# 2019–20 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season

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 | Mississippi State |
| 4. | Kentucky | Kentucky |
| 5. | Arkansas | Arkansas |
| 6. | Tennessee | LSU |
| 7. | Auburn | Tennessee |
| 8. | LSU | Auburn |
| 9. | Missouri | Missouri |
| 10. | Georgia | Georgia |
| 11. | Alabama | Alabama |
| 12. | Florida | Vanderbilt |
| 13. | Ole Miss | 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 Championships |
| Alabama | Kristy Curry | Texas Tech | 7th | 98–96 | 76–85 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Arkansas | Mike Neighbors | Washington | 3rd | 25–33 | 9–23 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Auburn | Terri Williams-Flournoy | Georgetown | 8th | 124–101 | 44–70 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Florida | Cameron Newbauer | Belmont | 3rd | 19–42 | 6–26 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Georgia | Joni Taylor | Georgia (asst.) | 5th | 81–44 | 37–27 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kentucky | Matthew Mitchell | Morehead State | 13th | 281–125 | 119–69 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| LSU | Nikki Fargas | UCLA | 9th | 148–106 | 66–60 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Mississippi State | Vic Schaefer | Texas A&M (assoc. HC) | 8th | 194–56 | 76–36 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Missouri | Robin Pingeton | Illinois State | 10th | 171–119 | 57–51 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Ole Miss | Yolett McPhee-McCuin | Jacksonville | 2nd | 9–22 | 3–13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Carolina | Dawn Staley | Temple | 12th | 273–97 | 122–52 | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| Tennessee | Kellie Harper | Missouri State | 1st | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Texas A&M | Gary Blair | Arkansas | 17th | 784–322 | 74–36 | 24 | 2 | 1 |
| Vanderbilt | Stephanie White | 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 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 |
| Alabama | AP | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Alabama | C | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arkansas | AP | 22 | 23 | 20 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 23 |
| Arkansas | C | 22 | 18 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 23 | |
| Auburn | AP | RV | NR | | | | | | | | | |
| Auburn | C | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Florida | AP | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Florida | C | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Georgia | AP | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Georgia | C | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kentucky | AP | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 11 |
| Kentucky | C | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 11 | |
| LSU | AP | RV | NR | | | 25 | NR | | | | | |
| LSU | C | NR | NR | RV | | | | | | | | |
| Mississippi State | AP | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 10 |
| Mississippi State | C | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 9 | |
| Missouri | AP | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Missouri | C | RV | NR | | | | | | | | | |
| Ole Miss | AP | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ole Miss | C | | | | | | | | | | | |
| South Carolina | AP | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| South Carolina | C | 10 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | |
| Tennessee | AP | RV | RV | 23T | 20 | 17 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| Tennessee | 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 |
| Texas A&M | C | 7 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | |
| Vanderbilt | AP | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Vanderbilt | C | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Conference matrix

| | Alabama | Arkansas | Auburn | Florida | Georgia | Kentucky | LSU | Miss. State | Missouri | Ole Miss | S. Carolina | Tennessee | Texas A&M | Vanderbilt |
| vs. Alabama | – | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| vs. Arkansas | 0–0 | – | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| vs. Auburn | 1–0 | 1–0 | – | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| vs. Florida | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | – | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| vs. Georgia | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| vs. Kentucky | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| vs. LSU | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| vs. Miss. State | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| vs. Missouri | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| vs. Ole Miss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0-0 | – | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| vs. South Carolina | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| vs. Tennessee | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| vs. Texas A&M | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0-0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 |
| vs. Vanderbilt | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – |
| Total | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 |

## 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 Round March 4 | Second Round March 5 | Quarterfinals March 6 | Semifinals March 7 | Championship March 8 |
| 1 | ‡†South Carolina | 16–0 | 32–1 | | Bye | Bye | vs. #9 Georgia W, 89–56 | vs. #5 Arkansas W, 90–64 | vs. #2 Mississippi State W, 76–62 |
| 2 | †Mississippi State | 13–3 | 27–6 | | Bye | Bye | vs. #7 LSU W, 79–49 | vs. #3 Kentucky W, 77–59 | vs. #1 South Carolina L, 62–76 |
| 3 | †Kentucky | 10–6 | 22–7 | 1–0 vs. TAMU, 1–0 vs. TENN, 0–1 vs. ARK | Bye | Bye | vs. #6 Tennessee W, 86–65 | vs. #2 Mississippi State L, 59–77 | |
| 4 | †Texas A&M | 10–6 | 22–8 | 1–0 vs. TENN, 1–0 vs. ARK, 0–1 vs. UK | Bye | Bye | vs. #5 Arkansas L, 66–67 | | |
| 5 | #Arkansas | 10–6 | 24–8 | 1–0 vs. TENN, 1–0 vs. UK, 0–1 vs. TAMU | Bye | vs. #13 Auburn W, 90–66 | vs. #4 Texas A&M W, 67–66 | vs. #1 South Carolina L, 64–90 | |
| 6 | #Tennessee | 10–6 | 21–10 | 0–1 vs. UK, 0–1 vs. TAMU, 0–1 vs. ARK | Bye | vs. #11 Missouri W, 64–51 | vs. #3 Kentucky L, 65–86 | | |
| 7 | #LSU | 9–7 | 20–10 | | Bye | vs. #10 Florida W, 73–59 | vs. #2 Mississippi State L, 49–79 | | |
| 8 | #Alabama | 8–8 | 18–12 | | Bye | vs. #9 Georgia L, 61–68 | | | |
| 9 | #Georgia | 7–9 | 17–14 | | Bye | vs. #8 Alabama W, 68–61 | vs. #1 South Carolina L, 56–89 | | |
| 10 | #Florida | 7–10 | 15–15 | | Bye | vs. #7 LSU L, 59–73 | | | |
| 11 | Missouri | 5–11 | 9–22 | | vs. #14 Ole Miss W, 64–53 | vs. #6 Tennessee L, 51–64 | | | |
| 12 | Vanderbilt | 4–12 | 14–16 | | vs. #13 Auburn L, 67–77 | | | | |
| 13 | Auburn | 4–12 | 11–18 | | vs. #12 Vanderbilt W, 77–67 | vs. #5 Arkansas L, 66–90 | | | |
| 14 | Ole Miss | 0–16 | 7–23 | | vs. #11 Missouri L, 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. ||||||||||