1 - University of Kentucky Athletics

The Southeastern Conference
The Nation’s Premier Women’s Basketball Conference
With seven national championships, ten runner-up finishes, a nation-leading 32 Final
Four appearances and 92 first-team All-America honors, the SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE
stands firmly as the nation’s premier intercollegiate women’s basketball conference.
SEC By The Numbers
• The SEC has posted impressive non-conference
records in the last decade. The SEC compiled a
160-49 (.766) non-conference record during the
2006-07 season.
• Since the 1990 season, the SEC has compiled a
2467-690 (.779) record against other conferences.
The league has recorded 150+ wins during eight
seasons and has never recorded a non-conference
winning percentage below .728.
• SEC teams have earned appearances in 24 of 26
NCAA Final Fours, an accomplishment
unmatched by any other league.
• Overall, SEC squads have filled 32 of the 104
Final Four berths, including having two Final
Four teams in 1988 (Auburn, Tennessee), 1989
(Auburn, Tennessee), 1995 (Georgia, Tennessee),
1996 (Georgia, Tennessee), 1998 (Arkansas, Tennessee),
2004 (LSU, Tennessee), 2005 (LSU,
Tennessee) and 2007 (LSU, Tennessee).
• SEC teams have made 17 appearances in a
nation-high 15 NCAA Championship games,
winning seven NCAA Championships (Tennessee:
1987, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998
and 2007).
• The league also had the distinction of providing
both national finalists twice in its history
in 1996 (Tennessee 83, Georgia 65) and in
1989 (Tennessee 76, Auburn 60).
• SEC teams have won 299 NCAA Tournament
games against 151 losses (.664) for an
average of 11.5 NCAA wins per year. In addition,
all 12 current members have appeared in
the NCAA Tournament.
• The SEC has paced the pack in NCAA tournament
bids 21 times in its 26-year history.
• The SEC was the first league to ever have
eight teams invited to the NCAA Tournament,
doing so in 1999 and 2002.
• The SEC was also the first league to ever have
seven teams invited to the NCAA Tournament
and earned this honor a leading seven times
(1986, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004).
• The SEC is one of a handful of leagues to
have won three national tournament titles
with seven NCAA, two WNIT and three
NWIT.
NCAA Numbers Do The Talking
In the 26-year history of the NCAA Women's
Basketball Tournament (since 1982), no
league has posted more appearances, wins or
titles than the SEC.
Note: The following lists were derived and
updated from the NCAA Final Four Record Book
through the 2006-07 season, using actual conference
membership and active conferences only.
UK Hoops assistant coach Niya Butts helped Tennessee
advance to four straight NCAA Tournaments,
including back-to-back NCAA championship titles
(1997 and 1998), NCAA runner-up (2000) and the
Elite Eight (1999).
NCAA
Appearances
NCAA Titles
NCAA
Tournament Wins
NCAA Final Four
Appearances
SEC Year-by-Year
NCAA Participation
SEC . . . . . . . . . . .158
ACC . . . . . . . . . . .116
Big Ten . . . . . . . . .97
Pac-10 . . . . . . . . . .83
Big East . . . . . . . . .86
Atlantic 10 . . . . . . .60
Big 12 . . . . . . . . . .63
Sun Belt . . . . . . . . .41
C-USA . . . . . . . . . .40
MVC . . . . . . . . . . .35
SEC . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Big East . . . . . . . . . .6
ACC . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Pac-10 . . . . . . . . . . .2
Independents . . . . . .1
Sun Belt . . . . . . . . . .1
Big Ten . . . . . . . . . .1
Big 12 . . . . . . . . . . .1
SEC . . . . . . . . . . .299
ACC . . . . . . . . . . .167
Big East . . . . . . . .139
Big Ten . . . . . . . . .127
Pac-10 . . . . . . . . .100
Big 12 . . . . . . . . . . .84
Sun Belt . . . . . . . . .64
Atlantic 10 . . . . . . .48
Independents . . . . .32
SEC . . . . . . . . . . . .32
ACC . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Big East . . . . . . . . .12
Sun Belt . . . . . . . . . .8
Independents . . . . . .6
Big Ten . . . . . . . . . .8
Pac-10 . . . . . . . . . . .6
Big 12 . . . . . . . . . . .3
Colonial . . . . . . . . . .1
1982 . . . . . .5
1983 . . . . . .5
1984 . . . . . .5
1985 . . . . . .4
1986 . . . . . .7
1987 . . . . . .6
1988 . . . . . .6
1989 . . . . . . 6
1990 . . . . . . 6
1991 . . . . . .7
1992 . . . . . .4
1993 . . . . . .6
1994 . . . . . .6
1995 . . . . . .7
1996 . . . . . .7
1997 . . . . . .7
1998 . . . . . .6
1999 . . . . . . 8
2000 . . . . . . 6
2001 . . . . . .6
2002 . . . . . .8
2003 . . . . . . 7
2004 . . . . . .7
2005 . . . . . .5
2006 . . . . . .6
2007 . . . . . .5
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