South Carolina is No. 1 in women’s preseason AP Top 25, followed by UConn and USC

Dawn Staley has South Carolina in a familiar place, sitting at No. 1 in The Associated Press preseason Top 25 women’s basketball poll.

The Gamecocks received 23 first-place votes from a 31-member national media panel Tuesday. UConn, USC, Duke and Michigan round out the top five.

It is the fifth time in the past seven years that Staley’s team has been ranked No. 1 in the preseason…