Gamecocks women’s basketball will host six SEC NCAA teams

South Carolina women’s basketball will host six NCAA Tournament qualifiers among its eight SEC home games in 2017-18 per the conference schedule released by the league office.

The National Champion Gamecocks have home-and-home series with Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee, while Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, LSU and Texas A&M will also visit Colonial Life Arena during conference play, which kicks off on Dec. 31 this season.

South Carolina opens the SEC schedule at home for the fourth-straight season, kicking off league play against Texas A&M on Sun., Dec. 31, as the SEC begins play before New Year’s Day for the first time since 2004-05.

South Carolina’s 2017-18 SEC schedule is:

Sun., Dec. 31, vs. Texas A&M

Thu., Jan. 4, at Ole Miss

Sun., Jan. 7, at Missouri

Thu., Jan. 11, vs. Auburn

Sun., Jan. 14, vs. Tennessee

Thu., Jan. 18, at Vanderbilt

Sun., Jan. 21, at Kentucky

Thu., Jan. 25, vs. Arkansas

Sun., Jan. 28, vs. Missouri

Mon., Feb. 5, at Mississippi State

Thu., Feb. 8, at Alabama

Sun., Feb. 11, vs. Florida

Thu., Feb. 15, at Georgia

Sun., Feb. 18, vs. Kentucky

Thu., Feb. 22, vs. LSU

Sun., Feb. 25 at Tennessee

This story was originally published August 22, 2017 at 3:12 PM with the headline "Gamecocks women’s basketball will host six SEC NCAA teams."