With the loss of Breanna Stewart, Moriah Jefferson and Morgan Tuck, one would think that there is no way that the four-time defending champions UConn Huskies women’s basketball team would be the preseason No. 1 team. Well, think again.
Despite the loss of all that talent, the Division I coaches who vote in the USA Today/Coaches Poll picked UConn to be the No. 1 team in the preseason poll. The Huskies received 18 of 32 first-place votes.
The Huskies are joined in the top five by four of their future opponents, Notre Dame, South Carolina, Baylor and Maryland.