Published Oct 17, 2017
Gamecocks picked to win SEC title, A'ja Wilson preseason POY
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Collyn Taylor  •  GamecockScoop
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It's strange what three years of dominance and a national championship will do for a program.

South Carolina was picked to win the SEC again this year by a panel of SEC and national media members, the conference announced Tuesday.

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The Gamecocks are coming off the program's first national title and have won four straight SEC regular season titles and three conference tournament championships in a row.

They went 33-4 last season, 14-2 in the SEC, en route to the team's second Final Four in three years and the national championship.

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A'ja Wilson, who's won SEC Player of the Year twice in her three years so far, was picked to win it again this year. She is also on the preseason All-SEC First-Team.

Wilson averaged almost 18 points and eight rebounds a game last season, and she was a first-team All-American and the Final Four's Most Outstanding Player.

See the predicted order of finish and preseason All-SEC Team below.

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Predicted order of finish

1. South Carolina

2. Mississippi State

3. Missouri

4. Tennessee

5. Texas A&M

6. Kentucky

7. LSU

8. Georgia

9. Alabama

10. Auburn

11. Vanderbilt

12. Florida

13. Ole Miss

14. Arkansas

Preseason All-SEC

Victoria Vivians, Mississippi State

Morgan William, Mississippi State

Sophie Cunningham, Missouri

A'ja Wilson, South Carolina

Mercedes Russell, Tennessee