Gamecocks still No. 1 in women's hoops
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New York, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - South Carolina remained a solid No. 1 in the latest Associated Press women's college basketball poll.
The Gamecocks sit atop the rankings for the seventh straight week, earning 24 first-place votes and a total of 864 points from a nationwide media panel for the second week in a row.
Connecticut, Texas and Notre Dame held firmly in the next three spots. The Huskies again received seven first-place votes and the Longhorns garnered four.
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Baylor, Louisville, Tennessee, North Carolina, Texas A&M and Kentucky round out this week's top 10. Texas A&M dipped four places from fifth after a 3-1 week that started with a loss at Washington.
The second 10 consists of Oregon State, Maryland, Duke, Mississippi State, Stanford, Oklahoma State, Iowa, Arizona State, Nebraska and Georgia. Duke dropped three spots from 10th after a loss at UConn and Nebraska tumbled seven places from 12th after losses to Minnesota and Maryland.
Syracuse, Princeton, Minnesota, Rutgers and Western Kentucky are the last five teams ranked.
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Princeton, Minnesota and Western Kentucky are this week's newcomers, replacing Seton Hall, Michigan State and DePaul.