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

Megan Gauer (@megangauer) and Aaron Barzilai (@basketballvalue) have a casual chat about women's basketball. They cover the WNBA playoffs, end of the season awards and more. Listen in to the conversations they're discussing offline every day. Make sure to subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts.  Please rate and review the Her Hoop Stats podcast to help others find it while we work diligent...

This time last year Atlanta Dream Head Coach Nicki Collen was on top of the world.  Her team was the #2 seed for the WNBA playoffs, and preparing for their semifinal series.   It's easy to assume the Dream would be able to pick up right where they left off.  The season didn't unfold that way for Collen's team, but you'll hear some great tidbits about her focus heading into this offseason.   Also,...

Megan Gauer (@megangauer) and Aaron Barzilai (@basketballvalue) have a casual chat about women's basketball. They cover the Rookie of the Year race, the Washington Mystics, WNBA scheduling and more. Listen in to the conversations they're discussing offline every day. Make sure to subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts.  Please rate and review the Her Hoop Stats podcast to help others find...

Baylor’s Lauren Cox enters her senior season with a championship, and a boatload of personal accomplishments.  Lauren tells you what there left to do in Waco.   She’s also one of the most well-known athletes living with Type 1 Diabetes.  Hear why her outlook on living with the disease has changed over the last 14 years. Plus, John digs into the archives to hear from the head coaches of the two lea...

Connecticut Sun Head Coach Curt Miller has quickly flipped the script in Uncasville.  Now he's looking for his young team to take the next step.  The Sun haven't won a playoff game in seven years.  But poised to secure a top two seed and a double bye, that could all change this year. Make sure to subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts. There's a new feature conversation every Monday, and i...

Megan Gauer (@megangauer) and Jenn Hatfield (@jennhatfield1) have a casual chat about women's basketball. They cover the Washington Mystics, most anticipated potential WNBA playoff match ups, players they're excited to watch in the upcoming NCAA season and more. Listen in to the conversations they're discussing offline every day. Make sure to subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts.  Please...

In her third season since coming out of Oregon State, Sydney Wiese has found her groove.  Under Derek Fisher, she's more comfortable and confident than ever, letting the game come to her. Sparks Director of Public Relations and Communications, Eli Horowitz, is outspoken when it comes to his expectations of the sports media.  He knows his Sparks and the rest of the WNBA teams have incredibly intere...

Megan Gauer (@megangauer) and Aaron Barzilai (@basketballvalue) have a casual chat about women's basketball. They cover the Rookie of the Year race, exciting games remaining in the WNBA regular season and more. Listen in to the conversations they're discussing offline every day. Make sure to subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts.  Please rate and review the Her Hoop Stats podcast to help...

Angel Elderkin is a survivor.  The head coach of the WBI champion Appalachian State women’s basketball team is entering her sixth season.  In 2016, Elderkin was diagnosed with endometrial cancer.  She never missed a game and was awarded the 2017 USBWA Pat Summitt Most Courageous Award along with ESPN analyst, Holly Rowe. You’ll be inspired by her story of survival, but also impressed by her journe...

Megan Gauer (@megangauer) and Aaron Barzilai (@basketballvalue) have a casual chat about women's basketball. They cover the CT/Dallas trade, WNBA power rankings, the NCAA two site regional proposal and more. Listen in to the conversations they're discussing offline every day. Make sure to subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts.  Please rate and review the Her Hoop Stats podcast to help oth...

Four time WNBA champion head coach Cheryl Reeve earned respect long ago.  Now, just as important as calling a great play is calling out injustice and inequality.  Listen in as the two time WNBA Coach of the Year dishes her collected wisdom. Make sure to subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts.  There's a new feature conversation every Monday, and in between you'll get some tremendous bonus...

John Liddle and Acheil Tac provide play-by-play of the Las Vegas Aces 75-70 win at the Dallas Wings on August 3, 2019.  The special episode also includes great interviews with key figures on both teams. 12:30 - Wings guard Arike Ogunbowale 26:00 - Aces Director of Media Relations, John Maxwell 40:40 - Wings forward Megan Gustafson 51:20 - Aces guard Sydney Colson 1:13:30 - Player of the Game, Aces...

John Liddle and Acheil Tac provide play-by-play of the Las Vegas Aces 75-70 win at the Dallas Wings on August 3, 2019.  The special episode also includes great interviews with key figures on both teams. 3:15 - Aces coach Bill Laimbeer 5:30 - Wings coach Brian Agler 19:10 - Aces guard Kayla McBride 34:00 - Wings President/CEO Greg Bibb 49:30 - Aces forward A'ja Wilson 57:45 - Wings center Theresa P...

