The 2017–18 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season began with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play started in late December 2017 and concluded in February 2018, followed by the 2018 SEC women's basketball tournament at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.

Pre-season

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

Pre-season All-SEC teams

Media Coaches A'ja Wilson South Carolina Wilson Victoria Vivians Mississippi State Vivians Morgan William Mississippi State William Sophie Cunningham Missouri Cunningham Mercedes Russell Tennessee Russell Raigyne Louis LSU Jaime Nared Tennessee Khaalia Hillsman Texas A&M 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 championshipsAlabama Texas Tech 5th 373–214 64–65 9 1 0Arkansas Washington 1st 98–41 – 3 1 0Auburn Georgetown 6th 231–180 30–52 4 0 0Florida Belmont 1st 79–50 – 2 0 0Georgia Georgia (ass't) 3rd 37–25 16–16 1 0 0Kentucky Memphis 11th 271–129 102–54 8 0 0LSU UCLA 7th 185–109 48–46 7 0 0Mississippi State Sam Houston State 6th 204–161 45–35 3 1 0Missouri Illinois State 8th 458–257 36–40 4 0 0Ole Miss Kentucky 5th 58–68 17–43 0 0 0South Carolina Temple 10th 393–160 97–45 12 2 1Tennessee Tennessee (ass't) 6th 128–46 60–20 5 0 0Texas A&M Arkansas 15th 739–304 51–27 23 2 1Vanderbilt Indiana 2nd 14–16 4–12 0 0 0

Weekly rankings

+ Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. RV=Received votes. NR=No rank/vote.+  Pre Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 Wk16 Wk17 Wk18 FinalAlabama AP NR RV RV NR C NR Arkansas AP NR C NR Auburn AP NR C NR Florida AP NR C NR Georgia AP NR NR RV RV NR NR NR NR NR RV RV 21 17 18 20 19 19 C RV RV NR NR NR NR RV NR RV 24 20 18 18 19 19 18 Kentucky AP RV 25 22 22 20 RV NR C RV RV 22 23 RV NR LSU AP RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV NR NR RV RV RV 24 24 C RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV RV RV Mississippi State AP 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 C 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 Missouri AP 16 23 23 19 17 16 16 16 15 12 11 11 15 15 13 11 14 C 16 19 18 17 16 16 16 16 13 12 11 15 15 13 9 13 Ole Miss AP NR C NR South Carolina AP 4 4 3 5 5 4 4 4 4 9 10 9 7 7 8 7 8 Coaches 2 2 6 6 5 5 5 5 8 10 7 6 8 8 6 8 Tennessee AP 14 13 12 12 117 7 7 7 6 6 10 12 11 11 15 12 Coaches 18 14 1313 7 7 7 7 6 7 10 13 11 11 14 12 Texas A&M AP 20 19 19 18 21 19 19 22 19 17 16 15 14 14 17 17 15 C RV 25 21 22 22 20 21 19 16 17 15 12 14 18 18 16 Vanderbilt AP NR C NR Source:NCAA Women's Basketball Division 1 Rankings

Regular season matrix This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.   AlabamaArkansasAuburnFloridaGeorgiaKentuckyLSUMississippi StateMissouriOle MissSouth CarolinaTennesseeTexas A&MVanderbiltvs. Alabama – 1–11–00–10–01–00–11–01–00–01–00–01–00–1vs. Arkansas1–1 – 0–11–01–01–00–01–01–00–11–01–00–01–0vs. Auburn0–11–0 – 0–11–01–01–10–00–00–01–02–02–00–0vs. Florida1–00–11–0 – 1–01–01–02–01–01–10–00–00–00–0vs. Georgia0–00–10–10–1 – 0–11–01–00–10–10–00–00–10–2vs. Kentucky0–10–10–10–11–0 – 1–00–01–00–01–01–01–01–0vs. LSU1–00–11–10–10–10–1 – 1–00–10–00–00–11–00–1vs. Mississippi State0–10–10–00–20–10–00–1 – 0–10–20–10–00–00–0vs. Missouri0–10–00–00–11–00–11–01–0 – 0–11–10–10–00–1vs. Ole Miss0–01–00–01–11–00–00–02–01–0 – 1–01–01–01–0vs. South Carolina0–10–10–10–10–10–20–01–01–10–1 – 2–00–10–1vs. Tennessee1–00–10–10–10–10–11–01–01–00–10–2 – 1–10–2vs. Texas A&M0–10–10–20–11–00–11–11–10–00–11–01–1 – 0–1vs. Vanderbilt1–00–11–01–02–00–11–01–01–00–11–02–01–0 –Total 7–9 3–13 5–11 3–13 12–4 6–10 11–5 16–0 11–5 1–15 12–4 11–5 11–5 3–13

