A WNBA schedule before a CBA? Thoughts on Michigan, OSU, TCU and Vanderbilt | The IX Sports Podcast

There isn’t a CBA but there’s a schedule??? That’s been the talk of the town in the WNBA, a topic that hosts Jackie Powell and Howard Megdal go over in today’s episode of The IX Sports Podcast Women’s Basketball Edition. But first, the pair provides their observations and takeaways from each team that came to Newark, NJ on Monday as part of the second annual Coretta Scott King Classic. What stood out about TCU and Olivia Miles? How is Ohio State peaking at the right time? Why is Vanderbilt more than just Mikayla Blakes? And how is Michigan getting double-digit rebounding out of their smallest player? Later Howard and Jackie explain why there was a WNBA schedule released this week. Also, don’t miss Jackie's report on what she noticed while she was observing league Commissioner Cathy Engelbert through the lens of her binoculars during the Vanderbilt vs. Michigan game of the Coretta Scott King Classic.


0:00 - Introduction
2:19 - #1 at The IX
3:43 - Olivia Miles and TCU at Coretta Scott King Classic
7:47 - What stood out about Ohio State
9:49 - Introducing Elsa Lemmilä
12:14 - Is Justine Pissott a WNBA prospect?
14:34 - Will Brooke Quarles Daniels be Michigan’s X-factor?
19:01 - Why WNBA released a schedule without a CBA
20:52 - Jackie Powell’s observation of Cathy Engelbert
25:10 - Signing off

Thumbnail Photo Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images
Video Credit: Howard Megdal

Links to click that are referenced throughout the show:

Jackie Powell chats with Ohio State center Elsa Lemmilä:
   • Let Ohio State center Elsa Lemmilä introdu...  

Howard Megdal asks Shea Ralph about the WNBA prospects of Justine Pissott
   • Does Justine Pissott have #wnba potential?...  

Kim Barnes Arico talks about why Brooke Quarles Daniels matters on Michigan
   • Kim Barnes Arico on Michigan senior Brooke...  

Howard Megdal’s column about the WNBA schedule:
https://www.theixsports.com/features/...


Jackie Powell wrote about Michigan and Ohio State for NBC Sports:
https://www.nbcsports.com/womens-coll...

Matthew Walter’s latest bracketology at The IX Basketball:
https://www.thenexthoops.com/ncaaw/br...

Stephanie Kaloi writes about the WNBA schedule announcement:
https://www.thenexthoops.com/wnba/wnb...