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LSU women’s basketball picked to finish 3rd in SEC by coaches, 3 Tigers on preseason all-conference team

It’s expected to be another successful season for LSU women’s basketball in 2024-25.

The LSU women’s basketball team is ready to hit the ground running on what should be another successful season in Year 4 under coach [autotag]Kim Mulkey[/autotag].

After capturing a national title in Year 2, the Tigers made it to the Elite Eight again last season and are looking to make another deep run with a roster that loses [autotag]Angel Reese[/autotag] but returns a lot of production elsewhere while adding a veteran transfer class.

The Tigers were picked to finish third in the SEC by the coaches, behind defending national champion South Carolina and Texas. Additionally, three players were named to the preseason All-SEC teams.

[autotag]Flau’Jae Johnson[/autotag] and [autotag]Aneesah Morrow[/autotag], the top two returning starters from last season, garnered First Team All-SEC honors while [autotag]Mikaylah Williams[/autotag], a true freshman standout from last year’s squad, was named to the second team.

Here’s the full predicted order of finish and preseason All-SEC teams from the league’s coaches.

Order of Finish

  1. South Carolina
  2. Texas
  3. LSU
  4. Oklahoma
  5. Alabama
  6. Ole Miss
  7. Tennessee
  8. Kentucky
  9. Auburn
  10. Mississippi State
  11. Texas A&M
  12. Vanderbilt
  13. Georgia
  14. Florida
  15. Missouri
  16. Arkansas

Player of the Year

Madison Booker, Texas

First Team All-SEC

Sarah Ashlee Barker, Alabama

Georgia Amoore, Kentucky

Flau’Jae Johnson, LSU

Aneesah Morrow, LSU

Madison Scott, Ole Miss

Raegan Beers, Oklahoma

Te-Hina Paopao, South Carolina

Madison Booker, Texas

Second Team All-SEC

Aaliyah Nye, Alabama

Mikaylah Williams, LSU

Jerkaila Jordan, Mississippi State

Skylar Vann, Oklahoma

MiLaysia Fulwiley, South Carolina

Raven Johnson, South Carolina

Rori Harmon, Texas

Aicha Coulibaly, Texas A&M

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Alabama women’s basketball set to take on Tennessee in SEC tournament quarterfinals

Can Kristy Curry and the Tide advance to the SEC tournament semifinals?

On Friday afternoon from Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, S.C. Kristy Curry and the Alabama women’s basketball team will take on the Tennessee Lady Vols in the quarterfinals of the SEC tournament.

Alabama (23-8, 10-6 SEC) defeated the Lady Vols in their lone matchup this season inside Coleman Coliseum to help earn the Crimson Tide a top-four seed in the conference tournament.

The winner of Friday’s matchup will be given the challenge of taking on No. 1 South Carolina in the semifinals.

Alabama has already made history this season earning 10 conference wins for the first time since the 1997-98 season.

The Crimson Tide is seeking its first conference tournament championship in program history.

Tip-off between Alabama and Tennessee will be at approximately 1:30 p.m. CT on Friday and can be seen on the SEC Network.

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LSU’s Mikaylah Williams earns SEC Freshman of the Year honors

Mikaylah Williams has proven to be one of the most impactful additions for the Tigers this season.

While much of the offseason attention was placed on LSU’s transfer portal additions, arguably the most impactful new player on the team this season came via high school recruiting.

[autotag]Mikaylah Williams[/autotag] has been named the SEC Freshman of the Year after a fantastic first campaign with the Tigers. With [autotag]Angel Reese[/autotag] also being named the SEC Player of the Year, LSU becomes the first school to have players win both awards since South Carolina in 2015.

The top high school recruit in the country, Williams is averaging 14.9 points and 4.9 rebounds, with the headline being a 42-point showing against Kent State, the most points scored by an LSU freshman in the NCAA era.

She was, unsurprisingly, also named to the SEC All-Freshman Team along with [autotag]Aalyah Del Rosario[/autotag].

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LSU’s Angel Reese named SEC Player of the Year

Angel Reese becomes LSU’s third winner of the award and the first since Sylvia Fowles in 2008.

LSU’s [autotag]Angel Reese[/autotag] has been named the SEC Player of the Year after once again leading the Tigers to a fantastic campaign.

Reese becomes the third LSU player to win the award after [autotag]Seimone Augustus[/autotag] (2005-06) and [autotag]Sylvia Fowles[/autotag] (2008). She was also named to the First Team All-SEC team by the league along with teammate [autotag]Aneesah Morrow[/autotag].

She’s joined as a postseason award winner by SEC Freshman of the Year [autotag]Mikaylah Williams[/autotag], making LSU the first SEC team to have players win both awards since South Carolina did so in 2015.

Reese led the SEC in scoring (19.1) and rebounding (13.0), becoming the first player to do so in back-to-back seasons since Vanderbilt’s Wendy Scholtens in 1989-90.

Reese has 20 double-doubles in the season, giving her 54 in her two-year LSU career. Though she’s eligible for the WNBA draft, the fourth-year junior has the opportunity to return to Baton Rouge for one more season if she chooses.

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SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament 2024 bracket, schedule, TV info

The Tigers will begin their tournament run on Friday against either Auburn or Arkansas.

