The 2018–19 SEC women's basketball season began with practices in October 2018, followed by the start of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play started in early January 2019 and concluded in February, followed by the 2019 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.Mississippi State 2.South Carolina 3. Tennessee Georgia 4. Georgia Tennessee 5.Missouri 6.Texas A&M 7.Kentucky 8.Auburn 9.LSU 10.Alabama 11.Arkansas 12.Florida 13.Vanderbilt 14.Ole Miss

Pre-season All-SEC teams

Media Coaches Teiera McCowan Mississippi State McCowan Caliya Robinson Georgia Robinson Anriel Howard Mississippi State Howard Sophie Cunningham Missouri Cunningham Rennia Davis Tennessee Davis Chennedy Carter Texas A&M Carter Alexis Jennings South Carolina Tyasha Harris South Carolina Maci Morris Kentucky Coaches select eight players Players in bold are choices 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 championshipsAlabama Texas Tech 6th 84–79 71–74 9 1 0Arkansas Washington 2nd 13–18 3–13 3 1 0Auburn Georgetown 7th 102–91 35–63 4 0 0Florida Belmont 2nd 11–19 3–13 2 0 0Georgia Georgia (ass't) 4th 63–32 28–20 2 0 0Kentucky Morehead State 12th 256–117 108–64 8 0 0LSU UCLA 8th 132–93 59–51 8 0 0Mississippi State Sam Houston State 7th 161–53 61–35 4 2 0Missouri Illinois State 9th 147–108 47–45 5 0 0Ole Miss Jacksonville 1st – – 0 0 0South Carolina Temple 11th 250–87 109–49 13 2 1Tennessee Tennessee (ass't) 7th 153–54 71–25 6 0 0Texas A&M Arkansas 16th 758–314 62–32 24 2 1Vanderbilt Indiana 3rd 21–40 11–36 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 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 Wk16 Wk17 Wk18 FinalAlabama AP NR C NR Arkansas AP NR C NR RV RV NR Auburn AP NR RV NR RV NR C NR Florida AP NR C NR Georgia AP 14 14 RV RV RV RV RV NR RV NR C 13 24 RV NR Kentucky AP NR NR NR 25 19 18 18 18 16 16 16 15 19 19 17 16 11 13 18 C NR RV 25 19 20 18 17 15 16 15 12 15 17 18 17 LSU AP NR NR NR RV NR C NR Mississippi State AP 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 6 5 5 4 C 6 6 6 6 5 4 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 Missouri AP 16 16 21 RV 23 22 RV NR RV RV RV 25 RV RV RV RV C 14 18 RV 25 24 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 Ole Miss AP NR C NR South Carolina AP 10 10 13 18 22 25 25 25 23 21 15 19 16 12 11 13 14 12 16 C 11 12 19 24 RV RV RV RV 25 20 20 18 13 14 13 Tennessee AP 11 12 11 11 9 9 9 10 10 13 20 RV NR C 12 11 11 9 9 8 10 10 13 17 RV NR Texas A&M AP 20 20 20 17 RV RV 23 23 21 RV RV 24 20 18 22 21 19 15 17 C 22 21 16 RV RV 24 24 21 RV RV 25 24 22 23 22 Vanderbilt AP NR C NR

Regular season matrix AlabamaArkansasAuburnFloridaGeorgiaKentuckyLSUMiss. StateMissouriOle MissS. CarolinaTennesseeTexas A&MVanderbiltvs. Alabama – 1-02-01–10–11-01–01–01–00–11–00–11–00–1vs. Arkansas0–1 – 1-00–12–01-01–01–02–00–21–00–11–00–1vs. Auburn0-20–1 – 0–10–11-00–11–01–00–11–02–01–00–1vs. Florida1-11–01–0 – 1–01-01–01–00–11–02–01–01–00–1vs. Georgia1-10–21–00–2 – 1-10–11–01–00–11–00–11–00–1vs. Kentucky0-10–10–10–10–1 – 0–21–00–11–01–10–12–00–1vs. LSU0-10–11–00–11–02–0 – 2–00–10–11–01–01–10–1vs. Miss. State0-10–10–10–10–10–10–2 – 1–00–20–20–10–10–0vs. Missouri0-10–21–11–00–11–01–00–1 – 0–11–01–10–10–1vs. Ole Miss1-02–01–00–11–00–11–02–01-0 – 1–01–01–01–1vs. South Carolina0-10–10–10–20–11–10–12–00-10–1 – 0–10–10–1vs. Tennessee1-01–00–20–11–01–00–11–01-10–11–0 – 1–01–1vs. Texas A&M0-10–10–10–10–10–21–11–01-00–11–00–1 – 0–2vs. Vanderbilt1-01–01–01–01–01–01–01–01-01–11–01–12-0 – Total5–116–109–73–139–711–57–915–110–63–1313–37–912–42–13

Postseason

SEC tournament

March 6–10 at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina. Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion.

