Locked On Women’s Basketball

Your daily dose of women’s basketball, brought to you by the staff at The Next.

Napheesa Collier celebrates during a Minnesota Lynx game

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Can Napheesa Collier, Minnesota Lynx reach another level?

By The IX Basketball / May 29, 2025

Napheesa Collier’s improvement has elevated the team altogether

Caitlin Clark during a Fever game

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Clark is injured, but no need to panic

By The IX Basketball / May 28, 2025

Powell: ‘So many players go through injuries, this was inevitable’

Graphic with photo of Sabrina Ionescu (left) and Kelly Graves (right) smiling and laughing after an Oregon Ducks basketball game. Locked On Women's Basketball logo at top right. Headshot of host Howard Megdal at lower left. All-caps white text on orange background reads "Oregon Trail" at lower right.

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Kelly Graves joins show, talks Oregon as women’s basketball epicenter

By The IX Basketball / May 27, 2025

Graves: ‘We’re riding the crest of a really big wave, [so] what we do with it now is up to us, right? We’ve got to capitalize on it’

Graphic with headshots of Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers at left and Washington Mystics forward Kiki Iriafen at right. Locked On Women's Basketball logo at top right. White all-caps text on orange background at lower right reads "Early Rookie Report".

Locked On Women’s Basketball: WNBA rookie report — How have Paige Bueckers and Kiki Iriafen played early on?

By The IX Basketball / May 24, 2025

Evaluating how the league’s rookies are making an impact so far

Caitlin Clark throws a pass near the leg of Angel Reese on the left and A'ja Wilson shoots over an outstretched arm of Breanna Stewart on the right.

Locked On Women’s Basketball: WNBA rivalries

By The IX Basketball / May 23, 2025

A look at the tension within the game

Podcast promotion graphic with a photo of Minnesota Lynx players warming up. Text overlay reads "PT WNBA injury roundtable."

Locked On Women’s Basketball: PT WNBA injury roundtable

By The IX Basketball / May 22, 2025

Hannah Kevorkian and Lucas Seehafer join the podcast to talk about injuries across the WNBA

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Elizabeth Williams talks all things Chicago Sky

By The IX Basketball / May 21, 2025

Williams: ‘I think any vets feel pride in their young players’

Lisa Leslie, Pamela Grundy and Susan Shackelford sit on a Zoom call.

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Lisa Leslie and Shattering the Glass brought us to this WNBA moment

By The IX Basketball / May 20, 2025

A look at the history of the game

Locked On Women’s Basketball: The next WNBA CBA negotiations

By The IX Basketball / May 19, 2025

What to know about the upcoming WNBA CBA negotiations.

A game photo from the 2024 WNBA Finals between the Lynx and Liberty is the featured photo for the Locked on WBB podcast episode titled "Preseason predictions"

Locked On Women’s Basketball: The Next’s 2025 WNBA preseason awards and predictions

By The IX Basketball / May 16, 2025

Who are this season’s projected top players and teams?