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Relive the top 10 plays of the week in women's sports around the world. UConn, Youngstown State and Seton Hall made the cut.
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FSU
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Florida State's Thomas is espnW's player of the week
After scoring 57 points and shooting 60 percent from the field to lead unbeaten Florida State to a pair of road wins, Seminoles senior forward Shakayla Thomas is the espnW national player of the week.
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Stevens steps up to rally UConn past Notre Dame
With two All-Americans on the bench, junior Azurá Stevens scored 10 of her 17 points in the final period as the Huskies overcame an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat the third-ranked Fighting Irish and remain undefeated.
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UConn rallies past Notre Dame to remain undefeated.
Five Connecticut players score in double figures as the top-ranked Huskies improve to 7-0 with an 80-71 win over No. 3 Notre Dame.
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Total Team effort leads UConn to comeback victory.
Rebecca Lobo explains how several players from UConn stepped up in the second half to lead the comeback victory.
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Baylor
Highlights
Baylor routs Stanford.
Behind Kalani Brown's 28 points and Lauren Cox's 15 points and 15 rebounds, No. 9 Baylor tops No. 16 Stanford 81-57.
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South Carolina
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Wilson, South Carolina win big over Duke.
A'ja Wilson scores 18 points en route to No. 5 South Carolina's 72-52 win over No. 14 Duke.
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South Carolina
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Five questions with South Carolina's A'ja Wilson and Dawn Staley.
South Carolina's A'ja Wilson and coach Dawn Staley sat down with espnW to field the same five questions. They didn't always agree on the answers.
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Tennessee
Fulmer returns
How will Currie's departure, Fulmer hire impact Lady Vols?
Before he was fired Friday, John Currie had started to repair the fracture between women's sports fans and Tennessee's athletic administration. Now we must wait and see if new AD Phillip Fulmer will be as big of an advocate for the Lady Vols.
South Carolina
Foudy's Finds
South Carolina's Dawn Staley is 'dream merchant' for players.
Gamecocks coach Dawn Staley talks with espnW's Julie Foudy about her remarkable basketball career and how she hopes to inspire others to achieve their goals in life.
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Duke
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No. 14 Duke gets big home win vs. No. 8 Ohio State.
Duke holds off the nation's leading scorer Kelsey Mitchell and Ohio State at home for a 69-60 win.
1:03
Notre Dame
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Around the Rim
Around the Rim with McGraw, Collen
Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw and Atlanta Dream coach Nicki Collen discuss their hopes for the season, transfers and relocation on LaChina Robinson's latest podcast.
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No. 3 Notre Dame remains unbeaten.
Arike Ogunbowale leads Notre Dame to an 83-63 win over No. 22 Michigan with 32 points.
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Recruiting
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Junior prospect smitten by the paint
Sydnee Roby comes from a basketball family, but she took a while to fall for the sport. Now the center at Milwaukee's Rufus King International High School is getting scholarship offers from coaches near and far.
Green Bay
Mid-major focus
Green Bay
Mid-major rankings
Green Bay steps up to No. 1 in espnW mid-major rankings
Green Bay replaced South Dakota State on the top line, but No. 3 New Mexico made the biggest jump in espnW's biweekly rankings. Middle Tennessee and Belmont round out the top five.
Green Bay
Former QB drives Phoenix
Wellnitz looks to quarterback Green Bay to another winning season
Former middle school quarterback Jen Wellnitz hasn't played football in years, but she remains very much a product of the gridiron. The Green Bay redshirt junior guard might hold the key to the program's 20th consecutive Horizon League championship.
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Maya Moore is SI's 'Performer of the Year'
It's hard to believe, but there's actually an award out there that Maya Moore hasn't won yet. And that's likely because the award is new this year.
Ohio State
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OSU
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Ohio State's Mitchell is espnW's player of the week
After scoring 91 points in three wins and becoming the NCAA Division I career leader in 3-pointers, Ohio State's Kelsey Mitchell is the espnW national player of the week.
