SEC gets early nods for seeding
The SEC currently would have five teams in the top 16 seeds for the women’s NCAA Tournament, according to the reveal Monday.
South Carolina is a No. 1 seed and Texas A&M is a 2, according to the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee. Georgia is a 3 seed, while Tennessee and Kentucky register as No. 4 seeds.
Another reveal is set for March 1 at halftime of the Baylor-Texas game, which is exactly two weeks before the field of 64 will be selected March 15.
Nina King, women’s basketball tournament committee chairman, called the selections a “snapshot at this moment” during a Zoom interview on NCAA. com.
“We really were looking at teams and their full body of work and comparing what we have,” King said. “Obviously, we can’t control teams that haven’t been able to play games or that have been on extended pauses.”
Arkansas was a sixth SEC team King named that was in the discussion for a top 16 seed. The five SEC teams among the top 16 are responsible for six of the Razorbacks’ seven losses. The other loss came to Maryland, which is a 2 seed.
The latest bracketology by ESPN’s Charlie Creme has eight SEC teams in the field of 64. Arkansas is tabbed as a No. 5 seed, with Alabama and Mississippi State being No. 7 seeds. LSU is among the first four out and Ole Miss is in the next four out, so the league has 10 teams in the discussion. The Atlantic Coast Conference and the SEC are tied for the most teams selected by Creme.