The LSU women’s basketball team is off to Greenville, South Carolina, this week for the 2024 SEC Tournament, and the Tigers have earned the No. 2 seed at the event after ending the regular on an eight-game winning streak that was capped of with a 21-point Senior Day win over Kentucky on Sunday.

LSU finished the season 26-4 and 13-3 in league play, and now it will hope it gets another shot at the No. 1 team in the nation, South Carolina, as it looks to win its first SEC Tournament title since it won in 2003 under [autotag]Sue Gunter[/autotag].

The tournament begins on Wednesday and runs through Sunday. Here’s the full schedule of events for this week in Greenville.

SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament 2024

All times Central and all games at Ben Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina.

*Denotes approximate start times

LSU women’s basketball clinches No. 2 seed in SEC Tournament

The Tigers have locked up the two seed in Greenville for the third year in a row.

The LSU women’s basketball team will continue searching for its first SEC regular season title under coach [autotag]Kim Mulkey[/autotag], but the Tigers will enter the SEC Tournament in Greenville, South Carolina, next week with a friendly setup.

With a dominating 80-54 win over Georgia on Thursday night, LSU officially clinched the No. 2 seed in the SEC Tournament behind top-seeded, undefeated South Carolina. The Gamecocks and Tigers faced in Baton Rouge earlier this year with LSU coming up just short.

It will hope for another shot at the nation’s top team in the SEC Championship, which seems like a very possible matchup as things currently stand.

This will be the third year in a row LSU has been the No. 2 seed. The Tigers will head to Greenville after wrapping up the regular season with a Sunday showdown against Kentucky for Senior Day.

LSU’s Angel Reese earns SEC Player of the Week honors for 10th time

Angel Reese combined for 42 points and 35 rebounds in LSU’s two wins this past week.

Once again, [autotag]Angel Reese[/autotag] is taking home weekly honors from the league office.

Reese was named the SEC Player of the Week for women’s basketball on Tuesday. It’s the 10th time in her career she has won the award and the third time this season after winning it seven times last year.

She has been a major contributor during LSU’s three-game win streak, and in victories over Vanderbilt and Alabama this week, she combined for 42 points and 35 rebounds. She recorded double-doubles in both games, putting her at 15 on the year.

That mark ranks sixth in the nation, and her streak of scoring in double figures in every game at LSU extended to 57.

Reese and the Tigers have some time off this week, but they will return to the court next Monday night to take on Texas A&M in a road rematch.

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Alabama women’s basketball coach Kristy Curry earns 500th career win

Kristy Curry reaches coaching milestone!

On Monday night from Vanderbilt Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Kristy Curry and the Alabama Crimson Tide women’s basketball team picked up a much-needed road victory over the Vanderbilt Commodores, 74-66.

With the win, the Tide improved to 18-6 overall and 5-4 in SEC play before heading back to Tuscaloosa to take on Tennessee on Thursday night.

The win on Monday night wasn’t just important for Alabama’s seeding in the NCAA tournament either. The win on Monday gave Coach Curry her 500th career win as a women’s college basketball head coach.

Before taking over Alabama in 2013, Curry had stops at Purdue and Texas Tech where she won a combined 309 games. Since joining the Tide, Curry has put together a record of 191-149 and is on her way to earning a bid to the big dance for the third time in four seasons.

Congratulations to Coach Curry on the incredible accomplishment.

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LSU women’s basketball’s Angel Reese, Mikaylah Williams earn SEC weekly honors

Angel Reese was named the SEC Player of the Week, while Mikaylah Williams earned Co-Freshman of the Week honors.

LSU’s [autotag]Angel Reese[/autotag] has been named the SEC Player of the Week after a 2-0 slate that featured decisive wins over Alabama and Arkansas. [autotag]Mikaylah Williams[/autotag], meanwhile, has been named the SEC’s Co-Freshman of the Week.

Reese put together a pair of double-doubles in the wins, recording 20 points and 16 rebounds against the Tide and 16 points with 17 rebounds against the Razorbacks. Williams scored 14 and 21 points in the two games, nearly recording a double-double in the latter with nine rebounds.

She’s been one of the top freshmen in the country and was named to the midseason watch list for the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award.

The Tigers will be back in action on Thursday night as the host undefeated No. 1 South Carolina. ESPN’s College GameDay will be in attendance with the show beginning at 6 p.m. CT ahead of tip-off at 7.

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LSU women’s basketball’s Angel Reese named SEC Co-Player of the Week

Angel Reese turned in two double-doubles in blowout wins last week.

[autotag]Angel Reese[/autotag] hasn’t missed a beat since returning to the court, and after a huge week in blowout wins over McNeese and Northwestern State, she’s been named the SEC Co-Player of the Week alongside Mississippi State’s Jessica Carter.

Reese turned in double-doubles in both wins this week, putting her at six on the season and 39 for her LSU career. In the win over McNeese — in which the Tigers set program records for points scored and margin of victory — she had a career-high six steals.

In addition to Reese being recognized, [autotag]Mikaylah Williams[/autotag] was also named the SEC Freshman of the Week as well as the National Freshman of the Week by the USBWA.

Reese spent four games away from the team for undisclosed reasons, but she’s looked like the player who led the Tigers to a national title last season since returning to the court.

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