SEC announces women's basketball schedule



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Birmingham, Ala. -- The 2017 women's basketball schedule has been released by the Southeastern Conference office. Additionally, all non-conference TV games part of the SEC contract have been announced, as well as the 2017 SEC Tournament schedule.

Conference play will begin on Sunday, January 1 and run through Sunday, February 26. 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 eighth year of the 16-game schedule for women's basketball and the fifth with 14 teams.

ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU will produce a combined 21 regular season contests and the SEC Network will televise 63 games. Included in those numbers are games presented as part of the 2016 SEC/Big 12 Women's Basketball Challenge, December 1 - 4. In addition, We Back Pat games will continue to be featured during the week of January 16-23.

The SEC Tournament will be played Wednesday, March 1 - Sunday, March 5 at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, S.C. The SEC Network will televise the first three days of the SEC Women's Basketball Tournament while the semifinals will be aired on ESPNU, and the championship game on ESPN2.

Institutions will continue to have the ability to produce for SEC Network + any conference and non-conference games that are not otherwise televised, which will be available on WatchESPN and SECSports.com.

All of the games in the ESPN package (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU) and the SEC Network will be available through WatchESPN, accessible online at WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app, and streamed on televisions through Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox 360 or Xbox One to fans who receive their video subscription from an affiliated provider.

