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Locked On Women’s Basketball: Four Unrivaled players talk playoffs

By The IX Basketball / March 13, 2025

Burrell: ‘This game, it can go either way at any moment’

Murray State celebrates its first Missouri Valley Conference regular season championship.

Missouri Valley Tournament preview: Top four teams just one game apart in regular season

By Angie Holmes / March 13, 2025

Murray State, Missouri State, Belmont and Drake all strong contenders

A thumbnail for the Locked on Women's Basketball podcast, with an orange banner across the bottom that reads "UTSA belongs in the tourney", and a photo of UTSA head coach Karen Aston vocally coaching from the sidelines with overlayed images of Aston and host Howard Megdal on either side.

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Karen Aston makes the case for UTSA

By The IX Basketball / March 12, 2025

UTSA head coach Karen Aston joins host Howard Megdal

Quinnipiac sophomore guard Karson Martin runs off the court with the team behind her after Quinnipiac's 79-51 win over Iona Wednesday afternoon in the MAAC Tournament. (Photo credit: Rob Rasmussen | P8 Photos).

MAAC Tournament Day 2 notebook: Quinnipiac thrives with secondary help

By Ben Yeargin / March 12, 2025

Day 2 of the MAAC Tournament is underway, and it showcased No. 1 Fairfield and No. 2 Quinnipiac for the first time this tournament

A basketball player shoots a jump shot over the out-stretched hand of a defender.

No. 1 seed UNLV falls in the semifinals of the Mountain West Conference Tournament

By Steve Silverman / March 12, 2025

UNLV coach Lindy La Rocque: ‘When you’re at the top, when you get knocked off, the fall is long and hard and it hurts’

Jan 24, 2025; Columbia, South Carolina, USA; South Carolina Gamecocks forward Sania Feagin (20) drives around LSU Lady Tigers forward Sa'Myah Smith (5) in the first half at Colonial Life Arena. (Photo credit: Jeff Blake, Imagn Images)

Sania Feagin’s WNBA draft stock is on the rise

By Hunter Cruse / March 12, 2025

Staley: ‘I never let Feagin play less than her standard. That meant she sat a lot, but this year, it paid off’

Columbia head coach Megan Griffith squats on the court and yells in celebration. Her reserves are behind her on the sideline and standing up to celebrate.

What to watch for in the 2025 Ivy League Tournament

By Jenn Hatfield / March 12, 2025

A historically good top three and a team looking to play spoiler could add up to a tournament for the ages

A worker removes the insignia of the Mid-American Conference from the bench chairs at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse after the 2020 Mac Tournament was cancelled. (Photo Credit: Ken Blaze | USA TODAY Sports)

Revisiting the 2019-20 season’s unceremonious end for mid-major programs

By Jacob Mox / March 12, 2025

How three mid-major programs navigated the season’s abrupt cancellation in March 2020

Former Oregon women's basketball stars Sabrina Ionescu and Satou Sabally wave to the crowd at an Oregon football game.

Kelly Graves, Oregon reflect on NCAA Tournament cancellation five years later

By Michelle Smith / March 12, 2025

Graves: ‘We all thought we were on our way to something special’

Iona senior guard Judith Gomez looks and points up court while in front of the Iona bench (Photo credit: Will Quincy - Iona Athletics).

MAAC Tournament notebook: The heartbreak of March

By Ben Yeargin / March 12, 2025

Leyla Oztürk: ‘It’s March, anything can happen’