Ball Up Top: A Women’s Basketball Podcast

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Ball Up Top: A Women’s Basketball Podcast is a show by No Cap Space WBB that covers all the latest news in the WNBA, NCAA women’s basketball and WBB globally from the Olympics to the Euroleague. Celebratory and critical and everywhere in between. www.nocapspacewbb.com

  1. 6D AGO

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

    On Wednesday afternoon, members of the Dallas city council grilled Rosa Fleming, the Director of Convention and Event Services for the city, on a number of issues regarding delays and cost overruns with the larger Kay Hutchinson Convention Center project. The Wings are a key part of the redevelopment plan, operating as an anchor tenant in a renovated downtown arena and getting a brand new purpose-built practice facility in the West Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas. Now the motion heads to a council committee before returning to the general council for a vote. The initial cost of the project started at roughly $54 million and has risen to over $81 million amid cost delays. For their part, the Wings have agreed to front the additional $27 million and cover any cost overruns necessary to get the facility built. Andrew has all the information here in a new flash pod.

    14 min

  2. 6D AGO

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

    Ball Up Top is getting ready to turn the corner into Tournament season and that means it’s time to look towards the end-of-year award lists. It’s one of the deepest All-American fields the sport has had in at least five years and that means there will be some players that have cases for the first-team that may not make it. Who has the best case to overcome that crowded field? Our crew breaks it down. If you enjoy Ball Up Top, please let us know on Apple and/or Spotify. We’d love it if you left us five stars and a nice review to help spread the good word of ball knowledge! The show jumps right in with a long discussion about the Player of the Year race. Who has the edge? Is it UConn’s Sarah Strong or Vanderbilt’s Mikayla Blakes? After crunching the numbers and laying out the narratives, the attention turns to the First-Team All-American list. This is where Andrew starts to workshop what may be one of the hottest takes of all: Azzi Fudd may not be a first-team All-American. Naturally, Greer disagrees and a good, long debate ensues. The show wraps up with a brief look at the Coach of the Year race. Greer makes a case for Shea Ralph, Andrew makes one for Dawn Staley while the entire crew looks at some of the underrated names that deserve consideration. Does Krista Gerlich, Molly Miller or Katie Abrahamson-Henderson have a legitimate case? We take a look. 0:00 - Show Introduction. 1:21 - National Player of the Year race… 26:58 - Projected First-Team All-American lists… 51:30 - Coach of the Year lists… Our musical intros are brought to you by Denver’s King of Mile HiFi, DLZMKSBTS. You can check out his music on Spotify and YouTube. Subscribe

    1h 8m

  3. FEB 19

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

    As we round the turn into the final stretch of the NCAA women’s basketball regular season, Chauny, Tyler and Andrew ponder who might be the most underrated and underseeded teams ahead of March Madness. And after an insanely dramatic week that ventured into the uncouth between LSU and South Carolina, the crew discusses the battle between Kim Mulkey and Dawn Staley and why MiLaysia Fulwiley is now caught in the crossfire. They examine the dynamic guards transfer to Baton Rouge first through a basketball lens and then through a more global one. If you enjoy Ball Up Top, please let us know on Apple and/or Spotify. We’d love it if you left us five stars and a nice review to help spread the good word of ball knowledge! While the show was supposed to start with discussion about the WNBA CBA and recent developments, the WNBA decided to wait until the literal 11th hour on Tuesday night to, more or less, kill any momentum both sides were making in the negotiating process. If you’d like to see Tyler and Andrew’s late night reactions, check out our video on our YouTube channel. Finally, if you haven’t heard… We’re going to be LIVE in Austin! On February 21, 2026, No Cap Space WBB will be hosting, in conjunction with Texas women’s basketball, Longhorn Legends Live, in the auditorium at the Moody College of Journalism. Tyler will emcee, Chauny will host and a who’s who of Texas hall-of-famers from the legendary 1986 team will be on a rotating panel to discuss their time in Austin and the legacy they left as the first NCAA women’s basketball champions to go undefeated. If you want to brush up on that history, check out our Legendarium installment, Team of Destiny, by clicking here. 0:00 - Show Introduction. :58 — LSU vs. South Carolina, Kim Mulkey vs. Dawn Staley and where MiLaysia Fulwiley fits in… 30:17 — Underrated and underseeded potential NCAA Tournament teams. Our musical intros are brought to you by Denver’s King of Mile HiFi, DLZMKSBTS. You can check out his music on Spotify and YouTube. Subscribe to our free daily newsletter here.

    50 min

  4. FEB 11

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

    Ball Up Top is back for 2026 and ready to roll. Tyler and Andrew are back on the show this week to discuss the recent happenings with the WNBA’s collective bargaining agreement negotiation. Were the players too late for calling a strike? Is there a way that things can be salvaged for the players now that a delay to the start of the season feels inevitable? If you enjoy Ball Up Top, please let us know on Apple and/or Spotify. We’d love it if you left us five stars and a nice review to help spread the good word of ball knowledge! The show continues with a deep dive into Kim Caldwell’s postgame comments after the Lady Vols loss to South Carolina in which she said that there were ‘quitters’ on her team. Was she right to say it? Does she even have the credibility to call out her team like that? Andrew and Tyler discuss and debate. Both hosts wrap the show with a discussion about the National Player of the Year in women’s college basketball. Does Mikayla Blakes have enough juice to catch up to UConn’s Sarah Strong? If you haven’t already signed up for the free daily newsletter, you can subscribe above or share it with the women’s hoops fan in your life at the button below! 0:00 - Show Introduction. 3:50 - The state of WNBA CBA negotiations and if the PA was late to calling a strike. 29:00 - Kim Caldwell’s Tennessee growing pains. 51:00 - Is Mikayla Blakes vs. Sarah Strong a real Player of the Year race in women’s college basketball? Our musical intros are brought to you by Denver’s King of Mile HiFi, DLZMKSBTS. You can check out his music on Spotify and YouTube.

