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The No. 1 team lost. Then the No. 2 team lost. Then the No. 3 team lost.
An unexpected week in women’s college basketball ended with No. 4 South Carolina ascending to the top spot in the rankings on Monday.
No. 1 Connecticut lost at home to No. 6 Baylor on Thursday. Unexpected? UConn had won 98 straight games at home, dating to 2013.
The No. 2 team, Oregon, lost when it visited unranked Arizona State on Friday, 72-66. And when the No. 3 team, Oregon State, made the same road trip on Sunday, it too lost to Arizona State.