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

Host Jackie Powell is once again joined by The Athletic's Sabreena Merchant to dish out our grades for each WNBA team and their corresponding moves during free agency. In our second part of our two part special, Jackie and Sabreena go over the off- seasons of the Las Vegas Aces, the Minnesota Lynx, the New York Liberty, the Phoenix Mercury, Seattle Storm and Washington Mystics. 

Note: This episode was recorded before the four team trade between the Chicago Sky, Dallas Wings, Phoenix Mercury and New York Liberty. And it was recorded before the Mercury signed unrestricted free agent Moriah Jefferson and the Dream claimed Iliana Rupert off waivers. 

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Feb. 12 was Super Bowl Sunday but the pre-show matchup was #1 South Carolina hosting #5 LSU - the a battle of the unbeatens in women's college basketball. LSU learned, like so many before them, how hard it is to beat the reigning national champions. What makes South Carolina so good? Where does LSU go from here? What does it mean for this week's AP Top 25 Poll? Analyst Missy Heidrick and The Next's Alex Simon break it all down on Locked on Women's Basketball.

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Host Hunter Cruse is joined by co-host Em Adler for a detailed scouting report on Stanford's Haley Jones, a projected lottery pick in 2023 WNBA Draft.

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Host Jackie Powell is joined by The Athletic's Sabreena Merchant to dish out our grades for each WNBA team and their corresponding moves during free agency. We won’t be that harsh, but we won’t not be critical. In the first part of our two part special, Jackie and Sabreena go over the off- seasons of the Atlanta Dream, Connecticut Sun, Chicago Sky, Dallas Wings and LA Sparks.

Note: This episode was recorded before the report that came out on Friday afternoon that Diamond DeShields will be traded to the Dallas Wings in a four team trade.

Read Sabreena's Winners and losers of WNBA Free agency here:

https://theathletic.com/4165228/2023/02/09/2023-wnba-free-agency-winners-losers/

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No one had Brooke Wyckoff's Florida State team where they are -- 20-5 overall, 9-3 in the ACC, contending for a top-four seed in the NCAA Tournament and playing a brand of basketball that is must-see every night. Wyckoff joins host Howard Megdal to discuss how it's all come together, what makes Ta'Niya Latson so special, and why a program defined by former head coach Sue Semrau has its sights set on something even the glory years with Sue and Brooke as a player never accomplished: a Final Four appearance.

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Host Howard Megdal, who broke the news at The Next this morning that nine league sources confirmed the WNBA is investigating the Las Vegas Aces for circumvention of the salary cap, provides fresh new insights into his reporting along with Jacob Mox, a WNBA salary cap expert.

The two discuss both what happened and how it has come to this, along with what powers the league has to impose penalties if it determines improper behavior occurred, and what it all means for the league’s future writ large.

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Host Howard Megdal was live Sunday at UConn's 81-77 loss to South Carolina and he has a lot of lessons learned from this one. Geno Auriemma discussed Aaliyah Edwards' efficiency, as did Edwards herself. Dawn Staley discussed Raven Johnson's breakout while she and Aliyah Boston talked about her evolving perimeter game. What does it all mean for the rest of the season? Find out here.

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The ACC is one of the hottest women's basketball conferences in the nation this season. Analyst Missy Heidrick is joined by Mitchell Northam to break down the teams and see who can truly win the 2022-23 ACC regular season title. There are outstanding team and player performances each night - who is in the running for the ACC Player of the Year? The last 3 weeks of the regular season will tell us a lot about who is hot and who will be part of March Madness and the NCAA Tournament field.

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Host Hunter Cruse is joined by co-host Em Adler for a detailed scouting report on Maryland’s Diamond Miller, a projected lottery pick in the 2023 WNBA Draft.

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How did the Las Vegas Aces build their super team, including landing Candace Parker? The Next's Las Vegas Aces beat reporter Matthew Walter takes host Natalie Heavren through it all from the signings of Parker and Alysha Clark to trading away Dearica Hamby. Heavren is also joined by features writer Kiri Oler to chat about her latest story on the WBL's Lisa Thomas. 

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