Women's Bracketology: Brackets in all shapes and sizes
Conference tourney losses Thursday left the Irish's streak of consecutive NCAA tournament appearances in jeopardy and Mississippi St. on the bubble.
2021 Schedule
2021 Schedule
19-4, 1st in SEC
- 11/25W 119-38
- 11/28W 81-71
- 11/2921W 79-72
- 12/38L 54-46
- 12/623W 83-65
- 12/17W 103-41
- 12/31W 75-59
- 1/4W 77-60
- 1/7PPD
- 1/1010W 75-70
- 1/14W 106-43
- 1/1815W 104-82
- 1/2122W 62-50
- 1/24W 69-65
- 1/2821W 75-52
- 1/31W 87-63
- 2/4W 77-58
- 2/82L 63-59
- 2/11W 77-62
- 2/14W 66-59
- 2/1821L 75-67
- 2/2117W 76-55
- 2/25W 68-43
- 2/283L 65-57
- 3/5h:mm a z, US/Eastern
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Staley says South Carolina has yet to play best ball (3:48)
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Aggies beat S.C. for 1st SEC regular-season title
Aaliyah Wilson scored 17 points and N'dea Jones added 16 to lead No. 3 Texas A&M to a 65-57 win over fifth-ranked South Carolina on Sunday to give the Aggies their first regular-season Southeastern Conference title.
South Carolina turns a block into a layup late in the 2nd quarter (0:16)
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No. 2 South Carolina cooks up big win over No. 17 UK (1:49)
Cooke drills triple to end 3rd quarter for South Carolina (0:23)
South Carolina pulls away behind stout defense (0:57)
Saxton scores in traffic for South Carolina and-1 (0:17)
Lady Vols end S. Carolina's 31-game SEC streak
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Lady Vols snap South Carolina's 31-game SEC win streak (2:10)
Why each team in the NCAA's top 16 could win the 2021 NCAA title
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Stanford, UConn among early reveal's top seeds
The SEC has the most teams in the top 16 seeds, with five in the first early reveal of the NCAA tournament, unveiled on ESPN on Monday night.
What we learned from the NCAA women's bracket reveal
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UConn new No. 1 in AP women's basketball poll
The UConn Huskies have returned to a familiar place in the national rankings, climbing to No. 1 in the latest Associated Press women's basketball poll released on Monday.
What are the biggest questions ahead of the NCAA's women's bracket reveal?
The NCAA selection committee will reveal its current top-16 teams at halftime of Monday's Stanford-Oregon game (ESPN/ESPN App, 9 p.m. ET).
South Carolina's suffocating defense stifles LSU (3:37)
Boston and Henderson execute perfect inbounds play (0:18)
Henderson's layup caps Gamecocks' 12-0 run (0:22)
Staley says second-half defense helped secure the win (3:32)
2020-21 SEC Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas A&M | 13-1 | - | 22-1 |
| South Carolina | 14-2 | - | 19-4 |
| Tennessee | 9-4 | 3.5 | 15-6 |
| Georgia | 10-5 | 3.5 | 18-5 |
| Kentucky | 9-6 | 4.5 | 17-7 |
| Arkansas | 9-6 | 4.5 | 19-8 |
| Alabama | 8-8 | 6 | 16-8 |
| LSU | 6-8 | 7 | 9-12 |
| Mississippi State | 5-7 | 7 | 10-9 |
| Missouri | 5-9 | 8 | 9-11 |
| Ole Miss | 4-10 | 9 | 11-10 |
| Florida | 3-11 | 10 | 11-13 |
| Vanderbilt | 0-3 | 7.5 | 4-4 |
| Auburn | 0-15 | 13.5 | 5-19 |
2021 Polls & Rankings
| AP | COACHES |
|---|---|
| 7 | 7 |
2021 Recruits
| NAME | POS | STATUS | GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saniya Rivers | SG | Signed | 98 |
| Sania Feagin | PF | Signed | 98 |
| Raven Johnson | PG | Signed | 98 |
| Aubryanna Hall | SG | Signed | 96 |