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Locked On Women’s Basketball: WNBA Finals press on

By The Next / October 16, 2024

‘It’s only 25% coaching. The rest is what the players want and what they put into these games’

How TNT Sports and Unrivaled plan to continue new league’s momentum

By Chelsea Leite / October 16, 2024

Media rights deal includes equity stake in league started by Stewart, Collier

UC Irvine guard Deja Lee attacks the defense during the Big West Tournament semifinals.

2024-25 Big West Conference preview

By David Mendez-Yapkowitz / October 15, 2024

Breaking down the Big West rosters and predicting who will come out on top

Locked On Women’s Basketball: 2024-25 NCAA Top 25 preview

By The Next / October 14, 2024

Heidrick: ‘In order to be the best, you’ve got to beat the best’

Indiana Fever President Kelly Krauskopf speaks with reporters during her introductory press conference in Gainbridge Fieldhouse. (Photo Credit: Tony East | The Next)

Kelly Krauskopf hoping to do what she did before with Indiana Fever

By Tony East / October 14, 2024

Kelly Krauskopf is the new Indiana Fever President of Basketball Operations. She knows how to build a winner in Indiana

Betnijah Laney-Hamilton smiles wide while holding onto Sabrina Ionescu

Betnijah Laney-Hamilton’s herculean performance in WNBA Finals Game 2 powers Liberty to series-tying win

By Jackie Powell / October 14, 2024

Brondello: ‘Number one, B’s a warrior’

A collage of nine pictures of top 2025 WNBA draft prospects: In the middle, UConn guard Paige Bueckers screams in celebration; surrounding her, from top-left clockwise: South Carolina guard Raven Johnson dribble around an Iowa defender; UCLA forward Janiah Barker holds the ball out in one outstreched arm at the top of a crossover; NC State guard Saniya Rivers dribbles between her legs while looking toward the paint; Notre Dame guard Olivia Miles dribbles up the court; Notre Dame guard Sonia Citron holds her shot release while turning to jog back up the court in front of a full audience; Slovenian forward Ajsa Sivka moves up the court; South Carolina guard Te-Hina Paopao reaches in to deflect the ball from an Iowa player's dribble; Stanford big Kiki Iriafen holds the ball above her head in midair to release a jump shot over the extended arm of a defender.

Who’s Next — The Next’s 2025 WNBA Draft Board, V1.0

By Emily Adler / October 14, 2024

The most detailed 2025 WNBA draft resource available outside a team’s actual war room

WNBA Finals: Sabrina Ionescu and Breanna Stewart help Liberty bounce back

By Rob Knox / October 13, 2024

Ionescu: ‘That’s really what my goal was’

Napheesa Collier attempts to score the ball against Breanna Stewart and Sabrina Ionescu

Lynx head back to Minnesota with improvements needed

By Terry Horstman / October 13, 2024

Courtney Williams: ‘It just felt like we had no sense of urgency.’

Iowa women's basketball head coach Jan Jensen

Jan Jensen opens new era for Iowa women’s basketball

By Angie Holmes / October 13, 2024

New head coach looks forward to another sold-out season