Girls Who Like Hoops

Welcome to "Girls Who Like Hoops," join us as we dive into the exciting world of hoops from a female perspective. Whether you’re a die-hard fan, a casual observer, or completely new to the game, this podcast is your ultimate companion for all things basketball. This is more than just a basketball podcast. It's a celebration of empowerment, breaking stereotypes, and paving the way for the next generation of female athletes and fans. Tune in to "Girls Who Like Hoops,” whether you're shooting hoops on the court or cheering from the sidelines, this podcast is for every girl who loves the game.

WNBA Post-Season Predictions

In this week’s episode, Tori shares her playoff predictions and analysis of the matchups. She also talks about who she’d pick for coach of the year, the MVP race, Defensive player of the year, 6POTY, and who she thinks will make it to the WNBA finals. She also shares her thoughts on media members and their transparency for post-season award votes. And she gives a big shoutout to the Minnesota Lynx and more on this week’s episode. -Follow me on social media:https://linktr.ee/toriphillips5-Links:https://www.theplayerstribune.com/courtney-williams-wnba-minnesota-lynx-basketball-Chapters:00:00 Intro00:17 Episode topics 01:29 Thank you for the support 01:58 Minnesota Lynx MERCH HAUL04:40 Thank you for the community 06:57 Playoff Predictions 08:17 Lynx vs Valkyries 08:57 Coach of the Year 11:10 Muddied Waters of WNBA Media13:55 A’ja Wilson’s MVP Case15:49 Alyssa Thomas 17:09 Napheesa Collier19:06 I hate the discrediting going on in W commentary 23:25 Lynx vs Valkyries | What the Lynx need to win 29:43 Aces vs Storm | Noel Quinn’s future with Storm 36:07 Mercury vs Liberty 37:43 Dream vs Fever 39:27 Semi-Finals Predictions and Matchup Thoughts 42:48 Finals matchup | Lynx vs Aces 45:00 Defensive Player of the Year 48:00 6POTY49:51 COTY Again & 1st Team 58:07 Teams that didn’t make the playoffs 1:00:00 Kelsey Plum and the Sparks 1:06:23 Wings, Sky, Mystics

09-12
01:11:55

Co-DPOY Debate, WNBA Awards & Playoff Breakdown

Hot takes, deep dives, and bold predictions — everything you need as the postseason heats up.-This week I dive into the WNBA’s end-of-season awards — Rookie of the Year, Most Improved, Coach of the Year, Sixth Player of the Year, and the historic Co-Defensive Player of the Year. I break down the biggest debates, including the narrative around splitting DPOY and what it says about the league.Then, I shift into playoff mode with a deep analysis of each first-round series: Lynx vs. Valkyries, Dream vs. Fever, Mercury vs. Liberty, and Aces vs. Storm. I share why the Atlanta Dream continue to struggle, what Breanna Stewart’s injury means for the Liberty, and why bigs not showing up consistently is becoming a bigger conversation in the league.Finally, I give my semifinal predictions for Lynx vs. Mercury and Aces vs. Fever — and what fans should be watching for as the postseason intensity rises.-Follow me on social media:https://linktr.ee/toriphillips5-Links:Season Ticket Holder Price Increase: https://www.sportskeeda.com/us/wnba/news-that-s-leonie-s-salary-season-wnba-fans-react-new-york-liberty-season-tickets-price-hike-reaching-astronomical-levelsAlanna Smith solo DPOY video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8SVV9je/Alanna Smith DPOY montage: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8SVuy86/My TikTok Discussing A’ja MVP chances after being voted Co-DPOY : https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8SVHacR/