    1h 13m

  5. FEB 5

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

    Facilities, Finances and the Firing of Teresa Weatherspoon. We give you the rundown on how the story of the Chicago Sky's issues came together and where the franchise goes next.

    1h 5m

  6. JAN 28

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

    The 2026 WNBA Schedule, Budding NCAA Rivalries And Vic Schaefer On The Mic Again| Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast With so many games on this weekend’s dockets and several individual previews coming on YouTube this week, we decided to switch things up on Ball Up Top. Chauny, Tyler and Greer hold things down and react to the WNBA schedule release, examine which NCAA women’s basketball rivalry could be the next great one and wonder why Vic Schaefer keeps trying to fight an imaginary battle with the media. If you enjoy Ball Up Top, please let us know on Apple and/or Spotify. We’d love it if you left us five stars and a nice review to help spread the good word of ball knowledge! The show opens with a discussion about the WNBA schedule and which matchups stand out. In usual hater fashion, Chauny has a potential Paige vs. Caitlin matchup circled while some of the other games on the list, including a Fever vs. Dream rivalry maker game, are discussed by Greer and Tyler. After touching briefly on the growing rivalries in the WNBA and some of the attempts to manufacture them, Chauny poses the question of which rivalries in the college game need to be nurtured. Ahead of Tennessee vs. UConn this weekend, the crew runs down their list of who can take the mantle of “pre-eminent women’s hoops battle” in today’s landscape. The pod wraps with a discussion on Vic Schaefer, who once again decided to defend his team to drastic degrees in his weekly media availability. 0:00 - Show Introduction. 1:13 - WNBA Schedule Reactions. 19:24 - Which Rivalries Are Going To Be The Next Great One? Greer’s Pick: USC vs. UCLA Tyler’s Pick: Iowa vs. Iowa State 34:40 - Vic Schaefer In The Press. Again. Our musical intros are brought to you by Denver’s King of Mile HiFi, DLZMKSBTS. You can check out his music on Spotify and YouTube.

    48 min

  7. JAN 21

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

    Ball Up Top is back and in this week’s episode it is time to take stock of where some of the top teams in the country currently stand. Have Vanderbilt, who announced a home and home with UConn starting in 2027, and LSU done enough to enter the top four conversation? Is there a Big 10 team that looks like they can take down UCLA? If you enjoy Ball Up Top, please let us know on Apple and/or Spotify. We’d love it if you left us five stars and a nice review to help spread the good word of ball knowledge! On top of those teams is a Tennessee team that currently stands tied at the top of the SEC with South Carolina and Vanderbilt. Tyler and Greer discuss if there has been enough shown to start buying stocks in the Lady Vols. 0:00 Intro 1:16 UConn Vanderbilt Scheduled 9:54 Are Vanderbilt and LSU Contenders? 22:38 Is Tennessee Back? 29:00 UCLA vs Iowa and Ohio St in the Big 10 36:28 The Future of Neutral Sites in WBB

    44 min

  8. JAN 14

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

    Ball Up Top is back for 2026 and ready to roll. Chauny, Greer and Tyler hold things down this week, recapping a messy week for SEC coaches, preview one of the biggest matchups of the NCAA women’s basketball season (and our first 10/10 Must-Watch game on the Watch Guide) and take a straw poll on midseason All-Americans. If you enjoy Ball Up Top, please let us know on Apple and/or Spotify. We’d love it if you left us five stars and a nice review to help spread the good word of ball knowledge! The show jumps right in with a retelling of Texas head coach Vic Schaefer’s comments regarding his gauntlet road trip (@ LSU and @ South Carolina on back-to-back games). Tyler, Chauny and Greer lay out their opinions and their disapproval of the Longhorns coach’s agenda setting ahead of a big game against the Gamecocks. After the crew touches on Schaefer’s scheduling comments and Ole Miss head coach Yolette McPhee-McCuin’s issue with her team’s lack of movement in the AP Top 25, the discussion pivots to midseason All-Americans and which players are on the top of that list. If you want to read about one contender, consider a Ball-Knower’s subscription to get the full story on Richmond superstar Maggie Doogan and her ascent to the top of NCAA women’s hoops! The show wraps up with a preview of South Carolina vs. Texas, one of the biggest women’s college basketball games of the year and a rematch of one of last season’s Final Four pairings. 0:00 - Show Introduction. :46 - Vic Schaefer vs. The SEC, Coach Yo vs. The AP… 22:45 - Who are the Midseason All-Americans? 32:56 - South Carolina vs. Texas preview. Our musical intros are brought to you by Denver’s King of Mile HiFi, DLZMKSBTS. You can check out his music on Spotify and YouTube. Subscribe

    41 min
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Ball Up Top: A Women’s Basketball Podcast is a show by No Cap Space WBB that covers all the latest news in the WNBA, NCAA women’s basketball and WBB globally from the Olympics to the Euroleague. Celebratory and critical and everywhere in between. www.nocapspacewbb.com

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