South Carolina and Texas look like two of the best teams in the country in women’s college basketball. Each are in the top five of the latest AP Poll, each have paths to secure No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament, and both rank highly nationally in offensive and defensive metrics.
But the Gamecocks and Longhorns ended the regular season with identical records, 15-1, in Southeastern Conference play. South Carolina beat Texas in Columbia, then the Longhorns got revenge over the Gamecocks in Austin.
So, there was a tiebreaker protocol to follow in determining who would get the No. 1 overall seed in the SEC Tournament, which begins in
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