09-22
01:55:10

Championship Contenders & The MVP Conversation

In this week’s episode, Tori briefly touches upon her WNBA end-of-season award predictions and her thoughts on the media votes. She also delves into the recent trades, waivers, and injuries, providing a team-by-team analysis and their chances of making it to the championship. -Follow me on social media:https://linktr.ee/toriphillips5-Chapters:00:00 Intro00:17 Housekeeping | Like, Subscribe, Follow 00:41 Housekeeping | Responsible Degenerates & Unbiased and Unbothered 02:12 Player of the Week : Kayla McBride 02:52 WNBA Season Award Predictions | All-WNBA, MVP, ROTY06:05 Why it’s hard to have a serious conversation about MVP12:50 ROTY 15:49 DPOTY Conversation 17:33 Back to my All-WNBA team 20:02 Trades & Waives | Mystics & Sun— Jacy & Aaliyah23:17 Mystics & Storm | Alysha Clark, Zia, Pick & Slim30:28 Wings & Lynx | Carrington - Miller, 2027 pick, Samuelson33:10 Sika Kone, Teaira McCowan, Alissa Pili35:02 Injuries | Napheesa Collier, Sydney Colson, Aari McDonald 40:06 The Lynx 42:14 There are only 2 real contenders right now 46:57 The Storm 50:38 The Mercury53:35 The Dream55:39 The Liberty 59:30 The Fever1:01:05 The Valkyries 1:03:26 The Aces 1:07:06 The Mystics1:08:25 The Sparks 1:11:39 The Sky, Wings and Sun 

08-13
01:17:02

StudBudz Weekend & Post All-Star Push

In this week’s episode, Tori delves into the significance of StudBudz on All-Star Weekend, The All-Star Game, and various events. Additionally, we explore the ongoing negotiations between team owners and W players and discuss the crucial steps every team must take to secure a spot in the playoffs after the All-Star break.-Follow me on social media:https://linktr.ee/toriphillips5-Links:OffBall News : https://www.offball.news/CBA Negotiation: https://www.si.com/wnba/breaking-down-wnba-players-cba-demand-all-star-game-shirts-go-viral#:~:text=Instead%2C%20they%20are%20lobbying%20for,same%20percentage%20of%20revenue%20shared.%22Unrivaled : https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/wnba/2025/07/19/unrivaled-juju-watkins-flaujae-johnson/c7b742fe-64cf-11f0-bf70-56d8888ebb94_story.html-Chapters:00:00 Intro00:17 Housekeeping | Like, Subscribe, Follow 01:28 Tori’s Player of the Week to Watch | Naz Hillmon02:47 Portland Fire 04:51 CBA Negotiations07:45 StudBudz 72 Hour Stream 11:38 All-Star Events and Game14:28 Favorite StudBudz moment | Diplo16:13 Lynx 25:26 Mercury 29:27 Liberty 30:58 Storm 34:25 Dream 37:11 Fever39:43 Valkyries 41:28 Aces 43:30 Sky 45:52 Mystics 47:42 Wings 50:24 The Sun ARE THE NEXT BIG THING

07-21
54:11

WNBA All-Star Snubs & Commissioner’s Cup Dubs

In this week’s episode, Tori discusses the Commissioner’s Cup game, All-Star roster and snubs. She also finally discusses her final playoff seeding for the season, addresses concerns she has about the Lynx championship contention and discusses why the Aces should disband after this season. She also takes some time to discuss waives and trades, and much more on this weeks episode!Crash Out Video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8hjCNBd/-Follow me on social media:https://linktr.ee/toriphillips5- Chapters:00:00 Intro00:17 Housekeeping 02:22 Tori’s Player of the Week to Watch | Alanna Smith 03:04 My Preseason Playoff Seeding :(05:43 NEW Final Playoff Seeding List 09:08 All-Star Roster 11:46 All-Star Snubs16:50 Expansion Teams | Expanding too quickly?18:33 The Portland Issue 19:32 I will not be watching all that 20:07 Commissioner’s Cup Game Analysis 22:40 How the Fever beat the Lynx 24:07 Are the Lynx really championship contenders?31:22 Waives and Trades | Aces 33:06 Sparks Wavies and Signs | Odyssey Sims 34:55 Julie Vanloo, The Valkyries & Sparks 38:17 Fever vs Aces 40:13 The Aces have to rebuild 50:06 Liberty vs Sparks 52:21 Storm vs Dream 56:16 BRI JONES WAS SNUBBED56:43 Wings vs Mercury 59:52 Mystics vs Lynx 1:00:44 Aaliyah Edwards … Allegedly taking calls 1:03:07 Fever vs Sparks 1:05:28 Lynx vs Valkyries 1:08:06 Liberty vs Storm 1:10:53 Aces vs Sun 1:12:44 Sky vs Lynx 

