Locked On Women's Basketball – Daily Podcast On The WNBA

Candace Parker's accolades are too many to count-but guess what? In her new "Trophy Room" show, guests have to match her in at least one of her accolades. This is just one of many initiatives Bleacher Report is taking with BRW Sports, and VP Head of Programming Katie Arkins joins host Gigi Speer to discuss Bleacher Report's goals for women's sports coverage. Arkins pays homage to Ari Chambers, fou...

For the Atlanta Dream, new head coach Karl Smesko brings ideas he honed over more than two decades as the head coach for Florida Gulf Coast University. But taking his advanced analytical approach is more than just a cut-and-paste from college to the WNBA, as he explains to host Howard Megdal. Everything from how to get player buy-in on both ends of the floor to the reasons he made this move at thi...

As we sink deeper and deeper in the college basketball season, the conference races are heating up and there are teams you should never take your eyes off of. Big time programs at institutions that are household names, such as that ever-recognizable block N in red for Nebraska. What life like in the Big Ten for the Huskers? What is is about this 2024-25 team that has them poised for another NCAA T...

Today, host Hunter Cruse is joined by co-hosts Emily Adler and Lincoln Shafer to talk about the latest across women's college basketball, plus their early thoughts after the first day of games at Unrivaled. 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 Supportin...

Host Jackie Powell is joined by Seerat Sohi of The Ringer where the two reveal their expectations for all 13 WNBA teams prior to free agency negotiations kicking off on Tuesday January 21. Will the Indiana Fever or New York Liberty land Satou Sabally? How active will new GM Curt Miller be? How different will the Seattle Storm look after coring Gabby Williams and amid their fallout with Jewell Loyd...

Unrivaled WBB, a new 3x3 league created by WNBA stars Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier, launches this weekend in Miami. With investments from Juju Watkins, Dawn Staley, Coco Gauff, Michael Phelps and more, Unrivaled is changing women's basketball. Chelsea Leite welcome Gabby Alfveby to preview opening weekend as Unrivaled launches Friday January 17. They discuss what Unrivaled does for the spo...

Notre Dame already looked like a contender for the national title. But as Maddy Westbeld tells us, she's not only returned to impact the game on both ends, she's healthier than she's been in years and prepared to make her final season in South Bend a special one. Plus, she tells host Howard Megdal all about her special coffee blend. The two discuss the finances involved with playing pro basketball...

Florida State's Brooke Wyckoff is proving you can go home again. The Seminoles legend has her team playing like national title contenders, and somehow, even faster than before. She joins host Howard Megdal to talk about the philosophy behind her team's manic pace, along with what it feels like to have a front row seat to the Ta'Niya Latson Show. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! OpenPhone The...

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 Missy Heidrick is joined by Michelle Smith, contribut...

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 By Supporting Our Sponsors! Prizepicks Now’s the pe...

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 from Sarah Strong to Meri Kanerva and more. Your...

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 January before predicting who will make it to the...

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 basketball, Scott Rueck is the constant. He shares...

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 Kneepkens and much more. Hosted by Simplecast, an A...

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-chair of Playfly Sports Consulting to talk about the...

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 RX Right now, our listeners can get 40% off your f...

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 Roberts followed by the mad dash of hires that wer...

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 Motors From brakes to exhaust kits and beyond, eBay Motor...

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 more for March. Games you need to see? She has them f...

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 Robinhood Gold provides the privileges of a high net w...

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 favorite podcast now has a newsletter! In One-stop for ul...

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 the best individual season the WNBA has ever seen,...

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 contending core the Indiana Fever are building alongside Ca...

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. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Robinhood...

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 ago. Host Jackie Powell sits down with Alex, sports...