CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) SEC coaches were lining up to anoint South Carolina as the team to beat during media day on Thursday, and then more than ready to talk about bringing the Gamecocks down.
South Carolina is the preseason favorite to win the Southeastern Conference women's basketball championship for a third straight year, a feat only Pat Summitt's Tennessee Lady Vols and Auburn have been able to pull off.
It's not going to be easy for the Gamecocks to join such elite company.
''It's a loaded league,'' said Mississippi State coach Vic Schaefer, whose Bulldogs are one of those other teams thinking title run.