October 9, 2024

A history-making WNBA Finals, however it turns out

The IX: Basketball Wednesday with Howard Megdal, Oct. 9, 2024

Photo Credit: John McClellan (The Next)

Happy Basketball Wednesday, presented by The BIG EAST Conference. We’ll keep this one short: there’s a WNBA Finals to prepare for, after all, and we’ll be blanketing you with coverage of it at The IX and The Next.

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Basketball Wednesday

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Below, you can hear more of the in-depth coverage of how we got here and the biggest keys to this matchup. But I also think we need to keep in mind that, no matter what happens, history will be made.

Either the New York Liberty, an original WNBA franchise, will win its first WNBA title, or Cheryl Reeve will do something unprecedented herself — capture Olympic gold and a WNBA title as a head coach in the same calendar year.

Much more to come.

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Breanna Stewart had 54 rebounds in the five games of the WNBA Finals. Only two players have had more in a WNBA Finals.

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And of course, our full team continuing coverage of every WNBA team over at The Next.

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