2019 SEC women's basketball tournament seeds and results Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker First roundMarch 6 Second roundMarch 7 QuarterfinalsMarch 8 SemifinalsMarch 9 ChampionshipMarch 101 ‡†Mississippi State15–130–2 Bye Bye vs. #8 TennesseeW, 83–68 vs. #5 MissouriW, 71–56 vs. #10 ArkansasW, 101–702 †South Carolina 13–321–9 Bye Bye vs. #10 ArkansasL, 89–95 3 †Texas A&M12–424–7 Bye Bye vs. #6 AuburnW, 64–62 vs. #10 ArkansasL, 51–584 †Kentucky12–524–7 Bye Bye vs. #5 MissouriL, 68–70 (OT) 5 #Missouri11–623–10 Bye vs. #13 FloridaW, 87–56 vs. #4 KentuckyW, 70–68 (OT) vs. #1 Mississippi StateL, 56–71 6 #Auburn10–722–91–0 vs. UGA Bye vs. #11 AlabamaW, 53–52 vs. #6 Texas A&ML, 62–64 7#Georgia9–818–120–1 vs. AUB Bye vs. #10 ArkansasL, 76–86 8#Tennessee8–919–121–0 vs. LSU Bye vs. #9 LSUW, 69–66 vs. #1 Mississippi StateL, 68–83 9 #LSU7–1016–130–1 vs. TENN Bye vs. #8 TennesseeL, 66–69 10#Arkansas7–1020–14 Bye vs. #7 GeorgiaW, 86–76 vs. #2 South CarolinaW, 95–89 vs. #3 Texas A&MW, 58–51 vs. #1 Mississippi StateL, 70–10111Alabama5–1214–17 vs. #14 VanderbiltW, 74–57 vs. #6 AuburnL, 52–53 12Ole Miss3–139–221–0 vs. UF vs. #13 FloridaL, 57–64 13Florida3–148–230–1 vs. MISS vs. #12 Ole MissW, 64–57 vs. #5 MissouriL, 56–87 14Vanderbilt2–147–23 vs. #11 AlabamaL, 57–74 ‡ – SEC regular-season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed† – Received a double bye in the conference tournament# – Received a single bye in the conference tournamentOverall records include all games played in the tournament.

NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament

Seed Bracket School First round Second round Sweet 16 Elite 8 1 Portland Mississippi State vs. #16 SouthernW, 103–46 vs. #9 ClemsonW, 85–61 vs. #5 Arizona StateW, 76–53 vs. #2 OregonL, 84–88 4 Chicago Texas A&M vs. #11 Wright StateW, 84–61 vs. #5 MarquetteW, 78–76 vs. #1 Notre DameL, 80–87 4 Greensboro South Carolina vs. #13 BelmontW, 74–52 vs. #5 Florida StateW, 72–64 vs. #1 BaylorL, 68–93 6 Greensboro Kentucky vs. #11 PrincetonW, 82–77 vs. #3 NC StateL, 57–72 7 Greensboro Missouri vs. #10 DrakeW, 77–76 (OT) vs. #2 IowaL, 52–68 10 Chicago Auburn vs. #7 BYUL, 64–73 11 Albany Tennessee vs. #6 UCLAW, 77–89 # Bids: 7W-L (%):TOTAL:

Women's National Invitation Tournament

School First round Second round Third round Arkansas(2–1) vs. HoustonW, 88–80 (OT) vs. UABW, 100–52 vs. TCUL, 78–82

WNBA draft

PlayerTeamRoundPick #School Teaira McCowan Indiana Fever 1 3 Mississippi State Sophie Cunningham Phoenix Mercury 2 13 Missouri Anriel Howard Seattle Storm 2 24 Mississippi State Caliya Robinson Indiana Fever 3 28 Georgia

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