NEW YORK – Top-ranked South Carolina jumped into the new season by playing three games in the first five days.
The Gamecocks were challenged over the weekend in a tournament in South Dakota but emerged victorious.They remained the top choice in The Associated Press women's basketball poll released Monday, receiving 29 of 30 first-place votes from a media panel.
The top 10 teams stayed the same as in the preseason poll, with Stanford, UConn, Baylor and Louisville rounding out the first five.South Carolina opened with an 81-point victory over Charleston before topping South Dakota by 10 and then-No.
21 Gonzaga by seven.“I don’t think a whole lot of teams would come out of here undefeated with the talent that was here,” Gamecocks coach Dawn.