07-07
01:17:27

Altercations, All-Star Voting, & Analysis

In this week’s episode, Tori discusses the Commissioner’s Cup tournament results and her excitement for the final matchup, All-Star voting ballot, and gives a team by team analysis for Week 3 and 4. She also discusses why some rookie head coaches are given longer leashes than others while breaking down everything wrong for larger market teams and much more!-Follow me on social media:https://linktr.ee/toriphillips5-Chapters:00:00 Intro00:17 Like & Subscribe | Week 3 & 4 Analysis01:37 Poll Question: Who’s winning the Commissioner’s Cup 01:51 Where I’ve been 04:03 Commissioner’s Cup 04:30 Liberty vs Dream (Commissioner’s Cup)06:38 All-Star Voting Ballot 10:34 Lynx vs Aces (Commissioner’s Cup)11:55 My thoughts on Fever vs Sun | Holding Players & Officials Accountable 19:75 Excited for Fever vs Lynx 20:58 Cathy Complaints 24:25 StudBudz Twitch Stream 25:04 Li Yueru trade request 26:16 Player of the week to watch 27:53 Dream Analysis 31:30 Chicago Sky 33:43 Connecticut Sun | Potential, Strength, and Weaknesses38:59 Indiana Fever | Figuring out how to win without Caitlin 42:00 Teams have to be able to win without their star 46:17 New York Liberty 48:49 Washington Mystics | Brittney Sykes, Aaliyah Edwards, Kiki, Sonia, and coaching 52:07 Dallas Wings 54:42 GS Valkyries58:10 Las Vegas Aces | Everything is going Wrong 01:03:42 LA Sparks | Why the Sparks are struggling 01:11:13 Minnesota Lynx 01:14:18 Phoenix Mercury | Dark Horse 01:17:14 Seattle Storm

06-19
01:20:51

Offense, Defense, and What’s Not Clicking

In this week’s episode, Tori gives us a detailed breakdown of each game, reveals her player to watch of the week and breaks down week 2 of WNBA team offenses, defenses, and more!-Follow me on social media:https://linktr.ee/toriphillips5-Chapters:00:00 Intro00:17 The BEST excuse you’ve ever heard 02:30 Double Feature this week03:11 Tori’s Player to Watch of the Week 03:18 Monique Akoa Makani04:25 Lynx vs Sun 12:20 Mercury vs Storm 17:56 Mystics vs Aces 25:00 Valkyries vs Sparks 25:22 Breaking down the Sparks 31:16 Liberty vs Fever 38:21 Wings vs Dream 44:27 Sun vs Dream49:12 Aces vs Storm54:20 Mystics vs Mercury 56:01 Sky vs Sparks 01:00:06 Liberty vs Valkyries 01:01:18 Wings vs Sun 01:03:21 Storm vs Lynx 01:06:04 Dream vs Sparks 01:08:14 Fever vs Mystics 01:09:44 Liberty vs Valkyries01:12:37 Sky vs Wings

06-05
01:15:28

Open Thoughts on Opening Week

In this week’s episode, Tori gives us a detailed breakdown of each game and shares her thoughts on what she expects from this season compared to last year. She also talks about the new rosters and offers some support to the new coaches. But she also has some tough conversations with others. -Follow me on social media:https://linktr.ee/toriphillips5-Chapters:00:00 Intro00:17 Housekeeping | Like & Subscribe | Poll Question03:27 Poll Question04:00 Episode reminders 06:53 Dream vs Mystics 13:43 Lynx vs Wings16:31 The Wings deserve room for grace18:22 Sparks vs Valkyries 25:40 Aces vs Liberty 26:10 Why I don’t enjoy watching the Liberty27:17 Aces Analysis 28:15 Liberty Analysis 30:37 Sky vs Fever — sigh 31:15 Let’s have a real conversation 35:50 Things the Sky need to work on 37:30 The Fever 38:07 Storm vs Mercury 38:35 My open apology to the Mercury 41:35 The Storm … 42:32 Mystics vs Sun 44:55 What I like about the Sun 47:43 Lynx vs Sparks 51:58 Storm vs Wings 53:51 Why the Wings lost this game 57:30 The Storm redemption arch 58:57 Aces vs Sun 01:02:06 Dream vs Fever 01:09:02 Wings vs Lynx 01:12:42 Mystics vs Valkyries 01:16:51 Mercury vs Sparks 01:19:24 Fever vs Dream 1:27:29 Liberty vs Sky 

