On Thursday, SEC women’s basketball will officially kick off with media day in Nashville, Tennessee. Two players and the coach from all of the conference’s 14 schools will be in attendance.
In 2016-2017, the SEC advanced eight teams to the NCAA tournament, the most of any conference in the country, and accounted for both national finalists — Mississippi State and champion South Carolina. This year, however, the conference may be even more competitive, as teams like Tennessee and Georgia reload with talented freshman classes and Texas A&M and Mississippi State return elite players of their own.
In the face of all this, here are the most pressing questions facing Dawn Staley and her Gamecocks.