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Ball Up Top: A Women’s Basketball Podcast — 149 episodes

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1

WNBA Draft Fallout and A Hot Start for Golden State with Nathan Canilao | Luxury Tax

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An Inside Look at the Portland Fire & Golden State's PR Problem with Sean Highkin | Luxury Tax

3

The WNBA Breakout Show with Greer & Chauny | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

4

WNBA League Pass Team Rankings & The Best Possible Storylines with Seerat Sohi

5

WNBA Training Camp Vibe Checks, Courtney Vandersloot's Chicago Influence and Tennessee's Transfer Wins | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

6

Grading Every Team's 2026 WNBA Draft | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

7

Angel Reese Traded, WNBA Free Agency and A Front Office Power Struggle in DC

8

South Carolina, Texas Cruise to Women's Final Four over TCU, Michigan

9

UConn and UCLA advance to the Final Four with wins over Notre Dame, Duke

10

CBA's and Sweet Sixteen's with The Ringer's Seerat Sohi| Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

11

Caitlin Clark COOKS in First Game Since JULY, Joins Angel Reese and Paige Bueckers in Team USA Debut

12

Amid Delays, Dallas Wings Find Themselves in Middle of Convention Center Development Dram

13

All-American Predictions: Is Azzi Fudd a First-Teamer? Plus Under-the-Radar Coach of the Year Candidates | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

14

Underseeded & Underrated NCAA Tournament teams & LSU's MiLaysia Fulwiley Conundrum

15

Kim Caldwell's Tennessee Growing Pains, the Player of the Year race and a possibility of a WNBA Strike

16

How Our Investigative Story on the Chicago Sky Came Together| Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

17

The 2026 WNBA Schedule, Budding NCAA Rivalries And Vic Schaefer On The Mic Again| Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

18

The Contender Status of LSU and Vanderbilt & Can Anyone Beat UCLA in Big 10? | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

19

SEC Coaches vs. The World, Midseason NCAA All-Americans and a South Carolina vs. Texas Preview| Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

20

A No Cap New Years Podcast: The Best Women's Basketball Moments of 2025

21

Caitlin Clark and Team USA's Present vs. Future, The WNBA Labor Winds Shift and the NCAA's Player of the Year Ladder| Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

22

Iowa vs. Iowa State, A'ja Wilson's Named TIME Athlete of the Year and A Press Row View of the Aaliyah Chavez Experience

23

UConn vs Texas for #1, Coaching Stocks, SEC vs ACC Challenge Preview

24

Drafting The Best Moments of the 2025 WNBA Season | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

25

What Comes Next in the WNBA's Labor Battle with Former NBPA Leader Tamika Tremaglio | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

26

Aces Defeat Fever to make WNBA Finals and The Messiest Day in Recent League History with The Ringer's Seerat Sohi | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

27

Five Out: The Ethical Hater's Postseason, A Gamecock Rivalry and Alyssa Thomas's Legacy Moment

28

The Aces Get Their Lick Back, Phoenix Pulls Even and The Coaching Carousel Turns | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

29

Five Out: The Fightin' Fever, Noelle Quinn Fired and When An MVP Becomes a GOAT

30

WNBA Playoff Preview (And Recap): Game 3, Day Two

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WNBA Playoff Previews (And Recap): Game Two, Day Two

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Five Out: The Playoffs Are Here, Jeff Pagliocca vs. The Motion and What Makes A WNBA MVP...

33

WNBA Award Campaigns, Coach of the Year, All-WNBA Teams | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

34

Five Out: Indy is In, ''Til Balhalla', The M'VP and A Five Alarm Fire In Chicago

35

WNBA Playoff Projections, Toughest Matchups and Dallas thinks Arike is First-Team All-WNBA?! | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

36

The 'Ball-Knowers' WNBA Watch Guide & Thursday Recap: Weekend of August 29 - September 3

37

Candace Parker's Jersey Retirement, Standing on Business and the Toughest WNBA Playoff Pairings | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

38

Five Out: Phee Returns For an MVP Battle For The Ages, Limping Liberty and An Unlikely Award Contender Emerges...

