March 28, 2025
Locked On Women’s Basketball: Sweet 16 Birmingham preview
What potential upsets could happen and why?
On Friday’s episode of Locked On Women’s Basketball, host Jackie Powell is joined by SB Nation’s Mitch Northam where the two preview both Birmingham regionals. (For analysis prior to the Spokane regionals, watch yesterday’s show here.)
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First, Jackie asks Mitch about what potential upsets could happen and why specifically in the Birmingham 3 regional. Could No. 5 seed Tennessee under first-year head coach Kim Caldwell move onto the Elite Eight? Later Mitch explains the significance of Duke vs. UNC and how this is such an important moment for schools in the North Carolina research Triangle. And finally, Mitch and Jackie examine what path lies ahead for the defending champion South Carolina and their coach Dawn Staley as the Gamecocks try to return to yet another NCAA Tournament Final Four.
“Becoming Caitlin Clark” is out now!
Howard Megdal’s newest book is here! “Becoming Caitlin Clark: The Unknown Origin Story of a Modern Basketball Superstar” captures both the historic nature of Clark’s rise and the critical context over the previous century that helped make it possible, including interviews with Clark, Lisa Bluder (who also wrote the foreword), C. Vivian Stringer, Jan Jensen, Molly Kazmer and many others.