05-25
01:31:08

From Waived to Worried: The State of Every W Team Post-Preseason

This week on Girls Who Like Hoops, I’m breaking down the WNBA preseason from top to bottom. I go team by team to talk about roster surprises, big injuries, who got waived (and why fans are mad about it), and what these early moves say about what teams are planning. I’m also giving my post-preseason seeding list, sharing what I expect from each squad going into opening week, and getting into the tanking conversation—because yes, it’s already time to talk about that. Whether you watched every game or none at all, I’ve got you covered.-Follow me on social media:https://linktr.ee/toriphillips5-Chapters:00:00 Intro00:17 Housekeeping | Like & Subscribe 03:10 How I’m analyzing these Preseason games03:50 The Connecticut Sun are for sale 05:26 Dallas Wings & The Size issue 12:36 Aces 16:08 Mystics 23:36 Fever29:55 Connecticut Sun 33:19 Storm 37:36 Lynx 42:10 Chicago Sky 46:34 LA Sparks 49:06 Golden State Valkyries have made an enemy 54:09 Phoenix Mercury 58:30 Atlanta Dream 0101:58 Hard Truths of these waives 01:04:31 Back to Atlanta 01:05:40 Liberty 01:07:42 Post-Preseason Seeding !!!!

05-15
01:18:48

"The Final Paige in the book of Bueckers" | UCONN wins 12th National Title

Title courtesy of Ryan Ruocco (top 5 announcer in sports)-- In this week’s episode, Tori shares her insights on the Final Four and National Championship games. She delves into the factors that distinguish great teams from others, highlighting pivotal moments that have shaped the course of these games. Additionally, Tori takes the time to recognize and celebrate the achievements of UCONN & SC players, giving them the recognition they deserve. Furthermore, she discusses the potential of the Golden State Warriors securing a championship and the decision of Olivia Miles & Azzi Fudd to extend their college careers for one more year.- Follow me on social media:https://linktr.ee/toriphillips5- Chapters:00:00 Intro00:30 Where I’ve been 01:10 Topics for the week 01:50 In Distress 02:59 Housekeeping 03:35 UCONN HAS BEEN MY PICK05:45 Texas vs South Carolina 06:42 What set UCONN and SC apart from other teams 09:36 My thoughts on Texas 13:25 UCONN vs UCLA21:08 UCONN vs SC26:06 Geno’s Game Changing Timeout 27:00 Dawn Staley & Outside Opinions of The Gamecocks28:34 Giving SC players their flowers 31:08 UCONN flowers 32:11 Azzi Fudd & Olivia Miles staying 1 more year36:51 The Golden State Warriors 42:41 I need any team to beat the Liberty at this point 

