Welcome to The IX Basketball’s preseason draft board, the most detailed 2026 WNBA draft resource available outside a team’s actual war room, brought to you by Emily Adler, Hunter Cruse and Lincoln Shafer. Following a historic and deep rookie class, we’ll give you a sense of where this year’s prospects stand heading into maybe their final collegiate […]
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2026-27 SWAC preview
Southern, Alabama A&M are title favorites
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2026-27 Top 25 preview
Who can put together the perfect song to get to the 2027 Final Four?
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The IX Sports Podcast College Basketball Edition: Big 12 season preview
How will Audi Crooks and Liv McGill impact Oklahoma State’s chances at March Madness this year? Tune in to this week’s episode to find out.
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The IX Sports Podcast: LIVE from BIG EAST media day!
In a two-part special episode, hear from every women’s basketball team in the Big East! Plus, an exclusive interview with the conference commissioner.
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Maryland’s Addi Mack ready for encore season with larger role
Mack: ”I do strive to be my best, whether that’s school, relationships, anything like that’
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The IX Sports Podcast College Basketball Edition featuring the Mid-Majors Podcast
Hosts Melissa Triebwasser and Michael Waterloo are joined by Tacarra Barnes and Courtney Lumpkin of the Mid-Majors Podcast to talk — you guessed it — about the mid-major conferences.
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Ohio State notebook: Weights, awards and winning for McGuff
After a third straight season of heartbreak on its home court, the Buckeyes hit the weight room
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Kejia Ran’s road to realizing her WNBA dream will start at Xavier
Kejia Ran was drafted by the Atlanta Dream this year, but she’s first headed to Xavier University to begin her U.S. basketball journey
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The IX Sports Podcast College Basketball Edition: What’s going on in the Big Ten this year?
Will the UCLA Bruins go back-to-back? Will the return of JuJu Watkins send USC to the top? This week our hosts break down the state of the Big Ten and predict which teams will make the NCAA Tournament.
