SEC Women’s Basketball The Nation’s Premier Women’s Basketball Conference With EIGHT na onal championships, ten runner-up fi nishes, a Along with the eight NCAA championships won by Tennessee; Ar- na on-leading 34 Final Four appearances and 113 fi rst-team kansas (1999) and Auburn (2003) captured the current Women’s All-America honors, the SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE stands NIT tles. But the fi rst-ever SEC na onal tle belongs to Georgia, fi rmly as the na on’s premier intercollegiate women’s basketball winners of the 1981 NWIT which predates the current WNIT tour- conference. nament. Vanderbilt (1984), LSU (1985) and Kentucky (1990) also won NWIT tles. As members of their previous conferences Ar- SEC BY THE NUMBERS kansas (1987), South Carolina (1979) and Texas A&M (1995) won the WNIT, while Texas A&M (2011) won the NCAA tle prior to • The SEC has posted impressive non-conference records in the joining the SEC. last decade. The SEC compiled a 168-45 (.788) non-conference re- cord during the 2013-14 season. • In 2003, Auburn won the WNIT tle with wins over South Ala- bama, Florida State, Richmond, Creighton and Baylor. In 1999, the • Since the 1990 season, the SEC has compiled a 3471-1029 (.771) Arkansas Lady Razorbacks defeated Wisconsin 76-64 to claim the record against other conferences. The league has recorded 150+ SEC’s fi rst WNIT championship. wins during 10 seasons and has never recorded a non-conference winning percentage below .723. • In 1981, Georgia defeated Pi sburg, California and Arizona State (in OT) to capture the NWIT Championship, the fi rst-ever na onal • SEC teams have earned appearances in 25 of 33 NCAA Final championship of any kind for the SEC in women’s basketball. Fours, an accomplishment unmatched by any other league. The next closest is the Big East with 22 and the ACC with 18. INDIVIDUAL HONORS • Overall, SEC squads have fi lled 34 of the 132 Final Four berths, • The SEC has had 61 student-athletes named as a First-Team including having two Final Four teams in 1988 (Auburn, Tennes- All-America selec on. Those 61 have been named a total of 88 see), 1989 (Auburn, Tennessee), 1995 (Georgia, Tennessee), 1996 mes since the 1982-83 season (fi rst year of SEC sponsorship). (Georgia, Tennessee), 1998 (Arkansas, Tennessee), 2004 (LSU, Tennessee), 2005 (LSU, Tennessee), 2007 (LSU, Tennessee) and • All-Americans were fi rst named in women’s basketball in 1975. 2008 (LSU, Tennessee). Since that me, league schools have had 69 players named fi rst- team a total of 113 mes. • SEC teams have made 18 appearances in a na on-high 16 NCAA Championship games, winning eight NCAA Championships (Ten- • The league has had six Honda Sports Awards winners in Katrina nessee: 1987, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2007 and 2008). McClain, Georgia (1987); Bridge e Gordon, Tennessee (1989); Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee (1997 and 1998); and Candace • The league also had the dis nc on of providing both na onal Parker, Tennessee (2007 and 2008). fi nalists twice in its history in 1996 (Tennessee 83, Georgia 65) and in 1989 (Tennessee 76, Auburn 60). • Tennessee’s Chamique Holdsclaw was named the winner of the Honda-Broderick Cup, as the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the • SEC teams have won 373 NCAA Tournament games against 195 Year, in 1998. losses (.656) for an average of 11.3 NCAA wins per year. • Seven Naismith Player of the Year winners have come from the • In addi on, all 14 current members have appeared in the NCAA SEC. They include Saudia Roundtree, Georgia (1996), Chamique Tournament. Holdsclaw, Tennessee (1998 and 1999), Tamika Catchings, Tennes- see (2000), Seimone Augustus, LSU (2005 and 2006) and Candace • The SEC has led or shared the pack in NCAA tournament bids 23 Parker, Tennessee (2008). mes in its 33-year history. • SEC teams have provided 140 All-Region performers, including • Un l 2004, the SEC was the only conference to ever have eight 28 Most Outstanding Players. teams receive NCAA bids. The league has achieved this feat four mes, in 1999, 2002, 2012 & 2014. • Over the past 33 years, 38 Final Four All-Tournament Team members have come from SEC schools. • The SEC was also the fi rst league to ever