PHILADELPHIA – UConn was selected as the preseason favorite to win the 2017-18 American Athletic Conference women's basketball title in voting by the league’s head coaches, the conference announced on Monday.
The Huskies tallied 121 points and 11 of 12 first-place votes. UConn enters the season returning seven letterwinners and four starters, including 2016-17 American Athletic Conference Players of the Year Napheesa Collier and Katie Lou Samuelson, from last year’s squad that went 36-1 (18-0 in The American) and became the sport’s all-time winningest team in NCAA Tournament play.
USF was picked to finish second with 110 points and garnered one first-place vote.