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SEC women's basketball dominates with 5 teams in top 7 of AP poll
The Southeastern Conference has both top tier teams as well as depth this season with five schools ranked in the first seven of The Associated Press women's basketball poll Monday.
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Seton Hall's series of comebacks has the Pirates back in the AP Top 25 to enter the week
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Karly Weathers scores career-high 23 to lead No. 21 Alabama women past Missouri 74-63
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Kansas City will part ways with Marvin Menzies after he finishes his 4th season with the Roos

Arizona strengthens hold on No. 1 in AP Top 25; Vanderbilt cracks top 10
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The Top Twenty Five

UConn unanimous No. 1 as South Carolina climbs to No. 2 in AP Top 25 women's basketball poll
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The Top Twenty Five

LSU coach Kim Mulkey taps into Louisiana cooking culture to tighten up the Tigers' form
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More college basketball

Lauren Betts leads No. 4 UCLA to a dominant 83-61 win over No. 25 Nebraska
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Zoom Diallo, Hannes Steinbach lead Washington to 81-74 victory over Ohio State
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McMahon scores 21, Theinou 20 and No. 18 Ole Miss women dump Mississippi State 93-68
Tariq Francis scores 30 to rally Rutgers to 77-75 victory over Northwestern in OT
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No. 13 TCU women beat Arizona State 77-46, stretch home winning streak to 36

No. 25 UCF beats Cincinnati 73-72 on Themus Fulks' jumper in final seconds
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Zee Spearman, Mia Pauldo lead No. 20 Tennessee women over Arkansas 85-50 for fifth straight victory
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No. 15 Michigan State women rally to beat Oregon 85-81 for 8th straight win
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No. 14 Iowa women overcome 16-point halftime deficit, defeat Indiana 56-53
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No. 19 Ohio State played No. 8 Maryland tough on the boards, with the help of 5-7 Jaloni Cambridge
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Grocholski scores 25 points, Minnesota women edge No. 21 USC 63-62
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Morgan helps Kentucky rally from 13-point deficit to beat Oklahoma 63-57
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Hardy posts career-high 16 as No. 10 Louisville beats Pitt 86-46
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Another big game by Cambridge (28 points) lifts No. 19 Ohio State over No. 8 Maryland 89-76
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Williams scores 20 as No. 12 LSU hands No. 2 Texas its first loss, 70-65
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No. 7 Vanderbilt women equal best start in school history at 17-0 with 91-51 win over Texas A&M
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Wheeler, Harrison lead West Virginia women to 83-70 win over slumping No. 11 Iowa State
Scott scores 24 points to lead No. 16 Baylor women past Kansas 79-64
Purdue women erase 13-point deficit, defeat No. 23 Washington 78-72 in overtime
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Strong's double-double leads No. 1 UConn in rout of Creighton
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Olivia Olson and Te'Yale Delfosse lead No. 9 Michigan past error-prone Wisconsin, 86-60
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Okot, Edwards lead sluggish No. 3 South Carolina to 20th straight win over Georgia 65-43
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Hidalgo has 31 as Notre Dame women dominate UNC
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No. 16 Illinois builds big early lead, then holds off No. 19 Iowa, 75-69
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Saunders has 24 points and 14 rebounds to lead No. 9 BYU past rival Utah 89-84
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Gwath scores 18, San Diego State beats Fresno State 71-52

Pope, Swain and Mark come up big as Texas stuns No. 13 Alabama 92-88 in Tuscaloosa
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Oweh scores 22, Moreno adds 17 to help Kentucky beat Mississippi State 92-68
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Trent Perry, Eric Dailey Jr. lead UCLA to 67-55 victory over Maryland

No. 14 Texas Tech hangs on for 73-71 victory at Colorado
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Rubin: St. John's earns second straight impressive victory, routing Creighton
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Hall's second straight 30-point game leads Auburn to 95-73 blowout against No. 15 Arkansas
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No. 17 North Carolina edges Wake Forest 87-84 for its 500th win at the Dean E. Smith Center
Storr scores 26, Dia adds 21 and 11 rebounds to help Ole Miss beat Missouri 76-69
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Jestin Porter helps Clemson up winning streak to 7 with 76-61 victory over Notre Dame

No. 3 Iowa State takes control late in 1st half vs. Oklahoma State and wins 83-71 to improve to 16-0
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Gurdak helps Virginia Tech pull away to beat Cal 78-75
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No. 23 Virginia pulls away to beat Stanford 70-55 for its third straight victory

No. 1 Arizona stays undefeated as Koa Peat scores 20 points in an 86-73 win at TCU
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Agee posts double-double as Texas A&M knocks off Oklahoma 83-76
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Diop and Odum score 21 points each to lead Arizona State to 87-84 win over Kansas State
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No. 7 Houston wins a school-record 16th consecutive road game, a 77-55 victory at Baylor
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Isaiah Evans scores 21, has key late 3 to help No. 6 Duke beat No. 24 SMU 82-75
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Catchings, Cyril lead second-half rally as No. 18 Georgia beats South Carolina 75-70
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Maupin, Collins score 17 each and No. 17 Texas Tech women top Cincinnati 71-60
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No. 24 Princeton women beat Yale 76-50 for 12th straight win

Boogie Fland delivers his best game at Florida and leads the way against No. 21 Tennessee, 91-67
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Freeman, Starling combine for 41 points as Syracuse beats Pittsburgh 83-72
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Honor Huff and Brenen Lorient help West Virginia beat No. 22 Kansas 86-75
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Braden Smith has 26 points, 14 assists to lead No. 5 Purdue to a 93-85 win against Penn State
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Area colleges
Rubin: St. John's use of Ejiofor and Prey on the court together has been productive
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Rubin: St. John's gritty players from last season key win over Butler
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Rubin: Pitino has seen 'frailties' on Red Storm and wants to see grit
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Rubin: St. John's needs to start digging out of deep hole, and quickly
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Rubin: Three resolutions for Storm
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St. John's Ejiofor approaches triple-double in rout of Georgetown
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Rubin: St. John's-Georgetown rivalry can get heated in a hurry
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Rubin: Pitino's collection of talent at St. John's looking for an identity
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