Had a great time today calling the
@KStateMBB
game in Bramlage! Thanks to all those that tuned in to watch. I advise no one to take
@LehighMBB
lightly- love how they compete and play together. Best of luck the rest of the way!
Being a freshman S-A is hard. Having success but then waiting for your time is even harder. This kid is the real deal - cool, calm & collected. And a winner. Welcome to the big time
@avery2johnson
. Just getting started!
#EMAW
To
@KStateMBB
congrats on your run to the Elite 8. May these memories be ones that are with you for a lifetime & motivate you to be even better next year. To
@KStateWBB
congrats on your WNIT run & here’s to never settling. The future is bright!
#letsdothis
#KStateFamily
I am always envious of guys & gals that end their college careers with people like this in their corner - for the long haul. It’s about the game but also about coaches that impacts your life above & beyond the W’s.
#Elevate
Not many believed in this group when the season started but they did. Believed in the process, believed in each other & would run through a wall to win together. I’ll take our dudes any day - it’s Cat time in the Big Apple!
#winthedangday
#MarchMadness
@KStateMBB
#LFG
Back home in KC after calling this game tonight. A 40 minute battle with big plays & big shots.
@Big12Conference
WBB at its best & did not disappoint! Thank you
@CycloneWBB
&
@KStateWBB
for a great game!
Had a wonderful few days working the
@thesummitleague
post-season tournaments! Thank you to everyone at
@MidcoSports
for welcoming me & for the amazing job you all do. Looking forward to calling the WBB finals tomorrow!
#MarchMadness
Going to date myself for this moment - I was playing on this floor in the first ever
@Big12Conference
WBB final & now covering the game today from press row. Thank u Municipal - you have served us well!
@TheNextHoops
#MarchMadness
Excited to be on the call today with
@ChuckieKempf
for
@MizzouWBB
&
@KStateWBB
in St. Joe, MO. For those of us old enough to remember & bad knees to prove it - this is a Big 8 matchup! 😊 5pm CT on ESPN+
@TheNextHoops
As we pack our bags up to head home from the last travel 🥎tourney of her career, I think of all the great places we’ve been, people we met & now call family & how it has been a gift to help her achieve her dreams.
The pleasure has been all ours
#5
- time to hear Big City roar!
So this is happening at our house today! Congrats to all the kids across the country in every sport signing NLI’s today - you are writing your next chapter!
#proudmom
#cmysouthkc
I spent the last days of 2022 with my family soaking up what I love about college athletics - the people, the fun, the spirit & games of intensity & skill. It is about competing & giving it your all. 2023 is here so game on friends. Game on!
#thosehurricaneswerenojoke
Mother Nature made it a tough trip but I got to Morgantown - had a great time calling
@WVUWBB
&
@LadyRaiderWBB
last night and heard John Denver post game in person!
#onmywayhome
18 years ago she made me a mom - the toughest & best job I have ever had. She’s fierce, driven, passionate, kind & insanely smart. I am her biggest fan & know the best is yet to come! Happy birthday
@MollyHeidrick
!
#bigcity
#momknowsbest
Headed home after 4 full days of covering
@TheSummitLeague
WBB & MBB. Thank you to everyone at
@MidcoSports
for having me be part of your team. Amazing people all around & fantastic basketball! March Madness at its best! 🏀😊
A record setting day with 61 for
@Yokie50
- congrats! An even better stat? 28 team assists - a VERY young backcourt that is true to the system, reads the D & delivers where she can finish. Bigs need passers!
#teamworkwins
@Big12Conference
𝐀𝐲𝐨𝐤𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐞,
@KStateWBB
#Big12WBB
Player of the Week
🏀 Lee set the NCAA DI single-game scoring record with 61 points against No. 14 Oklahoma. For the week, Lee averaged 43.0 points, a Big 12 record for a single week, and 13.5 rebounds.
📰
Watching the college bball season come to a close this wk I remember being a D1 S-A is tough. Then as a mom I remembered that this young lady was going to her senior prom a yr ago on this very wknd & today I watched her pitch on TV.
#keepgrinding
#notforeveryone
#momknows
If you’ve never really competed at the next level let me tell you - it’s hard. You have to work to get there, manage the highs & lows, the pain & the joy. When you take that next step the best feeling is proving all the doubters wrong.
