# 2014–15 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season

The 2014–15 SEC women's basketball season began with practices in October 2014, followed by the start of the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play started in early January 2015 and concluded in March, followed by the 2015 SEC women's basketball tournament at the Verizon Arena in North Little Rock, Arkansas.

## Preseason

| | Media |
| 1. | South Carolina (210) |
| 2. | Tennessee |
| 3. | Texas A&M |
| 4. | Kentucky |
| 5. | Vanderbilt |
| 6. | Georgia |
| 7. | LSU |
| 8. | Mississippi State |
| 9. | Florida |
| 10. | Auburn |
| 11. | Arkansas (tie) |
| 11. | Missouri (tie) |
| 13. | Alabama |
| 14. | Ole Miss |

### Preseason All-SEC teams

* Media
* Martha Alwal Mississippi State Tiffany Mitchell South Carolina Aleighsa Welch South Carolina Isabelle Harrison Tennessee Courtney Walker Texas A&M
* Coaches select 5 players
* Players in bold are choices for SEC Player of the Year

## Rankings

Legend :
* Increase in ranking
* Decrease in ranking
* Not ranked previous week
| | | Pre | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | Wk 17 | Wk 18 | Final |
| Alabama | AP | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Alabama | C | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Arkansas | AP | RV | RV | RV | 25т | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Arkansas | C | RV | NR | NR | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Auburn | AP | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Auburn | C | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Florida | AP | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Florida | C | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Georgia | AP | RV | 24т | 22т | 19 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 24 | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Georgia | C | RV | RV | 25 | 23 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 21 | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Kentucky | AP | 11 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
| Kentucky | C | 10 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| LSU | AP | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | NR | RV | RV | RV |
| LSU | C | 24 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Mississippi State | AP | RV | RV | 25 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
| Mississippi State | C | NR | RV | RV | 25 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
| Missouri | AP | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Missouri | C | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Ole Miss | AP | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Ole Miss | C | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| South Carolina | AP | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| South Carolina | C | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Tennessee | AP | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Tennessee | C | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Texas A&M | AP | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 18 | 21 | 21 |
| Texas A&M | C | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 19 | 20 |
| Vanderbilt | AP | RV | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Vanderbilt | C | RV | RV | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |

## SEC regular season
### Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.
| | Alabama | Arkansas | Auburn | Florida | Georgia | Kentucky | LSU | Mississippi State | Missouri | Ole Miss | South Carolina | Tennessee | Texas A&M | Vanderbilt |
| vs. Alabama | – | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| vs. Arkansas | 0–1 | – | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| vs. Auburn | 1–1 | 2–0 | – | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| vs. Florida | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | – | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| vs. Georgia | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | – | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| vs. Kentucky | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | – | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| vs. LSU | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | – | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| vs. Mississippi State | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | – | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| vs. Missouri | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | – | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| vs. Ole Miss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | – | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| vs. South Carolina | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | – | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| vs. Tennessee | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | – | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| vs. Texas A&M | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | – | 0–1 |
| vs. Vanderbilt | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | – |
| Total | 2–14 | 6–10 | 3–13 | 5–11 | 6–10 | 10–6 | 10–6 | 11–5 | 7–9 | 7–9 | 15–1 | 15–1 | 10–6 | 5–11 |

