Posts by Tee Baker

Tee has been a contributor to The Next since March Madness 2021 and is currently a contributing editor, BIG EAST beat reporter and curator of historical deep dives.

Azzi Fudd is pictured smiling while speaking to reporters.

Paige Bueckers’ return a big piece of UConn’s optimism heading into overseas travel

August 13, 2023

Paige Bueckers cleared for full-contact play after year of recovery from ACL injury

In a photo from 2017, then-Temple head coach Tonya Cardoza puts her arm around UConn head coach Geno Auriemma against a backdrop of American Athletic Conference Tournament branding.

How Tonya Cardoza returning as an assistant coach impacts UConn

July 22, 2023

Cardoza was an assistant coach at UConn for 14 seasons in the 1990s and 2000s

Paige Bueckers is photographed in her number five jersey while running onto the court.

Paige Bueckers is ‘the best she’s ever been.’ Can she bring UConn a national title?

June 24, 2023

Head coach Geno Auriemma estimated this week that Bueckers is 90% healthy after torn ACL

Xavier women's basketball head coach Billi Chambers is pictured in a black-and-white photo with her right arm on her waist and a basketball practice facility as the backdrop.

Now at Xavier, Billi Chambers is ready to embrace change

June 20, 2023

Xavier’s new head coach poised to transform program into a BIG EAST contender

How UConn women’s basketball inspired a state and elevated a sport

May 24, 2023

Geno Auriemma, Sue Bird and Morgan Tuck unpack an astounding legacy

Creighton women's basketball players Lauren Jensen, Morgan Maly, Molly Mogensen and Emma Ronsiek stand in Team USA pinnies while holding the USA Basketball 3x3 championship trophy.

How Creighton soared to USA Basketball 3×3 national tournament title

May 8, 2023

Bluejays’ Morgan Maly named tournament MVP

Providence head coach Erin Batth holds a #22 Providence College women's basketball jersey while posing alongside men's basketball coach Kim English, who is holding a #24 Providence College basketball jersey.

Head coach Erin Batth ready to usher in ‘a new era of Providence basketball’

May 3, 2023

Batth hopes to elevate Friars program to BIG EAST prominence

‘There was always somebody to pick us up’: UConn performed despite adversity

March 26, 2023

UConn’s consecutive Final Four streak ends at 14

The Villanova women's basketball team poses for a photograph upon clinching a spot in the Sweet Sixteen of the 2023 NCAA Tournament. (Source / Villanova WBB Twitter)

Maddy Siegrist leaves Villanova better than she found it

March 26, 2023

First Team All-American Siegrist likely headed to WNBA

Villanova and Maddy Siegrist are ready for the spotlight

March 24, 2023

Wildcats clinch first Sweet Sixteen appearance in 20 years