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Gamecock women picked as SEC champs, men slotted to finish 10th

Football season is well underway, but the action on the hardwood is starting to crank up with the SEC’s basketball media days happening this week.

The South Carolina women were chosen to finish as conference champions in the annual preseason media poll, coming off a 2018-19 campaign that culminated with a 23-10 (13-3) record and Sweet 16 appearance. The Gamecocks fell in a shocker to Arkansas during the SEC Tournament, halting what could have been a path to a record fifth-straight conference crown.

South Carolina returns two starters in senior guard Tyasha Harris and senior forward Mikiah Herbert Harrigan, while adding the nation’s No.