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Locked On Women’s Basketball podcast is your daily ticket to stay ahead of the game and the first to know the latest news, analysis, and insider info for all aspects of the world of Women’s Basketball. Host Howard Megdal of The IX and The Next talks to the incredible staff at The Next and provides your daily women’s basketball fix with expert analysis and coverage of all aspects of the sport. From the NCAA to the WNBA, the Locked On Women’s Basketball podcast brings the fire and passion of w ...
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Craig Hoffman provides insight, analysis, and interviews on everything women's sports! The veteran journalist is joined by colleagues to talk about the NWSL and WNBA, as well as the athletes we watch playing in them. Craig's been covering women's soccer and basketball for nearly 15 years, and you won't want to miss his unique perspective as well as the insights from the best insiders he's met along the way and chats with the athletes they cover.
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The WNBA's coaching carousel has come to a stop, so we break down the hires from Dallas to DC with the one and only Howard Megdal! Plus, we preview free agency and talk about Howard's forthcoming book on Caitlin Clark. Support the show Want to check out Hoffman W Sports Live? Subscribe on YouTube and catch The WNBA Show with Lyndsey D'Arcangelo Tue…
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It is still hard to see teams with a new conference patch on their jerseys but in this new normal of college athletics, teams have found new homes in new leagues. West coast schools are bouncing all around the nation to play women's basketball and some of the best in the country this season are tearing it up in new conferences. Analyst and host Mis…
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Spirit winger Makenna Morris joins the show to talk about her puppy eating snow, her USWNT call-up, and her magical rookie year with the Spirit that led her back to re-signing for 2025. Support the show Want to check out Hoffman W Sports Live? Subscribe on YouTube and catch The WNBA Show with Lyndsey D'Arcangelo Tuesdays and The NWSL Show with Andr…
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Today, host Hunter Cruse is joined by co-hosts Emily Adler and Lincoln Shafer to talk about the 2025 WNBA draft prospects rising and falling midway through the season. Your favorite podcast now has a newsletter! In One-stop for ultimate team and league coverage delivered right to your in box. Sign up for free now, at lockedondaily.com. Support Us B…
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The Next’s BIG EAST beat reporter Tee Baker joins host Natalie Heavren to chat all about UConn who was again picked to finish first in the conference. The pair also check in with other teams around the league, take a look back at what we talked about in our BIG EAST preview episode, and look ahead to the rest of the season. Baker highlights players…
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Craig is joined by Jason Anderson and André Carlisle to break down the NWSL off-season so far, including Jonas Eidevall to San Diego Wave and all the rookie signings in the first draft-less season. Plus, we discuss the USWNT's January roster including all the new names and familiar faces returning! Support the show Want to check out Hoffman W Sport…
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Kiyomi McMiller missed the big game against JuJu Watkins and USC, and Rutgers went on to lose by 50 points. Host Gigi Speer is joined by Talia Goodman, On3's women's basketball reporter, to talk about Kiyomi's social media posts leading up to the game, and what her dad said about the situation. Then, they break down Talia's Top 5 teams as of early …
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Scott Rueck of Oregon State keeps on doing what he's done for nearly three decades now - coach and teach. He did it at Division III George Fox, he did it at his alma mater, Oregon State, during the Beavers' time in the Pac 12, and he's doing it in a period of transition, with the WCC Oregon State's temporary home. Amid all the changes for college b…
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For many programs, losing an iconic coach in-season like Lynne Roberts — hired away by the Los Angeles Sparks — would mean a lost season. Instead, her longtime assistant Gavin Petersen took over and the Utes are as strong as ever. Petersen speaks to host Howard Megdal about the transition, the team's remarkable offense, the hyper-efficient Gianna K…
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Every so often we get to take a brief pause to conference games for a special college basketball event. Coming on Jan. 20, 2025 is the inaugural Coretta Scott King Classic to be held at the Prudential Center in New Jersey and will feature four of the top women's programs in the nation. Analyst and host Missy Heidrick is joined Michael Neuman, co-ch…
