The Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge was an NCAA Division I women's college basketball series that took place early in the season, consisting of a series of games featuring members of the Big 12 Conference and Southeastern Conference.
In the first two seasons of the challenge (2014–15 and 2015–16), only two members of each conference were involved. Starting in the 2016–17 season, the series expanded to include all 10 members of the Big 12 and an equal number of the 14 SEC teams.
Since the 2016–17 season, the challenge is similar in format to the previously existing ACC–Big Ten Challenge and men's Big 12/SEC Challenge.
The series between the two conferences, as of 2020, is at 2–1–4, with the SEC leading.
Series History Year WinnerOverall Record 2014 Tied 1–1 2015 Tied 1–1 2016 SEC 6–4 2017 Tied 5–5 2018 Tied 5–5 2019 Big 12 8–2 2020 SEC 7–1 2021 SEC 6–4
2021–22 DateTimeBig 12 TeamSEC TeamLocationTVAttendanceWinnerLeaderWed. Dec. 1 7:00 PM West Virginia No. 16 Kentucky Memorial Coliseum • Lexington, KY SECN+ 3,587 Kentucky (83–60) SEC (1–0) Thu. Dec. 2 Noon Texas Tech No. 20 Georgia United Supermarkets Arena • Lubbock, TX ESPNU 8,163 Georgia (66–56) SEC (2–0) 9:00 PM No. 14 Iowa State LSU Pete Maravich Assembly Center • Baton Rouge, LA ESPN2 5,810 LSU (69–60) SEC (3–0) Fri. Dec. 3 7:00 PM Kansas State No. 1 South Carolina Colonial Life Arena • Columbia, SC SECN+ 11,657 South Carolina (65–44) SEC (4–0) Sat. Dec. 4 3:00 PM Oklahoma Mississippi State Lloyd Noble Center • Norman, OK Bally Sports Oklahoma 1,400 Oklahoma (94–63) SEC (4–1) 8:00 PM No. 5 Baylor Missouri Ferrell Center • Waco, TX ESPNU 4,160 Baylor (70–68 SEC (4–2) Sun. Dec. 5 2:00 PM TCU Florida Schollmaier Arena • Fort Worth, TX Big12+ 1,468 Florida (63–54) SEC (5–2) 3:00 PM Kansas Vanderbilt Allen Fieldhouse • Lawrence, KS Big12+ 1,228 Kansas (74–67) SEC (5–3) 3:00 PM Oklahoma State Auburn Auburn Arena • Auburn, AL SECN+ 1,873 Auburn (77–66) SEC (6–3) 4:00 PM No. 15 Texas No. 17 Texas A&M Reed Arena • College Station, TX SECN 7,100 Texas (76–60) SEC (6–4) Alabama, Arkansas, Ole Miss and Tennessee did not participate for the SEC.
2020–21 DateTimeBig 12 TeamSEC TeamLocationTVAttendanceWinnerLeaderThurs. Dec. 3 7:30 PM Kansas State #11 Kentucky Bramlage Coliseum • Manhattan, KS Kentucky (60–49) SEC (1–0) 8:30 PM Kansas Ole Miss The Pavilion at Ole Miss • Oxford, MS SECN Ole Miss (70–53) SEC (2–0) Sat. Dec. 5 3:30 PM Oklahoma State Alabama Gallagher-Iba Arena • Stillwater, OK Alabama (76–72) SEC (3–0) Sun. Dec. 6 Noon #23 Iowa State #1 South Carolina Hilton Coliseum • Ames, IA ESPNU South Carolina (83–65) SEC (4–0) Noon Oklahoma Georgia Stegeman Coliseum • Athens, GA Georgia (93–80) SEC (5–0) 2:00 PM West Virginia Tennessee WVU Coliseum • Morgantown, WV West Virginia (79–73OT) SEC (5–1) 6:00 PM #4 Baylor #16 Arkansas Bud Walton Arena • Fayetteville, AR ESPN2 Arkansas (83–78) SEC (6–1) 8:00 PM #25 Texas #12 Texas A&M Frank Erwin Center • Austin, TX ESPN2 Texas A&M (66–61) SEC (7–1) Auburn, Florida, LSU, and Mississippi State did not participate for the SEC. The Vanderbilt-Texas Tech and TCU-Missouri games were canceled due to COVID-19.Vanderbilt's women's basketball team cancels game against Texas TechMIZZOU WOMEN'S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE UPDATEAll times Eastern
