February 12, 2024
Locked On Women’s Basketball: Gonzaga dominates the west as the regular season winds down
By The Next
In the latest episode of Locked On Women's Basketball, Missy Heidrick and Matthew Walter discuss Gonzaga's rise and recent NCAAWBB upsets
In the latest episode of Locked On Women’s Basketball, host Missy Heidrick sat down with coach and reporter Matthew Walter to discuss the shake-ups of the last week of women’s college basketball. Teams are making their final pushes of the regular season as it begins to come to a close, and some are making headlines for it – and shaking up the AP top 25 as well.
Continue reading with a subscription to The Next
Get unlimited access to women’s basketball coverage and help support our hardworking staff of writers, editors, and photographers by subscribing today.
Already a member?
Login
Add Locked On Women’s Basketball to your daily routine
Here at The Next, in addition to the 24/7/365 written content our staff provides, we also host the daily Locked On Women’s Basketball podcast. Join us Monday through Saturday each week as we discuss all things WNBA, collegiate basketball, basketball history and much more. Listen wherever you find podcasts or watch on YouTube.
Missy and Matthew open the conversation by dissecting the teams up top that continue to dominate NCAA women’s basketball, starting with South Carolina. Missy reflects on South Carolina’s dominating win over UConn over the weekend, commenting that “they win games in multiple ways” and “nothing seems to surprise them.” Matthew agrees, acknowledging that South Carolina is shooting better threes than last year. “They have so much athleticism,” says Matthew, even without Cardoso, who was playing an olympic qualifier in Brazil, her home country. Missy and Matthew also talk through the Iowa Nebraska game, in which Clark did not ultimately break the all-time women’s scoring record. Per Matthew, it’s possible that Clark herself, or the whole team, was distracted by the chase to break the record, which may have contributed to the Iowa’s upset loss.
The Next, a 24/7/365 women’s basketball newsroom
The Next: A basketball newsroom brought to you by The IX. 24/7/365 women’s basketball coverage, written, edited and photographed by our young, diverse staff and dedicated to breaking news, analysis, historical deep dives and projections about the game we love.
Missy and Matthew move onto discussing the new top 25 poll. One of these schools making a notable mid-February push, per Missy is Gonzaga. She describes the Gonzaga Bulldogs as some of the “quiet hunters in this top 25,” and wonders who, or what, could take them down. Matthew concurs, remarking that the team is winning games by “30 points or more.” But they’ll have some steep competition ahead of them, including No. 11 Oregon State.
Make sure to subscribe to the Locked On Women’s Basketball podcast to keep learning about the WNBA, women’s college basketball, basketball history and much more!
