Not close in the voting but #Vandy's Mikayla Blakes second with 4 votes to Strong received 25 votes:

UConn star sophomore Sarah Strong named the AP Player of the Year in womenโ€™s college basketball
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UConn star sophomore Sarah Strong named the AP Player of the Year

Sarah Strong of UConn is The Associated Press womenโ€™s basketball Player of the Year. Strong is averaging 18.6 pints, 7.6 rebounds, 3.4 steals and 1.6 blocks a game while helping UConn go 38-0 heading into this week's Final Four. Strong became just the fifth player to win the award in her sophomore year. The AP started giving out the award in 1995. Itโ€™s the 13th time that a Huskies player has won the award; Paige Bueckers was the last to do it before Strong in 2021.

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Mikayla Blakes and Hannah Hidalgo bring high-scoring flair to Vanderbilt-Notre Dame in March Madness https://apnews.com/article/march-madness-top-scorers-mikayla-blakes-hannah-hidalgo-f7e61e02f6a376a002004a8363d955fd by @[email protected]

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Elite scorers Blakes and Hidalgo highlight Vanderbilt-Notre Dame matchup

Mikayla Blakes and Hannah Hidalgo are bringing some high-scoring flair to the Sweet 16 matchup between Vanderbilt and Notre Dame. Blakes is the nation's leading scorer at 27.0 points per game for the Commodores. Hidalgo is third with a 25.2-point average for the Fighting Irish. Their March Madness meeting comes in a Fort Worth Regional I semifinal Friday. Blakes and Hidalgo played against each other as New Jersey high school stars in 2023. They were teammates for the United States last summer. Both downplayed the individual matchup as Vanderbilt chases its first Elite Eight berth in 24 years. The Irish last went that far in 2019.

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Shea Ralph says it mightโ€™ve been her fault Blakes didnโ€™t get the triple-double tonight. She credits Justine Pissott hitting it on the head that BLakes is a good player. Narrative is Blakes is a scorer. She's much more than that. #Vandy
Shea Ralph starts by thanking everyone in the post-game interview room for being here tonight. #Vandy

Mikayla Blakes up to 17 now.

The nation's scoring leader averaging 27 points a game also the only NCAA player to average over 4.0 assists, 2.5 steals, 2.5 3-pointers made per game this season.
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#Vandy coach Shea Ralph whose Dores play High Point in the first round - their men upset Wisconsin on Thursday - says if her players didn't know upsets will happen, they pointed it out in film this morning.
It's a High Point family affair for the Claymans in the NCAA Tournament
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It's a High Point family affair for the Claymans in the NCAA Tournament

High Point head coach Flynn Clayman is navigating the NCAA Tournament with his wife Katie Clayman, an assistant with the Panthersโ€™ womenโ€™s team that is also tournament-bound. Theyโ€™re also juggling parenting duties for 19-month old son, Quinn. The No. 12 seed High Point men play fifth-seeded Wisconsin in a West Region opening round game on Thursday in Portland, Oregon. The High Point women are a No. 15 seed heading into their first-round game Saturday against No. 2 Vanderbilt in Nashville. The Claymans are together in Portland for Thursday's game, then Katie and Quinn will bolt for Nashville.

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#Vandy moves up to No. 16 in today's @[email protected] men's poll, and Tennessee #Vols up to No. 23 https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll
NCAA College Basketball Rankings: AP Top 25 Basketball Poll

The official page for the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll. Keep up to date and view the latest NCAA men's basketball ranking updates each week for the 2025-26 season.

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