39

The 'Ball-Knowers' WNBA Watch Guide & Thursday Recap: Weekend of August 22 - August 25

40

A Packed Night of Games, The Lynx-Liberty Rivalry and A'ja's Amazing Aces | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

41

Five Out: A Vegas Resurgence, Fun Sun and an Increasingly Interesting MVP Race

42

Stormy Skies, The Defensive Player of the Year Race & Can Anyone Catch Minnesota?| Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

43

Five Out: Dreams & Nightmares, America's Team and Malonga Mania

44

A Busy WNBA Trade Deadline, Surging Sparks and DeWanna Bonner vs. The State of Indiana | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

45

A Special Five Out: If This Is The End of The Connecticut Sun...

46

Cam Brink Returns to WNBA Action, Injury Bugs and One Move To Make Before the Trade Deadline | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

47

Emma Meesseman comes to New York, Paying What's Owed and Bold Predictions for The Second Half of the WNBA Season | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

48

DeWanna Bonner heads to Phoenix, Team USA and the Biggest Surprise of the WNBA season so far | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

49

All-Star Starters, A Dallas Wings Trade and More WNBA Expansion | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

50

A Prescription for the Fever, Sensational Shakira Austin and Will It Get Better For The L.A. Sparks? | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

51

A Press Row POV of the Chris Koclanes - DiJonai Carrington Drama, Surging Phoenix and Pretenders vs. Contenders | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

52

Marvelous Minnesota, Rookie of the Year Races and Tumblr turns on Chris Koclanes | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

53

A New York Juggernaut, Hardships Contracts and Vegas Gets Money (Again) | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

54

Caitlin Clark's Injury, New Coach Stock Up/Stock Down and Too Early WNBA Trade Machine Takes | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

55

A Rising Fever, Paige's First Breakout and The Season's First Agenda Watch | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

56

The Season Preview Hot Take & Prediction Show | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

57

WNBA Preseason, How We Talk About Player Cuts and the WNBA's Coverage Equity Discussion | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

58

What We Have Seen From WNBA Training Camp So Far | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

59

EMERGENCY POD: Milaysia Fulwiley Shocks NCAA World, Transfers From South Carolina to LSU

60

Grading the 2025 WNBA Draft, Team-By-Team | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

61

Five Out: NCAA Coaching Changes, Neutral Site Games and What We Learned After The Opening Weekend of March Madness

62

What Lies Deep in The Heart of Texas?

63

March Madness Previews with 'Casuals' host Katie Nolan and Underdog Fantasy's TylerIAm

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March Madness Previews with 1986 NCAA National Champion Fran Harris and The Ringer's Seerat Sohi

65

Five Out: Top Seed Grievances, Natasha Cloud heads to the Liberty and an impassioned case for the WBIT

66

Five Out: WNBA Labor Discussions & The Ever-Present Twitter Problem, South Carolina looks back and the L.A. Rivalry We Need to Cultivate

67

A Postseason Awards and Conference Tournament Preview Mega Show | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

68

Chicago Sky offseason love/hate, most compelling NCAA conference title races and the most random Final Four teams possible with The Ringer's Seerat Sohi | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

69

Marina Mabrey Demands a Trade, UConn is back plus Best/Worst WNBA All-Star Game Ideas | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

70

WNBA Free Agency Winners & Losers, a return of the UConn - Tennessee rivalry and the National Freshman of the Year Race | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

71

Grading the first major moves of WNBA Free Agency

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South Carolina vs. Tennessee recap, What's next in WNBA Free Agency and Which NCAA team has the most pressure in February? | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

73

EMERGENCY SHOW: Jewell Loyd traded to Vegas, Kelsey Plum to Los Angeles, Seattle gets No. 2 Pick

74

Unrivaled Surprises, WNBA Free Agency and an early Bracketology look | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

75

Chennedy Carter's Free Agency, South Carolina's Case for #1, Unrivaled Preview | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

76

Luxury Tax: L.A. Sparks Assistant GM Eli Horowitz Talks About Team's Exciting Present & Optimistic Future

77

The Kiyomi McMiller situation, NCAA Title Odds and three hot takes about WNBA Free Agency | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

