Locked On Women’s Basketball

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Locked On Women’s Basketball: AP Top 25 Roundup and ACC Shakeups

By The Next / January 22, 2024

Missy Heidrick and Mitchell Northam discuss the recent AP Top 25 poll and the shakeups intensifying ACC competition

Picks from the 2022 WNBA Draft pose for a photo with WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert. The text "Scouting the WNBA Draft" is overlaid at the bottom in all caps, and the orange Locked on Women's Basketball logo is in the top right corner.

Locked On Women’s Basketball: How do amateur scouts evaluate the WNBA Draft?

By The Next / January 20, 2024

Film matters, from throughout a prospect’s college career

Washington Mystics guard Natasha Cloud and forward/guard Elena Delle Donne stand side-by-side in their black Rebel jerseys, looking out in front of them. Delle Donne clenches her right fist. The text "Are Cloud & Delle Donne gone?" is overlaid at the bottom in all caps, and the orange Locked on Women's Basketball logo is in the top right corner.

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Why Washington Mystics hold the keys to WNBA free agency

By The Next / January 19, 2024

Will Elena Delle Donne and Natasha Cloud still be Mystics for 2024?

Indiana Fever guard Grace Berger shoots a jump shot while leaning slightly to her right as a defender contests from her left side.

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Indiana Fever’s Grace Berger is everywhere

By The Next / January 18, 2024

If you live in Indiana, you might see Berger at a high school game this month

Locked On Women’s Basketball: All things Big East

By The Next / January 17, 2024

Big East beat writer Tee Baker joins Natalie Heavren to discuss updates, injuries, and predictions for the competitive Big East Conference.

Graphic with photo of Robyn Fralick and two Michigan state players at practice. Fralick stands at halfcourt and points to her left, while the players look on. Text below reads "Rise of the Spartans." Headshots of Fralick and host Howard Megdal at lower right. Locked On Women's Basketball logo at top right

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Robyn Fralick’s Michigan State Spartans are on the rise

By The Next / January 16, 2024

Even with a near-miss at Iowa, the Spartans are embracing the challenge of the Big Ten.

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Winter weather brings a flurry of surprise results to college play

By The Next / January 15, 2024

Missy Heidrick recaps the surprising results in women’s college hoops and analyzes how they shake up the Top 25

(Left) Paige Bueckers (5) surveys the court during a game for UConn; (Right) Te-Hina Paopao (0) looks at the camera during practice for South Carolina. Text below reads "Best Guard Class Ever?" Locked On Women's Basketball logo at top right.

Locked On Women’s Basketball: 2024 WNBA Draft hot takes

By The Next / January 13, 2024

International prospects, South Carolina’s 2024 draft class, and more!

Head shot of Sparks GM Raegan Pebley, with text 'Welcome to Los Angeles, Raegan Pebley, General Manager'. Text below reads "Pebley's Place"

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Raegan Pebley, new GM of Los Angeles Sparks, has done it all

By The Next / January 12, 2024

‘All of a sudden, boom, this opportunity came about where I was gonna get a chance’

Shakira Austin celebrates a teammates' made shot from the bench, holding her hand in the air and giving the hand signal for three. Text below reads "Shakira Austin Tells Her Story". Locked On Women's Basketball logo at top right. Headshots of host Jackie Powell and Shakira Austin at lower right.

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Shakira Austin discusses Player Marketing Agreements, fashion and her own story

By The Next / January 11, 2024

‘I just want to be able to tell my story … to get people to actually know who I am’