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Today, host Hunter Cruse is joined by co-host Lincoln Shafer to talk about Florida State’s Ta’Niya Latson, UCLA’s Kiki Rice and more. Your favorite podcast now has a newsletter! In One-stop for ultimate team and league coverage delivered right to your in box. Sign up for free now, at lockedondaily.com. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Rocket …
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Host Jackie Powell is joined by Meghan Hall of For the Win to dish out grades of each new WNBA head coach now that all 7 positions have been filled. First they explain their grades for the Karl Smesko of Dream, Tyler Marsh of Sky and Stephanie White of the Fever. Then they reveal what they made of the Sparks' new hire, former Utah head coach Lynne …
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Courtney Williams keeps on reinventing herself. In 2024, it was as the starting point guard for the Minnesota Lynx who reached the WNBA Finals. Here with host Howard Megdal, she digs into how she did it, what she is most excited about in Unrivaled, and so much more about her remarkable career arc.Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!eBay MotorsFro…
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Don't look now but we have survived the craziness of the first part of the regular season and now we tip the 2024-25 season into the New Year and conference play! Analyst and host Missy Heidrick bounces around this week's AP Top 25 to see where teams are before 2024 is in the rear view mirror and then what we need to know about NET Rankings and mor…
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Today, Emily Adler and Lincoln Shafer dive into each Power 4 conference ahead of conference play across the country this week. Your favorite podcast now has a newsletter! In One-stop for ultimate team and league coverage delivered right to your in box. Sign up for free now, at lockedondaily.com. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Robinhood Robi…
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So much has happened in the last month in the WoSo world! Gotham FC made two enormous trades sending Lynn Williams to Seattle (for Jaelin Howell!) while granting Yazmeen Ryan's request to go to Houston. With Williams's comments that something is amiss at Gotham, we dive into what could be going on. Plus, we discuss FIFA's decision to put the 2027 W…
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Brenda Pitts joins host Natalie Heavren to discuss how she got her start in basketball and her journey to the University of Alabama. The pair also chat about the Women’s Professional Basketball League’s first game and what it meant for Pitts, as well as her pioneering experience in the field of sport administration and sport marketing. Your favorit…
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Women's college basketball started and ended 2024. JuJu Watkins, the victorious South Carolina squad, Paige Bueckers and Caitlin Clark were all pivotal in the college landscape. In professional hoops, the New York Liberty brought the WNBA crown to New York City for the first time, the Minnesota Lynx dominated, and the Las Vegas Aces were headed by …
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For Lexie Hull, entering the 2024 season meant a Year 3 to finally prove herself as the player Lin Dunn and the Indiana Fever believed in when they drafted her back in 2022. To say she managed to do this is an understatement, with Hull hitting 47.1% of her threes, pushing into the starting lineup, and defining herself as a key part of the contendin…
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Today, Hunter Cruse is joined by co-hosts Emily Adler and Lincoln Shafer to talk about the struggles of Kentucky’s Georgia Amoore, South Carolina’s group of 2025 prospects and more. Your favorite podcast now has a newsletter! In One-stop for ultimate team and league coverage delivered right to your in box. Sign up for free now, at lockedondaily.com…
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Someone will sign a three year deal in the WNBA, Elena Delle Donne and Natasha Cloud won’t be on the Washington Mystics and one of the super teams in the New York Liberty or the Las Vegas Aces will miss the finals. Those were three of the correct bold predictions that Alex Simon and Jackie Powell made for women’s basketball in 2024 around a year ag…
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The WNBA is in the offseason, but this is when great teams get even better. New Minnesota Lynx associate head coach Eric Thibault won a championship as the associate head coach with the Washington Mystics back in 2019 and will coach alongside Cheryl Reeve and former Lynx great Lindsay Whalen for the 2025 season. Host Gigi Speer asks him about his o…
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The great Ta'Niya Latson returns to Locked On Women's Basketball to discuss how her incredible freshman season was just a prelude to all she's now accomplishing as a junior. Beyond the top-line number of leading the nation in scoring is a deeply compelling two-way player who defends as well as she scores and is making decisions as lead playmaker as…
