Ball Up Top: A Women’s Basketball Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Welcome to Ball Up Top, a weekly podcast from No Cap Space WBB. Every Tuesday morning, you can find a show in your emails or social feeds that touches on all the trending topics in women’s basketball. The crew will rotate based on availability, whether it’s Tyler, Andrew, Chauny, Greer or Rashard. Be sure to rate, review, give us five stars if you can on Apple or Spotify and be sure to subscribe to our YouTube page as well.

With a few data points under our belt, we’re finally ready to talk some true basketball in the WNBA world. Then the Indiana Fever announced that Caitlin Clark would be out for around two weeks with a left quad strain. So, there went that news cycle! Of course, given Clark’s status as a top five guard in the league and the Fever’s best player, it’s a pretty huge deal. So this Tuesday we open the show discussing whether or not Fever fans should be worried, how Aliyah Boston can lead the way and if this actually might be a positive for Indiana come playoff time.

The pod rolls on with a discussion of which new coaches we are putting stock in and who we may be a little out on before wrapping up with some trade machine takes and realizing that there might not be a home for Arike Ogunbowale this year if Dallas truly thinks the pairing of her and Paige Bueckers/DiJonai Carrington may not be a long-term fit.

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0:00 - Show Introduction

2:40 - Caitlin Clark Injury News and What the Fever Do Next…

21:17 - Stock Up/Stock Down of New WNBA Coaches

50:06 - Too Early Trade Machine Takes

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This week is about the basketball. We discussed some of the larger cultural issues at play when it comes to the Chicago Sky vs. Indiana Fever, Caitlin Clark vs. Angel Reese rivalry on Five Out already. So the podcast is dedicated to providing a space to get away from the thinkpieces for a little while.

Now, to the basketball. There’s so much to discuss. We open the hoop talk with a bit on the new look Fever and honor DeWanna Bonner reaching third on the WNBA’s all-time scoring list. Also on the docket? The New York Liberty and what constitutes a juggernaut, is it time to start monitoring how much of a superstar Rhyne Howard really is and whether or not we are on Arike Ogunbowale trade watch.

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0:00 - Show Introduction and Quick Hit on Postgame Show.

7:30 - Honoring DeWanna Bonner’s career and climb up the scoring ladder.

13:07 - Are the Fever already further along than we had originally expected them to be?

23:39 - Liberty vs. Aces recap.

34:06 - Favorite teams based on early impressions.

44:20 - Agenda Watch.

54:53 - Discussing the Paige Bueckers/Arike Ogunbowale fit in Dallas.

Our first week of March Madness previews is here on No Cap Space WBB! For the next few days you’ll hear perspectives from hall-of-famers and national champions on the mindset required to win the NCAA Tournament, beat reporters and national media members who have been following the game all year, and bonafide haters who want to see nothing more than chaos unfold.

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Our second episode of the week brings you out into the world of Sports Twitter (the good version) where SiriusXM’s Katie Nolan and Underdog Fantasy’s TylerIAm are ready to bring their hottest takes to the pod.

Both discuss their favorite players, biggest swings in terms of bracket predictions and provide an overall vibe check on teams that fans might have questions about heading into the first weekend.

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0:00 - Show Introduction

2:13 - Katie Nolan joins the show.

42:45 - TylerIAm joins the show.

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Our first week of March Madness previews is here on No Cap Space WBB! For the next few days you’ll hear perspectives from hall-of-famers and national champions on the mindset required to win the NCAA Tournament, beat reporters and national media members who have been following the game all year, and bonafide haters who want to see nothing more than chaos unfold.

On this inaugural episode, we welcome in Texas Longhorn legend Fran Harris, a former Southwest Conference Player of the Year, SWC All-Decade Team Member, 1986 NCAA National Champion and 1997 WNBA Champ with the Houston Comets. She tells us about the mentality needed to win the Tournament and her favorite memories from that ‘86 team that finished undefeated and was chronicled in our Legendarium installment ‘Team of Destiny’. Fran was also heavily involved in Austin’s WNBA expansion bid and dishes a bit on what comes next for them as well as teases a new developmental league in women’s basketball that she’s trying to spearhead.

