Locked On Women’s Basketball

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Graphic with photo of Sabrina Ionescu and Breanna Stewart sitting side by side on the bench during a New York Liberty game. Locked On Women's Basketball logo at top right. Headshots of guest Madeline Kenney and host Jackie Powell at lower right. All-caps white text on orange background at lower right reads "Struggles in New York"

Locked On Women’s Basketball: The IX Basketball bids farewell to Locked On — Diagnosing the New York Liberty

By The IX Basketball / August 29, 2025

Howard Megdal: ‘This is a place where you’ve had the opportunity to meet all of the vital people in the women’s basketball space’

Atlanta Dream guard Rhyne Howard dribbles the basketball wearing a white Dream jersey and headband as she looks away from the camera.

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Tensions rise in Atlanta

By Deyscha Smith / August 28, 2025

Rhyne Howard: ‘Don’t get here and switch up because of one player’

Two players battle for a basketball on the court, one in a red Hersey and one in a green jersey

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Will the Fever reach the playoffs?

By The IX Basketball / August 25, 2025

East: ‘These upcoming seven days will be so epic in the race to make the playoffs’

Golden State Valkyries forward Kayla Thornton (left) looks to her right. On the right Golden State Valkries guard Veronica Burton looks to her left

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Reviewing 2025 preseason picks

By The IX Basketball / August 23, 2025

Hunter Cruse, Emily Adler and Lincoln Shafer reevaluate The Next’s preseason WNBA picks and predictions

Golden State head coach Natalie Nakase is featured in a thumbnail image for the Locked On Women's Basketball episode titled WNBA Questions Answered

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Answering your WNBA questions

By The IX Basketball / August 22, 2025

‘When you have A’ja Wilson on your team, you always have a chance of winning’

Photos of three players each focused and exclaiming in the middle of a basketball game

Locked On Women’s Basketball: WNBA award predictions

By The IX Basketball / August 21, 2025

Host Chelsea Leite talks with SB Nation’s Noa Dalzell about who might win some of the league’s biggest awards at the end of the season

Seattle Storm players stand together on the court

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Seattle Storm eyeing a playoff push

By The IX Basketball / August 20, 2025

Munson: ‘They need to learn from their mistakes, not make them again, and stay focused throughout the game’

Locked On Women’s Basketball: The boom happening at Texas Tech

By The IX Basketball / August 19, 2025

Ryan Hyatt from TheRaiderland.com joins Missy Heidrick to talk all things Texas Tech in the changing landscape of college athletics

A thumbnail for the Locked On Women's Basketball podcast, with an upper title of "Top Talent In 5 Yrs." and a lower title of "All-Stars in 2030 ", below pictures from left to right of UConn's Sarah Strong, the Indiana Fever's Caitlin Clark and USC's JuJu Watkins.

Locked On Women’s Basketball: 2030 WNBA All-Stars

By The IX Basketball / August 16, 2025

Which current stars will run the league in 2030? Which young stars will join them? And which future draft prospects will ascend even faster?

Two players for the Atlanta Dream wearing red jerseys hold hands during a game on the court

Locked On Women’s Basketball: The game goes global

By The IX Basketball / August 15, 2025

Leite: ‘Being there and like, feeling the excitement, it gives you goosebumps, and it’s so fun’