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Angel Reese, Kim Mulkey looked the part of defending national champions
LSU is glad a stormy November is behind them. In the rear-view mirror are a loss, a Sa'Myah Smith injury and Angel Reese missing four games due to unspecified reasons.


TOP HEADLINES

REESE RETURNS!
Angel Reese returns for LSU, Kim Mulkey picks up her 700th win
Te-Hina Papopao hypes Gamecocks bench with 3-pointer

ANDSCAPE
LSU coach Kim Mulkey and a history of callousness
Before Angel Reese, there was Brittney Griner.
Andscape roundtable: LSU, Angel Reese and Kim Mulkey

LOOKING AHEAD
Bracketology: Let the bid stealing begin
Princeton, FGCU and Green Bay are already worthy of at-large bids, if needed, in March. For now, that makes the Ivy, Horizon and ASUN two-bid leagues.

WHO'S UP AND WHO'S DOWN?
Power Rankings: No team's hotter than NC State
NC State needed just three weeks to go from unranked to the top five, jumping past Colorado, LSU and UConn in Week 3. The Huskies slide two spots.

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Arkansas dominates second half, upsets No. 15 FSU
The Hogs' strong finish tops the Seminoles, 71-58, as Saylor Poffenbarger breaks the 35-year-longstanding program record for individual-game rebounds with 23.
Top Headlines
- Reese 'just happy to be back,' has 19 in LSU win
- Moore, Augustus among 7-person class for HOF
- USC women reach highest AP ranking since '94
- LSU survives UVA to stay unbeaten without Reese
- Delaware joins C-USA in transition to FBS level
- UConn women's hoops star Fudd has torn ACL
- Maryland out of Top 25 for 1st time in 13 years
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