2020–21 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season

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]

2020–21 SEC Women's Basketball Season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams14
WNBA Draft
Regular Season
2021 SEC ChampionsTexas A&M
Season MVPRhyne Howard
Tournament
ChampionsSouth Carolina
  Runners-upGeorgia
Finals MVPAliyah Boston
2020–21 SEC women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Texas A&M13–1 .92925–3  .893
No. 6 South Carolina †14–2 .87526–5  .839
No. 13 Tennessee9–4 .69217–8  .680
No. 10 Georgia10–5 .66720–6  .769
No. 15 Arkansas9–6 .60019–8  .704
No. 18 Kentucky9–6 .60018–8  .692
Alabama8–8 .50016–9  .640
LSU6–8 .4299–13  .409
Mississippi State5–7 .41710–9  .526
Missouri5–9 .3579–13  .409
Ole Miss4–10 .28615–12  .556
Florida3–11 .21412–14  .462
Auburn0–15 .0005–19  .208
Vanderbilt0–3 .0004–4  .500
Vanderbilt suspended their season on January 18, 2021
† 2021 SEC tournament winner
As of March 21, 2021
Rankings from AP poll

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[2]
Rhyne Howard Kentucky Howard
Aliyah Boston South Carolina Boston
Chelsea Dungee Arkansas
Unique Thompson Auburn
Khayla Pointer LSU
Rickea Jackson Mississippi State
Rennia Davis Tennessee
N'dea Jones Texas A&M
  • 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 8th 116–108 38–74 0 0 0
Arkansas Mike Neighbors Washington 4th 59–41 19–29 0 0 0
Auburn Terri Williams-Flournoy Georgetown 9th 135–119 48–80 3 0 0
Florida Cameron Newbauer Belmont 4th 34–57 12–36 0 0 0
Georgia Joni Taylor Georgia (asst.) 6th 97–57 44–35 2 0 0
Kentucky Kyra Elzy Kentucky (associate HC) 1st 0–0 0–0 0 0 0
LSU Nikki Fargas UCLA 10th 167–116 75–69 6 0 0
Mississippi State Nikki McCray-Penson Old Dominion 1st 0–0 0–0 0 0 0
Missouri Robin Pingeton Illinois State 11th 180–140 64–64 4 0 0
Ole Miss Yolett McPhee-McCuin Jacksonville 3rd 16–45 3–29 0 0 0
South Carolina Dawn Staley Temple 13th 305–98 138–52 8 2 1
Tennessee Kellie Harper Missouri State 2nd 21–10 10–6 0 0 0
Texas A&M Gary Blair Arkansas 18th 379–155 73–36 14 1 1
Vanderbilt Stephanie White Indiana Fever 5th 42–79 13–51 0 0 0

Weekly rankings
Main article: 2020–21 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 RV RV RV RV RV
C RV RV
Arkansas AP 14 16 13 12 11 10 13 17 15 19 16 18 18 16 13 15 15
C 14 13 12 10 10 13 16 17 18 15 17 18 16 13 16 16
Auburn AP
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Florida AP
C
Georgia AP RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 24 22 17 16 12 10
C RV RV RV 23 21 25 25 23 19 22 13 12
Kentucky AP 11 11 9 9 13 13 10 12 12 15 15 20 17 19 17 18 18
C 12 9 9 12 11 8 11 12 14 14 18 17 17 19 19 19
LSU AP RV
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Mississippi State AP 6 6 12 13 12 12 14 14 19 21 24 RV RV
C 7 12 13 13 13 15 14 19 19 22 24 RV RV RV
Missouri AP
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Ole Miss AP
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South Carolina AP 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 2 1 2 5 7 5 6
C 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 1 3 3 6 7 5 5
Tennessee AP RV RV RV RV RV 23 25 20 18 16 21 20 14 14 13
C RV RV RV 24 RV 22 19 19 21 21 16 15 15
Texas A&M AP 13 12 10 10 9 9 8 7 8 8 7 6 5 3 2 4 4
C 13 10 10 9 9 7 7 8 7 7 5 5 3 2 4 4
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 –0–00–00–00–00–059–6778–8659–740–077–6082–560–056–80
vs. Arkansas 0–0–0–080–840–075–640–00–088–910–00–088–7374–730–0
vs. Auburn 0–00–0–68–5476–440–056–430–00–062–580–00–00–00–0
vs. Florida 0–084–8054–68–68–580–00–068–560–00–075–590–092–670–0
vs. Georgia 0–00–044–7658–68–0–00–069–620–057–730–066–670–00–0
vs. Kentucky 0–064–750–00–00–0–0–086–92OT0–00–075–700–077–6073–80
vs. LSU 67–590–043–560–00–00–0–0–00–069–77OT0–064–6361–650–0
vs. Miss. State 86–780–00–056–6862–6992–86OT0–0–0–056–600–00–069–410–0
vs. Missouri 74–5991–880–00–00–00–00–00–0–77–860–00–00–00–0
vs. Ole Miss 0–00–058–620–073–570–077–69OT60–5686–77–0–00–00–00–0
vs. South Carolina 60–770–00–059–750–070–750–00–00–00–0–0–00–043–106
vs. Tennessee 56–8273–880–00–067–660–063–640–00–00–00–0–0–00–0
vs. Texas A&M 0–073–740–067–920–060–7765–6141–690–00–00–00–0–0–0
vs. Vanderbilt 80–560–00–00–00–080–730–00–00–00–0106–430–00–0–
Total 4–22–30–41–54–13–23–23–31–21–44–03–14–10–3

