NCAA Women’s Final Four preview, WNBA double expansion draft explained | The IX Sports Podcast

Howard Megdal and Jackie Powell are back to preview what might be the most action packed Friday women’s basketball has seen in a long time. The pair first previews the NCAA Women’s Final Four featuring Texas vs.UCLA and UConn vs. South Carolina. Then, Jackie shares an interview she did with Emily Adler and Lincoln Shafer where Adler and Shafer explain the rules of the double WNBA expansion draft while providing insight into the types of decisions GMs have to make going into the draft. Later, Jackie and Howard discuss their takeaways from the news that the Connecticut Sun have officially been sold to Houston Rockets ownership to become the revived Houston Comets.
0:00 - Introduction
1:41 - #1 at The IX
4:01 - Breaking down Texas vs. UCLA
8:00 - Previewing UConn vs. South Carolina
13:33 - Jackie interviews Emily Adler and Lincoln Shafer
15:05 - How is this double expansion draft going to work?
17:46 - Could non-role players be chosen?
21:32 - Discussing protected lists
28:44 - What will the expansion draft reveal about Toronto and Portland
30:58 - Are there teams passed on during the expansion draft?
33:34 - Court Vision – The Connecticut Sun sale
38:28 - Signing off

Thumbnail Photo Credit: Left to Right: Chris Jones-Imagn Images, Ed Szczepanski-Imagn Images, David Butler II-Imagn Images and Alex Martin/Greenville News

Link to click that are referenced throughout the show:

Emily Adler and Lincoln Shafer mock out Portland Fire and Toronto Tempo expansion draft:
https://www.theixsports.com/features/portland-fire-toronto-tempo-wnba-expansion-draft/
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