UConn's Sarah Strong and USC's JuJu Watkins headline preseason AP All-America women’s team

UConn's Sarah Strong and USC's JuJu Watkins, who have won The Associated Press Player of the Year award the last two years headline the preseason AP All-America women’s college basketball team released Thursday.They were joined by Vanderbilt guard Mikayla Blakes, Texas forward Madison Booker and Notre Dame guard Hannah Hidalgo.Strong earned 30 votes from the 31-member national media panel that chooses the AP Top 25 each week. Hidalgo and Booker each received 28 votes. Blakes had 27 and Watkins 26. It's the third consecutive year that Hidalgo and Booker were honored as preseason picks.Strong, the reigning AP Player of the Year, averaged 18.4 points, 7.7 rebounds and shot 58.2% from the field as a sophomore forward to help the Huskies reach the Final Four a year after they won their 12th national championship.“She was national player of the year, you know, and it’s pretty hard to get that much better," UConn coach Geno Auriemma said. “But it’s not that hard to get better at some things t