40–38 6 0 0
Mississippi State Vic Schaefer Sam Houston State 5th 170–155 32–32 2 0 0
Missouri Robin Pingeton Illinois State 7th 436–246 27–35 3 0 0
Ole Miss Matt Insell Kentucky 4th 41–44 11–37 0 0 0
South Carolina Dawn Staley Temple 9th 360–156 83–43 11 1 0
Tennessee Holly Warlick Tennessee (ass't) 5th 108–34 50–14 4 0 0
Texas A&M Gary Blair Arkansas 14th 717–292 45–19 22 2 1
Vanderbilt Stephanie White Indiana 1st 0–0 0–0 0 0 0

Weekly rankings
Main article: 2016–17 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.
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Alabama AP NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV NR NR NR NR NR
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Arkansas AP NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
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Auburn AP RV RV RV 23 RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
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Florida AP 20 19 16 19 23 RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
C 24 23 20 23 25 RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Georgia AP NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
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Kentucky AP 19 15 20 17 15 19 18 17 24 RV RV RV 25 RV NR
C 19 19 24 20 18 23 24 23 RV NR NR NR RV NR NR
LSU AP NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV RV NR NR NR NR
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Mississippi State AP 10 10 7 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 3
C 11 9 7 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 3
Missouri AP 24 25 RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV NR
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Ole Miss AP NR NR NR NR NR NR RV NR RV NR NR NR NR NR NR
C NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
South Carolina AP 4 4 3 3 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 6 6
C 3 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 6 6 5
Tennessee AP 13 13 17 22 RV NR RV RV RV RV NR RV RV 24 RV
C 14 13 16 25 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 25 RV
Texas A&M AP RV RV RV 25 RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 RV RV RV 23
C 23 24 25 19 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 24
Vanderbilt AP NR NR NR NR RV RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
C NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

Rankings source:[4]

Regular season

Conference matrix

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

  Alabama Arkansas Auburn Florida Georgia Kentucky LSU Mississippi State Missouri Ole Miss South Carolina Tennessee Texas A&M Vanderbilt
vs. Alabama –1–01–00–01–01–01–01–00–10–21–00–11–01–0
vs. Arkansas 0–1–0–01–01–00–02–01–01–01–01–01–01–00–1
vs. Auburn 0–10–0–0–10–01–00–01–01–00–11–00–11–00–1
vs. Florida 0–10–11–0–0–10–01–01–00–01–01–01–02–00–1
vs. Georgia 0–00–10–11–0–1–00–00–01–01–02–00–10–10–1
vs. Kentucky 0–10–00–10–00–1–0–10–01–10–11–01–01–00–1
vs. LSU 0–10–20–00–10–01–0–1–00–10–01–01–01–11–0
vs. Mississippi State 0–10–10–10–10–00–00–1–0–10–01–00–10–20–1
vs. Missouri 1–00–20–10–00–11–11–01–0–0–00–11–00–10–1
vs. Ole Miss 2–00–11–00–10–11–00–01–00–0–1–00–10–01–0
vs. South Carolina 0–10–10–20–10–20–10–10–11–00–1–1–00–00–1
vs. Tennessee 0–00–01–00–11–00–10–11–00–01–00–1–1–00–2
vs. Texas A&M 0–10–10–10–21–00–11–12–01–00–00–00–1–0–1
vs. Vanderbilt 0–11–01–01–01–01–00–11–01–00–12–02–01–0–
Total[5] 5–92–125–94–106–810–47–713–19–55–912–28–69–53–11

