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The party’s just starting for the 2024 WNBA Draftees as the season tip-off approaches

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With league enthusiasm (and lewks) at an all-time high, what comes next for the W’s newbies?

April 17, 2024

🏀 Live from New York, it’s Monday night!

Tonight’s 2024 WNBA Draft welcomes the NCAA’s best women’s basketball players to the pros

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Roll out the Orange Carpet, because the NCAA’s best women’s basketball players turn pro tonight at the 2024 WNBA Draft

April 14, 2024

UConn makes its case for blue blood status with second consecutive NCAA men’s basketball championship

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After Monday’s 75–60 dub over fellow No. 1–seed Purdue, Naismith Coach of the Year Dan Hurley’s UConn Huskies became the first back-to-back national champions in 17 years, reigniting an internet debate: Are the Huskies now officially a blue blood?

April 10, 2024

No. 1 South Carolina women’s basketball goes undefeated to win NCAA title

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After graduating all five of last year’s starters, No. 1 South Carolina women's basketball went a perfect 38-0 to win their second NCAA title in the last three seasons and third in program history.

April 08, 2024

No. 1 UConn faces No. 1 Purdue in tonight’s men’s March Madness finale

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Two highly-decorated No. 1 seeds, the UConn Huskies and Purdue Boilermakers, will duke it out for the national trophy tonight at 9:20 p.m. ET on TBS.

April 08, 2024

Today's women's Final Four is packed with star power

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Record-setting viewership, stunning starpower, and a whole lot of hoopla later, the women’s March Madness tournament culminates this weekend. First up, tonight’s stacked Final Four lineup, with two spots in Sunday’s 3 p.m. ET championship game on the line.

April 05, 2024

College

The men’s Final Four features two No. 1–seeds and two underdogs

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April 05, 2024

The men’s Final Four start their semifinal dance tomorrow on TBS, and both blockbuster matchups feature powerhouse programs vs. scrappy underdogs.

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The GIST of It Podcast

Ep #364

A PWHL playoff preview, the WNBA’s growing pains & an interview with LA Sparks rookie Cameron Brink

May 07, 2024

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A PWHL playoff preview, the WNBA’s growing pains & an interview with LA Sparks rookie Cameron Brink

Happy First Tuesday in May!

Today’s episode of The GIST of It is downright hoop-tastic, as co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz go all in on the WNBA. First, the gals dive into the preseason problems plaguing the league, specifically broadcasting issues that resulted in a fan live streaming a preseason Chicago Sky vs. Minnesota Lynx game for 2M (!!!) viewers. Thankfully, the W is already making adjustments with their biggest season ever scheduled to tip off in exactly one week.

Then get ready for a sweet treat in part two, as El sits down with WNBA rookie Cameron Brink to discuss her partnership with New Balance as well as her transition from a dominant collegiate career at Stanford to the new kid on the block with the LA Sparks.

Big shout out to Aflac for supporting today’s episode! Just like The GIST tackles the gap in women’s sports coverage, Aflac closes the gap that health insurance leaves behind. Learn more at aflac.com/thegist.