Locked On Women's Basketball

Host Ben Dull is joined by Jenn Hatfield of High Post Hoops and Her Hoop Stats to discuss her two-part piece on WNBA players participating in EuroBasket and how those absences will affect individual teams and the playoff picture.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Host Ben Dull is joined by Sam Gordon of the Las Vegas Review-Journal to break down Tuesday's game between the Seattle Storm and the Las Vegas Aces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Host Ben Dull is joined by Brendon Kleen to break down Sunday's game between the Los Angeles Sparks and Phoenix Mercury, including Leilani Mitchell's emergence to steady the ship offensively, a rough shooting night for L.A.'s big three, Sophie Cunningham (back) rejoining the rotation and more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Host Ben Dull is joined by Sam Gordon of the Las Vegas Review-Journal to break down Thursday's game between the Washington Mystics and the Las Vegas Aces.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Host Ben Dull breaks down Atlanta's 88-78 home win over the Indiana Fever including Tiffany Hayes returning to form, a season-high for Renee Montgomery, Teaira McCowan drawing the start for the injured Natalie Achonwa, Atlanta's addition of Natisha Hiedeman with Alex Bentley away for EuroBasket and more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Host Ben Dull is joined by Sabreena Merchant of The Athletic and High Post Hoops to break down Washington's 81-52 win over the Sparks, including Candace Parker's season debut, big scoring nights for Ariel Atkins and Shatori Walker-Kimbrough and what to watch for in the near term as the Sparks look to get Alana Beard back and begin to gel.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Host Ben Dull is joined by Ben Rosof of High Post Hoops to break down New York's 75-69 win over the Minnesota Lynx, including the Liberty building on last weekend's win over the Aces, Kia Nurse and Asia Durr combining for 46 points, the Lynx struggling with turnovers and a cold start from beyond the arc and more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Host Ben Dull breaks down Tuesday's three-game WNBA slate: Mystics at Sun, Storm at Fever and Mercury at Sky.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Host Ben Dull is joined by Jenn Hatfield of High Post Hoops and Her Hoop Stats to discuss Washington's Sunday win over Dallas. Also discussed: Indiana's Friday win over Dallas and what to watch for in Minnesota with the news that Jessica Shepard (ACL) will miss the remainder of the season.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Host Ben Dull is joined by Sabreena Merchant of High Post Hoops and The Athletic to break down Saturday's 89-85 win for the Sparks over the Lynx in Minnesota, including Gray's heroics, Riquna Williams pouring in 25 points off the bench, Tierra Ruffin-Pratt's excellent work on both ends, Napheesa Collier and Sylvia Fowles hurting L.A. inside, Minnesota's turnover problems, Lexie Brown's big game off the bench and more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Host Ben Dull recaps and breaks down key moments from each of Thursday's three WNBA games: Aces at Dream, Mercury at Lynx and Sparks at Sun.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Host Nick Niendorf talks Chicago Sky through three games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Host Ben Dull is joined by Mirjam Swanson of the Southern California News Group to break down the Sparks win in New York and share some early-season observations on the Sparks. Topics include Chelsea Gray's clutch performance in crunch time, Derek Fisher's lineups and rotations, the absences of Candace Parker, Maria Vadeeva and Alana Beard, Ashley Walker re-joining the team, Sydney Wiese getting a chance in year three, Kalani Brown's opportunity to get more minutes, early notes on Alexis Jones and Marina Mabrey, Riquna Williams' upcoming hearing and the team's rematch with the Sun after defeating them days prior in L.A.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Host Ben Dull is joined by Eric Nemchock of Swish Appeal and Hashtag Basketball for an early look-back at the 2018 WNBA Draft including its overall depth, depth in terms of star talent, what we got wrong, the biggest question marks moving forward and how this class has affected how we will evaluate future prospects.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Host Ben Dull is joined by Brendon Kleen of High Post Hoops to discuss Friday's primetime showdown between the Las Vegas Aces and the Phoenix Mercury, including Liz Cambage's 2019 season debut, Sancho Lyttle's return from the 2018 ACL tear, Briann January's 3-point shooting, Yvonne Turner's double-double, Cambage vs. Griner, why this Phoenix group is so tough for the Aces to defend, January's defense on Kayla McBride, how the Mercury can get more out of their bench, the waiving of Arica Carter and the anticipated return of Leilani Mitchell.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

SkyCast host Nick Niendorf takes a close look at what went wrong against the Minnesota Lynx, what positive takeaways can help the Sky in their home opener Saturday night and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Host Ben Dull is joined by Lyndsey D'Arcangelo of The Athletic to break down Wednesday's lone game in the WNBA, Storm at Lynx before diving into three players, teams or trends that each will be watching closely early in the season.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Host Ben Dull is joined in part one by Alex Coffey (@cafecita_) of The Athletic Seattle for an opening week check in with the Seattle Storm, including the season-opening win over the Phoenix Mercury, the team's upcoming road stretch, Jewell Loyd and Jordin Canada carrying a much bigger scoring load in 2019, Natasha Howard's confidence and comfort level taking on more responsibility up front, updates on Sue Bird, Alysha Clark and Dan Hughes, Gary Kloppenburg dialing up the team's pressure on defense, the team's early impressions of rookie Anriel Howard and more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Host Ben Dull is joined in part one by Sam Gordon of the Las Vegas Review-Journal to discuss the Las Vegas Aces, including reflecting on the team's first season in Vegas, his approach to the beat, how the community has responded, the Liz Cambage trade, 2019 No. 1 overall pick Jackie Young, the WNBA's newest big 3 in Cambage, A'ja Wilson and Kayla McBride, the depth in the frontcourt, Tamera Young's impact on last year's team, the Sugar Rodgers trade, expectations for the 2019 season and more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Host Ben Dull is joined in part one by Neil Olstad of Canis Hoopus and the Lynx Dynasty Podcast to discuss the Minnesota Lynx, including a look back at an up-and-down 2018 season, the retirement of Lindsay Whalen, Rebekkah Brunson's lingering post-concussion symptoms, the flurry of moves by Cheryl Reeve to infuse the roster with young talent on the fly, rookies Napheesa Collier and Jessica Shepard, playing "small" vs. more traditional lineups, opening up the floor for Sylvia Fowles and more. Erica Ayala of The Athletic New York and High Post Hoops joins the show in part two to preview the season for the New York Liberty, including impressions of Katie Smith's first season as head coach, reflecting on last season and the complications and stress caused by the venue change and ownership situation, new owner Joseph Tsai, takeaways from Kia Nurse's rookie season, getting more scoring from the perimeter from No. 2 overall pick Asia Durr, the impact of second-round pick Han Xu and what needs to be done to get the f