Video: South Carolina Wins Coin Flip Over Texas for No. 1 Seed in SEC WCBB Tournament

The reigning NCAA champions don't need many breaks, but the South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team got one Sunday.

South Carolina and Texas were tied atop the SEC standings after the regular season, and the tiebreaker for the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament was decided by a coin flip. SEC commissioner Greg Sankey did the flip on live television Sunday, and the Gamecocks landed the top spot:

Both teams went 15-1 in conference play, and they split their two head-to-head matchups with the home team winning each one.

That meant it all came down to luck, which was on South Carolina's side Sunday.

"It was kind of exciting," Gamecocks head coach Dawn Staley said, per Lulu Kesin of the Greenville News. "The build-up was good. I know when you're part of the equation, it doesn't feel good to have your fate in a coin toss and I didn't know that eight other sports use a coin flip. That was news to me. I feel a little better about it now."

The result means a fourth straight season with South Carolina entering the SEC tournament as the No. 1 seed. It won the conference tournament in each of the last two years and will look to defend its crown with a third straight title.

Staley's team also won the SEC tournament in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2021 before the recent back-to-back, adding more trophies to her dominant tenure with the school that includes three national titles, six Final Fours and nine regular-season SEC crowns.

While Texas was surely disappointed to not land the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament, it can take solace knowing it is in line for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.

South Carolina, Texas, UCLA and USC were the No. 1 seeds in ESPN's latest projected bracket, which would mean the SEC and Big Ten split the four top spots in the 68-team field. 

The SEC tournament starts Wednesday in Greenville, South Carolina, and the Gamecocks