Texas Wins SEC, South Carolina Drops in NCAA Seeding

0:00On March 8th, South Carolina's women's basketball team suffered a tough loss in the SEC Tournament final, falling 78-61-2. Third-seated Texas on Sunday. The top-seated gamecocks under coach Don Staley couldn't claim a 10th conference title, leaving that spot in their trophy case empty for another year. Meanwhile, Texas celebrated its first ever SEC Tournament Championship at Bonsocores Wellness Arena. Texas came out firing, jumping to a 14-0 run in the opening minutes on perfect shooting, sparked by Justice Carlton's 13-first quarter points. South Carolina managed just four field goals in that period, trailing 27-12 after one. By halftime, Texas led 45-28, the largest deficit for the gamecocks in an SEC Tournament game, under Staley. The gamecocks fought back some in the second half, but couldn't overcome rebounding woes, getting outboarded 35-26 overall. Turnovers hurt, too, with South Carolina coughing up the ball 14 times to Texas' 9,

1:05and the longhorn scoring twice as many points off those. Mistakes. Star Rebounder Medina Okot, who averages 11 a game, finished with just five. This result flips the script for NCAA Tournament seating. Projections now have Texas as the third overall number-one seed in the four-worth region, while South Carolina drops to the fourth in Sacramento. That means extra travel for the gamecocks in a possible final four-clash with top-seed Yukon if both advance far. Fans will get the official bracket on the selection show Sunday, March 15th at 8 p.m. on ESPN, setting the stage for another thrilling march. Men is run from these powerhouse programs.