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Stanford's Lauren Betts is pictured driving to the basked against Cal's Ugonne (Michelle) Onyiah.

The case for patience and Lauren Betts

By Michelle Smith / December 29, 2022

Both Betts and coach VanDerveer are preaching patience

Locked on Women’s Basketball: NCAAW states draft: Who got the best teams?

By The IX Basketball / December 28, 2022

Each panelist selected ten states and will get all of those states’ NCAAW teams — with teams earning our panelists 1 point for making the NCAA Tournament

Locked on Women’s Basketball: Cori Close’s UCLA Bruins are surging

By The IX Basketball / December 27, 2022

Michelle and coach Cori Close chat about UCLA’s hot start — ranking and the challenge of the Pac-12 schedule

Photo of a basketball sitting in the snow.

The Weekly Fast Break: Pushing into the New Year

By Missy Heidrick / December 27, 2022

Overtime W’s & marquee matchups set the stage for 2023

Locked on Women’s Basketball: Anita Ortega’s impact and legacy on and off the court 

By The IX Basketball / December 26, 2022

Natalie and Anita Ortega discuss how she got started playing basketball and her time at UCLA — the San Francisco Pioneers

Two very similar side-by-side photos of Ohio State's Jacy Sheldon and Syracuse's Dyaisha Fair handling the ball with their right hands. The text "Stock up, stock down" is overlaid at the bottom in all caps, and the Locked on Women's Basketball logo is in the upper right corner.

Locked on Women’s Basketball Christmas Eve special: Which WNBA draft prospects have raised or lowered their stock?

By The IX Basketball / December 24, 2022

An Ohio State Buckeye and a Michigan Wolverine are both on the rise

Spar Girona's Rebekah Gardner (35) shoots over Basket Landes' Marie-Eve Paget (74), who contests the shot with an outstretched right hand.

EuroLeague Week 7: Girona wins Spanish Clasico by blasting Avenida

By Antonio Losada / December 24, 2022

The EuroLeague enters the Christmas break with Olympiacos winless and Polkowice leading the way

A preview thumbnail for the Locked on Women's Basketball episode titled "Ivy League excitement" featuring a picture of the Columbia women's basketball team celebrating in a locker room.

Locked on Women’s Basketball: Ivy League excitement

By The IX Basketball / December 23, 2022

Jenn and Natalie chat non-conference surprises, Jenn’s recent stories and what to expect in conference play.

Photo of youth basketball players circled up on an outdoor basketball court in India.

For young girls in India, hope and basketball go hand-in-hand

By Vishakya Deshpande / December 23, 2022

‘They barely know names of NBA players, so dreaming of going to the U.S. is hard to even imagine’

Mary Ashley Groot’s desire to build takes her to Purdue

By Jackie Powell / December 23, 2022

With Groot, the Big Ten will only get more competitive