The 2019–20 SEC women's basketball season began with practices in October 2019, followed by the start of the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play started in early January 2020 and concluded in February, to be followed by the 2020 SEC women's basketball tournament at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, in March.

Pre-season

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

Pre-season All-SEC teams

Media Coaches Chennedy Carter Texas A&M Carter Chelsea Dungee Arkansas Dungee Rhyne Howard Kentucky Howard Ayana Mitchell LSU Mitchell Tyasha Harris South Carolina Harris Jordan Danberry Mississippi State Amber Smith Missouri Rennia Davis Tennessee Coaches select eight players Player in bold is choice 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 7th 98–96 76–85 9 1 0Arkansas Washington 3rd 25–33 9–23 3 1 0Auburn Georgetown 8th 124–101 44–70 5 0 0Florida Belmont 3rd 19–42 6–26 2 0 0Georgia Georgia (asst.) 5th 81–44 37–27 2 0 0Kentucky Morehead State 13th 281–125 119–69 9 0 0LSU UCLA 9th 148–106 66–60 8 0 0Mississippi State Texas A&M (assoc. HC) 8th 194–56 76–36 5 2 0Missouri Illinois State 10th 171–119 57–51 6 0 0Ole Miss Jacksonville 2nd 9–22 3–13 0 0 0South Carolina Temple 12th 273–97 122–52 14 2 1Tennessee Missouri State 1st 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Texas A&M Arkansas 17th 784–322 74–36 24 2 1Vanderbilt Indiana Fever 4th 28–63 13–50 0 0 0

Weekly rankings

+ Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. 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 C Arkansas AP 22 23 20 25 23 21 21 20 20 21 23 C 22 18 24 23 20 20 20 20 21 23 Auburn AP RV NR C Florida AP C Georgia AP C Kentucky AP 13 13 14 15 14 15 14 13 13 14 11 C 16 14 14 14 11 13 13 13 14 11 LSU AP RV NR 25 NR C NR NR RV Mississippi State AP 10 10 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 13 10 C 8 8 8 8 14 15 14 14 12 9 Missouri AP C RV NR Ole Miss AP C South Carolina AP 8 6 5 5 6 5 5 4 4 4 1 C 10 6 6 7 6 6 5 5 5 2 Tennessee AP RV RV 23T 20 17 23 23 22 22 23 24 C RV RV 25 19 24 24 24 23 24 25 Texas A&M AP 6 5 6 6 12 11 11 11 11 10 12 C 7 7 7 13 13 12 12 12 10 12 Vanderbilt AP C

Conference matrix AlabamaArkansasAuburnFloridaGeorgiaKentuckyLSUMiss. StateMissouriOle MissS. CarolinaTennesseeTexas A&MVanderbiltvs. Alabama – 0–00–10–00–01–01–00–00–00–01–00–00–00–0vs. Arkansas0–0 – 0–10–00–00–00–00–00–10–00–00–11–00–0vs. Auburn1–01–0 – 1–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–01–0vs. Florida0–00–00–1 – 0–01–00–01–00–00–00–00–00–00–1vs. Georgia0–00–00–00–0 – 0–00–01–00–00–10–00–00–01–0vs. Kentucky0–10–00–00–10–0 – 0–00–00–00–01–00–10–10–0vs. LSU0–10–00–00–00–00–0 – 0–01–00–10–00–00–00–0vs. Miss. State0–00–00–00–10–10–00–0 – 0–10–00–00–00–00–0vs. Missouri0–01–00–00–00–00–00–11–0 – 0–00–01–00–00–0vs. Ole Miss0–00–00–00–01–00–01–00–00-0 – 0–01–01–00–0vs. South Carolina0–10–10–00–00–00–10–00–00–00–0 – 0–00–00–1vs. Tennessee0–00–00–00–00–11–00–00–00–10–10–0 – 0–00–0vs. Texas A&M0–00–10–00–00–00–01–00–00-00–10–00–0 – 0–0vs. Vanderbilt0–00–00–11–00–10–00–00–00–00–01–00–00–0 – Total1–32–20–42–21–33–13–13–01–30–44–03–12–12–2

Postseason

SEC tournament

March 4–8 at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina. Teams are seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion.

2020 SEC women's basketball tournament seeds and results Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker First RoundMarch 4 Second RoundMarch 5 QuarterfinalsMarch 6 SemifinalsMarch 7 ChampionshipMarch 81 ‡†South Carolina16–032–1 Bye Bye vs. #9 GeorgiaW, 89–56 vs. #5 ArkansasW, 90–64 vs. #2 Mississippi StateW, 76–622 †Mississippi State 13–327–6 Bye Bye vs. #7 LSUW, 79–49 vs. #3 KentuckyW, 77–59 vs. #1 South CarolinaL, 62–763 †Kentucky10–622–7 1–0 vs. TAMU, 1–0 vs. TENN, 0–1 vs. ARK Bye Bye vs. #6 TennesseeW, 86–65 vs. #2 Mississippi StateL, 59–774 †Texas A&M10–622–8 1–0 vs. TENN, 1–0 vs. ARK, 0–1 vs. UK Bye Bye vs. #5 ArkansasL, 66–67 5 #Arkansas10–624–8 1–0 vs. TENN, 1–0 vs. UK, 0–1 vs. TAMU Bye vs. #13 AuburnW, 90–66 vs. #4 Texas A&MW, 67–66 vs. #1 South CarolinaL, 64–90 6 #Tennessee10–621–10 0–1 vs. UK, 0–1 vs. TAMU, 0–1 vs. ARK Bye vs. #11 MissouriW, 64–51 vs. #3 KentuckyL, 65–86 7#LSU9–720–10 Bye vs. #10 FloridaW, 73–59 vs. #2 Mississippi StateL, 49–79 8#Alabama8–818–12 Bye vs. #9 GeorgiaL, 61–68 9 #Georgia7–917–14 Bye vs. #8 AlabamaW, 68–61 vs. #1 South CarolinaL, 56–89 10#Florida7–1015–15 Bye vs. #7 LSUL, 59–73 11Missouri5–119–22 vs. #14 Ole MissW, 64–53 vs. #6 TennesseeL, 51–64 12Vanderbilt4–1214–16 vs. #13 AuburnL, 67–77 13Auburn4–1211–18 vs. #12 VanderbiltW, 77–67 vs. #5 ArkansasL, 66–90 14Ole Miss0–167–23 vs. #11 MissouriL, 53–64 ‡ – 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.

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