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

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 offseason conversations with Kayla McBride, his pla...

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 well as anyone in the country. She also discusses...

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 suggestion that she join Unrivaled now and compares th...

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. National analyst and host Missy Heidrick bounces al...

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 Our Sponsors! Robinhood Robinhood Gold provides t...

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 missing when Azzi Fudd is on the bench. Your favorite po...

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: a preview of Notre Dame-Connecticut! Support Us...

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's navigating the new waters of NIL as a superstar...

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, but about her perspective, as both a successful coll...

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 Walter to talk about it all and more on today's epis...

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! PrizePicks Download the PrizePicks app today and use code...

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 rules, and later the two discuss potential player move...

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 host Howard Megdal to reflect on all of it and the...

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 sports and the explosion specifically of women's ba...

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 offensive strategy in the WNBA and what it means f...

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 Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! BILT Rewards Start e...

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 to come. They also chat about what they’ve seen s...

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 miss the latest episode of Locked On: Women's Basket...

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 to talk about all things Jersey, and Masonius whi...

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 learned working with Cheryl Reeve in Minnesota and muc...

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 matchups that have shook up the polls and ended a huge w...

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 Supporting Our Sponsors! PrizePicks Download the P...

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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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pc...

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 time for themselves and their families. You won't wan...