The Southeastern Conference released its preseason media vote ahead of the 2023-24 women’s basketball season, and the results love LSU.
Not that anyone should have expected any different. The defending national champions return 2022-23 First-Team All-American Angel Reese and reigning SEC Freshman of the Year Flau’Jae Johnson. Head coach Kim Mulkey managed to lure Hailey Van Lith, who was an Honorable Mention for the All-American teams a year ago with Louisville, out of the transfer portal.
All three of the Tigers’ top names were awarded a spot on the Preseason All-SEC First-Team, with Reese named the preseason Player of the Year.
Can anyone slow the Tigers down? Media members seem to think two-time national champion head coach Dawn Staley’s team in South Carolina has the best chance. The Gamecocks ended up second in the voting, but they have won at least a share of the regular-season conference title in seven of the past 10 seasons, and they’ve cut down the nets in seven of the past nine conference tournaments.
Read below to see where the voters thought each SEC team would end up and who they feel will be the best players in the conference with tip-off on the horizon.
Preseason Media Poll
| Rank | Team |
| 1 | LSU |
| 2 | South Carolina |
| 3 | Tennessee |
| 4 | Ole Miss |
| 5 | Mississippi State |
| 6 | Arkansas |
| 7 | Georgia |
| 8 | Texas A&M |
| 9 | Alabama |
| 10 | Florida |
| 11 | Missouri |
| 12 | Auburn |
| 13 | Kentucky |
| 14 | Vanderbilt |
Preseason All-SEC First-Team
| Player | Team |
| Flau’Jae Johnson | LSU |
| Angel Reese | LSU |
| Hailey Van Lith | LSU |
| Kamilla Cardoso | South Carolina |
| Rickea Jackson | Tennessee |
Preseason All-SEC Second-Team
| Player | Team |
| Anneesah Morrow | LSU |
| Madison Scott | Ole Miss |
| Jessika Carter | Mississippi State |
| Jewel Spear | Tennessee |
| Aicha Coulibaly | Texas A&M |
| Jordyn Cambridge | Vanderbilt |