Megan Gauer (@megangauer) and Aaron Barzilai (@basketballvalue) have a casual chat about women's basketball. They cover Aaron's trip to the WNBA All-Star Game, the USA Basketball announcement, and discuss their other travel adventures. Listen in to the conversations they're discussing offline every day. Make sure to subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts.  Please rate and review the Her Ho...

We’re coming off one of the most memorable All-Star weekends ever.  We dive into an eventful weekend in Vegas with Her Hoop Stats Founder, Aaron Barzilai. Then, 76ers Data Scientist Ivana Seric tells us her story. She’s one of an increasing number of women making big waves in the NBA. Make sure to subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts.  There's a new feature conversation every Monday, and...

Confession: Cynt Marshall isn’t  neccesarily  a women’s basketball figure. BUT, she is a woman, and she is in basketball. The Dallas Mavericks CEO  was recently named one of the  30 Most Powerful Women in Sports by Adweek ($) . She was brought in last year by Mark Cuban to turn around a culture that had become extremly toxic for women. By all accounts, Marshall is well on her way to turning around...

WNBA expansion is a hot topic.  While many believe it should be a long-term goal of the league, incoming commissioner Cathy Englebert recently told the Chicago Sun-Times , “As I transition into my new role, one of my priorities right now is to make sure each and every one of our 12 existing franchises is doing as well as they possibly can before we seriously consider expanding.” Daniel Escott and...

Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) of The Ringer has only been a women's basketball fan for around two years now, but he's all in!  The writer is known for his best selling books:  The Rap Year Book , and  Basketball (And Other Things) .  In October he'll release his first hardcover offering,  Movies (And Other Things) .  We talk about his writing style, his awesome generous following, "The FOH Army," an...

Ari Chambers (@ariivory) has been a social media staple for WNBA fans for many years.  The multi-talented journalist has parlayed that coverage into a job with Bleacher Report/House of Highlights. Ari knows the game, but more importantly, wants to connect the fans with the personal stories of the WNBA athlete. Maybe one day Ari will be doing a story on our next guest, Hailey Tucker.  The lanky 6-3...

Kelly Graves likes to keep it loose.  Always has, always will, and he refuses to change his approach as his team prepares for their biggest season yet.  Oregon lost a tight Final Four matchup with eventual champion Baylor in 2019.  With a host of starters back, including triple-double machine Sabrina Ionescu, it's not hard to envision the Ducks hoisting a trophy in April of 2020. In this in-depth...

This week’s episode of the Her Hoop Stats Podcast is like two shows in one.  Because not only is Katie Smith one of the best players in pro basketball history, she would now be considered a long-time coach in the WNBA.   Smith is in her second year as the head coach of the New York Liberty after several years in an assistant’s role.  It’s a challenging job, but Smith’s determination to succeed, an...

Episode 5 of the Her Hoop Stats Podcast is perfect for any Iowa Hawkeye fan, or any small-town athlete eager to make it big.  Megan Gustafson is an incredible story.  The unlikely basketball phenom out of tiny Port Wing, Wisconsin discusses her journey. She was on top of the world as the consensus national player of the year after her masterful senior campaign with Iowa.  But just weeks later she...

Tamika Catchings has worn many hats inside and outside the WNBA.  Now, the all-time great is taking on a new challenge as VP of Basketball Operations with the Indiana Fever. We chat about her new role, her philosophy of building toward a championship, her perspective on the new CBA, Breanna Stewart’s Achilles injury, changes at her alma mater, and overcoming every challenge she’s ever been up agai...

Another bonus edition of the Her Hoop Stats Podcast finds host John Liddle back at Dallas Wings Media Day to talk to some of the team's impact players. Arike Ogunbowale discusses her whirlwind end to her career, the ups and downs of the last two seasons, and what it's going to take to play the point at the pro level. Kayla Thornton gets after it defensively, so she's excited to have a coach that f...

In a special bonus episode of the Her Hoop Stats Podcast, powered by HerHoopStats.com John chats with Dallas Wings President & CEO Greg Bibb and Head Coach Brian Agler. Bibb discusses the Liz Cambage trade, a big haul in the draft, the growth of the fan base in DFW, and the acquisition of Agler. Agler talks about his decision to leave the LA Sparks, his view of the Cambage trade, building a ro...