04-08
44:43

WNBA Pre-Season Seedings & How to Win Unrivaled Playoffs

In this week’s episode, Tori shares her insights on the early WNBA pre-season playoff seedings and provides commentary on her list. She also addresses some concerns for the Dream this season and answers some tough questions about the Aces. Additionally, we take some time to discuss Unrivaled’s final week before the playoffs and explore what it will take for the Lunar Owls to become the first team to achieve the ultimate goal of winning the league championship!-Follow me on social media:https://linktr.ee/toriphillips5-Chapters:00:00 Intro00:17 Housekeeping 01:29 March Madness 02:47 Chennedy Carter 05:36 Excitement about the WNBA this season 06:28 Way too early WNBA seeding08:26 New York Liberty Pre-Season Analysis 11:08 Minnesota Lynx 13:57 Indiana Fever 16:50 Las Vegas Aces 17:00 Are the Aces as threatening now as they were after their back-to-back championships?21:22 Seattle Storm 22:57 LA Sparks 24:08 Dallas Wings 25:44 Phoenix Mercury  27:16 Atlanta Dream 29:38 Chicago Sky31:34 Washington Mystics32:25 Golden State Valkyries 33:12 Connecticut Sun 34:02 Unrivaled Final Week Recap 34:42 Laces vs Phantom 38:38 Owls vs Rose 43:19 Laces vs Mist47:12 Vinyl vs Phantom51:36 Owls vs Mist 54:29 Vinyl vs Rose 56:45 Unrivaled Playoff Thoughts 

03-14
01:01:05

Who's Winning It All | Unrivaled Game Analysis

In this weeks episode Tori does a game by game breakdown of this weeks Unrivaled Games, discusses what she’d like to see from some WNBA duos, and Skylar Diggins-Smith DAWG mentality. She also breaks down what sets certain teams apart from others in Unrivaled, creating spaces for positive conversations surrounding women’s sports, and much more!-Go Check Out Cway’s Content : https://www.tiktok.com/@itscwaysworldesq?_t=ZT-8uQbsxImi9G&_r=1-Follow me on social media:https://linktr.ee/toriphillips5-Chapters:00:00 Intro01:11 Girls Who Like Hoops Twitter Page & TikTok Live 02:29 Vinyl vs Laces Analysis 03:00 Aliyah Boston 03:49 More Vinyl Stats 04:48 Jordin Canada, Rhyne Howard & The Dream06:25 Dearica Hamby, Rae Burrell & the Sparks 08:40 Laces | Betnijah Laney Hamilton Injury 09:28 Laces Stats 11:33 Mist vs Phantom 13:14 Courtney Vandersloot deserves her flowers 15:04 Mist Analysis 16:36 Phantom 17:20 Katie Lou next to Skylar and them 19:00 Satou — we gotta lock in 20:03 BG, Natasha Cloud, and what the Phantom need to win 21:30 Owls vs Vinyl 22:30 Skylar Diggins-Smith is a DAWG23:43 What separates the Lunar Owls from other teams 28:05 Game Analysis 31:20 Mist vs Rose 35:17 Creating positive spaces for women’s sports 39:53 Rose analysis 44:16 Rose vs Laces 48:07 Phantom vs Owls 

03-05
55:58

Unrivaled 1v1, Marina Mabrey & Crowning the Queen of the Court

In this weeks episode Tori talks Unrivaled game and analysis, her concerns about Satou Sabally and the Phoenix Mercury. She also discusses Chicago Sky trades, her excitement for the Storm this season, her thoughts on Marina Mabrey’s trade request, Napheesa Collier hate and much more! -Follow me on social media:https://linktr.ee/toriphillips5-Chapters:00:00 Intro00:38 Where I’ve Been02:47 Trades and Signings 03:00 Marina Mabrey Trade Request06:18 Other WNBA Signings & Pickups 07:50 Alysha Clark and The Storm 09:20 Dana Evans & Aces Trade 10:20 Grace Berger & The Lynx 10:54 Tiffany Mitchell, Leila Lacan, and more12:13 Chicago Sky & Washington Mystics Trade15:00 Lou Lopez, Kristy Wallace & Diana Taurasi Retirement 16:13 Chennedy Carter16:49 Owls vs Mist 17:11 The Conversation Around Napheesa Collier 19:25 Owls vs Mist 24:07 My Thoughts on the 1 v 1 Tournament 27:29 Round 1 32:40 Round 2 34:08 What I didn’t like about the tournament 35:13 2nd Round 38:37 The Worst Matchup39:45 Satou Sabally & The Mercury 42:28 Quarter-Finals 44:45 Semi-Finals 45:50 Phee vs Aaliyah 47:03 Rose vs Vinyl 50:21 Phantom vs Laces53:43 Owls vs Rose | Angel Reese Masterclass 57:34 Mist vs Vinyl 1:00:12 Owls vs Laces 1:02:14 Vinyl vs Phantom 1:03:08 Aliyah Boston 1:03:38 Phantom 1:05:06 Phantom vs Rose 1:07:20 Mist vs Laces 

