With the 2023-24 women’s college basketball season now just a few days away, here’s a preview of each team for this upcoming year and a reason why they’ll be headed back to the Final Four in five months. Three of these teams return their leading scorers from a year ago - Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, Virginia Tech’s Elizabeth Kitley and LSU’s Angel Reese also comprise half of the AP’s preseason All-America team - while South Carolina looks to offset notable losses to the WNBA with transfer addition Te-Hina Paopao and the expected development of Kamilla Cardoso. After competing in most acclaimed, highest-rated women's Final Four ever, last year's March Madness semifinalists heeded the very evident calls for encores, reloading with a number of familiar names.
