The Arkansas women’s basketball team is picked to finish sixth in the SEC this season, according a media poll released by the conference this week.
This marks the fifth straight year that the Lady Razorbacks were chosen to finish in the top half of the conference, under seventh-year Head Coach Mike Neighbors. It is also the ninth time in the program’s 33-year conference history.
The panel of media members from the SEC and national media outlets selected defending national champion LSU to, once again, finish atop the standings. Tiger star Angel Reese was projected to be the SEC Player of the Year,
Arkansas is coming off its fifth straight trip to the postseason, and fourth straight year being ranked inside the RPI/NET Top 50 – one of only two SEC schools to accomplish that feat. The Razorbacks are returning eight players – including three starters – from last season’s squad that finished 24-13 and advanced to the WNIT’s Elite Eight.
The program also welcomes the No. 17 recruiting class in the country, as ranked by ESPN.
SEC media Tip Off ’24 will be held Thursday in Mountain Brook, Ala., with Neighbors joining Arkansas players Makayla Daniels and Samara Spencer for the event.
The season tips off on Nov. 7, when Louisiana-Monroe visits Bud Walton Arena.
The SEC Preseason Coaches’ Poll and Preseason Team will be unveiled next week.
