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Emily Adler
Emily Adler (she/her) covers the WNBA at large and college basketball for The IX Basketball, with a focus on player development and the game behind the game.
Posted inFeatures, Mid-Majors, NCAA Basketball
A modest counterproposal: Win or go home
‘March Madness is designed to find the sweet spot between crowning the best teams and pure randomness’
Posted inFeatures, NCAA Basketball, WNBA
Adding team context to player development projections
Why our subconscious process should be systemitized
Posted inACC, Big 12, BIG EAST, Big Ten, Features, Mid-Majors, NCAA Basketball, SEC
Conference title check-ins: Final days of regular season
Assessing the regular season conference winners and tournament brackets across high- and mid-majors
Posted inFeatures, NCAA Basketball
Reactions to women’s college basketball from someone whose internet has been out for a few weeks
Catching up on two weeks of very hectic college basketball news and updates
Posted inFeatures, WNBA
As WNBA free agency rolls on, let’s look at some 2025 depth charts
Taking stock of free agency, the most chaotic time of the WNBA calendar
Posted inFeatures, WNBA
The biggest trade in NBA history just happened. What’s the WNBA equivalent?
It’s impossible to find a WNBA equivalent of how shocking this trade is. But if one happened, what would it even look like?
Posted inFeatures, WNBA
The Next’s 2025 WNBA free agency predictions
Our staff predicts landing spots and contracts for top free agents in 2025
Posted inACC, Family Rivalries, Features, NCAA Basketball
The Tobacco Road rivalry has gotten historically ugly
You could probably count these halftime scores on just your fingers and toes
Posted inDallas Wings, Features, WNBA
A brief history of the WNBA star trade
It doesn’t happen very often, and when it does, trade packages vary wildly
