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March 19, 2019 SEC COMMUNICATIONS Conference Overall Tammy Wilson (Women’s Basketball Contact) [email protected] @SEC_Tammy W-L Pct. H A W-L Pct. H A N Strk www.SECsports.com Mississippi State* 15-1 .938 7-1 8-0 30-2 .938 14-1 13-1 3-0 W8 Phone: (205) 458-3000 South Carolina 13-3 .813 6-2 7-1 21-9 .700 11-4 9-2 1-3 L2 THIS WEEK IN THE SEC Texas A&M 12-4 .750 7-2 5-2 24-7 .774 13-3 8-2 3-2 L1 NCAA TOURNAMENT Kentucky 11-5 .687 5-3 6-2 24-7 .774 15-3 6-3 3-1 L1 March 22 (Friday) Missouri 10-6 .625 7-1 3-5 23-10 .696 12-3 7-5 4-3 L1 Portland First Round - Starkville, Miss. Auburn 9-7 .563 3-5 6-2 22-9 .710 9-5 10-3 3-1 L1 16 Southern at 1 Mississippi State 8:30 p.m. CT Greensboro First Round - Charlotte, N.C. Georgia 9-7 .563 5-3 4-4 18-12 .600 13-3 4-7 1-2 L2 13 Belmont at 4 South Carolina 1:45 p.m. ET Tennessee 7-9 .438 3-5 4-4 19-12 .613 10-7 6-4 3-1 L1 Greensboro First Round - Iowa City, Iowa LSU 7-9 .438 4-4 3-5 16-13 .552 11-6 5-6 0-1 L4 10 Drake vs 7 Missouri 3 p.m. CT Chicago First Round - College Station, Texas Arkansas 6-10 .375 3-5 3-5 20-14 .588 9-6 6-6 5-2 L1 13 Wright State vs 4 Texas A&M 3:30 p.m. CT Alabama 5-11 .313 3-5 2-6 14-17 .452 9-6 3-7 2-4 L1 Ole Miss 3-13 .187 2-6 1-7 9-22 .290 8-10 1-8 0-4 L6 March 23 (Saturday) Albany First Round - College Park, Md. Florida 3-13 .187 2-6 1-7 8-23 .258 6-9 1-12 1-1 L1 11 Tenneessee vs 6 UCLA 1:30 p.m. ET Vanderbilt 2-14 .125 1-7 1-7 7-23 .233 5-9 2-10 0-4 L2 Greensboro First Round - Raleigh, N.C. 11 Princeton vs 6 Kentucky 11 a.m. ET *SEC Champion/SEC Tournament Champion Chicago First Round - Stanford, Calif. Conference Notes tional title belongs to Georgia, winners of the 1981 NWIT 10 Auburn vs 7 BYU 2:30 p.m. CT • Thirteen of the current SEC coaches have led teams which predates the current WNIT tournament. Vanderbilt to the NCAA Tournament, nine with their respective SEC (1984), LSU (1985) and Kentucky (1990) also won NWIT WNIT teams. titles. As members of their previous conferences Arkansas March 21 (Thursday) • Nine SEC coaches have taken their teams to the Sweet (1987), South Carolina (1979) and Texas A&M (1995) First Round - Fayetteville, Ark. 16, seven have advanced to the Elite Eight and five have won the WNIT, while Texas A&M (2011) won the NCAA Houston at Arkansas 7 p.m. CT gone on to the Final Four. title prior to joining the SEC. • Five SEC coaches have been head coaches in the Final Four with two winning national championships. Team/Individual Notes • The SEC leads all other conferences in all-time NCAA • Tennessee continues its appearance streak and is Tournament bids: SEC - 241, ACC - 194, Big Ten - 166, the only school to participate in all 38 NCAA Division I Big East - 148, Big 12 - 136, Pac-12 - 134. Women’s Basketball Championships since its inception in • 2019 made it a nation leading 12 times that seven SEC 1982. teams have been invited to the NCAA Tournament (1986, • This marks the second straight season, and the sixth 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2013, time in eight years, that Texas A&M has hosted First and 2014, 2018, 2019). The SEC was the first league to ever Second Round games, and the 11th time in the past 13 have seven teams invited. • SEC teams have earned appearances in 28 of 37 seasons that Texas A&M has earned a Top 4-seed in the NCAA Final Fours, an accomplishment unmatched by any Big Dance. other league. The next closest is the Big East with 22 and • Mississippi State earned a No. 1 seed in the NCAA the ACC with 31. Tournament for the second straight year. It’s the 11th bid • Seven different SEC teams (Arkansas, Florida, Geor- received by the Bulldogs. gia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State and South Carolina) • Kentucky earned its ninth appearance in the last 10 have appeared in the Final Four. seasons. It’s the 15th trip to the NCAA Tournament for • SEC teams have made 21 appearances in a nation- the Wildcats. high 18 NCAA Championship games, winning nine • Auburn is in the tournament for the third time in the NCAA Championships (Tennessee: 1987, 1989, 1991, last four seasons, earning its 21st all-time NCAA Tourna- 1996, 1997, 1998, 2007, 2008); South Carolina 2017). ment bid. • The SEC was 12-7 in NCAA Tournament games in • Missouri is headed back to the NCAA Tournament for 2018. It is the ninth consecutive season the SEC has been the fourth consecutive season, clinching its fourth con- .500 or better in the NCAA Tournament. The league has secutive berth to the Big Dance for the