Iowa star Caitlin Clark was unanimously selected as a preseason Associated Press All-American ahead of the 2023-24 women's college basketball season.

Angel Reese narrowly missed out on unanimous status as the LSU star was named on 35 of the 36 ballots. UConn's Paige Bueckers, Stanford's Cameron Brink, Virginia Tech's Elizabeth Kitley and Indiana's Mackenzie Holmes round out the squad.

Clark won all of the major Player of the Year awards as a junior, averaging 27.8 points, 8.6 assists and 7.1 rebounds per game. The Hawkeyes might need even more from her this year with McKenna Warnock and Monika Czinano gone from last year's national runner-up squad.

It will be the opposite for Reese, who headlines a loaded Tigers roster. LSU signed two-time All-ACC guard Hailey Van Lith and two-time All-American Aneesah Morrow through the transfer portal.

Tigers head coach Kim Mulkey believes Reese, the Most Oustanding Player of the 2023 tournament, can hit another level thanks to last year's success.

"She's a competitor. I think she wants to be a good leader," Mulkey said to the AP's Doug Feinberg. "Last year she was thrown into a leadership role and she probably was learning as she went along. Now, because of that experience, maybe she'll be a better leader both in the locker room and on the floor. She's a special talent."

Thanks to all of the depth in Baton Rouge, the reigning national champions were the runaway pick to top the AP's preseason Top 25 poll.

Bueckers will be carrying a chip on her shoulder after a torn ACL wiped out her entire 2022-23 season. The seven years since the Huskies' last championship qualifies as a veritable drought given how frequently the program used to lift a national title.

Bueckers was the national Player of the Year as a true freshman in 2020-21. Her 20.0 points, 5.8 assists and 4.9 rebounds per game already had fans excited about what she could achieve at the next level.

Thanks to the torn ACL and a knee injury that limited her as a sophomore, the 6'0" guard has gotten eclipsed by Clark and Reese. Perhaps she'll set the record straight in 2024.