South Carolina Tops SEC, Eyes Tournament

0:00On March 4th, the women's college basketball regular season wrapped up on Sunday and South Carolina earned the top seed in the southeastern. Conference tournament with a strong 29 wins and two losses overall, plus 15 and 1 in conference play. They locked up the regular season title early, and now get a first round by facing their opening opponent at noon on March 6th in Greenville, South Carolina. The tournament starts Wednesday at 11am, with all 16 teams in action, and the top four seeds like South Carolina skips straight to the quarterfinals. Their first foe will be the winner between 8th seed Georgia and the survivor of 9th seed Kentucky versus 16th seed Arkansas, setting up some, intriguing early matchups. Coaches are resetting the slate, with Kentucky's Kenny Brooks calling it a brand new ballgame, despite their 17 ranking and tough February schedule. The conference was stacked this year, hitting a record with 10 teams in the top 25, and

1:00South Carolina's Dawn Staley called it. Unprecedented. Looking ahead, South Carolina could meet 4th seed LSU in the Saturday semi-final at 430 PM, if both advance, a rematch of their recent, close win. On the other side, powerhouse 2nd seed Vanderbilt and 3rd seed Texas Loom large, with the top four seeds combining for just 12 regular season, losses mostly against each other. South Carolina has dominated lately, winning 9th of the last 11 conference tournaments, and they'll learn their exact quarterfinal matchup. Thursday evening as the action heats up this week, Tuesday evening 게んc y