Swanson: Can USC, UCLA women's basketball teams top last season? Pressure's on

Last season was pretty Sweet . I mean, it was Elite . But now we're gonna need more. Which is asking a lot, I know. Just flat-out greedy, the rich wanting to get only richer. Here's the thing: We've stopped taking seriously haters who want the hoop lowered for women because the bar has been so seriously raised. Banners next? Because we watched women's basketball's moment blossom into something bigger last season, and both USC and UCLA planted themselves right in the thick of it. We had the Trojans earning a top seed in the NCAA Tournament and reaching the Elite Eight for the first time since 1994, drawing 6.7 million viewers for a dramatic showdown between freshman phenom JuJu Watkins and UConn