SEC announces women's basketball schedule



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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The 2016 women's basketball schedule has been released by the Southeastern Conference office.

Conference play will begin on Sunday, January 3 and run through Sunday, February 28, with the SEC Tournament being played Wednesday, March 2 - Sunday, March 6 in Jacksonville, Fla. 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 ESPN.

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 seventh year of the 16-game schedule for women's basketball and the fourth with 14 teams.

ESPN2 and ESPNU will produce a combined 13 conference contests and the SEC Network will televise more than 40 conference games. In addition, new for the 2015‐16 season, SEC Network will present two nights of whip‐around coverage, a live look‐in to every women's basketball contest played on Thursday, January 7th and Thursday, February 25. Each contest will also be available in its entirety as an SEC Network + via WatchESPN.

There will also be a package of televised non-conference games announced at a later date. Additionally, institutions will 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, including Whip Around games in their entirety, 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.

2016 SEC Women's Basketball Conference Schedule Date Game Network Time (ET) Sun., Jan. 3 Mississippi State at Florida SEC Network 1:00 p.m. Sun., Jan. 3 LSU at Alabama SEC Network 3:00 p.m. Sun., Jan. 3 Georgia at Texas A&M SEC Network 5:00 p.m. Sun., Jan. 3 Arkansas at South Carolina ESPNU TBD Sun., Jan. 3 Kentucky at Auburn -- TBD Sun., Jan. 3 Vanderbilt at Ole Miss -- TBD Mon., Jan. 4 Tennessee at Missouri SEC Network 7:00 p.m. Thurs., Jan. 7 Alabama at Kentucky SEC Network^ TBD Thurs., Jan. 7 Texas A&M at Arkansas SEC Network^ TBD Thurs., Jan. 7 Auburn at Mississippi State SEC Network^ TBD Thurs., Jan. 7 Florida at Tennessee SEC Network^ TBD Thurs., Jan. 7 Missouri at Georgia SEC Network^ TBD Thurs., Jan. 7 Ole Miss at LSU SEC Network^ TBD Thurs., Jan. 7 South Carolina at Vanderbilt SEC Network^ TBD Sun., Jan. 10 Missouri at South Carolina SEC Network Noon Sun., Jan. 10 Florida at Ole Miss SEC Network 2:00 p.m. Sun., Jan. 10 Texas A&M at LSU SEC Network 4:00 p.m. Sun., Jan. 10 Auburn at Tennessee ESPNU TBD Sun., Jan. 10 Vanderbilt at Alabama -- TBD Sun., Jan. 10 Arkansas at Mississippi State -- TBD Sun., Jan. 10 Kentucky at Georgia -- TBD Thurs., Jan. 14 South Carolina at Kentucky SEC Network 7:00 p.m. Thurs., Jan. 14 Tennessee at Arkansas SEC Network 9:00 p.m. Thurs., Jan. 14 Alabama at Auburn -- TBD Thurs., Jan. 14 Georgia at Florida -- TBD Thurs., Jan. 14 LSU at Vanderbilt -- TBD Thurs., Jan. 14 Ole Miss at Texas A&M -- TBD Thurs., Jan. 14 Mississippi State at Missouri -- TBD Sun., Jan. 17 Auburn at Kentucky SEC Network 1:00 p.m. Sun., Jan. 17 Missouri at Arkansas SEC Network 3:00 p.m. Sun., Jan. 17 Georgia at Alabama SEC Network 5:00 p.m. Sun., Jan. 17 Texas A&M at South Carolina ESPN2 TBD Sun., Jan. 17 LSU at Florida -- TBD Mon., Jan. 18 Ole Miss at Mississippi State SEC Network 7:00 p.m. Thurs., Jan. 21 Vanderbilt at Tennessee SEC Network 7:00 p.m. Thurs., Jan. 21 Kentucky at Ole Miss SEC Network 9:00 p.m. Thurs., Jan. 21 Alabama at Florida -- TBD Thurs., Jan. 21 Arkansas at LSU -- TBD Thurs., Jan. 21 South Carolina at Auburn -- TBD Thurs., Jan. 21 Mississippi State at Georgia -- TBD Thurs., Jan. 21 Missouri at Texas A&M -- TBD Sun., Jan. 24 Florida at Missouri SEC Network 2:00 p.m. Sun., Jan. 24 Arkansas at Auburn SEC Network 4:00 p.m. Sun., Jan. 24 South Carolina at Mississippi State