April 2, 2021 SEC COMMUNICATIONS Conference Overall Tammy Wilson (Women’s Basketball Contact) W-L Pct. H A W-L Pct. H A N Strk [email protected] @SEC_Tammy ^ www.SECsports.com Texas A&M 13-1 .929 7-0 6-1 25-3 .893 13-0 9-1 3-1 L1 Phone: (205) 458-3000 South Carolina# 14-2 .875 8-0 6-2 26-5 .839 10-1 7-3 9-1 L1 THIS WEEK IN THE SEC Tennessee 9-4 .692 6-1 3-3 17-8 .680 11-2 4-4 2-2 L1 NCAA Tournament Georgia 10-5 .667 5-3 5-2 21-7 .750 10-3 8-2 4-1 L1 First Round March 21 Kentucky 9-5 .643 5-1 4-4 18-9 .667 11-2 5-5 2-2 L1 #13 Idaho St. vs. #4 Kentucky ESPN W 71-63 Arkansas 9-6 .600 6-1 3-5 19-9 .679 12-1 6-5 1-3 L2 #14 MTSU vs. #3 Tennessee ABC W 87-62 #16 Mercer vs. #1 So. Carolina ESPN W 79-53 Alabama 8-8 .500 3-5 5-3 17-10 .629 7-5 8-3 2-2 L1 LSU 6-8 .429 3-5 3-3 9-13 .409 4-6 3-3 2-4 L1 March 22 #14 Drexel vs. #3 Georgia ESPN2 W 67-53 Mississippi State 5-7 .417 2-4 3-3 10-9 .526 7-4 3-4 0-1 L2 #10 UNC vs. #7 Alabama ESPN W 80-71 Missouri 5-9 .357 1-6 4-3 9-13 .409 5-7 4-3 0-3 L3 #13 Wright St. vs. #4 Arkansas ESPN L 62-66 #15 Troy vs. #2 Texas A&M ESPN2 W 84-80 Ole Miss 4-10 .286 2-4 2-6 15-12 .556 7-4 3-6 4-2 L1 Florida 3-11 .214 1-6 2-5 12-14 .462 7-6 3-6 2-2 L1 Second Round Auburn 0-15 .000 0-7 0-8 5-19 .208 5-9 0-9 0-1 L17 March 23 #5 Iowa vs. #4 Kentucky ESPNU L 72-86 Vanderbilt* 0-3 .000 0-2 0-1 4-4 .500 3-2 1-2 0-0 L3 #6 Michigan vs. #3 Tennessee ESPN2 L 55-70 #8 Oregon St. vs. #1 So. Carolina ESPN W 59-42 ^SEC Champion. #SEC Tournament Champion. *Opted out of the season. March 24 Honors: Big East - 150, Big 12 - 141, Pac-12 - 140. #7 Alabama vs #2 Maryland ESPN2 L 64-100 • SEC First Team All-SEC: Jasmine Walker, Alabama; • 2021 made a nation leading 13 times, seven SEC #7 Iowa State vs. #2 Texas A&M ESPN2 W 84-82 (OT) Chelsea Dungee, Arkansas; Rhyne Howard, Kentucky; teams have been invited to the NCAA Tournament (1986, #6 Oregon vs. #3 Georgia ESPN2 L 50-57 Khayla Pointer, LSU; Shakira Austin, Ole Miss; Aliyah Bos- 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2013, Sweet 16 ton, South Carolina; Zia Cooke, South Carolina; Rennia 2014, 2018, 2019, 2021). The SEC was the first league March 27 Davis, Tennessee; N’dea Jones, Texas A&M. to ever have seven teams invited. #3 Arizona vs. #2 Texas A&M ESPN2 L 59-74 • SEC Second Team All-SEC: Jordan Lewis, Alabama; • Tennessee has made all 39 NCAA Tournaments, while Unique Thompson, Auburn; Destiny Slocum, Arkansas; Georgia has made 34. South Carolina and Texas A&M March 28 Lavender Briggs, Florida; Jenna Staiti, Georgia; Aijha have both earned 17 bids, while Kentucky has earned 16. #5 Ga. Tech vs. #1 So. Carolina ABC W 76-65 Blackwell, Missouri; Rae Burrell, Tennessee; Aaliyah Wil- Arkansas makes its 12th appearance with Alabama mak- Elite 8 son, Texas A&M. ing its 11th. March 30 • SEC All-Freshman: Romi Levy, Auburn; Jordyn Merritt, • The SEC has had at least one team advance to the #6 Texas vs. #1 So. Carolina ESPN W 62-34 Florida; Sarah Ashlee Barker, Georgia; Snudda Collins, Sweet 16 in every year of NCAA Tournament history. All of Ole Miss; Madison Scott, Ole Miss; Madison Hayes, Mis- the SEC’s 14 members have advanced to the Sweet 16. Final Four - National Semifinals April 2 sissippi State; Mama Dembele, Missouri; Marta Suárez, • SEC teams have earned appearances in 29 of 39 #1 Stanford vs. #1 So. Carolina ESPN L 65-66 Tennessee. NCAA Final Fours, an accomplishment unmatched by any • SEC All-Defensive: Que Morrison, Georgia; Khayla other league. The next closest is the Big East with 23. Pointer, LSU; Chasity Patterson, Kentucky; Aliyah