2018–19 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season

The 2018–19 SEC women's basketball season began with practices in October 2018, followed by the start of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play started in early January 2019 and concluded in February, followed by the 2019 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, in March.[1]

2018–19 SEC Women's Basketball Season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams14
WNBA Draft
Regular Season
2019 SEC ChampionsMississippi State
Season MVPTeaira McCowan, Mississippi State
Tournament
2018–19 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 4 Mississippi State †15–1 .938  33–3  .917
No. 15 South Carolina13–3 .813  23–9  .719
No. 14 Texas A&M12–4 .750  26–7  .788
No. 17 Kentucky11–5 .688  25–8  .758
Missouri10–6 .625  24–11  .686
Auburn9–7 .563  22–10  .688
Georgia9–7 .563  18–12  .600
Tennessee7–9 .438  19–13  .594
LSU7–9 .438  16–13  .552
Arkansas6–10 .375  22–15  .595
Alabama5–11 .313  14–17  .452
Ole Miss3–13 .188  9–22  .290
Florida3–13 .188  8–23  .258
Vanderbilt2–14 .125  7–23  .233
† 2019 SEC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Pre-season

Pre-season team predictions
Media[2] Coaches[3]
1.
Mississippi State
2.
South Carolina
3. Tennessee Georgia
4. Georgia Tennessee
5.
Missouri
6.
Texas A&M
7.
Kentucky
8.
Auburn
9.
LSU
10.
Alabama
11.
Arkansas
12.
Florida
13.
Vanderbilt
14.
Ole Miss

Pre-season All-SEC teams
Media[2] Coaches[3]
Teiera McCowan Mississippi State McCowan
Caliya Robinson Georgia Robinson
Anriel Howard Mississippi State Howard
Sophie Cunningham Missouri Cunningham
Rennia Davis Tennessee Davis
Chennedy Carter Texas A&M Carter
Alexis Jennings South Carolina Tyasha Harris South Carolina
Maci Morris Kentucky
  • Coaches select eight players
  • Players in bold are choices 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 6th 84–79 71–74 9 1 0
Arkansas Mike Neighbors Washington 2nd 13–18 3–13 3 1 0
Auburn Terri Williams-Flournoy Georgetown 7th 102–91 35–63 4 0 0
Florida Cameron Newbauer Belmont 2nd 11–19 3–13 2 0 0
Georgia Joni Taylor Georgia (ass't) 4th 63–32 28–20 2 0 0
Kentucky Matthew Mitchell Morehead State 12th 256–117 108–64 8 0 0
LSU Nikki Fargas UCLA 8th 132–93 59–51 8 0 0
Mississippi State Vic Schaefer Sam Houston State 7th 161–53 61–35 4 2 0
Missouri Robin Pingeton Illinois State 9th 147–108 47–45 5 0 0
Ole Miss Yolett McPhee-McCuin Jacksonville 1st – – 0 0 0
South Carolina Dawn Staley Temple 11th 250–87 109–49 13 2 1
Tennessee Holly Warlick Tennessee (ass't) 7th 153–54 71–25 6 0 0
Texas A&M Gary Blair Arkansas 16th 758–314 62–32 24 2 1
Vanderbilt Stephanie White Indiana 3rd 21–40 11–36 0 0 0

Weekly rankings
Main article: 2018–19 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 NR
C NR
Arkansas AP NR
C NR RV RV NR
Auburn AP NR RV NR RV NR
C NR
Florida AP NR
C NR
Georgia AP 14 14 RV RV RV RV RV NR RV NR
C 13 24 RV NR
Kentucky AP NR NR NR 25 19 18 18 18 16 16 16 15 19 19 17 16 11 13 18
C NR RV 25 19 20 18 17 15 16 15 12 15 17 18 17
LSU AP NR NR NR RV NR
C NR
Mississippi State AP 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 6 5 5 4
C 6 6 6 6 5 4 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 6
Missouri AP 16 16 21 RV 23 22 RV NR RV RV RV 25 RV RV RV RV
C 14 18 RV 25 24 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 25
Ole Miss AP NR
C NR
South Carolina AP 10 10 13 18 22 25 25 25 23 21 15 19 16 12 11 13 14 12 16
C 11 12 19 24 RV RV RV RV 25 20 20 18 13 14 13
Tennessee AP 11 12 11 11 9 9 9 10 10 13 20 RV NR
C 12 11 11 9 9 8 10 10 13 17 RV NR
Texas A&M AP 20 20 20 17 RV RV 23 23 21 RV RV 24 20 18 22 21 19 15 17
C 22 21 16 RV RV 24 24 21 RV RV 25 24 22 23 22
Vanderbilt AP NR
C NR

