Posts by Jenn Hatfield

Jenn Hatfield is The IX Basketball's managing editor, Washington Mystics beat reporter and Ivy League beat reporter. She has been a contributor to The IX Basketball since December 2018. Her work has also appeared at FiveThirtyEight, Her Hoop Stats, FanSided, Power Plays, The Equalizer and Princeton Alumni Weekly.

Princeton freshman guard Madison St. Rose stands atop a ladder with streamers around her neck. She holds a piece of the net that she cut after the Tigers won the Ivy League Tournament. The Ivy League logo is shown prominently on the backboard.

Five numbers to know about Ivy League women’s basketball this offseason

April 23, 2023

Exploring the Ivy pipeline to Power 6 programs, attendance growth and more

Two side-by-side images. At left, Vanderbilt's Jasmine Lister attempts a right-handed layup as an LSU defender watches. At right, CSUN's Cinnamon Lister drives into the lane with her left hand.

Lister sister assisters: Charting the careers of twin point guards Cinnamon and Jasmine Lister

April 21, 2023

The Listers’ paths diverged after high school, but both eventually found a way to the WNBA

Washington Mystics assistant coach Shelley Patterson, head coach Eric Thibault, general manager Mike Thibault and assistant general manager Maria Giovannetti sit around a wooden table. Mike Thibault is looking into the distance while the other three look at laptops or paper notes.

With 2023 roster largely set, Washington Mystics focus on future in WNBA Draft

April 11, 2023

Mystics select USF’s Elena Tsineke, acquire future assets

LSU point guard Last-Tear Poa dribbles the ball with her left hand as Iowa forward Hannah Stuelke defends.

LSU’s Last-Tear Poa enjoys familiar feeling of winning national championship

April 3, 2023

The junior-college national champion came to LSU to win big. On Sunday, she helped the Tigers do just that

South Carolina forward Aliyah Boston holds the ball near the top of the key and surveys her options.

Despite Final Four loss, legacy of South Carolina’s ‘freshies’ will endure

April 1, 2023

Boston: ‘Four years went by really fast’

Harvard and Columbia fight for the jump ball.

How Columbia got revenge on Harvard — and stoked a rivalry — in a historic WNIT game

March 30, 2023

‘That was pure Columbia basketball’

Five Princeton players huddle, wrapping their arms around each other. An official walks past them, making a hand motion.

Era ends for Princeton, but it remains a program to be reckoned with

March 23, 2023

‘Our nucleus, our glue, our everything’

Princeton guard Grace Stone is pictured all alone after hitting the game-winning shot, her hands at her sides and her mouth open.

‘Toughness transfers over’: Princeton uses familiar script to beat NC State in NCAA Tournament

March 18, 2023

In an Ivy League first, Princeton wins NCAA Tournament opener for second straight year

Columbia head coach Megan Griffith watches her team play with her arms crossed in front of her.

Ivy League co-champions Columbia and Princeton prepare for starkly different postseasons

March 16, 2023

Princeton heads to NCAA Tournament; Columbia’s Megan Griffith calls out selection committee

Maggie Connolly sits on top of the rim, her arms outstretched, and celebrates an Ivy League Tournament title.

Princeton’s road to Ivy League Tournament title was familiar but hardly easy

March 12, 2023

Harvard cements presence as current and future contender