South Carolina was picked by SEC and national media to win the 2018 SEC women’s basketball championship, the league office announced Tuesday. It is the fourth-straight season the Gamecocks have topped the preseason media voting. The media also selected senior forward A’ja Wilson as its SEC Preseason Player of the Year, an award she has won at the end of the last two seasons.
The reigning national champion, South Carolina has won the last four SEC regular-season titles, most recently with a 14-2 league record last season, a mark that also delivered the Gamecocks’ first SEC crown in 2013-14.