2014–15 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season

2014–15 SEC Women's Basketball Season
League NCAA Division I
Sport Basketball
Number of teams 14
TV partner(s) ESPN2, SEC Network, FSN
WNBA Draft
Regular Season
2015 SEC Co-Champions South Carolina, Tennessee
Tournament
2014–15 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#3 South Carolina*† 15 – 1   .938     34 – 3   .919
#6 Tennessee 15 – 1   .938     30 – 6   .833
#12 Mississippi State 11 – 5   .688     27 – 7   .794
#11 Kentucky 10 – 6   .625     24 – 10   .706
#21 Texas A&M 10 – 6   .625     23 – 10   .697
LSU 10 – 6   .625     17 – 14   .548
Missouri 7 – 9   .438     19 – 14   .576
Ole Miss 7 – 9   .438     19 – 14   .576
Georgia 6 – 10   .375     19 – 12   .613
Arkansas 6 – 10   .375     18 – 14   .563
Vanderbilt 5 – 11   .313     15 – 16   .484
Florida 5 – 11   .313     13 – 17   .433
Auburn 3 – 13   .188     13 – 18   .419
Alabama 2 – 14   .125     13 – 19   .406
† 2015 SEC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

Pre-season

Media[1]
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

Pre-season All-SEC teams

Media[1]
Martha Alwal Mississippi State
Tiffany Mitchell South Carolina
Aleighsa Welch South Carolina
Isabelle Harrison Tennessee
Courtney Walker Texas A&M

Rankings

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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 – 1–01–11–01–01–01–02–00–11–02–01–01–01–0
vs. Arkansas 0–1 – 0–21–00–11–00–11–01–11–11–01–02–01–0
vs. Auburn 1–12–0 – 1–01–11–01–01–01–01–01–01–01–00–1
vs. Florida 0–10–10–1 – 1–11–01–01–02–01–01–01–01–01–1
vs. Georgia 0–11–01–11–1 – 1–01–01–00–11–01–02–00–10–1
vs. Kentucky 0–10–10–10–10–1 – 1–00–10–11–11–12–01–00–1
vs. LSU 0–11–00–10–10–10–1 – 0–10–11–11–01–01–10–1
vs. Mississippi State 0–20–10–10–10–11–01–0 – 0–10–11–01–00–11–1
vs. Missouri 1–01–10–10–21–01–01–01–0 – 0–11–01–01–10–1
vs. Ole Miss 0–10–10–10–10–11–11–12–01–0 – 1–01–01–01–0
vs. South Carolina 0–20–10–10–10–11–10–20–10–10–1 – 0–10–10–1
vs. Tennessee 0–10–10–10–10–20–20–10–10–10–11–0 – 0–10–2
vs. Texas A&M 0–10–20–10–11–00–11–11–01–10–11–01–0 – 0–1
vs. Vanderbilt 0–10–11–01–11–01–01–01–11–00–11–02–01–0 –
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

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[4]
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[4]
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

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "South Carolina tabbed as 2015 SEC WBB Champion" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. October 22, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Championship - Women's Basketball". SEC. March 1, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  3. ↑ "SEC 2015 Women's Basketball Tournament". Verizon Arena. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 2015 SEC Women’s Basketball Awards Announced

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