SEC Women’s Basketball The Nation’s Premier Women’s Basketball Conference With EIGHT na onal championships, ten runner-up fi nishes, a & 2014). na on-leading 35 Final Four appearances and 121 fi rst-team All-America honors, the SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE stands • The SEC is one of a handful of leagues to have won three na on- fi rmly as the na on’s premier intercollegiate women’s basketball al tournament tles with eight NCAA, two WNIT and four NWIT. conference. Along with the eight NCAA championships won by Tennessee; Ar- kansas (1999) and Auburn (2003) captured the current Women’s SEC BY THE NUMBERS NIT tles. But the fi rst-ever SEC na onal tle belongs to Georgia, winners of the 1981 NWIT which predates the current WNIT tour- • The SEC has posted impressive non-conference records in the nament. Vanderbilt (1984), LSU (1985) and Kentucky (1990) also last decade. The SEC compiled a 155-47 (.767) non-conference re- won NWIT tles. As members of their previous conferences Ar- cord during the 2015-16 season. kansas (1987), South Carolina (1979) and Texas A&M (1995) won the WNIT, while Texas A&M (2011) won the NCAA tle prior to • Since the 1990 season, the SEC has compiled a 3786-1125 (.771) joining the SEC. record against other conferences. The league has recorded 150+ wins during 12 seasons and has never recorded a non-conference • In 2003, Auburn won the WNIT tle with wins over South Ala- winning percentage below .723. bama, Florida State, Richmond, Creighton and Baylor. In 1999, the Arkansas Lady Razorbacks defeated Wisconsin 76-64 to claim the • SEC teams have earned appearances in 26 of 35 NCAA Final SEC’s fi rst WNIT championship. Fours, an accomplishment unmatched by any other league. The next closest is the Big East with 22 and the ACC with 19. • In 1981, Georgia defeated Pi sburg, California and Arizona State (in OT) to capture the NWIT Championship, the fi rst-ever na onal • Overall, SEC squads have fi lled 35 of the 140 Final Four berths, championship of any kind for the SEC in women’s basketball. including having two Final Four teams in 1988 (Auburn, Tennes- see), 1989 (Auburn, Tennessee), 1995 (Georgia, Tennessee), 1996 INDIVIDUAL HONORS (Georgia, Tennessee), 1998 (Arkansas, Tennessee), 2004 (LSU, Tennessee), 2005 (LSU, Tennessee), 2007 (LSU, Tennessee) and • The SEC has had 63 student-athletes named as a First-Team 2008 (LSU, Tennessee). All-America selec on. Those 63 have been named a total of 96 mes since the 1982-83 season (fi rst year of SEC sponsorship). • SEC teams have made 18 appearances in a na on-high 16 NCAA Championship games, winning eight NCAA Championships (Ten- • All-Americans were fi rst named in women’s basketball in 1975. nessee: 1987, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2007 and 2008). Since that me, league schools have had 71 players named fi rst- team a total of 121 mes. • The league also had the dis nc on of providing both na onal fi nalists twice in its history in 1996 (Tennessee 83, Georgia 65) and • The league has had six Honda Sports Awards winners in Katrina in 1989 (Tennessee 76, Auburn 60). McClain, Georgia (1987); Bridge e Gordon, Tennessee (1989); Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee (1997 and 1998); and Candace • SEC teams have won 395 NCAA Tournament games against 211 Parker, Tennessee (2007 and 2008). losses (.652) for an average of 11.3 NCAA wins per year. • Tennessee’s Chamique Holdsclaw was named the winner of the • In addi on, all 14 current members have appeared in the NCAA Honda-Broderick Cup, as the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Tournament. Year, in 1998.

