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UConn women motivated, not dwelling on Final Four loss

STORRS, Conn. (AP) UConn comes into the season off a loss, an unusual position after a 111-game winning streak.

Baylor women sign 5 touted recruits to letters of intent

WACO, Texas (AP) Third-ranked Baylor, which has won the last seven Big 12 women’s basketball regular-season titles, has signed five highly touted recruits to national letters of intent.

UConn's Auriemma turns talk-show host in new podcast

STORRS, Conn. (AP) UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma is becoming a talk show host.

Rutgers' C. Vivian Stringer gets 4-year contract extension

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) Rutgers has given Hall of Fame women’s basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer a four-year contract extension.

The Women's Top Twenty Five

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ preseason 2017-18 women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 2016-17 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last year’s final ranking:

UConn women a unanimous No. 1 in AP preseason hoops poll

NEW YORK (AP) UConn is in a familiar spot to start the season – No. 1 in the poll.

AP POLL ALERT: UConn a unanimous No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25 women's hoops poll; Texas is No. 2, Baylor No. 3

NEW YORK (AP) AP POLL ALERT: UConn a unanimous No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25 women’s hoops poll; Texas is No. 2, Baylor No. 3.

Clemson, Smith grinding in shadow cast by Staley, Gamecocks

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) Clemson women’s basketball coach Audra Smith knows firsthand how hard it is to chase down Dawn Staley on the basketball court.

Vandy coach: Lack of White House invite a 'slap in the face'

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Vanderbilt coach Stephanie White says it is a ”slap in the face” to the Gamecocks that South Carolina still is waiting for an invitation to the White House as the reigning national women’s basketball champions.

Gamecocks' rise, Lady Vols' fall reflect SEC's major changes

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) When South Carolina and Mississippi State met in an all-Southeastern Conference national championship game last season, it underscored the league’s dramatic transformation in the post-Pat Summitt era.

Notre Dame again picked as favorite in ACC women's hoops

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Notre Dame is once again the favorite to win the Atlantic Coast Conference women’s basketball title.

South Carolina preseason pick to win 5th straight SEC title

BRIMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) South Carolina is the preseason favorite to win its fifth straight Southeastern Conference women’s basketball crown while Gamecocks center A’ja Wilson is projected to win her third consecutive SEC player of the year award.

Ex-Lady Vols star honoring Summitt by cycling 1,098 miles

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Ever since Pat Summitt helped her become a national champion at Tennessee, Michelle Brooke-Marciniak has found all kinds of ways to thank her coach.

South Carolina women's hoops coach: No White House invite

Dawn Staley and her champion South Carolina Gamecocks are still waiting for their invite to the White House.

Auriemma offers to forego pay in education budget battle

STORRS, Conn. (AP) Hall-of-Fame basketball coach Geno Auriemma has weighed into Connecticut’s budget battle, offering to go unpaid next year in response to criticism over high salaries at UConn.

South Carolina guard Bradshaw leaving women's hoops program

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) South Carolina has lost its second guard this week after sophomore Araion Bradshaw decided to leave the national champions.

Incoming freshman guard leaves South Carolina women's team

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) South Carolina freshman Haley Troup has left the program and won’t play basketball for the reigning national champions.

New Orleans' women's basketball coach signs new contract

NEW ORLEANS (AP) The University of New Orleans’ women’s basketball coach has signed a new deal, keeping her with the Privateers through the 2020-21 campaign.

US top women's World Cup lineup joined by Nigeria, Senegal

GENEVA (AP) The lineup for the first women’s basketball World Cup in 2018 has been completed by African champion Nigeria and runner-up Senegal.

A visit to Cuba: Siena women headed there to play and teach

HAVANA (AP) Siena coach Ali Jaques had never seen this before.

UConn's Chris Dailey receiving Margo Dydek Award

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) UConn associate head coach Chris Dailey remembers meeting Margo Dydek the summer before the Huskies won their first title.

UConn women ready to move on Final Four loss

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) Geno Auriemma and his UConn Huskies haven’t watched last season’s Final Four loss to Mississippi State. They are focusing on the future more than dwelling on the past.

Clemson women's basketball coach gets contact extension

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) Clemson trustees have approved a contract extension for women’s basketball coach Audra Smith.

Guard Diamond DeShields turning pro, bypasses final season

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee coach Holly Warlick says guard Diamond DeShields is no longer with the Lady Vols’ program, choosing to pass up her final year of eligibility to play professionally.

Ledecky, Plum, Barnhill among finalists for Honda Award

NEW YORK (AP) Katie Ledecky, Kelsey Plum and Kelly Barnhill are among the 12 finalists for the Collegiate Women’s Sports Award.

Oral Roberts women's basketball player found dead in dorm

TULSA, Okla. (AP) An Oral Roberts University official says the death of a women’s basketball player is being investigated as a suicide.

Maryland's Leslie to play at NC State as graduate transfer

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Maryland guard Kiara Leslie will play next season at North Carolina State as a graduate transfer.

Margaret Hutson, who preceded Pat Summitt at Tennessee, dies

BRISTOL, Va. (AP) Margaret Hutson, who preceded Pat Summitt as the Tennessee women’s basketball coach, has died. She was 78.

Tennessee guard Cooper says she is heading to South Carolina

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Former Tennessee guard Te’a Cooper says she is going to join defending national champion South Carolina.

Moody, Iowa State settle discrimination suit for $60,000

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) Iowa State says a lawsuit filed by a former star player against women’s basketball coach Bill Fennelly has been settled for $60,000.