Media tabs South Carolina as 2023 SEC women's favorite
Birmingham, Ala. - South Carolina was predicted to win the 2023 Southeastern Conference women's basketball championship in a voting of a select panel of both SEC and national media members.
The reigning SEC Champion Gamecocks have won six SEC championships in the last nine seasons. They won four consecutive titles from 2013-14 through 2017-18, and, after two seasons coming in second, returned to the peak in 2019-20.
South Carolina tops the order of finish, with Tennessee, LSU, Arkansas, Ole Miss, Florida and Kentucky rounding out the top half the league. Mississippi State, Georgia, Alabama, Texas A&M, Missouri, Auburn and Vanderbilt round out the bottom half.
South Carolina's Aliyah Boston, last season's unanimous National Player of the Year was the media's unanimous choice for SEC Women's Basketball Player of the Year.
Joining Boston on the All-SEC first team is fellow Gamecock Zia Cooke and a trio of Lady Vols in Rickea Jackson, Jordan Horston and Tamari Key.
Enough players received votes to field a second team. Those members are Brittany Davis, Alabama; Alexis Morris, LSU; Angel Reese, LSU; Jessika Carter, Mississippi State; Anastasia Hayes, Mississippi State and Hayley Frank, Missouri.
| Order of Finish | School |
|---|---|
| 1 |  South Carolina |
| 2 |  Tennessee |
| 3 |  LSU |
| 4 |  Arkansas |
| 5 |  Ole Miss |
| 6 |  Florida |
| 7 |  Kentucky |
| 8 |  Mississippi State |
| 9 |  Georgia |
| 10 |  Alabama |
| 11 |  Texas A&M |
| 12 |  Missouri |
| 13 |  Auburn |
| 14 |  Vanderbilt |
Preseason Player of the Year
Aliyah Boston, South Carolina
Preseason All-SEC First-Team
Aliyah Boston, South Carolina
Zia Cooke, South Carolina
Rickea Jackson, Tennessee
Jordan Horston, Tennessee
Tamari Key, Tennessee
Preseason All-SEC Second-Team
Brittany Davis, Alabama
Alexis Morris, LSU
Angel Reese, LSU
Jessika Carter, Mississippi State
Anastasia Hayes, Mississippi State
Hayley Frank, Missouri