2017 SEC Women's Basketball Conference Schedule

Sunday, November 20, 2016

Duke at Vanderbilt (SEC Network) - 11:00 a.m. CT

Texas at Mississippi State (SEC Network) - 5:00 p.m. CT

Connecticut at LSU (ESPN) - 4:30 p.m. CT

Sunday, November 27, 2016

Indiana at Auburn (SEC Network) - 1:00 p.m. CT

%Louisville vs South Carolina (ESPN2) - 1:00 p.m. ET

Thursday, December 1, 2016

^Oklahoma at Kentucky (SEC Network) - 7:00 p.m. ET

^South Carolina at Texas (ESPN2) - 7:00 p.m. ET



Saturday, December 3, 2016

^Texas Tech at Arkansas (SEC Network) - 3:00 p.m. CT

Sunday, December 4, 2016

^Kansas at Alabama (SEC Network) - 11:00 a.m. CT

^TCU at LSU (SEC Network) - 1:00 p.m. CT

^Baylor at Tennessee (ESPN2) - 3:00 p.m. ET

Sunday, December 11, 2016

Arizona State at Kentucky (SEC Network) - 1:00 p.m. ET

Minnesota at South Carolina (SEC Network) - 3:00 p.m. ET

Thursday, December 15, 2016

Clemson at South Carolina (SEC Network) - 7:00 p.m. ET

Sunday, December 18, 2016

Stanford at Tennessee (SEC Network) - 3:00 p.m. ET

UCLA at South Carolina (ESPN2) - 2:00 p.m. ET

Monday, December 19, 2016

Virginia at Georgia (SEC Network) - 7:00 p.m. ET

Monday, December 28, 2016

Vanderbilt at Memphis (ESPNU) - 7:00 p.m. ET

Sunday, January 1, 2017

*Auburn at Florida

*Arkansas at Ole Miss (SEC Network) - 4:00 p.m. CT

*LSU at Mississippi State (SEC Network) - 2:00 p.m. CT

*Georgia at Missouri (SEC Network) - 12:00 p.m. CT

*Alabama at South Carolina (ESPN2) - 2:00 p.m. ET

*Kentucky at Tennessee (ESPN2) - 4:30 p.m. ET

Monday, January 2, 2017

*Vanderbilt at Texas A&M (SEC Network) - 6:00 p.m. CT

Thursday, January 5, 2017

*Ole Miss at Alabama

*Mississippi State at Arkansas

*South Carolina at Auburn

*Texas A&M at Georgia

*Missouri at Kentucky (SEC Network) - 7:00 p.m. ET

*Florida at LSU

*Tennessee at Vanderbilt (SEC Network) - 8:00 p.m. CT

Sunday, January 8, 2017

*Alabama at Missouri

*LSU at Arkansas

*Ole Miss at Auburn (SEC Network) - 3:00 p.m. CT

*South Carolina at Florida (ESPNU) - 12:00 p.m. ET

*Vanderbilt at Georgia (SEC Network) - 12:00 p.m. ET

*Texas A&M at Kentucky (SEC Network) - 2:00 p.m. ET

*Mississippi State at Tennessee

Thursday, January 12, 2017

*Kentucky at Alabama

*Arkansas at Texas A&M

*Auburn at Vanderbilt

*Florida at Mississippi State (SEC Network) - 8:00 p.m. CT

*Georgia at South Carolina (SEC Network) - 7:00 p.m. ET

*Missouri at LSU

*Tennessee at Ole Miss

Sunday, January 15, 2017

*Arkansas at Alabama (SEC Network) - 4:00 p.m. CT

*Texas A&M at Florida (SEC Network) - 1:00 p.m. ET

*Georgia at Kentucky (SEC Network) - 3:00 p.m. ET

*South Carolina at LSU

*Missouri at Vanderbilt

Monday, January 16, 2017

*Ole Miss at Mississippi State (SEC Network) - 6:30 p.m. CT

Notre Dame at Tennessee (ESPN2) - 7:00 p.m. ET

Thursday, January 19, 2017

*Mississippi State at Alabama

*Vanderbilt at Arkansas

*Tennessee at Auburn

*Kentucky at LSU

*Ole Miss at South Carolina (SEC Network) - 7:00 p.m. ET

*Texas A&M at Missouri (SEC Network) - 8:00 p.m. CT

Sunday, January 22, 2017

*Alabama at Ole Miss

*Kentucky at Auburn (SEC Network) - 2:00 p.m. CT

*Florida at Georgia (SEC Network) - 1:00 p.m. ET

*LSU at Texas A&M (SEC Network) - 4:00 p.m. CT

*Vanderbilt at Tennessee (ESPN2) - 5:00 p.m. ET

Monday, January 23, 2017

*Missouri at Arkansas (SEC Network) - 6:00 p.m. CT

*Mississippi State at South Carolina (ESPN2) - 7:00 p.m. ET

Thursday, January 26, 2017

*Alabama at Vanderbilt (SEC Network) - 8:00 p.m. CT

*Auburn at Missouri

*Tennessee at Florida

*South Carolina at Georgia (SEC Network) - 7:00 p.m. ET

*Ole Miss at Kentucky

Sunday, January 29, 2017

*Auburn at Alabama (SEC Network) - 5:00 p.m. CT

