The Her Hoop Stats Podcast: WNBA & NCAA Women’s Basketball

Crina and Calvin continue their 2024 WNBA season previews with the LA Sparks, Chicago Sky, and Washington Mystics, including notes from Crina's experience being in person covering the Canada game between the Sparks and Storm as well as thoughts from Chicago and Washington's first preseason matchups and who might make the cut on each roster. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Calif...

Christy Winters Scott and Aaron Barzilai catch up ahead of the WNBA season and discuss: - The NCAA Tournament and the growth of the women's game - Dawn Staley - The WNBA Draft - The portal - Candace Parker - Ranking the W for the upcoming season: Caitlin Clark, A'ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, and Alyssa Thomas - Early observations from the WNBA preseason See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/priva...

Crina and Calvin continue their WNBA season previews, breaking down the rosters and season outlooks for the Dallas Wings, Atlanta Dream, and Minnesota Lynx. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Crina and Calvin begin their WNBA team previews by breaking down the roster situations and season outlooks for the Las Vegas Aces, New York Liberty, and Connecticut Sun. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Crina and Calvin break down all things WNBA Draft, from the on-court fits to the fire orange carpet fits. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

South Carolina achieves immortality. On the season's final Gauer Hour presented by the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, Megan Gauer and Rob Joyce recap Final Four weekend in Cleveland, culminating in the Gamecocks' third national championship and its first undefeated season. They talk about the game itself, the legacies of this USC team, Dawn Staley and, on the other side, Iowa and Caitlin Clark....

Crina and Calvin recap the Final Four and national championship game, including a discussion about Dawn Staley's legacy and South Carolina's dominance. They also look ahead to next season as well as the WNBA draft. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The HHS team breaks down South Carolina's national championship victory over Iowa: Dawn Staley's legacy, Raven Johnson's growth, and the impressive Gamecock bench and freshmen. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The HHS team breaks down the semifinals and previews the championship game. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The Her Hoop Stats team previews the Final Four. Who would win between the last two South Carolina squads? Does Caitlin Clark or Paige Bueckers have the better supporting cast? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Our Final Four is set! South Carolina, NC State, Iowa and UConn descend upon Cleveland with a national championship on the line. On the season's penultimate Gauer Hour presented by the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, Megan Gauer and Rob Joyce recap everything from a historic regional final weekend in the sport, from the games (they were great!) to... not games (seriously? The three-point line?)....

Crina and Calvin discuss the biggest headlines from March Madness so far before breaking down the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight and previewing the Final Four. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

We're down to 16. After a comeback-laden but chalky first two rounds, Megan Gauer and Rob Joyce break down everything that happened over the weekend on the women's side, on and off the court, from results and late-game drama to Kenny Brooks leaving VT for Kentucky. Plus Rob gets sidetracked and goes on not one but two tangents for those who want to complain about officiating and/or want neutral si...

Crina and Calvin break down the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament and preview the Sweet 16. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Finally, the beloved bracket is here. On the latest Gauer Hour presented by the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, Rob & Megan largely have no issues with the field of 68. They do, however, think the committee could have gotten much more creative. They go region-by-region to breakdown the potential bracket busters, who isn't getting respect (are we really doing this "12-seed FGCU" thing again?)...

Calvin and special guest Dani Bar-Lavi break down each region of the NCAA Tournament bracket, including their upsets to watch for and favorite first round or potential later matchups. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Selection Sunday is less than 72 hours away. On the latest Gauer Hour presented by the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, Megan Gauer and Rob Joyce run through all of the takeaways from conference tournament week among the high-majors. USC is legit, legit, Virginia Tech... not so much. Rob has to (again) apologize to Nebraska for letting his guard down in a key moment. And after a wild weekend in Gr...

Crina and Calvin recap the wild week in conference tournament action, including South Carolina's crazy path to an SEC title and the electric swan song of the Pac-12. Then they preview the upcoming week of conference tournaments and which teams you should be keeping an eye on. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-i...

New name, same great content! On the first re-branded Gauer Hour with Megan Gauer and Rob Joyce, they go in-depth on all of the high-major conference tournaments, pick winners for each (shockingly, they had very similar picks, because they always do). And they detail how the injuries to Elizabeth Kitley, Mackenzie Holmes and Molly Davis impact their respective teams as their statuses for this week...

Crina and Calvin discuss Caitlin Clark's announcement that she will declare for the WNBA draft as well as her senior day game, break down each power conference tournament bracket, and look back on the first week of the AU season. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Sleep later. It's March, and we've got a ton to get to. All of the high major conferences have their regular season champs already, so our weekend focus is on bubble teams - who NEEDS a win, who could use a win, who can get away with a loss? Megan Gauer and Rob Joyce break it down, plus break down the final top-16 reveal by the NCAA Tournament selection committee and react to the news of Caitlin C...

Crina and Calvin chat with ACC Senior Associate Commissioner for Women's Basketball Jackie Carson on her role in her first year with the league and the top storylines in the ACC this season. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The regular season ends in nine days?! We reset all of the major conferences on this week's WBB show. While Megan is off galivanting in the Big Easy, Calvin Wetzel joins Rob Joyce on this week's College Sports Now to hit on all of the major events from the last week - Indiana finally notching a marquee win, the craziness from Oregon State-UCLA, then the Bruins walloping Utah and more. And they get...

Crina and Calvin discuss the Steph vs. Sabrina shootout, go over some bracketology, and preview the biggest games to watch in college basketball this week. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

A busy CSN! The NCAA Tournament Selection Committee had its initial reveal of the top-16 seeds. Megan Gauer and Rob Joyce give their takeaways from the announcement and recap all the games from the last week... and Rob gives a public mea culpa to Nebraska. Then the head coach of the Oregon State Beavers, Scott Rueck, jumps on to talk about his team's 20-3 start as the Beavs continue to climb the n...