• The SEC has led or shared the pack in NCAA tournament bids 24 • Seven Naismith Player of the Year winners have come from the mes in its 35-year history. SEC. They include Saudia Roundtree, Georgia (1996), Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee (1998 and 1999), Tamika Catchings, Tennes- • The Southeastern Conference had NINE teams earn bids to the see (2000), Seimone Augustus, LSU (2005 and 2006) and Candace 2016 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship. This is Parker, Tennessee (2008). the most SEC teams to receive bids to the NCAA tournament in conference history and the second me in NCAA history that one • SEC teams have provided 149 All-Region performers, including conference has sent nine teams to the tournament. The Big East 30 Most Outstanding Players. did so in 2011. • Over the past 33 years, 38 Final Four All-Tournament Team • Un l 2004, the SEC was the only conference to ever have eight members have come from SEC schools. teams receive NCAA bids. The league has achieved this feat four mes, in 1999, 2002, 2012 & 2014. • In 1996, the en re all-tournament team was made up of SEC players. • The SEC was also the fi rst league to ever have seven teams in- vited to the NCAA Tournament and earned this honor a leading • Nine NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship winners and 31 Academic 10 mes (1986, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2013 All-Americans hail from the SEC. SEC Women’s Basketball The Nation’s Premier Women’s Basketball Conference • Last season, the SEC had fi ve in the fi nal Associated Press poll SEC IN THE WNBA and in the fi nal USA Today/WBCA poll. • The Southeastern Conference had 15 former SEC student-ath- letes make 2016 WNBA opening day rosters. • Twice this season the SEC had seven teams ranked in the AP poll. It’s the most teams ranked for the league since the week of Dec. • Overall, the SEC has had 143 former players go on to play in the 1 in the 2014-15 season. league. • The SEC is responsible for 74 of the 106 instances where a con- • In this year’s WNBA dra , a total of fi ve SEC women’s basketball ference had at least 7 teams ranked in the AP poll. There have also players were taken. been 10 weeks where a conference had 8 teams ranked with nine of those 10 being the SEC. • Since the inaugural WNBA dra in 1997, the SEC has had 141 former players dra ed for the professional league, including fi ve • In terms of rankings, the SEC has the richest history of any con- No. 1 picks. ference in the na on, boas ng more poll appearances than any other. SEC IN USA BASKETBALL • Since the 1982 season, SEC teams have been ranked 634 consec- • SEC schools have produced 42 Olympians since 1976, with 38 u ve weeks in the AP poll. coming since the SEC began sponsoring women’s basketball. • Since, 1982, league teams have been ranked in the AP poll 3,151 ~ 1976 - Cindy Brogdon, Tennessee; Patricia Roberts, Tennessee mes, including 1,539 Top 10 appearances and 792 Top 5 appear- ~ 1980 - Jill Rankin, Tennessee; Holly Warlick, Tennessee ances. ~ 1984 - Teresa Edwards, Georgia; Lea Henry, Tennessee; Cindy Noble, Tennessee • Overall, the league teams have been ranked 710 consecu ve ~ 1988 - Teresa Edwards, Georgia; Katrina McClain, Georgia; weeks, with teams ranked a total of 3,649 mes. The SEC has Jennifer Gillom, Ole Miss; Bridge e Gordon, Tennessee 1,636 Top 10 appearances and 853 Top Five appearances overall. ~ 1992 - Carolyn Jones, Auburn; Vickie Orr, Auburn; Tammy Jackson, Florida; Teresa Edwards, Georgia; • SEC teams can also boost of 148 No. 1 rankings in the AP Poll. Katrina McClain, Georgia; Daedra Charles, Tennessee ~ 1996 - Ruthie Bolton, Auburn; Teresa Edwards, Georgia; • The league has had the top three teams in the AP Poll twice. In Katrina McClain, Georgia; Nikki McCray, Tennessee, week three in 2005 and in week eight in 1989. Carla McGhee, Tennessee ~ 2000 - Ruthie Bolton-Holifi eld, Auburn; Teresa Edwards, Georgia; Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee; Nikki McCray, Tennessee; DeLisha Milton, Florida ~ 2004 - Tamika Catchings, Tennessee; Shannon Johnson, South Carolina ~ 2008 - Seimone Augustus, LSU; Tamika Catchings, Tennessee; NCAA NUMBERS DO THE TALKING Sylvia Fowles, LSU; ; Kara Lawson, Tennessee; DeLisha NCAA Appearances NCAA Tournament Wins Milton-Jones, Florida; Candace Parker, Tennessee SEC 219 SEC 395 ~ 2012 - Seimone Augustus, LSU; Tamika Catchings, Tennessee; ACC 170 ACC 256 Sylvia Fowles, LSU; Candace Parker, Tennessee Big Ten 151 Big East 232 ~ 2016 - Seimone Augustus, LSU; Tamika Catchings, Tennessee; Big East 140 Pac-12 178 Sylvia Fowles, LSU Pac-12 123 Big Ten 173 Big 12 122 Big 12 173 • In addi on, other USA Basketball rosters included 28 on the Na- Atlan c 10 85 Sun Belt 66 onal Team, 19 on the U19 World Championship Team, 22 on the Sun Belt 53 Atlan c 10 65 U18 Na onal Team, 21 on the Pan American Team, and 47 have C-USA 51 Independents 32 been on the World University Game Team. MVC 45 Final Four Appearances • While at an SEC school, 13 head coaches have been named to NCAA Titles SEC 35 coach, as an assistant or head coach, for USA Basketball teams. Big East 8 Big East 22 SEC 8 ACC 19 ACC 2 Pac-12 14 DOMINANCE IN THE POLLS Pac-12 4 Sun Belt 8 Big 12 3 Big Ten 8 • Since the SEC began to sponsor women’s basketball in 1982, it American 3 Big 12 8 has failed only three mes to place at least four members in each Independents 6 of the fi nal polls (the USA Today/ESPN poll began in 1986).