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.

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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.

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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?

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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

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.

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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.

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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.

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