{"id":28374,"date":"2025-07-28T21:08:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T21:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/28374\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T21:08:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T21:08:09","slug":"locked-on-womens-basketball-acc-preseason-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/28374\/","title":{"rendered":"Locked On Women’s Basketball: ACC preseason analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the podcast, the pair explored ACC stability following months of realignment turmoil. \u201cThe one word I\u2019ve heard is \u2018stabilized,\u2019\u201d Northam said, emphasizing that while the league appears steady in the short term, uncertainty looms with top programs like UNC potentially eyeing an exit: \u201cUNC is probably the most valuable ACC property in terms of the eyes of the SEC and Big Ten.\u201d<\/p>\n

The episode also tackled the rise of general managers in women\u2019s college basketball \u2014 especially amid increased player movement and NIL pressures. \u201cWe\u2019re in the era of the general manager,\u201d Northam said, referencing coaches like NC State\u2019s Wes Moore, who admitted, \u201che is not a very good general manager himself.\u201d<\/p>\n

From NCAA Tournament expansion to the BIG EAST\u2019s recent media rights deal with ESPN, the conversation offered sharp insight into a fast-evolving landscape. \u201cYou\u2019re watering down the end product,\u201d Northam warned about a potential 96-team NCAA tournament, raising questions about the cost-benefit of expanding access versus preserving quality.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"Locked<\/a><\/p>\n

Tune in to Locked On Women\u2019s Basketball<\/p>\n

Here at The IX Basketball, in addition to the 24\/7\/365 written content our staff provides, we also host the daily Locked On Women\u2019s Basketball<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

And Minnesota Lynx beat writer at The Next, Terry Horstman, looks ahead to the looming reunion with the defending champion New York Liberty on Wednesday night, and talks about what went wrong in Minnesota\u2019s loss to the Dream.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

To stay up to date with every episode of the podcast,\u00a0subscribe on YouTube<\/a>\u00a0or wherever you listen to podcasts. And\u00a0catch up on all our WNBA coverage here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"During the podcast, the pair explored ACC stability following months of realignment turmoil. \u201cThe one word I\u2019ve heard…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28375,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[27228,64,63,726,27229,18497,8442,85,27230],"class_list":["post-28374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-acc","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-big-east","tag-locked-on-womens-basketball","tag-nil","tag-sports","tag-unc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}