## Postseason
### SEC tournament

* March 4–8, 2015 Southeastern Conference Basketball Tournament, Verizon Arena, North Little Rock, Arkansas
2015 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 | 15–1 | 27–2 | 1–0 vs. UT | BYE | BYE | vs. #9 Arkansas – W 58–36 | vs. #4 LSU – W 74–54 | vs. #2 Tennessee – W 62–46 |
| 2. | † Tennessee | 15–1 | 25–4 | 0–1 vs. USC | BYE | BYE | vs. #10 Georgia – W 75–41 | vs. #6 Kentucky – W 75–64 | vs. #1 South Carolina – L 46–62 |
| 3. | † Mississippi State | 11–5 | 26–5 | | BYE | BYE | vs. #6 Kentucky – L 67–76 | | |
| 4. | † LSU | 10–6 | 16–12 | 1–0 vs. UK, MSU; 1–1 vs. TAMU | BYE | BYE | vs. #5 Texas A&M – W 71–65 | vs. #1 South Carolina – L 54–74 | |
| 5. | # Texas A&M | 10–6 | 22–8 | 1–0 vs. UK; 1–1 vs. LSU; 0–1 vs. MSU | BYE | vs. #13 Auburn – W 57–47 | vs. #4 LSU – L 65–71 | | |
| 6. | # Kentucky | 10–6 | 21–8 | 0–2 vs. TAMU, LSU | BYE | vs. #11 Vanderbilt – W 67–61 | vs. #3 Mississippi State – W 76–67 | vs. #2 Tennessee – L 64–75 | |
| 7. | # Missouri | 7–9 | 17–12 | 1–0 vs. UM | BYE | vs. #10 Georgia – L 64–75 | | | |
| 8. | # Ole Miss | 7–9 | 17–12 | 0–1 vs. MU | BYE | vs. #9 Arkansas – L 61–72 | | | |
| 9. | # Arkansas | 6–10 | 16–12 | 1–0 vs. UGA | BYE | vs. #8 Ole Miss – W 72–65 | vs. #1 South Carolina – L 36–58 | | |
| 10. | # Georgia | 6–10 | 18–11 | 0–1 vs. UArk | BYE | vs. #7 Missouri – W 75–64 | vs. #2 Tennessee – L 41–75 | | |
| 11. | Vanderbilt | 5–11 | 14–15 | 1–1 vs. UF, MSU | vs. #14 Alabama – W 66–56 | vs. #6 Kentucky – L 61–67 | | | |
| 12. | Florida | 5–11 | 13–16 | 1–1 vs. VU; 0–1 vs. MSU | vs. #13 Auburn – L 49–71 | | | | |
| 13. | Auburn | 3–13 | 12–17 | | vs. #12 Florida – W 71–49 | vs. #5 Texas A&M – L 47–57 | | | |
| 14. | Alabama | 2–14 | 13–18 | | vs. #11 Vanderbilt – L 56–66 | | | | |
| ‡ – 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 SEC tournament. ||||||||||

## Honors and awards
### All-SEC awards and teams

2015 SEC Women's Basketball Individual Awards :
| Award | Recipient(s) |
| Player of the Year | Tiffany Mitchell, S. CAROLINA |
| Coach of the Year | Vic Schaefer, MISS. ST. Dawn Staley, S. CAROLINA |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Jordan Jones, TEXAS A&M |
| Freshman of the Year | A'ja Wilson, S. CAROLINA |
| Scholar-Athlete of the Year | Aleighsa Welch, S. CAROLINA |
| Sixth Player Award | Jennifer O'Neill, KENTUCKY |
2015 SEC Women's Basketball All-Conference Teams :
| First Team | Second Team | All-Freshman Team | All-Defensive Team |
| Makayla Epps, Kentucky Danielle Ballard, LSU Tia Faleru, Ole Miss Tiffany Mitchell, South Carolina Aleighsa Welch, South Carolina A'ja Wilson, South Carolina Cierra Burdick, Tennessee Isabelle Harrison, Tennessee Courtney Walker, Texas A&M | Jessica Jackson, Arkansas Jennifer O'Neill, Kentucky Jordan Frericks, Missouri Martha Alwal, Mississippi State Victoria Vivians, Mississippi State Alaina Coates, South Carolina Jordan Jones, Texas A&M Courtney Williams, Texas A&M | Haley Lorenzen, Florida Mackenzie Engram, Georgia Alexis Jennings, Kentucky A'Queen Hayes, Ole Miss Victoria Vivians, Mississippi State Morgan William, Mississippi State A'ja Wilson, South Carolina Rebekah Dahlman, Vanderbilt | Linnae Harper, Kentucky Danielle Ballard, LSU Martha Alwal, Mississippi State Alaina Coates, South Carolina Jordan Jones, Texas A&M |