The 2020–21 SEC women's basketball season began with practices in November 2020 and was followed by the start of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in December. Conference play started in late December and will conclude in February, followed by the 2021 SEC women's basketball tournament at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, in March.

Pre-season

Pre-season team predictions Coaches 1. South Carolina 2. Kentucky 3. Texas A&M 4. Arkansas 5. Mississippi State 6. Tennessee 7. LSU 8. Alabama 9. Georgia 10. Missouri 11. Ole Miss 12. Florida 13. Vanderbilt 14. Auburn

Pre-season All-SEC teams

Media Coaches Rhyne Howard Kentucky Howard Aliyah Boston South Carolina Boston Chelsea Dungee Arkansas Unique Thompson Auburn Khayla Pointer LSU Rickea Jackson Mississippi State Rennia Davis Tennessee N'dea Jones Texas A&M 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 ChampionshipsAlabama Texas Tech 8th 116–108 38–74 0 0 0Arkansas Washington 4th 59–41 19–29 0 0 0Auburn Georgetown 9th 135–119 48–80 3 0 0Florida Belmont 4th 34–57 12–36 0 0 0Georgia Georgia (asst.) 6th 97–57 44–35 2 0 0Kentucky Kentucky (associate HC) 1st 0–0 0–0 0 0 0LSU UCLA 10th 167–116 75–69 6 0 0Mississippi State Nikki McCray-Penson Old Dominion 1st 0–0 0–0 0 0 0Missouri Illinois State 11th 180–140 64–64 4 0 0Ole Miss Jacksonville 3rd 16–45 3–29 0 0 0South Carolina Temple 13th 305–98 138–52 8 2 1Tennessee Missouri State 2nd 21–10 10–6 0 0 0Texas A&M Arkansas 18th 379–155 73–36 14 1 1Vanderbilt Indiana Fever 5th 42–79 13–51 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 RV RV RV RV RV C RV RV Arkansas AP 14 16 13 12 11 10 13 17 15 19 16 18 18 16 13 15 15 C 14 13 12 10 10 13 16 17 18 15 17 18 16 13 16 16 Auburn AP C Florida AP C Georgia AP RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 24 22 17 16 12 10 C RV RV RV 23 21 25 25 23 19 22 13 12 Kentucky AP 11 11 9 9 13 13 10 12 12 15 15 20 17 19 17 18 18 C 12 9 9 12 11 8 11 12 14 14 18 17 17 19 19 19 LSU AP RV C Mississippi State AP 6 6 12 13 12 12 14 14 19 21 24 RV RV C 7 12 13 13 13 15 14 19 19 22 24 RV RV RV Missouri AP C RV Ole Miss AP C South Carolina AP 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 2 1 2 5 7 5 6 C 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 1 3 3 6 7 5 5 Tennessee AP RV RV RV RV RV 23 25 20 18 16 21 20 14 14 13 C RV RV RV 24 RV 22 19 19 21 21 16 15 15 Texas A&M AP 13 12 10 10 9 9 8 7 8 8 7 6 5 3 2 4 4 C 13 10 10 9 9 7 7 8 7 7 5 5 3 2 4 4 Vanderbilt AP C

Conference matrix AlabamaArkansasAuburnFloridaGeorgiaKentuckyLSUMiss. StateMissouriOle MissS. CarolinaTennesseeTexas A&MVanderbiltvs. Alabama – 0–00–00–00–00–059–6778–8659–740–077–6082–560–056–80vs. Arkansas0–0 – 0–080–840–075–640–00–088–910–00–088–7374–730–0vs. Auburn0–00–0 – 68–5476–440–056–430–00–062–580–00–00–00–0vs. Florida0–084–8054–68 – 68–580–00–068–560–00–075–590–092–670–0vs. Georgia0–00–044–7658–68 – 0–00–069–620–057–730–066–670–00–0vs. Kentucky0–064–750–00–00–0 – 0–086–92OT0–00–075–700–077–6073–80vs. LSU67–590–043–560–00–00–0 – 0–00–069–77OT0–064–6361–650–0vs. Miss. State86–780–00–056–6862–6992–86OT0–0 – 0–056–600–00–069–410–0vs. Missouri74–5991–880–00–00–00–00–00–0 – 77–860–00–00–00–0vs. Ole Miss0–00–058–620–073–570–077–69OT60–5686–77 – 0–00–00–00–0vs. South Carolina60–770–00–059–750–070–750–00–00–00–0 – 0–00–043–106vs. Tennessee56–8273–880–00–067–660–063–640–00–00–00–0 – 0–00–0vs. Texas A&M0–073–740–067–920–060–7765–6141–690–00–00–00–0 – 0–0vs. Vanderbilt80–560–00–00–00–080–730–00–00–00–0106–430–00–0 – Total4–22–30–41–54–13–23–23–31–21–44–03–14–10–3