02-27
01:10:19

Unrivaled Ejections & Championship Contenders

In this weeks episode Tori talks WNBA free agency trades, signings, and waives while analyzing which teams are contending for a championship. She also discusses A’ja Wilson’s new shoe and apparel while breaking down Unrivaled matchups, ejections and more! - Follow me on social media: https://linktr.ee/toriphillips5 - Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:16 Thank you for the support :) 00:48 Housekeeping | Rate the Podcast 02:18 Poll Question 02:42 A’ja Wilson unveils shoe and appeal! 03:25 4 Team Trade | Thoughts & Doubts for the Mercury 05:29 Dallas Wings Trade Pickups 06:53 Indiana Fever chip loading 9:29 The Aces have to make a move 10:32 The Connecticut Sun 11:44 Sky and Sun Trade 12:32 New signings and waived players 17:33 The changing landscape of the WNBA 18:46 Weekend 3 of Unrivaled 18:54 Phantom vs Rose 25:16 Lunar Owls vs Laces 31:38 Mist vs Vinyl 39:31 Ejections, The Flopping Issue, & Injuries 45:25 Rose vs Laces Analysis 48:23 Mist vs Phantom 51:20 Lunar owls vs Vinyl

02-05
57:14

WNBA Trades, Free Agency and Unrivaled Game Analysis

In the Season 2 premiere Tori sits down to discuss WNBA free agency, future signings, and which teams she thinks have won trade deals so far. She also takes time to discuss her overall thoughts, pros and cons of Unrivaled basketball and shares a game by game analysis of the first 2 weeks of the season! -Follow me on social media:https://linktr.ee/toriphillips5- Links: WNBA Core Designations, Free Agents, and Restricted Free Agent : https://www.wnba.com/webview/news/wnba-free-agency-decodedUnrivaled Schedule : https://www.unrivaled.basketball/schedule-Chapters:00:00 Intro00:16 Welcome to Season 2 | Leagues I’ll be covering this season 00:52 Addressing my disappearance 02:11 Housekeeping | Spotify Poll Question03:47 WNBA Free Agency & Trades04:40 Brief Explanation of Core Designations, Free Agents, and Restricted Free Agents 05:36 3 Team Trade between Aces, Storm, and Sparks 11:23 Phoenix Mercury & Connecticut Sun Trade13:08 Kelsey Mitchell & The Fever 13:48 Courtney Vandersloot & The Chicago Sky | What’s the Liberty’s Next Move 14:58 I’m going to become a Dream fan AGAIN I think 15:22 The Dallas Wings need something 16:00 Unrivaled 17:38 My expectations of Unrivaled performances 18:47 What I love about Unrivaled 21:05 The only thing I have a problem with 22:52 Weekend 1 Game Analysis 23:25 Phee vs Stewie & Jewell vs SDS matchup 24:57 PSA on my week 1 analysis 25:30 Mist vs Lunar Owls Analysis 32:54 Rose vs Vinyl 38:46 Phantom vs Laces 43:41 Lunar Owls vs Rose 47:54 Vinyl vs Phantom52:20 Laces vs Mist 57:05 Phantom vs Mist 01:02:34 Laces vs Vinyl01:05:28 Mist vs Rose 01:10:00 Lunar Owls vs Phantom 01:13:32 Vinyl vs Lunar Owls01:16:40 Rose vs Laces 01:20:12 Comment & Share your predictions!!!!!

