Head coach Dawn Staley and No. 1 South Carolina have signed, sealed and delivered an eighth SEC regular season championship to Columbia. In their final two games, South Carolina is not so much competing against Arkansas and Tennessee—but against history.
The historical markers on the line for the Gamecocks include:
- undefeated regular season for the second-straight year
- undefeated in conference play for the fourth time in program history
- 47-consecutive SEC wins
- 31-consecutive road wins
- 55-consecutive wins over unranked opponents
so proud of my team !! job not finished yet tho !!
— Breezyyy (@breezyhalll) February 23, 2024
Beyond South Carolina, the order of the SEC’s top four—the teams that will earn a double bye to the quarterfinals of the conference tournament—is undetermined. But, barring some craziness, there is a pretty clear outline of how things will shake out.
No. 9 LSU should claim the No. 2 seed, setting themselves up for a rematch with South Carolina in the final of the SEC Tournament. The Lady Tigers, however, have shown themselves susceptible to slow starts against lesser opponents. LSU should crush Georgia and Kentucky, the 13th and 12th teams in the conference standings, finishing the season with eight-straight wins and looking…
