黎明·斯塔利（Dawn Staley）认为赢得第九次SEC锦标赛冠军是她迄今为止最大的挑战

南卡罗来纳州格林维尔（AP） - 自2008年接任南卡罗来纳州的总教练以来，Dawn Staley赢得了八次东南会议比赛。

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) – Dawn Staley has eight Southeastern Conference Tournaments to her credit since taking over as head coach at South Carolina in 2008.

南卡罗来纳州格林维尔（AP） - 自2008年接任南卡罗来纳州的主教练以来，黎明·斯塔利（Dawn Staley）举办了八场东南会议比赛。

She'll be facing her biggest challenge yet in winning a ninth.

在赢得第九名时，她将面临她最大的挑战。

To say the SEC is loaded is an understatement. The conference boasts five teams in the top 12 of the most recent AP poll – No. 1 Texas, No. 5 South Carolina, No. 9 LSU, No. 10 Oklahoma and No. 12 Kentucky. Seven teams are ranked in the Top 25 – and that doesn't include 17-time tournament champion Tennessee.

说SEC已加载是轻描淡写。该会议在最近的AP民意调查中拥有五支球队 - 德克萨斯州第一号，南卡罗来纳州第5号，第9位LSU，第10号俄克拉荷马州和肯塔基州12号。七支球队排名前25名 - 不包括17届锦标赛冠军田纳西州。

The SEC is so competitive that the Sooners, despite their top 10 ranking, finished fifth in the conference and didn't even receive a double bye in the tournament.

SEC的竞争力是如此激烈，以至于Sooners尽管排名前10位，但在会议上排名第五，甚至没有在比赛中获得双倍再见。

“By far, the toughest. … the toughest,” Staley said of this year’s level of competition in the SEC tournament compared to previous seasons.

“到目前为止，最艰难。 ……最艰难的。

South Carolina (27-3) will be the No. 1 seed for the fourth straight season after winning a coin flip with Texas on Sunday.

南卡罗来纳州（27-3）将在周日与德克萨斯州的硬币翻转后，将连续第四个赛季排名第一。

Both teams finished 15-1 in conference play and split the season series with South Carolina winning 67-50 on Jan. 12 in Columbia and the Longhorns responding with a 66-62 victory in Austin on Feb. 9. A highly-anticipated rubber match could come Sunday in Greenville – if both teams are able to make it through the gauntlet that awaits.

两支球队在会议比赛中以15-1的成绩和赛季赛的分赛，南卡罗来纳州在1月12日在哥伦比亚赢得67-50，而长角牛队在2月9日在奥斯丁以66-62的胜利做出了回应。如果两支球队都能通过这两支球队通过gauntlet进行，则在周日的格林维尔举行了高度期待的橡胶比赛。

The Gamecocks have plenty of big-game experience. They've won four of the last five SEC tournament titles and two of the last three national championships. But Staley said all of that "goes down the drain” this year with the addition of Texas and Oklahoma to the conference.

Gamecocks有很多大型游戏经验。他们赢得了最近五场SEC锦标赛冠军中的四个，最后三个全国冠军中的两个。但是斯塔利说，随着德克萨斯州和俄克拉荷马州在会议中加入，今年所有这些“陷入困境”。

“We have two teams that we didn't have to deal with last year and that is Texas and Oklahoma, and that will have an impact on the outcome,” Staley said. “They had an impact in the regular season and now (will have an impact on) the tournament.”

Staley说：“我们有两支球队去年不必应对，这就是德克萨斯州和俄克拉荷马州，这将对结果产生影响。” “他们在常规赛中产生了影响，现在（将对比赛产生影响）。”

BOOKER LEADS NO. 1 TEXAS

布克领先。 1得克萨斯州

Texas (29-2) enters the tournament on a 13-game winning streak and ranked first in the country for the first time in 21 years, a testament to the job head coach Vic Schaefer has done in Austin.

德克萨斯州（29-2）以13连胜的连胜进入比赛，并在21年来首次排名全国第一，这证明了乔布斯（Vic Sc​​haefer）在奥斯丁（Austin）所做的证明。

It helps the Longhorns have one of the best players in the country in Madison Booker, who is averaging 16 points, 6.5 points and 1.6 steals per game. With Booker leading the way, Schaefer believes the Longhorns are capable of winning out.