2019–20 DateTimeBig 12 TeamSEC TeamLocationTVAttendanceWinnerLeader Wed. Dec. 4 8:00 PM #7 Baylor Georgia Ferrell Center • Waco, TX ESPN+ 8,172 Baylor (72–38) Big 12 (1–0) 8:00 PM Texas Tech Ole Miss United Supermarkets Arena • Lubbock, TX 4,212 Texas Tech (84–48) Big 12 (2–0) Thurs. Dec. 5 7:00 PM Iowa State Alabama Coleman Coliseum • Tuscaloosa, AL SECN 1,915 Iowa State (75–66) Big 12 (3–0) Sat. Dec. 7 3:00 PM Kansas State #23 Arkansas Bud Walton Arena • Fayetteville, AR SECN 2,168 Arkansas (81–72) Big 12 (3–1) 4:00 PM Oklahoma #25 LSU Lloyd Noble Center • Norman, OK 1,237 Oklahoma (98–60) Big 12 (4–1) 8:00 PM Oklahoma State #12 Texas A&M Reed Arena • College Station, TX SECN Texas A&M (74–62) Big 12 (4–2) 3:00 PM TCU Auburn Schollmaier Arena • Fort Worth, TX 2,259 TCU (80–65) Big 12 (5–2) Sun. Dec. 8 3:00 PM Kansas Florida Allen Fieldhouse • Lawrence, KS ESPN+1,625 Kansas (76–66) Big 12 (6–2) 2:00 PM Texas #17 Tennessee Thompson–Boling Arena • Knoxville, TN ESPN2 9,371 Texas (66–60) Big 12 (7–2) 2:00 PM West Virginia #10 Mississippi State Humphrey Coliseum • Starkville, MS SECN 7,113 West Virginia (71–65) Big 12 (8–2)Kentucky, Missouri, South Carolina, and Vanderbilt did not participate for the SEC.All times Eastern
2018–19 DateTimeBig 12 TeamSEC TeamLocationTVAttendanceWinnerLeader Thu. Nov. 29 7:00 PM Kansas LSU Maravich Center • Baton Rouge, LA SECN Kansas (68–61) 9:00 PM TCU Ole Miss The Pavilion at Ole Miss • Oxford, MS SECN TCU (55–50) Sun. Dec. 2 2:00 PM Kansas State Vanderbilt Bramlage Coliseum • Manhattan, KS ESPN3 Kansas State (72–61) 2:00 PM No. 10 Texas No. 6 Mississippi State Frank Erwin Center • Austin, TX FS1 Mississippi State (67–49) 2:00 PM Texas Tech Florida O'Connell Center • Gainesville, FL SECN Florida (72–67) 3:00 PM No. 23 Iowa State Arkansas Hilton Coliseum • Ames, IA Iowa State (91–82) 4:00 PM Oklahoma Auburn Auburn Arena • Auburn, AL SECN Auburn (95–79) 4:00 PM Oklahoma State No. 11 Tennessee Gallagher-Iba Arena • Stillwater, OK FS1 Tennessee (76–63) 5:00 PM West Virginia Missouri WVU Coliseum • Morgantown, WV Missouri (68–51) 7:00 PM No. 4 Baylor No. 18 South Carolina Colonial Life Arena • Columbia, SC ESPN2 Baylor (94–69) Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky and Texas A&M did not participate for the SEC.All times Eastern
2017–18 DateTimeBig 12 TeamSEC TeamLocationTVAttendanceWinnerLeader Thu. Nov. 30 7:00 PM Kansas State No. 19 Missouri Mizzou Arena • Columbia, MO SECN Missouri (73–59) 7:30 PM Texas Tech LSU United Supermarkets Arena • Lubbock, TX LSU (48–40) 8:00 PM No. 9 Baylor No. 20 Kentucky Ferrell Center • Waco, TX FCS Baylor (90–63) Fri. Dec. 1 1:00 PM TCU Alabama Schollmaier Arena • Fort Worth, TX FSSW TCU (88–67) Sat. Dec. 2 4:00 PM Iowa State Vanderbilt Memorial Gymnasium • Nashville, TN SECN Vanderbilt (77–74) Sun. Dec. 3 2:00 PM Oklahoma State No. 6 Mississippi State Humphrey Coliseum • Starkville, MS SECN Mississippi State (79–76) 3:00 PM Kansas Arkansas Allen Fieldhouse • Lawrence, KS JTV/ESPN3 Kansas (71–60) 3:00 PM Oklahoma Florida Lloyd Noble Center • Norman, OK FSOK+ Florida (80–61) 4:00 PM No. 2 Texas Georgia Stegeman Coliseum • Athens, GA SECN Texas (81-53) 8:00 PM No. 11 West Virginia No. 18 Texas A&M Reed Arena • College Station, TX ESPNU West Virginia (71-56) Auburn, Ole Miss, South Carolina and Tennessee did not participate for the SEC.All times Eastern