01-31
01:21:35

Setting Culture, WNBA Coaching & Unrivaled Critiques

In this episode, we dive into all the latest buzz around the basketball world! I share my thoughts on the new Unrivaled league and the critiques it’s facing. Could we see college star Caitlin Clark join its ranks? We also celebrate the Liberty’s championship win in the WNBA playoffs and discuss recent coaching changes around the league—what they mean for team culture and the future of franchises. Plus, I’m handing the reins to you! Help decide which college teams and players we’ll spotlight in upcoming episodes. Join in for all the hot takes and deep dives! - Google Forms NCAA Survey:  https://forms.gle/VMHSf7ZbhuANXGgf6 Follow me on social media: https://linktr.ee/toriphillips5

11-11
52:24

Can A’ja Wilson Do It Alone? | Game Breakdown + Hot Takes!

In this week’s episode, we dive into the highs and lows from September 6th to the 12th, with a game-by-game breakdown of the latest action. I also talk about why I was wrong about the Atlanta Dream making the playoffs—and why they probably shouldn’t have. Their offensive efficiency struggles come to light, and I highlight the often-overlooked impact of Bridget Carleton. Plus, I dive into the controversy surrounding Napheesa Collier and her DPOY case. Finally, I take a look at the Phoenix Mercury’s woes and why the Las Vegas Aces need to step up to help A'ja Wilson secure her championship. - WNBA Semi-Finals Preview: https://www.youtube.com/live/G64xJ5B5faM?si=2yZJptLx0qUXn5rG Sage By Paige: https://www.instagram.com/sagebypaige?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== Follow me on social media: https://linktr.ee/toriphillips5

10-02
53:48

New Faces, Bold Moves, & Game-Changing Players: WNBA Week in Review

In this week's episode, I break down the latest revelations in the WNBA—Rickea Jackson and Dijonai Carrington’s Unrivaled League debuts, and how they could tilt the competitive balance. We also dive deep into the Chicago Sky’s potential for a big comeback next season, along with the offseason changes they need to make it happen. The Dallas Wings are thriving now that they’re healthy, while Sydney Colson is quietly becoming the Aces' secret weapon with her increased minutes. Gabby Williams’ offensive evolution is taking her game to the next level, and I’ll explain how Stef Dolson’s highly efficient season is turning heads across the league. Plus, I’m shining a spotlight on the Mystics’ rising duo of Aaliyah Edwards and Emily Engstler—two young stars on the verge of something special. And it's time to give Cecilia Zandalasini her flowers—her impact is undeniable! Lastly, I’ll touch on what Celeste Taylor’s growing confidence means for her future and what Nate Tibbetts should be prioritizing this offseason. Don’t miss this episode full of game-changing insights, hot takes, and everything WNBA fans need to know! - Follow me on social media: https://linktr.ee/toriphillips5

09-17
49:12

New Faces in Unrivaled, Officiating Drama, & The Dream’s Fading Playoff Hopes

In this episode, I break down the latest WNBA action, from game-by-game analysis to the newest players joining the Unrivaled League. I also dive into the ongoing issues with WNBA officiating and share why I believe the Atlanta Dream might miss out on that last playoff spot. Plus, I tackle the heated Chicago Sky Twitter discourse and discuss the importance of respecting players as humans first. Tune in for a deep look into the league and beyond! - Follow me on social media: https://linktr.ee/toriphillips5

09-08
01:20:02

Why the Lynx Are Poised for Greatness & Aces Struggles Revealed

In this episode of Girls Who Like Hoops, we dive into the latest shake-ups in the WNBA, starting with the Unrivaled League's newly announced players and the impact of the recent trade deadline. We talk about Gabby Williams’ return to the Seattle Storm, break down some key contract extensions, and explore why Celeste Taylor, Jacy Sheldon, and Rickea Jackson deserve more respect. I also share my thoughts on why the Minnesota Lynx are shaping up to be WNBA champions in the making, the current struggles of the Las Vegas Aces, and why the New York Liberty have me saying "I hate them" (but do I really?). Finally, we do a deep dive into every game from August 15th to the 22nd, analyzing the highs, lows, and everything in between. Tune in for all this and more as we dissect the latest in women’s basketball! - Justice Collin’s TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@justicecollins11?_t=8ooDjnkRouh&_r=1 Follow me on social media: https://linktr.ee/toriphillips5

08-27
01:15:52

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