它可以帮助长角牛在麦迪逊·布克（Madison Booker）中拥有该国最好的球员之一，他平均每场抢断16分，6.5分和1.6次抢断。随着布克领先，谢弗（Schaefer）认为，长角牛（Longhorns）有能力获胜。

“We have a three-game tournament and a six-game tournament in front of us and the gauntlet that this group’s been through, there’s not going to be anything that they haven’t seen,” Schaefer said.

Schaefer说：“我们在我们面前举行了三场比赛和六场比赛，并且该小组已经参加了比赛，他们将不会看到他们没有看到的任何东西。”

LSU WITHOUT JOHNSON

没有约翰逊的LSU

Although the Longhorns were disappointed they didn't win the coin flip, they can take heart knowing that being the No. 2 seed might actually give them an easier path to Sunday’s championship game.

尽管Longhorns感到失望，但他们并没有赢得硬币的翻转，但他们可以振作起来，知道成为第二个种子实际上可能会使他们更容易进入周日冠军赛。

That's because No. 3 seed LSU (27-4), a potential opponent in the semifinals, will be without star Flau’jae Johnson, who'll miss the conference tournament with a shin injury. Tigers coach Kim Mulkey said she wants Johnson to get rested for the NCAA Tournament.

这是因为半决赛中潜在的对手LSU（27-4）将没有明星Flau'jae Johnson，他将因胫骨受伤而错过会议锦标赛。老虎队教练金·穆基（Kim Mulkey）说，她希望约翰逊（Johnson）休息参加NCAA锦标赛。

The Tigers lost 85-77 to unranked Mississippi in the season finale without Johnson.

在没有约翰逊的情况下，老虎队在本赛季大结局中以85-77输给了密西西比州。

"I don’t feel like anything we do in the conference tournament, even if we lost both games, will affect us hosting here” in the NCAA Tournament, Mulkey said. “We have a great body of work and Flau’jae will be back.”

穆基说：“我觉得我们在会议锦标赛中的任何事情，即使我们输了两场比赛也会影响我们在这里举办的比赛。”在NCAA锦标赛中。

KENTUCKY FEATURES ACC LOOK

肯塔基州功能ACC外观

Kentucky enticed head coach Kenny Brooks from Virginia Tech last offseason and it has been a boon for the Wildcats, who finished fourth in the league despite having 11 new players. Georgia Amoore and Clara Strack followed Brooks to Lexington, as did some of his incoming recruits, and the team has a very Atlantic Coast Conference feel to it.

肯塔基州上个休赛期吸引了弗吉尼亚理工大学的主教练肯尼·布鲁克斯（Kenny Brooks），这对野猫队来说是一个福音，尽管有11名新球员，但野猫队在联盟中排名第四。佐治亚·阿莫尔（Georgia Amoore）和克拉拉·斯特拉克（Clara Strack）跟随布鲁克斯（Brooks）前往列克星敦（Lexington），他的一些新兵也随之而来，球队对此感到非常大，这是一个非常大西洋海岸的会议。

But the Wildcats (22-6) have adjusted well.

但是野猫（22-6）的调整良好。

“The beautiful thing about the SEC being stacked is we’re part of the stack, and we’re excited about that,” Brooks said.

布鲁克斯说：“被堆叠的SEC的美丽是我们是堆栈的一部分，我们为此感到兴奋。”

Brooks called Amoore, who needs just eight assists to break the school's single-season assist record, “the best point guard in the country.” Strack, who had 23 points on Sunday in the loss at South Carolina, has taken a huge step forward as a sophomore.

布鲁克斯打电话给阿摩尔，他只需要八次助攻就打破了学校的单季助攻记录“该国最佳控球后卫”。斯特拉克（Strack）在周日在南卡罗来纳州的失利中得到23分，他大二迈出了巨大的一步。

OKLAHOMA TRENDING UPWARD

俄克拉荷马州趋势上升

The Sooners (23-6) are on a seven-game win streak, including a 91-84 win over No. 20 Auburn on

Sooners（23-6）处于七连胜，其中包括以91-84击败Auburn排名20