ESPN2 TBD Sun., Jan. 24 LSU at Georgia -- TBD Mon., Jan. 25 Alabama at Vanderbilt SEC Network 7:00 p.m. Mon., Jan. 25 Tennessee at Kentucky ESPN2 TBD Thurs., Jan. 28 Auburn at Georgia SEC Network 7:00 p.m. Thurs., Jan. 28 Tennessee at Mississippi State SEC Network 9:00 p.m. Thurs., Jan. 28 Texas A&M at Alabama -- TBD Thurs., Jan. 28 Florida at Arkansas -- TBD Thurs., Jan. 28 Vanderbilt at Kentucky -- TBD Thurs., Jan. 28 LSU at Missouri -- TBD Thurs., Jan. 28 Ole Miss at South Carolina -- TBD Sun., Jan 31 Kentucky at Florida SEC Network 1:00 p.m. Sun., Jan 31 Alabama at Tennessee SEC Network 3:00 p.m. Sun., Jan. 31 Missouri at Ole Miss SEC Network 5:00 p.m. Sun., Jan. 31 South Carolina at Texas A&M ESPNU TBD Sun., Jan. 31 Mississippi State at Arkansas -- TBD Sun., Jan. 31 Georgia at Vanderbilt -- TBD Mon., Feb. 1 Auburn at LSU SEC Network 7:00 p.m. Thurs., Feb. 4 Kentucky at South Carolina SEC Network 7:00 p.m. Thurs., Feb. 4 Mississippi State at LSU SEC Network 9:00 p.m. Thurs., Feb. 4 Ole Miss at Alabama -- TBD Thurs., Feb. 4 Arkansas at Tennessee -- TBD Thurs., Feb. 4 Vanderbilt at Auburn -- TBD Thurs., Feb. 4 Texas A&M at Florida -- TBD Thurs., Feb. 4 Georgia at Missouri -- TBD Sun., Feb. 7 LSU at Kentucky SEC Network 12:00 p.m. Sun., Feb. 7 Auburn at Alabama SEC Network 2:00 p.m. Sun., Feb 7 Tennessee at Texas A&M ESPN2 TBD Sun., Feb. 7 Ole Miss at Georgia -- TBD Sun., Feb. 7 Missouri at Mississippi State -- TBD Mon., Feb. 8 Vanderbilt at Arkansas SEC Network 7:00 p.m. Thurs., Feb. 11 Mississippi State at Texas A&M SEC Network 7:00 p.m. Thurs., Feb. 11 Tennessee at Vanderbilt SEC Network 9:00 p.m. Thurs., Feb. 11 Alabama at Missouri -- TBD Thurs., Feb. 11 Auburn at Ole Miss -- TBD Thurs., Feb. 11 Florida at South Carolina -- TBD Sun., Feb. 14 Florida at Auburn SEC Network 2:00 p.m. Sun., Feb. 14 Kentucky at Vanderbilt SEC Network 4:00 p.m. Sun., Feb. 14 Arkansas at Missouri -- TBD Sun. Feb. 14 Georgia at LSU -- TBD Mon., Feb. 15 Texas A&M at Ole Miss SEC Network 7:00 p.m. Mon., Feb. 15 South Carolina at Tennessee ESPN2 TBD Thurs., Feb. 18 Kentucky at Mississippi State SEC Network 7:00 p.m. Thurs., Feb. 18 LSU at Texas A&M SEC Network 9:00 p.m. Thurs., Feb. 18 Alabama at Arkansas -- TBD Thurs., Feb. 18 Vanderbilt at Florida -- TBD Thurs., Feb. 18 Georgia at South Carolina -- TBD Thurs., Feb. 18 Ole Miss at Tennessee -- TBD Sun., Feb. 21 Florida at Georgia SEC Network 1:00 p.m. Sun., Feb. 21 Arkansas at Kentucky SEC Network 3:00 p.m. Sun., Feb. 21 Texas A&M at Vanderbilt SEC Network 5:00 p.m. Sun., Feb. 21 Tennessee at LSU ESPNU TBD Sun., Feb. 21 Mississippi State at Ole Miss ESPN2 TBD Sun., Feb. 21 Missouri at Auburn -- TBD Mon., Feb. 22 South Carolina at Alabama SEC Network 7:00 p.m. Thurs., Feb. 25 Tennessee at Alabama SEC Network^ TBD Thurs., Feb. 25 Arkansas at Georgia SEC Network^ TBD Thurs., Feb. 25 Texas A&M at Auburn SEC Network^ TBD Thurs., Feb. 25 Florida at LSU SEC Network^ TBD Thurs., Feb. 25 Missouri at Kentucky SEC Network^ TBD Thurs., Feb. 25 South Carolina at Ole Miss SEC Network^ TBD Thurs., Feb. 25 Mississippi State at Vanderbilt SEC Network^ TBD Sun., Feb. 28 Vanderbilt at Missouri SEC Network 2:00 p.m. Sun., Feb. 28 Ole Miss at Arkansas SEC Network 4:00 p.m. Sun., Feb. 28 Georgia at Tennessee ESPN2/ESPNU TBD Sun., Feb. 28 Kentucky at Texas A&M ESPN2/ESPNU TBD Sun., Feb. 28 LSU at South Carolina ESPN2/ESPNU TBD Sun., Feb. 28 Alabama at Mississippi State -- TBD Sun., Feb. 28 Auburn at Florida -- TBD

^ indicates SEC Network whip-around coverage

*All times Eastern and subject to change

Games listed with multiple networks are considered net flex and the network will be determined 7-10 days prior.