Attendance TeamArenaCapacity Game 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7Game 8Total Average% of capacityGame 9Game 10Game 11Game 12Game 13Game 14Game 15Game 16Alabama Coleman Coliseum 15,383 2,414 2,035 4,179 2,009 2,229 1,971 2,070 2,410 27,770 2,314 1,370 2,323 2,117 2,643Arkansas Bud Walton Arena 19,368 4,719 1,739 1,132 1,139 1,821 1,481 1,388 1,701 17,721 1,172 1,288 1,313 Auburn Auburn Arena 9,121 1,489 1,879 2,769 2,589 1,585 1,749 1,788 1,98021,2952,130 2,110 3,357 Florida O'Connell Center 10,133 1,509 1,143 2,989 1,009 1,512 1,008 1,054 1,008 20,886 1,492 1,206 1,305 1,509 1,332 2,601 1,701Georgia Stegeman Coliseum 10,523 3,292 2,194 2,115 2,084 3,390 4,290 6,942 2,137 41,901 3,223 2,614 2,934 2,229 5,012 2,668Kentucky Memorial Coliseum 10,000 4,313 4,256 4,710 4,276 4,561 4,071 5,871 4,753 62,992 5,249 8,921 5,782 6,521 4,957LSU Pete Maravich Assembly Center 13,215 2,353 1,665 2,011 1,746 2,020 2,525 1,765 4,333 18,418 2,302 Mississippi State Humphrey Coliseum 10,575 6,811 4,584 5,321 5,138 5,010 5,445 4,953 8,535 74,093 6,174 5,398 7,161 9,010 6,727Missouri Mizzou Arena 15,061 3,351 4,251 3,068 3,345 3,470 3,234 4,630 3,253 38,473 3,847 4,652 5,219Ole Miss The Pavilion at Ole Miss 9,500 8,302 7,042 817 1,112 6,297 873 8,229 1,155 42,257 3,521 1,018 1,323 931 5,158South Carolina Colonial Life Arena 18,000 13,723 12,471 12,020 13,054 11,732 13,345 13,431 12,011 160,827 13,402 14,763 12,844 13,433 18,000Tennessee Thompson–Boling Arena 21,678 8,869 7,553 7,818 7,311 8,004 7,187 9,651 8,663 97,531 8,867 10,023 13,436 9,016Texas A&M Reed Arena 12,989 3,085 2,867 3,315 3,123 2,815 3,009 3,391 7,180 53,910 3,851 3,886 4,316 3,662 5,053 4,702 3,506Vanderbilt Memorial Gymnasium 14,316 2,866 5,367 2,495 2,292 2,330 2,153 27,067 2,707 2,112 2,212 2,231 3,009

Postseason

SEC tournament

February 28–March 4 at the Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee. Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular season champion, if necessary.