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Minnesota Lynx great Lindsay Whalen is back with the team, this time as an assistant coach under the head coach she once played for, Cheryl Reeve. She speaks with host Howard Megdal about everything from what has changed in the role itself to the way she thinks about the women's basketball landscape as a whole. She gracefully declines Megdal's sugg…
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Don't look now but for the most part, the first swing of the 2024-25 college basketball season is getting ready to be over - non-conference play. Then we get to the heart of it, conference showdowns and the Big 12 is primed for a huge year. Three teams in this week's AP Top 25, 5 in the Top 50 of the NET Rankings and some surprises along the way. N…
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Today, host Hunter Cruse is joined by co-hosts Emily Adler and Lincoln Shafer to talk about their takeaways from Notre Dame’s 11-point home win over UConn. Your favorite podcast now has a newsletter! In One-stop for ultimate team and league coverage delivered right to your in box. Sign up for free now, at lockedondaily.com. Support Us By Supporting…
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Locked On UConn’s Mark Zanetto joins host Natalie Heavren to chat about Notre Dame’s win over UConn, the season so far and what’s still to come for the Huskies, including the start of BIG EAST play on Sunday. Zanetto highlights Paige Bueckers and Sarah Strong’s success this season, provides a UConn injury update and talks about what UConn is missin…
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Chances are, if you're watching a basketball game, Isis 'Ice' Young is informing you on the broadcast. She joins host Howard Megdal to talk about everything from her work preparing young athletes to handle media training via Your World Enterprises to the ways she manages to show as well as tell the basketball world that representation matters. Plus…
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Somehow, on the heels of one of the finest freshman seasons any point guard has ever produced, Notre Dame's Hannah Hidalgo has found a multitude of ways to get even better. She joins host Howard Megdal to discuss the ways she found to improve her game, what it means to her to play on a team that allows her to trust her supporting cast, and how she'…
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Mystics forward Aaliyah Edwards joins the show to talk about her rookie season, and the start of her off-season. The UConn star talks about the lessons learned, friends made (including some at the Washington Spirit like Croix Bethune and Trinity Rodman), and joy experienced during her rookie year. Then, Edwards talks about why she chose to compete …
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Once again, Nicki Collen's team is playing at an elevated level at both ends of the floor. The Baylor Bears are a top-20 defensive squad, with multiple playmakers in Jada Walker and Sarah Andrews leading the charge offensively, anchored by the ever-improving Darianna Littlepage-Buggs. Hear from Collen, not only about this intriguing Baylor team, bu…
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It was a big week of standout performances, dominating wins, bounce-back victories and teams attracting some serious attention in college basketball. And we got an expansion draft in the WNBA as the Golden State franchise is getting ready to compete and be relevant in 2025. National analyst and host Missy Heidrick is joined by The Next's Matthew Wa…
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Today, host Hunter Cruse is joined by co-hosts Em Adler and Lincoln Shafer to talk about the Golden State Valkyries expansion draft. Your favorite podcast now has a newsletter! In One-stop for ultimate team and league coverage delivered right to your in box. Sign up for free now, at lockedondaily.com. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! PrizePic…
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Host Jackie Powell is joined by women’s basketball broadcaster and analyst Maria Marino where the two break down all that you need to know and consider prior to Friday night’s Golden State Valkyries Expansion draft, the first expansion draft the WNBA has held in 16 years. First the pair goes over what the purpose of the draft is along with its rule…
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André Carlisle and Craig Hoffman talk about the USWNT Friendlies against the Dutch and the English, the two final matches for Alyssa Naeher in a USWNT uniform. The guys talk about what lessons were learned, and what's next for Emma Hayes. Plus, they salute Naeher and question why the hell she's retiring after a SPECTACULAR closing performance! Also…
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Lisa Stone has been a winner everywhere she's gone. The Iowa product, another member of the C. Vivian Stringer coaching tree, took Drake, Wisconsin, Saint Louis and more programs to new heights. Now she's taking on the storied history of Nancy Fahey's Washington University in St. Louis, a move she describes as her last coaching job, and she joins h…