first time since been .500 or better in NCAA Tournament games, 36 out 1983-86. of the 37-year history. • This is the eighth-consecutive season the Gamecocks • The SEC has had at least one team advance to the will participate in the NCAA Tournament, the longest Sweet 16 in every year of NCAA Tournament history. All of streak in program history. Overall, it’s the 16th berth for the SEC’s 14 members have advanced to the Sweet 16. South Carolina. • SEC teams are 19-6 (76.0 percent) in postseason • Arkansas is making its seventh appearance in the WNIT opening games over the last three years. since the tournament began in 1998 with a 16-team field. • The SEC is one of a handful of leagues to have won The Razorbacks are 14-6 in the WNIT winning the tourna- three national tournament titles with nine NCAA, two ment title in 1998. WNIT and four NWIT. Along with the nine NCAA cham- pionships; Arkansas (1999) and Auburn (2003) captured the current Women’s NIT titles. But the first-ever SEC na- 2018-19 Women’s Basketball • 2018-19 Women’s Basketball • 2018-19 Women’s Basketball • 2018-19 Women’s Basketball • 2018-19 Women’s Basketball • 2018-19 Women’s Basketball • 2018-19 Women’s Basketball • 2018-19 Women’s Basketball SEC BASKETBALL MEDIA SERVICES SEC Release SEC Basketball Media Contacts The conference basketball release will be available each Monday beginning Alabama – Zach Rhodes www.rolltide.com in early November via the league’s websites. Any media representative wishing Email: [email protected] Office: (205) 348-6084 to receive information via e-mail should register on www.secsportsmedia.com. Twitter: @AlabamaWBB SEC standings and results will be updated each weekday, while conference Arkansas – Jeri Thorpe www.arkansasrazorbacks.com statistics will be updated as often as needed based on the schedule of play. Email: [email protected] Office: (479) 575-5037 Information is also available via the school’s SIDs. Twitter: @RazorbackWBB; @CoachNeighbors Auburn – Wes Todd www.auburntigers.com Email: [email protected] Office: (334) 844-9800 Weekly Awards Twitter: @AuburnWBB The SEC will name a Player of the Week and Freshman of the Week in wom- Florida – Sam Stolte www.floridagators.com en’s basketball each Tuesday of the season. Selections will be announced in the Email: [email protected] Office: (352) 375-4683 x6133 weekly release, the SEC website and on social media platforms. Nominations Twitter: @GatorsWBK; @camnew for the award are made each week by the women’s basketball media relations Georgia – Tray Littlefield www.georgiadogs.com contacts and are selected by a vote of the SEC Communications staff. Email: [email protected] Office: (706) 542-9342 Twitter: @UGA_WBB Internet Kentucky – Evan Crane www.ukathletics.com General SEC basketball information can be accessed on the Web at www. Email: [email protected] Office: (859) 257-8431 secsports.com. The basketball section is updated with new material daily on Twitter: @KentuckyWBB; @UKCoachMitchell the page, with standings, statistics, game previews, notes and other important LSU – Judy Willson www.lsusports.net information. The SEC basketball release can also be printed off of the secsports. Email: [email protected] Office: (225) 578-1869 com website in an Adobe Acrobat file. Adobe Reader, which is used to read Twitter: @LSUwbkb; @lsunikkifargas the Adobe Acrobat file, can be downloaded for free on your computer on the Ole Miss – Tyler Wooten www.olemisssports.com adobe.com website. Email: [email protected] Office: (662) 915-7509 Twitter: @OleMissWBB; @YolettMcCuin Email List Mississippi State – Brian Ogden (Interim) www.hailstate.com Email: [email protected] Office: (662) 325-0970 Press releases and information pertaining to SEC women’s basketball will be Twitter: @HailStateWBK; @CoachVic_MSU emailed to the media throughout the year. Accredited media can register for the Missouri – Andrew Melroe www.mutigers.com SEC’s mailing lists by contacting Tammy Wilson at [email protected]. Email: [email protected] Office: (573) 882-7826 Twitter: @MizzouWBB Social Media South Carolina – Diana Koval www.gamecocksonline.com • Facebook: like the page called “Southeastern Conference” Email: [email protected] Office: (803) 777-7977 • Twitter: @SEC Twitter: @GamecockWBB • Instagram: @SEC Tennessee – Eric Trainer www.utsports.com • Snapchat: @SECsports Email: [email protected] Office: (865) 974-8173 Twitter: @LadyVol_Hoops SEC Tournament Texas A&M – David Waxman www.12thMan.com Media credential requests for the 2019 SEC Tournament in Greenville, S.C.