{"id":117489,"date":"2024-04-24T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swishappeal.com\/ncaa\/2024\/4\/24\/24137704\/ncaa-women-ball-sec-conference-realignment-transfer-portal-changes-texas-oklahoma-south-carolina"},"modified":"2024-04-24T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T18:00:00","slug":"whats-next-for-the-sec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/24\/whats-next-for-the-sec\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s next for the SEC?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Welcome to the SEC, Madison Booker and the Texas Longhorns. | Photo by David Buono\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Red River rivals Texas and Oklahoma will jump from the Big 12 to the SEC, making the top conference in women\u2019s college basketball even better. However, the SEC still belongs to South Carolina.<\/p>\n

The home of the last three national champions, the SEC, best conference in women\u2019s college basketball, looks to be even better in 2024-25. <\/p>\n

Texas and Oklahoma arrive from the Big 12, prepared to challenge South Carolina\u2019s supremacy. With new head coaches, Kentucky and Tennessee also will be rising threats. And even after three SEC players were selected in the first round<\/a> of the WNBA<\/a> Draft, talent abounds, with transfers and recruits ready to make their mark. <\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a look at what\u2019s next for the SEC:<\/p>\n

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The arrival of Red River rivals<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Although there are plenty of reasons to protest the football-centric realignment that has shaken college sports, the changes should at least be fun for fans of SEC women\u2019s basketball. <\/p>\n

Texas and Oklahoma significantly will increase the already high quality of the SEC. The Longhorns were the Big 12 Tournament<\/a> champions and a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, advancing all the way to the Elite Eight. The Sooners captured the Big 12 regular season title for the second season in a row before advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament as a No. 5 seed. <\/p>\n

Texas tracks to be even better next year, with Madison Booker, who already won the Cheryl Miller Award as the best small forward in the nation as a freshman, buoyed by a year of experience and Rori Harmon, lost for the season to an ACL injury just as the calendar turned to 2024, returning to the court. The Longhorns also will be boosted by rising senior wing Laila Phelia<\/a>, who has traded the blue and maize of Michigan for burnt orange. Head coach Vic Schaefer also knows the conference well, having spent 12 years in charge at Mississippi State. Oklahoma should return the core contributors to their solid squad, with freshman forward Sahara Williams poised to emerge as a bigger presence for the Sooners. <\/p>\n

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