OSU
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Mitchell's star power now includes NCAA 3-point record
Ohio State senior Kelsey Mitchell hit seven 3-pointers Friday to become the NCAA's career leader in 3-pointers made. The All-American guard now has 402 3-pointers, breaking Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis' previous mark of 398.
Cal
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Anigwe ready to help return Cal to national prominence
Kristine Anigwe is one of the best players in the country who has spent two years on a Cal team that was widely considered an underachiever in a surging Pac-12. Now a junior, Anigwe is ready to have her team's performance match her own.
Connecticut
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Everything falls into place for UConn at historic Pauley Pavilion
UConn improved to 4-0 with a win at No. 5 UCLA on Tuesday. But perhaps even more important -- in Geno Auriemma's eyes, at least -- was that the Huskies "grew up as a team a little bit" and got an All-American back on track and a big game from a freshman.
NCAAW
Connecticut wins 39th straight on the road.
Napheesa Collier scores 23 points to lead No. 1 UConn past No. 5 UCLA 78-60.
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Women's Basketball
Podcast
Around the Rim
LaChina Robinson and Mechelle Voepel discuss Villanova’s win over Duke and Katie Lou Samuelson’s injury before the host interviews Maryland coach Brenda Frese.
Louisville
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Louisville
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Louisville's Durr is espnW's player of the week
After a single-game school-record 47 points and helping to lead the Cardinals to a 5-0 start, including wins over a trio of Top 25 teams, Asia Durr is the first player of the week for the 2017-18 season.
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Louisville beats second top-10 opponent, wins Preseason WNIT title
Early on, it looked like Asia Durr could beat Oregon all by herself. After she was sidelined with foul trouble, Louisville made all the right adjustments without her. Add it all up and it's the blueprint for a season that could end up in the Final Four.
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Durr, Louisville top Oregon.
Asia Durr connects on 10-of-18 attempts from the field and scores 26 points to lead No. 5 Louisville past No. 10 Oregon in the preseason WNIT championship.
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NCAA Sports
NCAA concussion settlement faces challenge
A little-noticed but unprecedented court ruling could rip the lid off the NCAA's concussion settlement by putting a fundamental question back on the legal table: Does the organization that covers collegiate sports have a duty to care for its athletes?
UCLA
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Bruins score big win over No. 3 Baylor
Monique Billings and Jordin Canada came to UCLA to return the program to national prominence. Saturday, the seniors led the way as the No. 8 Bruins beat a team ranked in the top three for the first time in nearly a decade.
UCLA
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No. 8 UCLA tops No. 3 Baylor.
Jordin Canada records 20 points and 13 assists as the Bruins defeat the Bears 82-68.
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Signing Week
2018 Recruiting Class Rankings: A race to the finish
Connecticut drew a pair of aces in Christyn Williams and Olivia Nelson-Ododa, but Baylor was sitting there all along with a royal flush. Our final class rankings.
Around the Rim podcast
Louisville's Durr on Around the Rim
Louisville's Asia Durr, who scored a school-record 47 points Sunday, guests on the Around the Rim podcast. Host LaChina Robinson also breaks down UConn’s win over Stanford and that fifth career triple-double from Sabrina Ionescu.
Liberty
WNBA
Dolan parting ways with Liberty was only a matter of time
Will the Liberty, put up for sale Tuesday by MSG's Jim Dolan, stay in New York? Who might buy them? Where will they play? Yes, the team faces a lot of uncertainty, but this much is fact: The Liberty never seemed to matter a great deal to Dolan.
Wooden Preseason Candidates
espnW preseason Player of the Year Wilson headlines Wooden Watch list.
Five Connecticut players (Napheesa Collier, Kia Nurse, Katie Lou Samuelson, Azura Stevens and Gabby Williams) join South Carolina's A'Ja Wilson on the preseason Wooden Award list.
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WNBA draft lottery
WNBA
What will Laimbeer do with Las Vegas' No. 1 draft pick?
