South Carolina still No. 1 as Top 10 stays same - ESPN

11.12.2023 - 19:55 espn.com

South Carolina coach Dawn Staley has found a way for her team to avoid early-season upsets despite losing all five starters from last year's Final Four squad.

The Gamecocks remained the unanimous choice at No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 women's basketball poll on Monday, receiving all 36 first-place votes from a national media panel.

Staley's team has already beaten four ranked opponents, and she thinks the Gamecocks are only starting to figure themselves out. «We are only going to get better,» Staley said after her team beat No.

11 Utah. «That's the thing. I think this is the worst we're going to be. And we're just in December.» First-place votes in parentheses.

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South Carolina still No. 1 in AP Top 25 women's hoops poll - ESPN

South Carolina remained the No. 1 team in The Associated Press women's basketball poll Monday.