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

Digest all those calories with some hoops talk! Rob Joyce and Megan Gauer recap a busy Feast Week: the massive wins by Notre Dame and UCLA, South Carolina's response against Iowa State (poor Cyclones), and some lesser-heralded victories by the likes of Georgia Tech, Michigan State and Harvard. Then we preview next week's ACC/SEC Challenge, with a LOADED Thursday slate, including South Carolina vs Duke and Notre Dame vs Texas.

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Thanksgiving week provides a feast of women's college basketball games and Coast to Coast with Crina Mustafa and Calvin Wetzel has plenty of thoughts on teams around the country.

There's no perfect time to record this week with games all day every day, but tune in to hear about LSU, Duke, Oklahoma, UConn, Vanderbilt, Iowa and many more teams.

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It was a huge weekend for NCAA women's basketball in Los Angeles and The Press Break's Tyler DeLuca was there for two big games. Tyler, Jamie Steyer Johnson and Chelsea Leite break down UCLA ending South Carolina's 43-game win streak and Notre Dame earning a road win at USC on this episode of The Press Break.

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In the inaugural episode of 'In the Paint' Christy Winters Scott chats with the new Head Coach of the Atlanta Dream, Karl Smesko. Coach Smesko talks about his decision to leave Florida Gulf Coast for the Atlanta Dream, the excitement of coaching in the WNBA, and much more!

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We survived all the blowouts, and the universe is rewarding us. USC and Notre Dame. UCLA and South Carolina. The basketball gods have blessed us with two top-10 games heading into the weekend. Megan Gauer and Rob Joyce preview those games in-depth, plus they recap some of the weekend's more notable results (TCU-NC State; Kentucky-Louisville; UConn-UNC, plus Megan was in the building for Geno Auriemma's 1,217th win).

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Another college coach is heading to the WNBA. On this episode of Coast to Coast, Crina Mustafa and Calvin Wetzel tell us what the Los Angeles Sparks hiring Utah's Lynne Roberts says about the state of the WNBA and what we can expect from Roberts' system with the Sparks.

Utah's Gianna Kneepkens, meanwhile, is among the players of the week, as is Harvard's Harmoni Turner.

Plus, a look at the great Top 25 matchups coming up this weekend as well as a few early-season tournament games to keep an eye on.

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Jamie Steyer Johnson, Chelsea Leite and Tyler DeLuca react to the results of the 2025 WNBA Draft Lottery on this episode of The Press Break.

The Dallas Wings getting the No. 1 pick means they'll likely get Paige Bueckers. How does the UConn star fit in with that team?

What happens next? Do the Los Angeles Sparks select USC's Kiki Iriafen or go with a position of need? Who are some under-the-radar players we could be talking more about next spring? Plus, a few trade proposals!

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Admittedly there have been better slates of games, but there's still plenty to discuss! Megan Gauer (@megangauer) and Rob Joyce (@r_joyce34) recap the week across the country, both good (takeaways from South Carolina's win over NC State, Maryland's portal pieces looking very good against Duke) and bad (Indiana wyd?). Plus we're joined by Sabreena Merchant of The Athletic to get her takeaways from the first two weeks of the season as the action eventually heats up - we promise!

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Crina Mustafa and Calvin Wetzel give us their takes on a slew of recent hires in women's basketball on this episode of Coast to Coast. Most notably, the Atlanta Dream are hiring Florida Gulf Coast's Karl Smesko as head coach, while the Minnesota Lynx are losing GM Clare Duwelius to Unrivaled and associate head coach Katie Smith to Ohio State.

Plus, a look at the week that was NCAA women's basketball with stats and performances of the week and a look ahead to the best games to watch this week.

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Jamie Steyer-Johnson, Chelsea Leite and Tyler DeLuca have big-picture thoughts from some of the biggest games of the NCAA women's basketball season's opening week on this episode of The Press Break.

The Ally Tipoff featured two of those games, South Carolina's win over N.C. State and Iowa's win over Virginia Tech. Also, what Oregon taking down Baylor says about both teams and teams that haven't cracked the Top 25 that you should keep an eye on.

The second segment focuses on Unrivaled after another round of player announcements. Who is set to shine in the 3x3 format?

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