have seven teams invit- ed to the NCAA Tournament and earned this honor a leading nine • In 1996, the en re all-tournament team was made up of mes (1986, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2009 & 2013). SEC players. • The SEC is one of a handful of leagues to have won three na on- • Nine NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship winners and 29 Academic al tournament tles with eight NCAA, two WNIT and four NWIT. All-Americans hail from the SEC. SEC Women’s Basketball The Nation’s Premier Women’s Basketball Conference SEC IN THE WNBA DOMINANCE IN THE POLLS • The Southeastern Conference had 25 former SEC student-ath- • Since the SEC began to sponsor women’s basketball in 1982, it letes make 2014 WNBA opening day rosters. has failed only three mes to place at least four members in each of the fi nal polls (the USA Today/ESPN poll began in 1986). • Overall, the SEC has had 124 former players go on to play in the league. • Last season, the SEC had four in the fi nal Asoociated Press poll and fi ve in the fi nal USA Today/WBCA poll. • In this year’s WNBA dra , a total of fi ve SEC women’s basketball players were taken. • In terms of rankings, the SEC has the richest history of any con- ference in the na on, boas ng more poll appearances than any • Since the inaugural WNBA dra in 1997, the SEC has had 131 other. former players dra ed for the professional league, including fi ve No. 1 picks. • Since the 1982 season, SEC teams have been ranked 577 consec- u ve weeks in the AP poll. SEC IN USA BASKETBALL • Since, 1982, league teams have been ranked in the AP poll 2,953 • SEC schools have produced 39 Olympians since 1976, with 35 mes, including 1,565 Top 10 appearances and 769 Top 5 appear- coming since the SEC began sponsoring women’s basketball. ances. ~ 1976 - Cindy Brogdon, Tennessee; Patricia Roberts, Tennessee • Overall, the league teams have been ranked 671 consecu ve ~ 1980 - Jill Rankin, Tennessee; Holly Warlick, Tennessee weeks, with teams ranked a total of 3,228 mes. The SEC has ~ 1984 - Teresa Edwards, Georgia; Lea Henry, Tennessee; 1,579 Top 10 appearances and 771 Top Five appearances overall. Cindy Noble, Tennessee ~ 1988 - Teresa Edwards, Georgia; Katrina McClain, Georgia; • SEC teams can also boost of 136 No. 1 rankings in the AP Poll. Jennifer Gillom, Ole Miss; Bridge e Gordon, Tennessee ~ 1992 - Carolyn Jones, Auburn; Vickie Orr, Auburn; • The league has had the top three teams in the AP Poll twice. In Tammy Jackson, Florida; Teresa Edwards, Georgia; week three in 2005 and in week eight in 1989. Katrina McClain, Georgia; Daedra Charles, Tennessee ~ 1996 - Ruthie Bolton, Auburn; Teresa Edwards, Georgia; • A na on-leading eight SEC teams were ranked at one point in Katrina McClain, Georgia; Nikki McCray, Tennessee, the AP and CNN/USA Today Top 25 polls during the 1995-96 sea- Carla McGhee, Tennessee son. The league mirrored that feat during the 1996-97 season. ~ 2000 - Ruthie Bolton-Holifi eld, Auburn; Teresa Edwards, Georgia; Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee; Nikki McCray, Tennessee; NCAA NUMBERS DO THE TALKING DeLisha Milton, Florida ~ 2004 - Tamika Catchings, Tennessee; Shannon Johnson, qq NCAA Appearances NCAA Tournament Wins SEC 203 SEC 373 South Carolina ACC 157 ACC 231 ~ 2008 - Seimone Augustus, LSU; Tamika Catchings, Tennessee; Big Ten 139 Big East 229 Sylvia Fowles, LSU; ; Kara Lawson, Tennessee; DeLisha Big East 135 Big Ten 160 Milton-Jones, Florida; Candace Parker, Tennessee Pac-12 113 Pac-12 160 ~ 2012 - Seimone Augustus, LSU; Tamika Catchings, Tennessee; Big 12 111 Big 12 159 Sylvia Fowles, LSU; Candace Parker, Tennessee Atlan c 10 79 Sun Belt 65 Sun Belt 51 Atlan c 10 61 • In addi on, other USA Basketball rosters included 22 on the Na- C-USA 49 Independents 32 onal Team, 18 on the U18 Na onal Team, 18 on the U19 World MVC 43 Championship Team, 21 on the Pan American Team, and 44 have Final Four Appearances been on the World University Game Team. NCAA Titles SEC 34 Big East 8 Big East 23 SEC 8 ACC 16 • While at an SEC school, 13 head coaches have been named to ACC 2 Pac-12 13 coach, as an assistant or head coach, for USA Basketball teams. Big 12 3 Sun Belt 8 Pac-12 2 Big Ten 8 Independents 1 Big 12 8 Sun Belt 1 Independents 6 Big Ten 1.