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A TO Z OF SEC WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT Published: Thursday, March 02, 2006 PRINT E-MAIL AAlltel Arena, the site of this year’s SEC Women’s Tournament. Three attendance records, including overall attendance (43, 642 ), still stand from the first time this event was held here, in 2003. BBack to back. Tennessee is attempting to become the first team to win this tournament in consecutive years since the Lady Vols won it from 1998-2000. CCommodores. With four SEC Women’s Tournament championships, Vanderbilt is tied with Auburn and Georgia for the second-most in the tournament’s 26-year history. DDunk. Odds are long you’ll see a dunk this week, but it’s not unthinkable. Tennessee freshman Candace Parker, 6-3, is the only woman ever to win a slam-dunk contest (2004 McDonald’s All-American Game ). Eshe. Florida’s senior forward Dalila Eshe is one of , to rank among the SEC’s top eight in scoring, rebounding and free-throw percentage. Freshman. Mississippi State’s Robin Porter earned a of spot on the All-SEC Freshman Team and is the sister former Auburn standout Chris Porter. Goofy. The word, according to her, that best describes
as a shot-blocker and leads with SEC with 3. 85 per game. Howard. Arkansas junior transfer Leslie Howard would (2. 6 rank second in the league in three-pointers per game and ninth in three-point percentage (39. 5 ) if she had played enough games to qualify for consideration. IInternational players. South Carolina has the most (five ) of any SEC team. JJudicous. The term is appropriate for LSU point guard Erica White, who owns the best assist-to-turnover ratio (2. : 1 ) in the conference. KeKe. At 6-7 Auburn freshman KeKe Carrier is the SEC’s tallest. LLanders. Georgia Coach Andy Landers is the only male head coach in the league. and shots. NNorth Little Rock. Home of Alltel Arena, site of the tournament. Ormerod. Her Dana real name is but there was nothing slow about the start of Pokey Chatman’s coaching career. In her second season at LSU, Chatman has a record of 58-5 (. 921 ). Queen of the thieves. That’s nickname of Georgia senior guard Sherill Baker, who not only leads the nation with 4. 7 steals per game this season, but is the SEC’s all-time career leader with 403. RRebounds. No player in the SEC has grabbed more — offensive (108 ) or defensive (205 ) — than 6-6 LSU center Sylvia Fowles. SScoring record. Mississippi State’s LaToya Thomas still holds this honor after 44 in a first-round loss to Arkansas at the 2001 SEC Women’s Tournament. TTennessee. It’s no surprise the Lady Vols have won more SEC Women’s Tournaments than any other school. Tennessee has won 11 of the 26 tournaments. UUnder. 500. Since the SEC women went to a 14-game conference schedule in 1998, 13 teams have advanced to the NCAA Tournament despite finishing below. 500 in league play. VVictory. South Carolina probably needs at least one victory to avoid becoming the fourth SEC team since 1998 to finish with a. 500 conference record but not make the NCAA Tournament. WWilliams. Vanderbilt junior Caroline Williams leads the SEC with 3. 0 three-pointers per game. XX marks the spot. LSU’s Seimone Augustus was named to the All-SEC Tournament Team as a freshman here in 2003 and can join Tennessee’s Chamique Holdsclaw as the only player ever to make the team four times. YYouth. Florida’s Sha Brooks and Tennessee’s Candace Parker were the only two freshmen named to the All-SEC first team or second team. ZZolman. Tennessee senior guard Shanna Zolman not only has made 76 of 81 free throws (93. 8 ) this season, a. percent career -, the highest percentage in SEC history. Yesterday's Most Popular 1. Arkansas football team still making noise 3. Hogs downplay talk of rankings 4. HOG CALLS : Blue-collar Hogs' effort energizing crowds 5. Surging Hogs not obsessing over national polls Today's Most E-mailed 1. Hogs, Horns renew rivalry with fresh faces 2. ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS VS. NO. 7 TEXAS LONGHORNS : 'A different animal'Pelphrey : Longhorns SEC-like 3. LIKE IT IS : Texas' Barnes good at raising bar, eyebrows 4. THE RECRUITING GUY : 3 UA recruits on display at all-star event |
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