78

Five Out: A compelling NCAA Player of the Year race, WNBA Free Agency looming and the great debate: the system vs. the player

79

Best WBB Moments of 2024, New Years Resolutions and One Hot Take for 2025 | Ball Up Top

80

What does the Dallas Wings head coaching hire mean for Paige Bueckers, Sabrina Ionescu is Unrivaled, and are guards the future of women's basketball? | Ball Up Top

81

Florida State's Ta'Niya Latson talks leading nation in scoring, Legos, being underrated and more. | Luxury Tax Podcast

82

Harmoni Turner talks USA Basketball, playing for Harvard and her charity work | Luxury Tax Podcast

83

The NCAA Player of the Year race, buy/sell in the Top 25 and an ISO from Chauny on the state of WNBA discourse | Ball Up Top

84

WNBA Post Expansion Draft/Pre Free Agency wish list, the NCAA tiers and are the Tennessee Lady Vols back? | Ball Up Top

85

Golden State Valkyries Expansion Draft Roster Revealed (No Cap Space Immediate Reactions)

86

WNBA Superstar Jewell Loyd requests trade from the Seattle Storm (YouTube Immediate Reaction)

87

Early Season Ranking Reflection, the NCAA Player of the Year Race, WNBA Schedule Release and Expansion Draft | Ball Up Top Podcast

88

UConn, UCLA, Notre Dame and the Battle for No. 1, the SC and USC questions and a new WNBA coaching movement | Ball Up Top

89

A storm in Seattle's locker room, Paige Bueckers to Dallas could work? And Hailey Van Lith, Deja Kelly headline portal winners | Ball Up Top

90

Dallas Wings win #1 WNBA Draft Pick while Sparks, Sky, and Mystics follow

91

#1 South Carolina beats #9 NC State in Final Four rerun, Iowa defeats Virginia Tech (Live from Ally Tipoff)

92

NC State's Zoe Brooks talks game vs South Carolina, Final Four Run, Basketball Bag, and more!

93

Virginia Tech Head Coach Megan Duffy discusses taking the job, playstyle, and more!

94

No Cap Space College Countdown: No. 1 South Carolina with MiLaysia Fulwiley

95

No Cap Space College Countdown: No. 2 UConn with special guest Kaitlyn Chen

96

No Cap Space College Countdown: No. 3 USC with Special Guest Kiki Iriafen

97

No Cap Space College Countdown: No. 4 Texas with Rori Harmon

98

WNBA Season Best Moments, Unrivaled/Caitlin Clark/TNT Deal, Coaching Changes, WNBPA Opt Out

99

Five Out: The Liberty are WNBA Champs, Officiating Woes and a Labor Dispute on the Horizon

100

2025 Five Star Keeley Parks goes Beyond the Ranking

101

WNBA Finals Game 3 Recap Pod: Sabrina did WHAT!?!?

102

WNBA Finals Recap Pod: WHAT. JUST. HAPPENED.

103

Luxury Tax: Maryland's Shyanne Sellers previews the upcoming season, growing up in a basketball season, and more

104

Kansas State's Ayoka Lee discusses K-State return, NCAA Scoring Record, pets, and more!

105

Golden State WNBA Expansion Draft Announced: Who should teams protect? Who should the Valkyries pick?

106

On Caitlin Clark, the burden of leadership and the infighting among the WNBA's labor that has allowed owners to escape blame on player safety concerns.

107

Breaking Down the WNBA Expanding to Portland with Sean Highkin

108

Stanford Head Coach Kate Paye talks transition from Tara VanDerveer, joining the ACC, and much more!

109

Notre Dame's Olivia Miles talks comeback, Irish Championship aims, duo with Hannah Hidalgo, and more

110

Top 3 2025 Recruit Jazzy Davidson talks Overtime Select, Recruitment, Team USA 3x3, and More!

111

Oklahoma's Raegan Beers discusses her transfer process, Sooners Style of Play, SEC, and much more!

112

Tennessee Head Coach Kim Caldwell talks leading the Lady Vols, her style, a Pat Summit story, and more!

113

Rapid Reactions: Angel Reese suffers season ending injury: All-Time WNBA Rookie season, What now for the Sky?

