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Miami, Duke and NC State should all be in the mix for NCAA tournament berths. -- Charlie CremeBig 12Baylor has won or tied for the regular-season title six years in a row, and won the league tournament seven of the past eight, including six straight titles. Expect nothing different this season, with the Lady Bears led by senior forward Nina Davis and senior guard Alexis Jones, and incoming star Lauren Cox, a freshman forward. Texas and Oklahoma are the top challengers, with West Virginia and Kansas State in the next tier. Keep an eye on Iowa State guard Seanna Johnson, K-State forward Breanna Lewis and Texas guard Brooke McCarty. The Final Four is in Big 12 territory, at Dallas American Airlines Center. -- Mechelle VoepelBig TenWhen not outscoring opponents 72-0 in the second half of exhibition games, Maryland must blend abundant young talent with Shatori Walker-Kimbrough and Brionna Jones. Ohio State needs to mesh transfers Sierra Calhoun, Lianne Harper and Stephanie Mavunga with Kelsey Mitchell. Beyond the favorites, Indianas Tyra Buss, Northwesterns Nia Coffey and Michigans Katelynn Flaherty are talented catalysts with NCAA tournament-worthy supporting casts. The story for much of the league is who isnt around, whether by transfer (Nebraskas Natalie Romeo and Illinois Chatrice White), health (Rutgers Tyler Scaife) or the WNBA (Minnesotas Rachel Banham and Michigan States Aerial Powers). Coach Jonathan Tsipis needs time to build at Wisconsin. -- Graham HaysPac-12For the first time since 1999, UCLA is the preseason favorite to win the Pac-12. Coach Cori Close has systematically rebuilt the program, and led by junior point guard Jordin Canada, the Bruins have taken over the territory that used to be Stanfords domain. Still, the Cardinal are coming off an Elite Eight season, and senior forward Erica McCall will keep Stanford right in the mix. Kelsey Plum, Washingtons all-time leading scorer, is determined to make her final season as memorable as the Huskies first Final Four last April. Oregon State lost three starters, but is also an NCAA tournament-caliber team. Cal and Oregon are young teams on the rise. -- Charlie CremeSECDefending champ South Carolina is favored to win the league again, but challengers include Mississippi State, Tennessee, Florida and Kentucky. The Gamecocks, winners of the past two SEC tournaments, could do that in their home state in 2017 with the event in Greenville, South Carolina. Nine SEC teams made the NCAA tournament last season, with Tennessee the last standing in the Elite Eight. South Carolina forward Aja Wilson, the 2016 SEC Player of the Year, returns. Also look for big performances from Gamecocks center Alaina Coates, Kentucky guard Makayla Epps, Mississippi State forward Victoria Vivians and Tennessee guard Diamond DeShields. -- Mechelle VoepelDiscount Nike Shoes China . 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The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because talks were ongoing and New York owner Hal Steinbrenner had not made any final decision.Nathan Eovaldi (9-6) pitched shutout ball into the seventh inning, Carlos Beltran and Mark Teixeira hit early solo home runs of Jeff Samardzija (9-6) and Chad Green pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings.Were very much in this, Brett Gardner said. Theres no point in me sitting here campaigning for us to stay together.But the Yankees (50-48), who matched their season high of two games over .500, may have shown their management too little, too late to prevent a selloff of veterans ahead of the Aug. 1 deadline for trades without waivers. New York trails AL East-leading Baltimore by 7 1/2 games and is 4 1/2 games behind Toronto for the leagues second wild card, with the Astros and Detroit also ahead.Chapman has 20 saves in 21 chances and his fastball, at up to 105.1 mph, has entertained fans focusing on the scoreboard velocity of every pitch.Its tough. I feel comfortable here. I feel like part of the family here, he said through an interpreter, adding that the Yankees have been talking to his agent.Chapman has formed the Yankees No Runs DMC bullpen trio with Dellin Betances and Andrew Miller, which has 203 strikeouts in 123 2/3 innings. Chapman, pitcher Ivan Nova, Beltran and Teixeira are eligible for free agency at the end of the season; Miller, signed through 2018 at $9 million, also is of interest to contenders.We dont want to see him go, Teixeira said of Chapman. Were trying to win games, and hes a big part of that.Chapman maintained he could be dealt and still re-sign with the Yankees as a free agent during the offseason.Oh yeah, if theres a possibility, and God willing, yes, he said.Torres was scratched from the starting lineup of the Class A Myrtle Beach Pelicans on Sunday.Beltran hit his team-best 21st home run in the first and Teixeira douubled the lead on the second with his 200th home run for the Yankees, his sixth in 20 games since returning from the disabled list.dddddddddddd. Teixeira and Jacoby Ellsbury wore white Ken Griffey Jr. Nike Swingman spikes with gold soles as a tribute to Juniors induction Sunday into baseballs Hall of Fame.New York chased Samardzija in the sixth, when Ellsbury grounded into a run-scoring double play, Starlin Castro singled in a run and Didi Gregorius hit an RBI double.Making his second start following a brief bullpen banishment, Eovaldi used a new cutter for the second time in the homestand. He escaped bases-loaded, one-out trouble in a 33-pitch fourth inning when Mac Williamson fouled out and Ramiro Pena grounded out.Eovaldi left after Angel Pagans two-out double on his 118th pitch, two shy of his career high. With the No Runs DMC trio unavailable after two days of heavy use, Chasen Shreve came in and loaded the bases with a walk to Brandon Belt, and Buster Posey poked an opposite-field, two-run single to right against Green, who then retired Brandon Crawford on a groundout.After losing the first two games of the homestand to Boston, the Yankees won six of eight against the Red Sox, Orioles and Giants.Weve told our players, and it includes me, you have to stay away from the noise, what youre hearing and rumors and things that might be going on, Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.Beltran, traded in midseason from Kansas City to Houston in 2004 and from the New York Mets to San Francisco in 2011, knows not to think too far ahead.Ive been in this situation before, the 39-year-old said. For me its day by day.WEB GEMNew York turned a spectacular 4-1-5 inning-ending double play in the eighth. Pena grounded past a diving Teixeira at first but Castro slid on his stomach to come up with the ball on the outfield grass between first and second, and from his knees threw to Green covering first. The pitcher made a one-hop throw to third, where Chase Headley tagged a sliding Williamson.Thats a play we work on a lot in spring training, Green said.UP NEXTYankees: RHP Michael Pineda (4-9) starts Monday and LHP Dallas Keuchel (6-9), the AL Cy Young Award winner, goes for the Astros. Opponents are hitting .181 in Pinedas last five starts. ' ' '