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Again league favorites, Lynx host Tulsa and Amanda Zahui B MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Lynx will start the WNBA season as the consensus favorite to win the title.

MINNEAPOLIS (GopherSports.com) – University of Minnesota sophomore center Amanda Zahui B. today was named an espnW First Team All-American, as selected by espnW contributors. She becomes the Gophers’ first All-America first team selection since Janel McCarville in 2005 and just the fifth Gopher to earn first team honors, joining McCarville, Lindsay Whalen, Carol Ann Shudlick and Laura Coenen. Read

3 UConn players in running for women's John R. Wooden Award LOS ANGELES (AP) — Teammates Moriah Jefferson, Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis and Breanna Stewart of top-ranked Connecticut are among the nominees for the women's John R. Wooden Award as college basketball's player of the year.