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- Louisville women’s basketball No. 7 in preseason AP pollJeff Walz’s highly promising Louisville women’s basketball team will begin the 2026-27 season at No. 7 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll. It’s the highest preseason ranking for U of L since the 2022-23 season, when the Cardinals were also ranked seventh. That campaign ended with an Elite Eight loss to Caitlin Clark and […]
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