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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 Roberts followed by the mad dash of hires that were rolled out in December from the Connecticut Sun, Dallas Wings and the Washington Mystics. And in their final segment, the pair zeroes in on why more men are getting WNBA head coaching roles heading into the 2025 season and how far the league has come in five years since only four women were head coaches.Thumbnail Photo Credit: Left to right: Domenic Allegra, Chris Poss and Golden State ValkyriesFurther reading: Erica Ayala wrote about the WNBA’s struggles to hire diverse coacheshttps://www.nytimes.com/athletic/1653386/2020/03/05/we-have-to-get-more-diversity-in-those-seats-wnba-faces-hiring-reckoning/Jackie wrote a

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 Motors has over 122 million parts to keep your ride-or-die alive. With all the parts you need at the prices you want, it’s easy to bring home that big win. Keep your ride-or-die alive at EbayMotors.com. Eligible items only. Exclusions apply. eBay Guaranteed Fit only available to US customers. Gametime Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDON for $20 off your first purchase. Terms apply. FanDuel FanDuel, America’s Number One Sportsbook. As playoffs wind down, the sports stop sporting like we want them to. But this summer, FanDuel is hooking up ALL CUSTOMERS with a boost or a bonus, DAILY! That’

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 for you to help get you out of the holiday funk and ready for 2025! 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 RXRight now, our listeners can get 40% off your first order when you use code LOCKEDONNBA at RocketRX.com. Terms and Conditions apply.Rocket RX: Better sex, made simple.GametimeDownload the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONNBA for $20 off your first purchase. Terms apply. Download Gametime today. What time is it? Gameti

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!RobinhoodRobinhood Gold provides the privileges of a high net worth for any net worth. These generous benefits are now available for only $5/month. The new Gold Standard is here with Robinhood Gold. Sign up at robinhood.com/gold.Mint MobileTo get the new customer offer and your new 3-month premium wireless plan for just $15 a month, go to mintmobile.com/lockedonnba. See Mint Mobile for details.GametimeDownload the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONNBA for $20 off your first purchase. Terms apply. Download Gametime today. What time is it? Gametime.FanDuelYou can start the season with a big return on FanDuel. New customers can place a FIVE DOLLAR bet and you’ll ge

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 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!Skylight FramesWe've got the perfect gift for you! Skylight Frame is the touchscreen digital photo frame your whole family will love. As a special, limited-time offer for our listeners, get $20 OFF your purchase of a Skylight Frame when you go to SkylightFrame.com/NBA.BILT RewardsStart earning points on rent you're already paying by going to joinbilt.com/lockedonnba.Rocket RXRight now, our listeners can get 40% off your first order when you use code LOCKEDONNBA at RocketRX.c

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, from A'ja Wilson.Host Gigi Speer and the New York Post's Madeline Kenney recap it all and talk about what this means moving forward in sports media. Let's go!Thumbnail photo credit: Domenic Allegra | The NextFollow & Subscribe on All Podcast Platforms…

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 Caitlin Clark and Aliyah Boston. Hull talks about how she found her rhythm, what it means to be part of Unrivaled and much more with host Howard Megdal. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Skylight Frames We've got the perfect gift for you! Skylight Frame is the touchscreen digital photo frame your whole family will love. As a special, limited-time offer for our listeners, get $20 OFF your purchase of a Skylight Frame when you go to SkylightFrame.com/NBA. BILT Rewards Start earning points on rent you're already paying by going to joinbilt.com/lockedonnba. Rocket RX Right now, our listeners can get 40% off your fi

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!RobinhoodRobinhood Gold provides the privileges of a high net worth for any net worth. These generous benefits are now available for only $5/month. The new Gold Standard is here with Robinhood Gold. Sign up at robinhood.com/gold.Mint MobileTo get the new customer offer and your new 3-month premium wireless plan for just $15 a month, go to mintmobile.com/lockedonnba. See Mint Mobile for details.GametimeDownload the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONNBA for $20 off your first purchase. Terms apply. Download Gametime today. What time is it? Gametime.FanDuelYou can start the season with a big return on FanDuel. N

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 editor at SFGate, to go through the same exercise leading into 2025. The pair look ahead to 2024 in women's basketball and make bold predictions starting from WNBA free agency, which is right around the corner, all the way through the NCAA Tournament, the WNBA Draft and then finally the WNBA Finals and the WNBA’s upcoming collective bargaining agreement negotiations. Thumbnail Photo Credit: Left: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images Right: David Butler II-Imagn ImagesFurther reading and listening: Howard Megal reports on leverage Paige Bueckers has prior to the WNBA draft:https://www.theixsports.com/features/in-2025-wnba-draft-d

