Greenville to host women's basketball College GameDay for SEC tournament championship

Emily Adams, Greenville News
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After visiting South Carolina women's basketball in Columbia last season, ESPN's College GameDay is coming to Greenville next Sunday for the SEC tournament championship.

In 2021-22, College GameDay came to Colonial Life Arena for the Gamecocks' 67-53 win over Tennessee. It was the first time in 11 years ESPN's pregame show featured a women's basketball game. This season, ESPN expanded the show to three women's college basketball games: UConn at Tennessee on Jan. 26 and Indiana at Iowa on Sunday were the first two sites chosen.

The SEC tournament begins Wednesday with games among the four bottom seeds. The title game is scheduled to tip off at 3 p.m. Sunday (ESPN) at Greenville's Bon Secours Wellness Arena. It will be the first time College GameDay has attended a women's basketball conference championship game.

No. 1 South Carolina (29-0, 16-0 SEC) enters the tournament as the top seed and clear favorite after finishing the regular season undefeated for the first time in program history. No. 4 LSU will be the No. 2 seed after losing 88-64 to South Carolina on Feb. 12.

The Gamecocks were also the 1-seed in the 2022 SEC tournament, but they lost the championship game, 64-62 against sixth-seeded Kentucky. The team has not won an SEC tournament title since 2019-20.

South Carolina's first game of the conference tournament will be Friday (noon, SEC Network) against the winner of Thursday's game between No. 8 Arkansas and No. 9 Missouri. The bracket will be determined Sunday night after the final regular-season games conclude.

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