The WNBA's new Las Vegas franchise had the best odds in Monday's draft lottery and ended up with the No. 1 pick. Now Bill Laimbeer will have to decide between players such as South Carolina's A'ja Wilson and 19-year-old Russian post player Maria Vadeeva.
WNBA Draft Lottery
Las Vegas will receive top overall pick in WNBA draft.
Bill Laimbeer says new expansion Las Vegas team is off to a great start by winning the draft lottery.
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Baylor
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How Baylor landed No. 1 recruiting class
Baylor is calling them the "Fierce Five" and says it's the best class in program history. NaLyssa Smith, Caitlin Bickle, Aquira DeCosta, Honesty Scott-Grayson and Queen Egbo explain their decisions to sign with Baylor.
Season Preview
UConn
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Stevens immediately makes UConn even better
On a UConn roster with three returning All-Americans and a Canadian Olympian, Duke transfer Azurá Stevens has the potential to be the best of them all.
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5 storylines to watch unfold in 2017-18
Can Tennessee return to the days of old? How quickly will UConn adjust to adding Azurá Stevens to the lineup? And are we all underestimating defending NCAA champ South Carolina? We tackle the biggest questions looming for the 2017-18 season.
Season Preview
South Carolina
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Wilson is espnW's preseason player of the year
A'ja Wilson already has accomplished so much: an NCAA title with her hometown university, Final Four most outstanding player honors and repeating as SEC player of the year. But the South Carolina senior forward isn't finished yet.
Top 25 players
The top 25 women's basketball players for 2017-18
Four UConn players were ranked among the top 10 in our countdown of the best 25 players in the country. But South Carolina senior forward A'ja Wilson tops the list at No. 1.
Signing Week
UConn
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No. 1 prospect Williams signs with UConn
After months of speculation, top prospect Christyn Williams has announced that she's heading to Connecticut. The two-time Arkansas Gatorade Player of the Year and three-time USA Basketball medalist becomes the first player in Geno Auriemma's 2018 class.
Texas
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Texas trivia with Charli Collier.
As the No. 2 prospect in the nation, Texas recruit Charli Collier gets high marks on the basketball court. But does the Longhorns' new signee know how an armadillo fits into all of this?
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Signing Week
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Photo Gallery: Pens, papers, props and prospects
We've grown accustomed to balloons and cakes, caps and jerseys. But Archbishop Mitty set a new signing-ceremony standard by breaking out the neckwear. Basketball players across the country share their signing day snapshots.
Connecticut
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UConn
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Auriemma, UConn ready for another ride to the top
Stepping off an elevator in the wee hours after UConn's shocking loss in the Final Four, Geno Auriemma could see the big picture. The Huskies' streak was over, 111 down to zero. But the right team had won -- and it just might help UConn be even better.
UConn
NCAAM
Auriemma: Final Four loss needed to happen to help UConn grow.
UConn coach Geno Auriemma says he was the "happiest guy in that building" after his Huskies fell to Mississippi State on a buzzer beater in the national semifinals of the 2017 NCAA tournament.
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Storm
WNBA
Breanna Stewart: I was molested as a child
WNBA star Breanna Stewart says she was sexually abused in an essay published Monday morning by The Players’ Tribune.
Top Headlines
- No. 11 Tennessee sets mark in 131-69 win
- Duke's Lambert to redshirt after tearing ACL
- No. 3 Notre Dame women rout Michigan State
- UConn remains No. 1 after beating Notre Dame
- Texas gets verbal from junior Celeste Taylor
- Irish lose Vaughn for season with torn ACL
- Sources: Suitors prep bids for WNBA's Liberty
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Tracking UConn's Winning Streak
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UConn Huskies' NCAA-record win streak snapped at 111 games
UConn hadn't lost since November 2014, winning an NCAA-record 111 straight games that included two NCAA titles and a 38-0 season in 2015-16. Mississippi State snapped the historic run Friday.
Women's Basketball Recruiting
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