SEC announces 2018 Women's Basketball schedule



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Birmingham, Ala. -- The 2018 women's basketball schedule has been released by the Southeastern Conference office.

Conference play will begin on Sunday, December 31 and run through Sunday, February 25. The schedule consists of a single round robin (10 games) and home and away with one permanent opponent (2 games) and two rotating opponents (4 games). The permanent opponents are Alabama-Auburn, Arkansas-Missouri, Florida-Georgia, Kentucky-South Carolina, LSU-Texas A&M, Ole Miss-Mississippi State, and Tennessee-Vanderbilt. Each team will play eight home games and eight away games. The rotating opponents changes annually. This marks the ninth year of the 16-game schedule for women's basketball and the sixth with 14 teams.

During the week of January 21-28, SEC member institutions will participate in the seventh annual "We Back Pat" Week. The week-long initiative is focused on bringing awareness and recognition to the Pat Summitt Foundation, a fund of East Tennessee Foundation, and its fight against Alzheimer's disease.

The regular season concludes with the 2018 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament being held for the sixth time at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. The tournament will include all 14 teams and begins on Wednesday, February 28 and concludes with the championship game on Sunday, March 4.

The women's basketball television schedule will be announced at a later date, as will times for all games.