114

Class of 2025 UConn Commit Kelis Fisher talks the Huskies, Coach Paige Bueckers, OT Select, and more

115

Iowa Head Coach Jan Jensen on the Hawkeye's new era, Caitlin Clark, Iowa History, and more!

116

Top 5 2027 Recruit GG Banks talks Overtime Select, layup package, WNBA, Recruitment, and More!

117

Morning Tea: Fever top Sun, Sky fall to Mystics, Sparks shock the Liberty and more...

118

Mia Pauldo is up next and wants to bring Tennessee Lady Vols basketball with her

119

Luxury Tax: Minnesota Lynx's Alissa Pili joins to talk rookie season, Napheesa Collier, Nike, and more!

120

Rapid Reaction: The Aces survive the Sky, Kamilla Cardoso's coming out party, some clarity on televising Maya Moore's jersey ceremony

121

Luxury Tax: Azura Stevens talks return from injury, UConn rivalries, TikTok's with Los Angeles Sparks rookies and more...

122

Covering the Fever Pitch in Indiana through the eyes of beat reporter Scott Agness

123

In the ashes of the Pac-12 and west coast women's basketball, Molly Miller is ready to build Grand Canyon into a contender.

124

Rapid Reaction: Team USA routs Germany in 2024 Olympics, why Nigeria is the best story in Paris and who you should be watching in the women's basketball knockout rounds.

125

Overtime's Shea Dawson joins to discuss Overtime Select and what to expect from the new league

126

Carly Thibault-DuDonis wants to make Fairfield the 'Gonzaga of the Northeast'. And she's on the way to succeeding.

127

Yvonne Ejim headed to 2024 Olympics with the support of a province on her shoulders

128

Rapid Reaction: Marina Mabrey traded to Sun, WNBA rights deal numbers reported

129

Luxury Tax: West Virginia's JJ Quinerly on sticking with WVU, her mentality, Carmex + more!

130

Iowa's Hannah Stuelke talks upcoming season, Iowa Hoopers, Locker Room music, Caitlin Clark, plus more!

131

Jaylyn Sherrod joins to talk re-signing with the Liberty, WNBA Vets, Favorite Colorado Moments, and More!

132

WNBA All-Star Selection Reactions: Snubs, surprises and smart picks

133

Luxury Tax: NC State's Saniya Rivers on the Final Four run, Kelsey Plum's Camp, going Pro, Wes Moore, and more!

134

Playback Postgame: Caitlin Clark vs Diana Taurasi, Angel Reese Double-Double Streak vs Lynx, Liberty vs Dream

135

Playback Postgame: Angel Reese vs A'ja Wilson for first time, Caitlin Clark and Fever vs Jewell Loyd and Storm

136

Luxury Tax: Alabama's Zaay Green talks transferring, HBCU experience, Chipotle order, and more!

137

Luxury Tax: South Carolina's Molly Binetti discusses what goes into making a national champion + Body By Binetti

138

Playback Postgame: Caitlin Clark, Aliyah Boston and Indiana Fever win rematch vs. Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky

139

Rapid Reaction: Team USA Olympic roster released, Caitlin Clark left off

140

Playback Post-Up: Angel Reese ejected, Skylar Diggins-Smith vs. The Mercury and the Sun are still undefeated

141

Chicago Sky's Kamilla Cardoso on her WNBA debut against Aliyah Boston, Dawn Staley, Brazil and more!

142

Early WNBA Season Takeaways: Cap or No Cap?

143

No Cap Space WBB Podcast: Caitlin Clark vs. Sabrina Ionescu, Angel Reese, Cam Brink and the rookie revolution

144

Luxury Tax: Texas guard Laila Phelia

145

Luxury Tax: USC guard Talia Von Oelhoffen

146

NCAA Women's Basketball Best Moments of the Year: South Carolina, Caitlin Clark, LSU and MORE

147

Luxury Tax: Colorado's Jaylyn Sherrod talks Caitlin Clark and Iowa, March Madness, and the Pac-12

148

Luxury Tax: USC Head Basketball Coach Lindsay Gottlieb

149

Rough Cuts: Oregon State forward Raegan Beers