SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw believes parity might finally hit womens basketball after seeing Connecticut win an unprecedented fourth consecutive title last season.I think well have a year where maybe well see a different No. 1 every other week like the men had last year, which I thought was really exciting -- unless were the ones that are not No. 1, she joked Monday.The Fighting Irish, like Baylor, Tennessee, Stanford and several other teams, have most of their best players returning. The Huskies lost three-time AP Player of the Year Breanna Stewart, Morgan Tuck and Moriah Jefferson.McGraw said shes hoping there is parity.I think its going to be great for the game, she said. This was the year nobody lost a lot of talent except for Connecticut. So I think that really evens things out.McGraw, who guided the Irish to a national championship in 2001, believes this years Irish team might be the most talented shes coached. She believes 6-3 forward Brianna Turner (14.6 points, 7.3 rebounds), the Atlantic Coast Conference player and defensive player of the year as the Irish went 33-2 last season, is the nations best player and senior Lindsay Allen, who averaged 9.3 points and 5.8 assists, is the best point guard.Allen has started every game in her three seasons at Notre Dame, leading the Irish to a 106-6 record.The Irish ended their string of five straight Final Four appearances when they were upset 90-82 by Stanford in a regional semifinal last year, only its second loss in the past three seasons to a team other than Connecticut. Gone from that team are Madison Cable (13.7 points) and Michaela Mabrey (6.8 points), but the Irish add a pair of talented freshmen in Jackie Young and Erin Boley, and get back Ali Patberg, who sat out her freshman year after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee.Despite being confident in her team, McGraw said she wouldnt rank the Irish No. 1 to begin the season.I would put us in the top five. There are a lot of good teams this time of year, she said. We havent earned anything. I want to earn it. Jerome Brown Jersey . Galatasaray said in a statement on its website Monday that Mancini signed a three-year contract and will be paid 3.5 million euros for the upcoming season, with his salary upped to 4. Ron Jaworski Jersey . Brett Kulak and Jackson Houck of the Vancouver Giants were each charged with assault causing bodily harm on Aug. 18, according to the B.C. court services. http://www.cheapeaglesjerseysauthentic.com/ . After a first half in which he thought "the lid was on the basket," the Toronto Raptors coach watched his squad mount a second half surge to defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers 98-91. Harold Carmichael Jersey . -- Los Angeles Lakers guard Jordan Farmar will be out for roughly four weeks after tearing his left hamstring. Mike Quick Jersey . The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling "puts an end to my dreams of being a top player," the 27-year-old Troicki said in a statement. "I worked my entire life for it, and it has been taken away from me in one afternoon by a doctor I didnt know," said Troicki, whose ranking peaked at No. Four weeks into the season, Ezekiel Elliott and Will Fuller have quickly become every-week fantasy starters as rookies. But which first-year players should you be keeping an eye on as they continue to develop? Lets run through six players who will get the opportunity to be fantasy difference-makers over the final 12 games of the season.Jordan Howard, RB, Chicago Bears: I know this isnt the most off-the-wall pick, given that Howard racked up 132 total yards for the Bears last week in his first career start. But I wanted to include him here because he has the skill set to put up doublee-digit fantasy points every week.dddddddddddd We had a third-round grade on Howard coming out of college, so the Bears got good value drafting him in the fifth. After getting 23 of the Bears 26 carries by running backs last week, Howard is the teams bell cow with Jeremy Langford still sidelined with a high-ankle sprain.?Because he runs with great vision and impressive physicality, Howard will make the most of his touches (4.83 yards per carry in Week 4). ' ' '