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Watkins, Bueckers, Hidalgo headline All-America team -- but who's player of the year?

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JuJu Watkins was a revelation last year as a freshman, and might have won national player of the year had she not been overlapping with Caitlin Clark .

But Watkins separated herself down the stretch with outstanding play in some of USC 's biggest games.

UCLA 's Cori Close has guided the Bruins to a 30 -2 record -- the first 30-win season in program history.

UConn 's Sarah Strong has exceeded the hype, garnering comparisons to Maya Moore and Breanna Stewart .

TCU takes home the Big 12 championship with a 64 -59 win over Baylor .

The TCU Horned Frogs won the league regular-season ( 16-2 ) and tournament titles for the first time.

The Cyclones weren't the team many expected this season .

UConn 's Paige Bueckers surpasses Diana Taurasi for ninth on the all-time scoring list.

The junior guard is the Division I leader in scoring average (24.9 PPG) and also leads the Seminoles in assists ( 4.7 ) and is tied for the lead in steals ( 2.2 ) Notre Dame's Olivia Miles had her best season statistically.

Mikayla Blakes set the D-I freshman scoring record at Vanderbilt .

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