After Fran, longtime friend of No Cap Space Seerat Sohi of The Ringer joins Tyler and Chauny to chop it up on all things March Madness. The trio break down their favorite matchups, storylines, picks and more.

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0:00 - Show Introduction

2:26 - Fran Harris joins the show.

31:08 - Seerat Sohi joins the show.

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We’ve made it, friends!

After months of predicting, projecting and figuring out who the top teams are in the world of NCAA women’s basketball, we still have no idea! This Tournament might be one of the most open in recent memory, with four programs that could reasonably be national champions but no one really head and shoulders above everyone.

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On this edition of the No Cap Space WBB postgame show, the whole crew is on hand to break down the SEC, ACC, Big Ten and Big 12 women's basketball conference tournament championships.

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It’s Tournament and Awards season and that means we have reactions on Ball Up Top! Tyler and Chauny look at some of the biggest snubs and surprises of the conference awards before breaking down the power four brackets that are already underway! You can also listen to the pod on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Be sure to rate, review us (and give us five stars!).

0:00 - Show Introduction

3:13 - Postseason Award Reactions

22:24 - Conference Tournament Previews

22:30 - Big 12

31:11 - ACC

37:00 - Big Ten

47:32 - SEC

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Ball Up Top welcomes a special guest this week, Seerat Sohi of The Ringer WNBA Show. She, along with Chauny and Andrew, talk about the most recent major trade in the W, sending Ariel Atkins from the Washington Mystics to the Chicago Sky in exchange for the third overall pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft. The group then discusses the most random Final Four contender in NCAA women’s basketball this year as well as previewing UCLA vs. USC and highlighting the most compelling conference regular season title races left in college hoops.

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Andrew, Greer and Tyler are back on Ball Up Top after a long week unveiling the new Ball-Knowers tier on Substack and launching the first installment of the ‘No Cap Covers’ series. And there’s plenty to talk about. The crew first touches on Marina Mabrey’s trade request out of Connecticut and the Sun’s decision to reject it. What does it mean for the WNBA veteran and the perception of the franchise? That conversation then turns to a chaotic NBA All-Star weekend that Greer just returned from so the gang has their best and worst ideas for the WNBA’s future All-Star games.

Andrew has to cut out of the pod early but that gives plenty of time for Greer to take the ISO and announce to the world that UConn might finally be back as a regular title contender. The pod wraps with Tyler and Greer’s Final Four projections with just a couple of weeks left before Tournament season starts.

Ball Up Top is brought to you in part by Homefield. Prepare for Tourney Season with some gear from Homefield! Use promo code NOCAP15 for 15% off your first purchase here! A new No Cap Space collection is coming soon on the side so stay tuned and get your merch while you can!

And a big shoutout to DlzMksBts, who provides our intro and outro music on podcast platforms. Check out his new project, ‘Bough’ by Deca & Dealz available on Youtube and Spotify.

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0:00 - Show Introduction.

3:18 - Marina Mabrey trade request reactions.

17:44 - WNBA All-Star: Should we be worried about the NBA’s flop and what are the best and worst ideas for the W’s All-Star Week?

36:15 - Is UConn officially back? Does South Carolina’s ceiling look different?

1:00:07 - Final Four Projections

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After an insane week of WNBA Free Agency, Tyler DeLuca finally catches a break. Andrew and Greer take the lead on the podcast to run through the early winners and losers of the first set of sign-and-trades as well as major signings. Then the gears turn towards the college game as we prepare for a big slate of games this week, including UConn vs. Tennessee. Andrew and Greer discuss the re-emergence of the Lady Vols under Kim Caldwell and debate whether or not the biggest rivalry in women’s basketball is finally going to return to form. Huskies forward Sarah Strong will be an important part of that game and leads the final segment, where the National Freshman of the Year race is examined.

Ball Up Top is brought to you in part by Homefield. Prepare for February and the NCAA Tournament season with some gear from Homefield! Use promo code NOCAP15 for 15% off your first purchase here! A new No Cap Space collection is coming soon on the side so stay tuned and get your merch while you can!

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0:00 - Show Introduction.

4:01 -WNBA Free Agency Winners & Losers

35:43 - Is the UConn - Tennessee rivalry finally coming back to prominence?

53:22 - The National Freshman of the Year race: Who leads? Who will win? Who is in the Top 3?

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