Postseason

SEC tournament

March 3–7 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. Vanderbilt canceled its season after three conference games and, therefore, will not participate in the tournament.

2021 SEC women's basketball tournament seeds and results Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker First RoundMarch 3 Second RoundMarch 4 QuarterfinalsMarch 5 SemifinalsMarch 6 ChampionshipMarch 71 ‡†Texas A&M13–123–2 Bye Bye vs. #8 LSUW, 77–58 vs. #4 GeorgiaL, 68–74 2 †South Carolina14–222–4 Bye Bye vs. #7 AlabamaW, 75–63 vs. # 3 TennesseeW, 67–52 vs. #4 GeorgiaW, 67–623 †Tennessee9–416–7 Bye Bye vs. #11 Ole MissW, 77–72 vs. #2 South CarolinaL, 52–674 †Georgia10–520–6 Bye Bye vs. #5 KentuckyW, 78–66 vs. #1 Texas A&MW, 74–68 vs. #2 South CarolinaL, 62–675 #Kentucky 9–6 17–8 1–0 vs. ARK Bye vs. #12 FloridaW, 73–64 vs. #4 GeorgiaL, 66–78 6#Arkansas9–619–8 0–1 vs. UK Bye vs. #11 Ole MissL, 60–69 7#Alabama8–816–9 Bye vs. #10 MissouriW, 82–74 vs. #2 South CarolinaL, 63–75 8#LSU6–89–13 Bye vs. #9 Mississippi StateW, 71–62 vs. #1 Texas A&ML, 58–77 9 #Mississippi State 5–710–9 Bye vs. #8 LSUL, 62–71 10#Missouri5–99–11 Bye vs. #7 AlabamaL, 75–82 11#Ole Miss4–1011–11 Bye vs. #6 ArkansasW, 69–60 vs. #3 TennesseeL, 72–77 12Florida3–1111–13 vs. #13 AuburnW, 69–62 vs. #5 KentuckyL, 64–73 13Auburn0–155–19 vs. #12 FloridaL, 62–69 ‡ – 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.

NCAA Division I Women's Basketball tournament

March 21–April 4 Seed Bracket School First Round Second Round Sweet 16 Elite 8 Final Four 1 HemisFair South Carolina vs. #16 MercerW, 79–53 vs. #8 Oregon StateW, 59–42 vs. #5 Georgia TechW, 76–65 vs. #6 TexasW, 62–34 vs. #1 StanfordL, 65–66 2 Mercado Texas A&M vs. #15 TroyW, 84–80 vs. #7 Iowa StateW, 84–82OT vs. #3 Arizona L, 59–79 3 Alamo Georgia vs. #14 DrexelW, 60–53 vs. #6 OregonL, 50–57 3 River Walk Tennessee vs. #14 Middle TennesseeW, 87–62 vs. #6 MichiganL, 55–70 4 River Walk Kentucky vs. #13 Idaho StateW, 71–63 vs. #5 IowaL, 72–86 7 HemisFair Alabama vs. #10 North CarolinaW, 80–71 vs. #2 MarylandL, 64–100 # Bids: 6W-L (%):TOTAL:

Women's National Invitation tournament

March 19–28 School First RoundMarch 19 Second RoundMarch 20 QuarterfinalsMarch 22 SemifinalsMarch 26 ChampionshipMarch 28 Missourivs. Fresno StateL, 75–78 Ole Missvs. SamfordW, 64–45vs. TulaneW, 72–61vs. ColoradoW, 65–56vs. Northern IowaW, 60–50vs. RiceL, 58–71 Floridavs. CharlotteW, 66–65vs. VillanovaL, 57–77

Consolation games

School First GameMarch 20 Missourivs. Arizona StateL, 39–50

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