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LSU star Flau'jae Johnson guided the Tigers to the Elite Eight of the 2025 NCAA Tournament last season for the second consecutive year. After the Big Dance, Johnson revealed that she would return to Baton Rouge for an extra season of basketball under coach Kim Mulkey. During the offseason, Johnson has been busy releasing new music. On Friday, she was on the sidelines at the Overtime Select Takeover at the OTE Arena in Atlanta.

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Johnson has had a busy offseason. On Friday, she coached Team Flau'jae against injured USC Trojans star JuJu Watkins, who coached Team JuJu, at the marquee 5-on-5 Overtime Select Takeover event at the OTE Arena in Atlanta. In clips posted on the "Overtime Select" Instagram page, the two college basketball stars threw shade at each other in a lighthearted manner before the game, with Watkins' verbal salvo, causing the multi-talented Johnson to pause dramatically.

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South Carolina star Chloe Kitts was one of the driving forces behind the Gamecocks winning the SEC Tournament title and reaching the national championship game which they lost to the UConn Huskies. Kitts, who had been a reliable contributor for coach Dawn Staley's team before last season, became a key cog with her minutes (22.4) increasing last season. Kitts averaged only 6.9 minutes per game during her freshman season in the 2022-2023 season which rose to 18.6 minutes during her sophomore year.

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The UConn Huskies under coach Dan Hurley fell short of their goal of winning the national title three times in a row. They were also dethroned as kings of the Big East by the St. John's Red Storm. After a less than impressive season by his own admission, Hurley hit the recruitment trail hard ahead of next season. In a post on X on Wednesday, CBS Sports analyst Jon Rothstein made a huge claim about the Huskies' non-conference matchups.

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Duke coach Jon Scheyer led the Blue Devils to the ACC regular season and tournament championships, narrowly losing to the Houston Cougars in the Final Four of the 2025 NCAA Tournament. It was the Blue Devils' first Final Four since former coach Mike Krzyzewski retired three years ago.