SEC tournament
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
Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker First round
March 1		 Second round
March 2		 Quarterfinals
March 3		 Semifinals
March 4		 Championship
March 5
1. ‡South Carolina 14–2 27–4 Bye Bye vs. #8 Georgia
W, 72–48		 vs. #4 Kentucky
W, 89–77		 vs. #2 Mississippi St.
W, 59–49
2. †Mississippi St. 13–3 29–4 Bye Bye vs. #7 LSU
W, 78–61		 vs. #6 TAMU
W, 66–50		 vs. #1 South Carolina
L, 49–59
3. †Missouri 11–5 21–10 1–1 vs. Kentucky; 1–0 vs. South Carolina Bye Bye vs. #6 TAMU
L, 48–62
4. †Kentucky 11–5 21–10 1–1 vs. Missouri; 0–1 vs. South Carolina Bye Bye vs. #12 Alabama
W, 65–55		 vs. #1 South Carolina
L, 77–89
5. #Tennessee 10–6 19–11 Bye vs. #12 Alabama
L, 64–72
6. #Texas A&M 9–7 21–11 Bye vs. #11 Florida
W, 67–48		 vs. #3 Missouri
W, 62–48		 vs. #2 Mississippi St.
L, 50–66
7. #LSU 8–8 20–11 Bye vs. #10 Ole Miss
W, 65–49		 vs. #2 Mississippi St.
L, 61–78
8. #Georgia 7–9 16–16 1–0 vs. Auburn Bye vs. #9 Auburn
W, 56–52		 vs. #1 South Carolina
L, 48–72
9. #Auburn 7–9 17–14 0–1 vs. Georgia Bye vs. #8 Georgia
L, 52–56
10. #Ole Miss 6–10 17–13 Bye vs. #7 LSU
L, 49–65
11. Florida 5–11 16–15 1–0 vs. Alabama vs. #14 Arkansas
W, 71–61		 vs. #11 TAMU
L, 48–67
12. Alabama 5–11 19–13 0–1 vs. Florida vs. #13 Vanderbilt
W, 77–57		 vs. #5 Tennessee
W, 74–62		 vs. #4 Kentucky
L, 55–65
13. Vanderbilt 4–12 14–16 vs. #12 Alabama
L, 57–77
14. Arkansas 2–14 13–17 vs. #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
Main articles: 2017 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament and 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship Game
Seed Bracket School First round Second round Sweet 16 Elite 8 Final Four Championship
1 Stockton South Carolina #16 UNC Asheville, W 90–40 #8 Arizona State, W 71–68 #12 Quinnipiac, W 100–58 #3 Florida State, W 71–64 #2L Stanford, W 62–53 #2O Mississippi State, W 67–55
2 Oklahoma Mississippi State #15 Troy, W 110–69 #7 DePaul, W 93–71 #3 Washington, W 75–64 #1 Baylor, W 94–85OT #1B Connecticut, W 66–64OT #1S South Carolina, L 55–67
4 Lexington Kentucky #13 Belmont, W 73–70 #5 Ohio State, L 68–82
5 Bridgeport Texas A&M #12 Penn, W 63–61 #4 UCLA, L 43–75
5 Oklahoma Tennessee #12 Dayton, W 66–57 #4 Louisville, L 64–75
6 Stockton Missouri #11 South Florida, W 66–64 #3 Florida State, L 55–77
8 Oklahoma LSU #9 California, L 52–55
11 Lexington Auburn #6 North Carolina State, L 48–62
# Bids: 8 W-L (%): TOTAL: 15–7 .682 6–2 .750 2–4 .333 2–0 1.000 2–0 1.000 2–0 1.000 1–1 .500

Women's National Invitation tournament
Main article: 2017 Women's National Invitation Tournament
School First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
Alabama Mercer, W 81–57 Little Rock, W 55–53 Tulane, W 72–64 Georgia Tech, L 66–76
Ole Miss Grambling State, L 75–78
W-L (%) 1–1 .500 1–0 1.000 1–0 1.000 0–1 .000

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
Pick Player WNBA Team School
2 Alaina Coates Chicago Sky[lower-alpha 1] South Carolina
3 Evelyn Akhator Dallas Wings Kentucky
4 Allisha Gray Dallas Wings[lower-alpha 2] South Carolina
10 Kaela Davis Dallas Wings[lower-alpha 3] South Carolina
19 Jordan Reynolds Atlanta Dream Tennessee
22 Ronni Williams Indiana Fever[lower-alpha 4] Florida
25 Schaquilla Nunn San Antonio Stars Tennessee
33 Makayla Epps Chicago Sky Kentucky
Footnotes
  1. The Mystics traded this pick to Chicago.[7]
  2. The Wings received this pick and the 23rd pick from the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for another player and the 11th pick.[8]
  3. The Wings received this pick from the New York Liberty in an exchange.[9]
  4. The Dream traded this pick to Indiana.[10]

References
  1. "Championship –Women's Basketball". secsports.go.com. October 10, 2016. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
  2. "Media tabs Gamecocks to win SEC" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. October 18, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
  3. "Coaches tab Gamecocks as SEC women's basketball champs" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. November 4, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
  4. NCAA Women's Basketball Division 1 Rankings
  5. Standings
  6. "Eight SEC players taken in 2017 WNBA draft". secsports.com. April 13, 2017. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  7. "Former WNBA MVP Elena Delle Donne Dealt to Mystics in Blockbuster Trade". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  8. "LA Sparks Acquire Odyssey Sims in Trade with the Dallas Wings". sparks.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
  9. "New York Liberty Acquires Amanda Zahui B. From Dallas Wings". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  10. "Indiana Trades Layshia Clarendon To Atlanta For 2017 2nd-Round Pick". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
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