{"id":438644,"date":"2026-01-28T12:54:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T12:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/438644\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T12:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T12:54:07","slug":"wnba-schedule-but-no-cba-iowa-surges-in-post-caitlin-clark-era-charlie-cremes-insight-on-bracket-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/438644\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA schedule but no CBA? Iowa surges in post-Caitlin Clark era + Charlie Creme\u2019s insight on bracket building"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hoops 360 hosts Caroline Fenton and Cassandra Negley break down Iowa\u2019s ongoing surge in it\u2019s post\u2013Caitlin Clark era as the Hawkeyes make the AP Top 10 for the first time since her departure. ESPN bracketology expert Charlie Creme joins the show to share his latest insights on the women\u2019s college basketball postseason picture.<\/p>\n

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Plus, how does the WNBA release a schedule without a finalized CBA? Caroline and Cass unpack why the move makes senses for the league.<\/p>\n

Have questions or topics you want covered? Drop them in the comments and we\u2019ll address them on the show!<\/p>\n

01:29 – Biggest takeaways from post-Caitlin Clark Iowa so far this season?<\/p>\n

09:25 – Player Spotlights of the Week: Negley – Aaliyah Chavez | Fenton – Ta’Niya Latson<\/p>\n

14:40 – ESPN expert bracketologist Charlie Creme joins the show!<\/p>\n

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43:41 – How is there a WNBA schedule without a WNBA CBA?<\/p>\n

49:54 – What stands out to you most about the 2026 WNBA schedule?<\/p>\n

54:29 – Upcoming games to watch: Unrivaled & NCAAW<\/p>\n

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Check out the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family athttps:\/\/apple.co\/3zEuTQj<\/a> or atyahoosports.tv<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hoops 360 hosts Caroline Fenton and Cassandra Negley break down Iowa\u2019s ongoing surge in it\u2019s post\u2013Caitlin Clark era…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,735,48,73384,73383,4233,181965,181966,1161,82,630,43869,4141],"class_list":["post-438644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-caitlin-clark","tag-canada","tag-caroline-fenton","tag-cassandra-negley","tag-cba","tag-charlie-creme","tag-clark-iowa","tag-espn","tag-sports","tag-wnba","tag-wnba-schedule","tag-womens-college-basketball"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}