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Recent studies show that Meghan McKeown appears on your television or telephone screen every 15 seconds here in 2024, much to everyone's delight. iON, ESPN, Big Ten Network, and critically, her new "Got Next" women's basketball podcast with Zora Stephenson. She joins host Howard Megdal to discuss the landscape, both around who is covering women's s…
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For Lynne Roberts, the chance to coach the Los Angeles Sparks came not because she was looking to leave Utah, or wanted a change, but thanks to a combination of factors well beyond her control and a bottomless desire to compete with and against the very best. She joins host Howard Megdal to discuss both the ways she intends to utilize her advanced …
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Today, host Hunter Cruse is joined by co-host Lincoln Shafer to talk about their latest notes on NC State’s Saniya Rivers and Aziaha James to USC’s Kiki Iriafen and more. Your favorite podcast now has a newsletter! In One-stop for ultimate team and league coverage delivered right to your in box. Sign up for free now, at lockedondaily.com. Support U…
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The Next’s managing editor and Ivy League beat reporter Jenn Hatfield joins host Natalie Heavren to chat all about how the Ivy League and Atlantic 10 have looked so far this season. The pair discuss A-10 and Ivy League matchups we’ve seen so far this season, what makes the matchups so intriguing and matchups between the two conferences that are yet…
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Jayson Tatum's whopping $315 MILLION contract may be spent bringing the WNBA to St. Louis. Host Gigi Speer discusses WNBA Expansion with Massachusetts' very own Noa Dalzell. The two dive into the likelihood of Tatum coughing up cash, the appetite for women's basketball in Boston, and even their DREAM THANKSGIVING TABLES-basketball edition. Don't mi…
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Faith Masonius has been through a lot in her college basketball career. An indispensable part of the Maryland program, bringing Jersey toughness, Faith overcame a severe injury to return to the court. Now back home in New Jersey with Seton Hall, she has found another level to her game offensively. She joins host Howard Megdal, who was all too happy…
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Jason and André are back from KC where the Orlando Pride won their first ever NWSL Championship over Washington Spirit. They join Craig Hoffman to break down the game from all angles, and talk about the NWSL end of season awards. Support the show Want to check out Hoffman W Sports Live? Subscribe on YouTube and catch The WNBA Show with Lyndsey D'Ar…
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Clare Duwelius spent over a decade helping to build the Minnesota Lynx into perennial contenders. But when the chance to serve as general manager and executive vice president of Unrivaled came up, Duwelius saw a chance to actively change the entire paradigm of the women's game. She joins host Howard Megdal to discuss what is at stake, what she lear…
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While it is just a few weeks into the college basketball season, last week was one of the ages. A new all-time wins record in NCAA history was set by UConn's Geno Auriemma with 1,217 wins, breaking the record of Stanford legend Tara VanDerveer. There were other coaching moves to the WNBA and all eyes were on the west coast for massive Top 10 matchu…
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Today, Hunter Cruse is joined by co-hosts Em Adler and Lincoln Shafer to talk about Los Angeles hiring Utah head coach Lynne Roberts and other news across the sport. Your favorite podcast now has a newsletter! In One-stop for ultimate team and league coverage delivered right to your in box. Sign up for free now, at lockedondaily.com. Support Us By …
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André and Jason are live in Kansas City ahead of the Pride vs Spirit NWSL Final showdown. They join Craig to talk about every angle of the game from Trinity Rodman attacking the flanks to Barbara Banda's central mastery. Support the show Want to check out Hoffman W Sports Live? Subscribe on YouTube and catch The WNBA Show with Lyndsey D'Arcangelo T…
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For Jacy Sheldon, coaching always loomed as something in the future - until Kevin McGuff and her alma mater, The Ohio State University, offered her the chance to try it following her rookie campaign in the WNBA. Jacy joins host Howard Megdal to talk Dallas Wings, her limitless future on and off the court, and, of course, reuniting with Emmy.…
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It's been a huge week for Unrivaled, the new 3x3 women's basketball league co-founded by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart. League president and husband of Collier Alex Bazzell joins host Howard Megdal to talk about everything from how the league began to the ways the business changes how women's basketball players can make a living and have tim…
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