Posts by Emily Adler

Emily Adler (she/her) covers the WNBA at large and college basketball for The IX Basketball, with a focus on player development and the game behind the game.

Destiny Harden screams while flexing downward in celebration

Daily Briefing — Mar. 5, 2022: The bigger they are, the Harden they fall

March 5, 2022

Miami ends on 17-0 run to upset Louisville

Haley Jones puts her shoulder into Oregon State's Ellie Mack as she drives towards the hoop

Daily Briefing — Mar. 4, 2022: Ralph won’t talk about Bruno (or officiating)

March 4, 2022

Her Plaisance is requested in Las Vegas

Jordyn Cambridge rises through midair to layup the ball while a defender tries to close out from the side

Daily Briefing — Mar. 3, 2022: Can’t Blair to see Gary go

March 3, 2022

Check on your people, plus

A shot from the movie "Airplane!" in which a plane's cockpit is occupied by two inflatable people

Daily Briefing — Mar. 2, 2022: Pillow fight! Cellar-dwellers kick off conference tournaments

March 2, 2022

And why is the WNBA struggling to take flight(s)?

NaLyssa Smith posts up a defender outside the paint

Daily Briefing — March 1, 2022: Better than the average Bears

March 1, 2022

And your Power 5 awards, awarded

Aneesah Morrow blows by a defender while readying to go up for a layup, as the defending raises her arm to attempt to block from behind

Daily Briefing — Feb. 28, 2022: NO BLUE — Iowa, Caitlin Clark snatch Big Ten title hopes from Michigan

February 28, 2022

Louisville did what to Notre Dame?!?

NaLyssa Smith looks across the baseline as she dribbles around a defender

Daily Briefing — Feb. 27, 2022: At the Brink of the end

February 27, 2022

Dayton clinches its fifth regular-season title in the past six years

Maddy Siegrist holds in midair to draw a shooting foul before releasing a point-blank jumper

Daily Briefing — Feb. 26, 2022: I’m back, and so is Paige Bueckers

February 26, 2022

Maddy Siegrist is making history, and Utah looks to do the same

Players on the Minnesota Lynx circle-up and put their hands together in the middle before a send-off

ROUNDTABLE: ‘Too Many Lynx,’ starring Cheryl Reeve

February 23, 2022

The Next staff offers solutions for Minnesota’s roster crunch

Ayana Emmanuel releases a short jumper in midair

Daily Briefing — Feb. 22, 2022: B1G GAME HUNTING

February 22, 2022

Two banished from Queen City