Posts by Missy Heidrick

I am a retired Kansas State shooting guard and spent almost 20 years working in Higher Education and Division 1 athletics. I am currently a basketball analyst for television and radio, contributing correspondent at The Next, Locked on Women's Basketball podcast host, WBB Naismith Award board of selectors member and run my own consulting business. I am a proud mother of two and wife to a patient husband who is almost as big of a sports junkie as I am!

Iowa guard Caitlin Clark extends her arms, her hands at head level.

The Weekly Fast Break: An Eras Tour

December 13, 2023

‘It was rare, Caitlin Clark was there’

The Weekly Fast Break: Horns Up

December 6, 2023

Big wins for teams in Texas & Spokane

The Weekly Fast Break: Surging Gamecocks and Wolfpack

November 29, 2023

Pac-12 power & more

2023-24 Big 12 preview

October 28, 2023

Texas is the favorite in the new-look Big 12

The Next’s 2023-24 Top 25 preview

October 20, 2023

LSU leads the pack; key players, early games highlighted

The Weekly Fast Break: A sparkly new champion

April 4, 2023

How LSU capped a season unlike any other in the sport — What’s next?

Gabbie Marshall and Caitlin Clark chat in Iowa and Louisville's matchup in the Elite Eight round of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament, March 26, 2023, at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Wash. Photo Credit: Lydia Ely/The Next

The Weekly Fast Break: And then there were four

March 28, 2023

How the 2023 Final Four in Dallas came together

The Weekly Fast Break: Hello Cinderella

March 21, 2023

Two top seeds are out, the Sweet 16 is here.

The Weekly Fast Break: The best time of the year is here

March 14, 2023

Bracket delight and play-in madness

Ashley Joens: The calmest Cyclone in the storm

March 13, 2023

Joens leads Iowa State to a Big 12 Tournament title, earns MVP honors