Postseason

SEC tournament
Main article: 2021 SEC women's basketball tournament
  • March 3–7 at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina. Teams are seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion. Vanderbilt canceled its season after three conference games and, therefore, will not participate in the tournament.
2021 SEC women's basketball tournament seeds and results
Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker First Round
March 3		 Second Round
March 4		 Quarterfinals
March 5		 Semifinals
March 6		 Championship
March 7
1 ‡†Texas A&M 13–1 23–2 Bye Bye vs. #8 LSU
W, 77–58		 vs. #4 Georgia
L, 68–74
2 †South Carolina 14–2 22–4 Bye Bye vs. #7 Alabama
W, 75–63		 vs. # 3 Tennessee
W, 67–52		 vs. #4 Georgia
W, 67–62
3 †Tennessee 9–4 16–7 Bye Bye vs. #11 Ole Miss
W, 77–72		 vs. #2 South Carolina
L, 52–67
4 †Georgia 10–5 20–6 Bye Bye vs. #5 Kentucky
W, 78–66		 vs. #1 Texas A&M
W, 74–68		 vs. #2 South Carolina
L, 62–67
5 #Kentucky 9–6 17–8 1–0 vs. ARK Bye vs. #12 Florida
W, 73–64		 vs. #4 Georgia
L, 66–78
6 #Arkansas 9–6 19–8 0–1 vs. UK Bye vs. #11 Ole Miss
L, 60–69
7 #Alabama 8–8 16–9 Bye vs. #10 Missouri
W, 82–74		 vs. #2 South Carolina
L, 63–75
8 #LSU 6–8 9–13 Bye vs. #9 Mississippi State
W, 71–62		 vs. #1 Texas A&M
L, 58–77
9 #Mississippi State 5–7 10–9 Bye vs. #8 LSU
L, 62–71
10 #Missouri 5–9 9–11 Bye vs. #7 Alabama
L, 75–82
11 #Ole Miss 4–10 11–11 Bye vs. #6 Arkansas
W, 69–60		 vs. #3 Tennessee
L, 72–77
12 Florida 3–11 11–13 vs. #13 Auburn
W, 69–62		 vs. #5 Kentucky
L, 64–73
13 Auburn 0–15 5–19 vs. #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
Main article: 2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
  • March 21–April 4
Seed Bracket School First Round Second Round Sweet 16 Elite 8 Final Four
1 HemisFair South Carolina vs. #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
2 Mercado Texas A&M vs. #15 Troy
W, 84–80		 vs. #7 Iowa State
W, 84–82OT		 vs. #3 Arizona
L, 59–79
3 Alamo Georgia vs. #14 Drexel
W, 60–53		 vs. #6 Oregon
L, 50–57
3 River Walk Tennessee vs. #14 Middle Tennessee
W, 87–62		 vs. #6 Michigan
L, 55–70
4 River Walk Kentucky vs. #13 Idaho State
W, 71–63		 vs. #5 Iowa
L, 72–86
7 HemisFair Alabama vs. #10 North Carolina
W, 80–71		 vs. #2 Maryland
L, 64–100
# Bids: 6 W-L (%): TOTAL: 10–6 (.625) 6–0 (1.000) 2–4 (.333) 1–1 (.500) 1–0 (1.000) 0–1 (.000)

Women's National Invitation tournament
Main article: 2021 Women's National Invitation Tournament
  • March 19–28
School First Round
March 19		 Second Round
March 20		 Quarterfinals
March 22		 Semifinals
March 26		 Championship
March 28
Missouri vs. Fresno State
L, 75–78
Ole Miss vs. 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
Florida vs. Charlotte
W, 66–65		 vs. Villanova
L, 57–77

Consolation games
School First Game
March 20
Missouri vs. Arizona State
L, 39–50

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