USA Today has unveiled its first coaches poll of the year, and South Carolina is once again near the very top.
The Gamecocks checked in at No. 2 in the country in the preseason poll, right behind perennial power Connecticut. Dawn Staley’s squad did receive seven of 32 first-place votes as the defending national champions.
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USC returns All-American forward A’ja Wilson for this season, but is without three WNBA picks — Allisha Gray, Kaela Davis and Alaina Coates.