2016–17 Date TimeBig 12 TeamSEC TeamLocationTVAttendanceWinnerLeader Thu. Dec. 1 6:00 PM #12 Oklahoma #17 Kentucky Memorial Coliseum • Lexington, KY SECN Kentucky (82–68) 7:00 PM #14 Texas #3 South Carolina Frank Erwin Center • Austin, TX ESPN2 South Carolina (76–67) 8:00 PM Kansas State #23 Auburn Bramlage Coliseum • Manhattan, KS Kansas State (71–66) Sat. Dec. 3 2:30 PM Iowa State #6 Mississippi State Hilton Coliseum • Ames, IA FSN Mississippi State (85–81) OT 4:00 PM Texas Tech Arkansas Bud Walton Arena • Fayetteville, AR SECN Arkansas (66–60) 8:00 PM Oklahoma State Georgia Gallagher-Iba Arena • Stillwater, OK Oklahoma State (71–51) Sun. Dec. 4 12:00 PM Kansas Alabama Coleman Coliseum • Tuscaloosa, AL SECN Alabama (71–65) OT 2:00 PM TCU LSU Maravich Assembly Center • Baton Rouge, LA SECN LSU (67–61) 2:00 PM #16 West Virginia Ole Miss WVU Coliseum • Morgantown, WV West Virginia (66–61) 3:00 PM #4 Baylor #22 Tennessee Thompson–Boling Arena • Knoxville, TN ESPN2 Baylor (88–66) Florida, Missouri, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt did not participate for the SEC.All times Eastern
2015–16 DateTimeBig 12 TeamSEC TeamLocationTVAttendanceWinnerLeaderSun., Dec. 20 2:30 PM #5 Texas Arkansas Chesapeake Energy Arena • Oklahoma City, OK FS1 Texas (61–50) 5:00 PM #17 Oklahoma #18 Texas A&M Chesapeake Energy Arena • Oklahoma City, OK FS1 Texas A&M (74–68) All times Eastern
2014–15 DateTimeBig 12 TeamSEC TeamLocationTVAttendanceWinnerLeaderSun., Dec., 21 1:30 PM#3 Texas #4 Texas A&M Verizon Arena • North Little Rock, AR SECN Texas (67–65)4:00 PM Oklahoma Arkansas Verizon Arena • North Little Rock, AR SECN Arkansas (71-64)Tied (1-1)All times Eastern.
Team records
Big 12 Conference (1–2–4) InstitutionWinsLossBaylor Lady Bears30Iowa State Cyclones22Kansas Jayhawks31Kansas State Wildcats22Oklahoma Sooners15Oklahoma State Cowgirls13Texas Longhorns42TCU Horned Frogs31Texas Tech Lady Raiders03West Virginia Mountaineers31Overall2220
Southeastern Conference (2–1–4) InstitutionWinsLossOutAlabama Crimson Tide123Arkansas Razorbacks330Auburn Tigers212Florida Gators213Georgia Lady Bulldogs023Kentucky Wildcats213LSU Lady Tigers222Missouri Tigers203Mississippi State Bulldogs312Ole Miss Rebels122South Carolina Gamecocks112Tennessee Lady Volunteers121Texas A&M Aggies223Vanderbilt Commodores112Overall2321--- Because the conferences do not have the same number of members (SEC has 14, Big 12 has 10) four teams from the SEC are excluded from participation each year. The number of times an SEC team is excluded is shown in the "Out" column in the table above (updated to include 2019–20 challenge).
See also Big 12/SEC Challenge
References
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