*Arkansas at LSU (SEC Network) - 1:00 p.m. CT

*Florida at Vanderbilt

*Georgia at Ole Miss

*Texas A&M at Mississippi State (SEC Network) - 3:00 p.m. CT

Monday, January 30, 2017

*Kentucky at Missouri (SEC Network) - 6:00 p.m. CT

*Tennessee at South Carolina (ESPN2) - 6:00 p.m. ET

Thursday, February 2, 2017

*Georgia at Arkansas

*Mississippi State at Auburn (SEC Network) - 8:00 p.m. CT

*Florida at Texas A&M

*South Carolina at Kentucky (SEC Network) - 7:00 p.m. ET

*LSU at Tennessee

Sunday, February 5, 2017

*Alabama at LSU (SEC Network) - 3:00 p.m. CT

*South Carolina at Arkansas (ESPN2) - 2:00 p.m. ET

*Auburn at Texas A&M (SEC Network) - 1:00 p.m. CT

*Tennessee at Georgia (ESPN) - 4:00 p.m. ET

*Vanderbilt at Kentucky (SEC Network) - 12:00 p.m. ET

*Missouri at Mississippi State (ESPNU) - 2:30 p.m. ET

Monday, February 6, 2017

*Ole Miss at Florida (SEC Network) - 7:00 p.m. ET

Thursday, February 9, 2017

*Alabama at Texas A&M

*Arkansas at Florida

*Auburn at South Carolina

*Kentucky at Georgia

*LSU at Ole Miss

*Vanderbilt at Mississippi State (SEC Network) - 8:00 p.m. CT

*Missouri at Tennessee (SEC Network) - 7:00 p.m. ET

Sunday, February 12, 2017

*Florida at Alabama (SEC Network) - 1:00 p.m. CT

*Arkansas at Missouri (SEC Network) - 5:00 p.m. CT

*Georgia at Auburn

*Mississippi State at Ole Miss (SEC Network) - 3:00 p.m. CT

*Texas A&M at Tennessee (ESPNU) - 2:00 p.m. ET

Monday, February 13, 2017

*LSU at Vanderbilt (SEC Network) - 6:00 p.m. CT

South Carolina at Connecticut (ESPN2) - 9:00 p.m. ET

Thursday, February 16, 2017

*Tennessee at Alabama

*Kentucky at Arkansas

*Auburn at Ole Miss (SEC Network) - 8:00 p.m. CT

*Missouri at Florida

*Georgia at Mississippi State

*Texas A&M at LSU

*Vanderbilt at South Carolina (SEC Network) - 7:00 p.m. ET

Sunday, February 19, 2017

*Arkansas at Tennessee (SEC Network) - 3:00 p.m. ET

*Florida at Kentucky (SEC Network) - 1:00 p.m. ET

*LSU at Georgia

*Ole Miss at Vanderbilt

*Mississippi State at Texas A&M (SEC Network) - 4:00 p.m. CT

*South Carolina at Missouri (ESPN2) - 3:00 p.m. ET

Monday, February 20, 2017

*Alabama at Auburn (SEC Network) - 6:00 p.m. CT

Thursday, February 23, 2017

*Alabama at Georgia

*Arkansas at Vanderbilt

*LSU at Auburn

*Florida at Tennessee (SEC Network) - 7:00 p.m. ET

*Mississippi State at Kentucky

*Ole Miss at Missouri

*South Carolina at Texas A&M (SEC Network) - 8:00 p.m. CT

Sunday, February 26, 2017

*Missouri at Alabama (SEC Network) - 6:00 p.m. CT

*Auburn at Arkansas (SEC Network) - 2:00 p.m. CT

*Georgia at Florida (ESPNU) - 12:00 p.m. ET

*Kentucky at South Carolina (ESPNU/ESPN2) - 2/5 p.m. ET

*Vanderbilt at LSU (SEC Network) - 12:00 p.m. CT

*Texas A&M at Ole Miss (SEC Network) - 4:00 p.m. CT

*Tennessee at Mississippi State (ESPNU/ESPN2) - 1/4 p.m. CT

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

#Seed #12 vs. Seed #13 (SEC Network) - 11:00 a.m. ET

#Seed #11 vs. Seed #14 (SEC Network)

Thursday, March 2, 2017

#Seed #8 vs. Seed #9 (SEC Network) - 12:00 p.m. ET

#Seed #5 vs. Game 1 winner (SEC Network)

#Seed #10 vs. Seed #7 (SEC Network) - 6:00 p.m. ET

#Seed #6 vs. Game 2 winner (SEC Network)

Friday, March 3, 2017

#Seed #1 vs. Game 3 winner (SEC Network) - 12:00 p.m. ET

#Seed #4 vs. Game 4 winner (SEC Network)

#Seed #2 vs. Game 5 winner (SEC Network) - 6:00 p.m. ET

#Seed #3 vs. Game 6 winner (SEC Network)

Saturday, March 4, 2017

#Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner (ESPNU) - 5:00 p.m. ET

#Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner (ESPNU)

Sunday, March 5, 2017

#Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner (ESPN2) - 3:00 p.m. ET