2018 SEC women's basketball tournament seeds and results Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker First roundFebruary 28 Second roundMarch 1 QuarterfinalsMarch 2 SemifinalsMarch 3 ChampionshipMarch 41 ‡†Mississippi State16–032–1 Bye Bye vs. #9 KentuckyW, 81–58 vs. #5 TAMUW, 70–55 vs. #2 South CarolinaL, 51–622 †South Carolina 12–425–61–0 vs. UGA Bye Bye vs. #7 TennesseeW, 73–62 vs. #3 GeorgiaW, 71–49 vs. #1 Mississippi StateW, 62–513 †Georgia12–425–60–1 vs. SC Bye Bye vs. #6 MissouriW, 55–41 vs. #2 South CarolinaL, 49–714 †LSU11–519–91–0 vs. Missouri, 1–0 vs. UT, 1–1 vs. TAMU Bye Bye vs. #5 TAMUL, 69–755 #Texas A&M11–524–81–0 vs. Missouri, 1–1 vs. LSU, 1–1 vs. UT Bye vs. #13 ArkansasW, 82–52 vs. #4 LSUW, 75–69 vs. #1 Mississippi StateL, 55–706 #Missouri11–524–71–0 vs. UT, 0–1 LSU, 0–1 vs. TAMU Bye vs. #14 Ole MissW, 59–50 vs. #3 GeorgiaL, 41–557#Tennessee11–524–71–1 vs. TAMU, 0–1 vs. LSU, 0–1 vs. Missouri Bye vs. #10 AuburnW, 64–61 vs. #2 South CarolinaL, 62–738#Alabama7–917–13 Bye vs. #9 KentuckyL, 64–799 #Kentucky6–1015–17 Bye vs. #8 AlabamaW, 79–64 vs. #1 Mississippi StateL, 58–8110#Auburn5–1114–15 Bye vs. #7 TennesseeL, 61–6411Florida3–1311–191–0 vs. Vanderbilt, 1–0 vs. Arkansas vs. #14 Ole MissL, 42–4812Vanderbilt3–137–240–1 vs. UF, 0–1 vs. Arkansas vs. #13 ArkansasL, 76–8813Arkansas3–1313–180–1 vs. UF, 1–0 vs. Vanderbilt vs. #12 VanderbiltW, 88–76 vs. #5 TAMUL, 52–8214Ole Miss1–1512–19 vs. #11 FloridaW, 48–42 vs. #6 MissouriL, 50–59‡ – SEC regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed† – Received a double bye in the conference tournament# – Received a single bye in the conference tournamentOverall records include all games played in the tournament.

NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament

Seed Bracket School First round Second round Sweet 16 Elite 8 Final Four Championship 1 Kansas City Mississippi State vs. #16 Nicholls StateW, 95–50 vs. #9 Oklahoma StateW, 71–56 vs. #4 NC StateW, 71–57 vs. #3 UCLAW, 89–73 vs. #1 LouisvilleW, 73–63OT vs. #1 Notre DameL, 58–61 2 Albany South Carolina vs. #15 NC A&TW, 63–52 vs. #10 VirginiaW, 66–56 vs. #11 BuffaloW, 79–63 vs. #1 ConnecticutL, 65–94 3 Lexington Tennessee vs. #14 LibertyW, 100–60 vs. #6 Oregon StateL, 59–66 4 Albany Georgia vs. #13 MercerW, 68–63 vs. #5 DukeL, 40–66 4 Spokane Texas A&M vs. #13 DrakeW, 89–76 vs. #5 DePaulW, 80–79 vs. #1 Notre DameL, 84–90 5 Lexington Missouri vs. #12 Florida Gulf CoastL, 70–80 6 Spokane LSU vs. #11 Central MichiganL, 69–78 # Bids: 7W–L (%):Total:

Women's National Invitation tournament

School First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Alabama(3–1) vs. SouthernW, 69–56 vs. UCFW, 80–61 vs. Georgia TechW, 61–59 vs. Virginia TechL, 67–74

WNBA draft

PickPlayerWNBA teamSchool1 A'ja Wilson Las Vegas Aces South Carolina3 Diamond DeShields Chicago Sky Tennessee / Çukurova (Turkey)8 Victoria Vivians Indiana Fever Mississippi State 13 Jaime Nared Las Vegas Aces Tennessee22 Mercedes Russell New York Liberty Tennessee25 Raigyne Louis Las Vegas Aces LSU27 Mackenzie Engram Atlanta Dream Georgia

Honors and awards

All-SEC awards and teams

References