Regular season matrix
Alabama Arkansas Auburn Florida Georgia Kentucky LSU Miss. State Missouri Ole Miss S. Carolina Tennessee Texas A&M Vanderbilt
vs. Alabama –1-02-01–10–11-01–01–01–00–11–00–11–00–1
vs. Arkansas 0–1–1-00–12–01-01–01–02–00–21–00–11–00–1
vs. Auburn 0-20–1–0–10–11-00–11–01–00–11–02–01–00–1
vs. Florida 1-11–01–0–1–01-01–01–00–11–02–01–01–00–1
vs. Georgia 1-10–21–00–2–1-10–11–01–00–11–00–11–00–1
vs. Kentucky 0-10–10–10–10–1–0–21–00–11–01–10–12–00–1
vs. LSU 0-10–11–00–11–02–0–2–00–10–11–01–01–10–1
vs. Miss. State 0-10–10–10–10–10–10–2–1–00–20–20–10–10–0
vs. Missouri 0-10–21–11–00–11–01–00–1–0–11–01–10–10–1
vs. Ole Miss 1-02–01–00–11–00–11–02–01-0–1–01–01–01–1
vs. South Carolina 0-10–10–10–20–11–10–12–00-10–1–0–10–10–1
vs. Tennessee 1-01–00–20–11–01–00–11–01-10–11–0–1–01–1
vs. Texas A&M 0-10–10–10–10–10–21–11–01-00–11–00–1–0–2
vs. Vanderbilt 1-01–01–01–01–01–01–01–01-01–11–01–12-0–
Total 5–116–109–73–139–711–57–915–110–63–1313–37–912–42–13

Postseason

SEC Tournament
Main article: 2019 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament
2019 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament seeds and results
Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker First Round
March 6		 Second Round
March 7		 Quarterfinals
March 8		 Semifinals
March 9		 Championship
March 10
1 ‡†Mississippi State 15–1 30–2 Bye Bye vs. #8 Tennessee
W, 83–68		 vs. #5 Missouri
W, 71–56		 vs. #10 Arkansas
W, 101–70
2 †South Carolina 13–3 21–9 Bye Bye vs. #10 Arkansas
L, 89–95
3 †Texas A&M 12–4 24–7 Bye Bye vs. #6 Auburn
W, 64–62		 vs. #10 Arkansas
L, 51–58
4 †Kentucky 12–5 24–7 Bye Bye vs. #5 Missouri
L, 68–70 (OT)
5 #Missouri 11–6 23–10 Bye vs. #13 Florida
W, 87–56		 vs. #4 Kentucky
W, 70–68 (OT)		 vs. #1 Mississippi State
L, 56–71
6 #Auburn 10–7 22–9 1–0 vs. UGA Bye vs. #11 Alabama
W, 53–52		 vs. #6 Texas A&M
L, 62–64
7 #Georgia 9–8 18–12 0–1 vs. AUB Bye vs. #10 Arkansas
L, 76–86
8 #Tennessee 8–9 19–12 1–0 vs. LSU Bye vs. #9 LSU
W, 69–66		 vs. #1 Mississippi State
L, 68–83
9 #LSU 7–10 16–13 0–1 vs. TENN Bye vs. #8 Tennessee
L, 66–69
10 #Arkansas 7–10 20–14 Bye vs. #7 Georgia
W, 86–76		 vs. #2 South Carolina
W, 95–89		 vs. #3 Texas A&M
W, 58–51		 vs. #1 Mississippi State
L, 70–101
11 Alabama 5–12 14–17 vs. #14 Vanderbilt
W, 74–57		 vs. #6 Auburn
L, 52–53
12 Ole Miss 3–13 9–22 1–0 vs. UF vs. #13 Florida
L, 57–64
13 Florida 3–14 8–23 0–1 vs. MISS vs. #12 Ole Miss
W, 64–57		 vs. #5 Missouri
L, 56–87
14 Vanderbilt 2–14 7–23 vs. #11 Alabama
L, 57–74
‡ – 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: 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
Seed Bracket School First Round Second Round Sweet 16 Elite 8
1 Portland Mississippi State vs. #16 Southern
W, 103–46		 vs. #9 Clemson
W, 85–61		 vs. #5 Arizona State
W, 76–53		 vs. #2 Oregon
L, 84–88
4 Chicago Texas A&M vs. #11 Wright State
W, 84–61		 vs. #5 Marquette
W, 78–76		 vs. #1 Notre Dame
L, 80–87
4 Greensboro South Carolina vs. #13 Belmont
W, 74–52		 vs. #5 Florida State
W, 72–64		 vs. #1 Baylor
L, 68–93
6 Greensboro Kentucky vs. #11 Princeton
W, 82–77		 vs. #3 NC State
L, 57–72
7 Greensboro Missouri vs. #10 Drake
W, 77–76 (OT)		 vs. #2 Iowa
L, 52–68
10 Chicago Auburn vs. #7 BYU
L, 64–73
11 Albany Tennessee vs. #6 UCLA
W, 77–89
# Bids: 7 W-L (%): TOTAL: 9–7 (.563) 5–2 (.714) 3–2 (.600) 1–2 (.333) 0–1 (.000)

Women's National Invitation Tournament
Main article: 2019 Women's National Invitation Tournament
School First Round Second Round Third Round
Arkansas
(2–1)		 vs. Houston
W, 88–80 (OT)		 vs. UAB
W, 100–52		 vs. TCU
L, 78–82

WNBA Draft
Main article: 2019 WNBA Draft
Player Team Round Pick # School
Teaira McCowan Indiana Fever 1 3 Mississippi State
Sophie Cunningham Phoenix Mercury 2 13 Missouri
Anriel Howard Seattle Storm 2 24 Mississippi State
Caliya Robinson Indiana Fever 3 28 Georgia

References
  1. "SEC announces 2019 Women's Basketball schedule" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. August 24, 2018. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
  2. "Media picks Mississippi State as SEC Women's Champion" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. October 17, 2018. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
  3. "Coaches tab Mississippi State as 2018 SEC women's basketball champs" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. October 31, 2018. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
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