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 plans for watching Athletes Unlimited and Unrivaled, and what aspects of his coaching philosophy he looks to expand with the team that was inches away from winning a championship this past season.Follow & Subscribe on All Podcast Platforms…

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 what it means to be an elite college athlete in this NIL moment, and how she wants to be remembered when she makes the inevitable leap to the pros. Rocket Money Cancel your unwanted subscriptions and reach your financial goals faster with Rocket Money. Go to RocketMoney.com/lockedon today. BILT Rewards Start earning points on rent you're already paying by going to joinbilt.com/lockedonnba. Rocket RX Right now, our listeners can get 40% off your first order when you use code LOCKEDONNBA at RocketRX.com. Terms and Conditions apply. Rocket RX: Better sex, made simple. Robinhood Robinhood Gold provides the privi

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 the super teams of every WNBA era. Rocket Money Cancel your unwanted subscriptions and reach your financial goals faster with Rocket Money. Go to RocketMoney.com/lockedon today. BILT Rewards Start earning points on rent you're already paying by going to joinbilt.com/lockedonnba. Rocket RX Right now, our listeners can get 40% off your first order when you use code LOCKEDONNBA at RocketRX.com. Terms and Conditions apply. Rocket RX: Better sex, made simple. Robinhood Robinhood Gold provides the privileges of a high net worth for any net worth. These generous benefits are now available for only $5/month. The new Go

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 all around the Big 12 and previews the first weekend of conference matchups that are just ahead. (Photo credit: K-State Athletics)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 MoneyCancel your unwanted subscriptions and reach your financial goals faster with Rocket Money. Go to RocketMoney.com/lockedon today.BILT RewardsStart earning points on rent you're already paying by going to joinbilt.com/lockedonnba. Rocket RXRight now, our listeners can get 40% o

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!RobinhoodRobinhood Gold provides the privileges of a high net worth for any net worth. These generous benefits are now available for only $5/month. The new Gold Standard is here with Robinhood Gold. Sign up at robinhood.com/gold.Mint MobileTo get the new customer offer and your new 3-month premium wireless plan for just $15 a month, go to mintmobile.com/lockedonnba. See Mint Mobile for details.GametimeDownload the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONNBA for $20 off your first purchase. Terms apply. Download Gametime today. What time is it? Gametime.FanDuelYou can start the season with a big return on FanDuel. New customers can place a F

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 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!RobinhoodRobinhood Gold provides the privileges of a high net worth for any net worth. These generous benefits are now available for only $5/month. The new Gold Standard is here with Robinhood Gold. Sign up at robinhood.com/gold.Mint MobileTo get the new customer offer and your new 3-month premium wireless plan for just $15 a month, go to mintmobile.com/lockedonnba. See Mint Mobile for details.GametimeDownload the Gametime app, c

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 By Supporting Our Sponsors! eBay Motors From brakes to exhaust kits and beyond, eBay Motors has over 122 million parts to keep your ride-or-die alive. With all the parts you need at the prices you want, it’s easy to bring home that big win. Keep your ride-or-die alive at EbayMotors.com. Eligible items only. Exclusions apply. eBay Guaranteed Fit only available to US customers. Gametime Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDON for $20 off your first purchase. Terms apply. FanDuel FanDuel, America’s Number One Sportsbook. As playoffs wind down, the sports stop sporting like we want them to.

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 of today and tomorrow. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Robinhood Robinhood Gold provides the privileges of a high net worth for any net worth. These generous benefits are now available for only $5/month. The new Gold Standard is here with Robinhood Gold. Sign up at robinhood.com/gold. Mint Mobile To get the new customer offer and your new 3-month premium wireless plan for just $15 a month, go to mintmobile.com/lockedonnba. See Mint Mobile for details. Gametime Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONNBA for $20 off your first purchase. Terms apply. Download Gametime today. What t

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 college and WNBA coach, about the state of women's basketball entering 2025.

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 episode of Locked on Women's Basketball. (Photo credit: Angelina Alcantar/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)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!RobinhoodRobinhood Gold provides the privileges of a high net worth for any net worth. These generous benefits are now available for only $5/month. The new Gold Standard is here with Robinhood Gold. Sign up at robinhood.com/gold.Mint MobileTo get the new customer offer and your new 3-month premi