"Hopefully it's a little bit of a confidence builder and not, Oh my God!' Auriemma said. I'm happy for them. We talk a lot about how we're not out here to prove that we're defending national champions or we're preseason number one in the country, and we have to beat everybody by 40. We don't want to get caught in that trap. You tend to finish the year where you're predicted. So I like being in this position."
"It's got to come with great leadership and it's got to come with a little bit of luck and people rising to the occasion, he said. Those four times that we didn't win, we didn't get lucky or we didn't stay healthy."
UConn enters the season as the AP preseason No. 1 after receiving 27 of 31 first-place votes, led by sophomore Sarah Strong and super senior Azzi Fudd. South Carolina was picked second with the remaining four first-place votes. UCLA, Texas and LSU filled the next three spots, and Oklahoma earned its highest preseason ranking since 2008 at sixth. Duke, Tennessee, NC State and Maryland rounded out the top 10. UConn has been preseason No. 1 thirteen times since 1995 and won national championships eight of the twelve previous occasions it held that ranking.
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