Boston, • SEC teams have won 441 NCAA Tournament games WNIT South Carolina; Tamari Key, Tennessee. against 236 losses (.661) for an average of 11.3 NCAA First Round March 19 • SEC Player of the Year: Rhyne Howard, Kentucky; wins per year. Fresno State vs. Missouri L 78-75 Freshman of the Year: Madison Scott, Ole Miss; SEC Co- • The SEC has posted impressive non-conference re- Charlotte vs. Florida W 66-65 Defensive Players of the Year: Que Morrison, Georgia & cords in the last decade. The SEC has compiled a 95-25 Samford vs. Ole Miss W 64-45 Aliyah Boston, South Carolina; SEC 6th Woman of the (.792) non-conference record during the 2020-21 Year: Destiny Pitts, Texas A&M; SEC Scholar-Athlete of the season. Second Round March 20 Year: Ciera Johnson, Texas A&M; SEC Coach of the Year: • Since the 1990 season, the SEC has compiled a Villanova vs. Florida L 57-77 Joni Taylor, Georgia. 4446-1345 (.768) record against other conferences. The Tulane vs. Ole Miss W 72-61 • AP All-American: (First Team) Aliyah Boston, South league has recorded 150+ wins during 13 seasons and Carolina; Rhyne Howard, Kentucky. (Third Team) Chelsea has never recorded a non-conference winning percent- Consolation Dungee, Arkansas. age below .703. March 20 Arizona State vs. Missouri L 39-50 • USBWA All-American: (First Team) Aliyah Boston, South Carolina; Rhyne Howard, Kentucky. (Third Team) Chelsea Third Round Dungee, Arkanas. March 22 • ESPN.com All-American: Aliyah Boston, South Caro- Colorado vs. Ole Miss W 65-56 lina (1st Team); Rhyne Howard, Kentucky (2nd Team). Semifinals • SI.com All-American: Aliyah Boston, South Carolina March 26 (1st Team); Rhyne Howard, Kentucky (2nd Team). Northern Iowa vs. Ole Miss W 60-50 • WNIT Memphis All-Tournament Team: Shakira Austin , Ole Miss (MVP), Donnetta Johnson, Ole Miss. Finals • Maggie Dixon Rookie Coach of the Year: Kyra Elzy, March 28 Rice vs. Ole Miss L 58-71 Kentucky. Notes: • The SEC leads all other conferences in all-time NCAA Tournament bids: SEC - 248, ACC - 202, Big Ten - 173, 2020-21 Women’s Basketball • 2020-21 Women’s Basketball • 2020-21 Women’s Basketball • 2020-21 Women’s Basketball • 2020-21 Women’s Basketball • 2020-21 Women’s Basketball • 2020-21 Women’s Basketball • 2020-21 Women’s Basketball SEC BASKETBALL MEDIA SERVICES SEC Release SEC Basketball Media Contacts The conference basketball release will be available each day of play begin- Alabama – Jessica Paré www.rolltide.com ning via the league’s websites. SEC standings and results will be updated each Email: [email protected] Office: (205) 348-3523 weekday, while conference statistics will be updated as often as needed based Twitter: @AlabamaWBB on the schedule of play. Information is also available via the school’s Media Arkansas – Mario Bravante www.arkansasrazorbacks.com Contacts. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @RazorbackWBB; @CoachNeighbors Weekly Awards Auburn – Wes Todd www.auburntigers.com Email: [email protected] The SEC will name a Player of the Week and Freshman of the Week in wom- Twitter: @AuburnWBB en’s basketball each Tuesday of the season. Selections will be announced in the Florida – Sam Stolte www.floridagators.com weekly release, the SEC website and on social media platforms. Nominations Email: [email protected] Office: (352) 375-4683 x6133 for the award are made each week by the women’s basketball media relations Twitter: @GatorsWBK; @camnew contacts and are selected by a vote of the SEC Communications staff. 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