Breya Cunningham, a junior transfer from Arizona, made all seven attempts in her Texas debut. She received the start at center over Kyla Oldacre, who was also 7 of 7 from the bench. Jordan Lee, who started, and Bryanna Preston were 16 of 24 field goals with nine rebounds and six assists.

UConn is the preseason No. 1 and look to be in a good spot to repeat as national champions, but there will be plenty of challengers ready to make things interesting, especially in the SEC, where South Carolina, LSU and Texas are all threats to win the conference and make it to the Final Four.

T hat didn't take long. A top-10 upset helped tip off the opening day of the 2025-26 women's college basketball season. The No. 7 Duke Blue Devils, an Elite Eight team last spring, fell 58-52 to the No. 16 Baylor Bears in the opener of the Oui-Play doubleheader in Paris.