| Knoxville News Sentinel
SEC women’s basketball coaches chose South Carolina as the favorite to win the SEC’s 2021 Championship.
This happened after Gamecocks were ranked as the country’s No. 1 team in the Associated Press’s pre-season ranking, their 11th consecutive week at the top dating back to the shortened 2019-20 season.
South Carolina won the SEC Regular Season and the Tournament Championship in 2020, with crowns in five of the past six seasons. Kentucky was chosen second in the survey, followed by Texas A&M, Arkansas and the State of Mississippi.
Kentucky’s Rhyne Howard was voted SEC’s women’s basketball player of the year in the preseason. South Carolina’s Aliyah Boston also received votes.
The coaches were unable to vote for their own team or player, and the ties were not broken in any way.
The full pre-season All-SEC teams and the projected arrival order can be seen below.
First All-SEC Team
Chelsea Dungee
Thompson exclusive, Auburn
Rhyne Howard, Kentucky
Khayla Pointer, LSU
Rickea Jackson, State of Mississippi
Aliyah Boston, South Carolina
Rennia Davis, Tennessee
N’dea Jones, Texas A&M
Second All-SEC Team
Jasmine Walker
Destiny Slocum
Lavender Briggs, Florida
Shakira Austin, Ole Miss
Jessika Carter, State of Mississippi
Aijha Blackwell, Missouri
Zia Cooke, South Carolina
Kayla Wells, Texas A&M
Finishing Order
1. South Carolina
2. Kentucky
3. Texas A&M
4. Arkansas
5. State of Mississippi
6. Tennessee
7. LSU
8. Alabama
9. Georgia
10. Missouri
11. Ole Miss
12. Florida
13. Vanderbilt
14. Auburn