#proudmom
#squadgoals
Today marks 20 yrs since she made me a mom & it continues to be the best job ever. Her smile lights up any room & her strength & confidence carries her through everyday. I am so proud of the sister and friend she is and cannot wait to see where this yr takes her! 🫶🏻
#bigcity
When your 10 yr old SON says “I am excited to go & watch the game tonight mom” & you are on the call for
@Big12Conference
WBB…it’s gonna be a good day!
#momwin
@ESPNPlus
New 3MAW pod with former K-State women’s basketball player and color commentator for
@KStateWBB
, Missy Heidrick.
@missyheidrick
& I discuss the 16-1 Wildcats and look ahead to Saturday’s showdown in Manhattan against No. 10 Texas:
Happy to be part of broadcasts the past 2 nights on
@EspnPlusTv
- it’s that time of year and basketball season is here! I love it!!
#letsdothis
#GameTime
I sat and watched these young ladies speak last night after a devastating loss. This is what college athletics is all about. Thank you
@daniellerauchy
- people like you make our game great!
#MarchMadness
#Respect
"I didn't know if I was ever going to play a minute at Michigan and I just played in the Elite Eight as the starting point guard for this University."
@daniellerauchy
giving us all the feels.
#GoBlue
I thought I had parenting somewhat figured out & then this one joined our zoo 11 yrs ago today. He’s my mini-me, full of energy & a smile that breaks hearts. And the jumper is improving!🏀 HBD William - we love you!
#squadgoals
19 years ago tonight our version of March Madness changed in the best of ways. I am so proud of who she is & how she’s charting a path all on her own. To the next year & all that is brings- Happy Birthday kid!
#bigcity
#kickingbutt
Heading home after a great week of working with everyone at
@FS1
for the Big 12 Women’s Basketball Tournament. Proud to be a former player in the
@Big12Conference
and help showcase the amazing S-A’s and coaches in this league!
South Dakota coach Kayla Karius joined
@missyheidrick
on today’s podcast to talk about her first season with the Coyotes and how her experience as a player helps her lead.
#ncaaw
|
@USDCoyoteNews
After recovering from a knee injury that kept her out of the 2022-23 season,
@KStateWBB
’s
@Yokie50
is back with some unfinished business.
She joined fellow Wildcat
@missyheidrick
on today’s podcast to talk about her journey.
#ncaaw
#big12wbb
Adventures come in all shapes and sizes. I headed down the mom adventure lane 16 years ago today. We hit pot holes, storms, clear roads and laughter every day. I am not exiting anytime soon. She’s my best adventure. Happy BDay
@MollyHeidrick
!! 💜
For every doubter there is a believer. Gut checks will make you dig deep - I can only imagine how deep they dug to get that W on the road. Big time fellas - big time!
#WhatsNext
It starts at the top - coaches who work and work and no matter the adversity and roadblocks in their way come up with a plan and get their team ready to play. Most importantly, they believe in their kids. What a day! Proud to always be a Wildcat!
#EMAW
💜
For every kid out there dreaming of playing in college, no matter your sport or level -
@MontanaFouts
has the message to hear. Find the place for YOU & then work & learn & be the best you can be. It can be an amazing ride!
Proud to call the Play for Kay game today with
@BrianSmoller
- raising awareness, honoring those that battle the disease and supporting cancer research. A game we definitely need to win!
#pinkzone
What I love the most about college athletics is it gives us fantastic stories & people. Thrilled to be able to share this one and so many more to come!!
@Big12Conference
@kstatesports
@TheNextHoops
Ayoka Lee's senior season was cut short by an ACL injury. And her journey to Manhattan would be post-surgery and during rehab. Our
@missyheidrick
has more on Lee's 2020-21 awards and season with
@KStateWBB
#ncaaw
#KStateWBB
She’s dedicated, determined & tougher than most will ever know. When she gets in that circle
@MollyHeidrick
digs in & competes. She wrote another page of her story last night - with that vintage “Big City” smile.
#proudmom
Molly Heidrick broke the BV Southwest single season strikeout record today. She finished the reg season a perfect 10-0 with 106k’s. Timberwolves (5A) finish the regular season 17-3 and winning back to back EKL titles.
#sportsinkansas
Motherhood comes in all forms & is not for the weak since we don’t have time to dwell on it! I raise a glass to all the moms in every space today - you’ve earned the most expensive glass you can pour!
#MothersDay2023
My family will tell you I LOVE college 🏈 but my ❤️ is always with college 🏀! This is my favorite piece to write all year! Questions to be answered & games to be played! Let’s do this!!
@TheNextHoops
Had the pleasure to be in the analyst’s chair for the KSU vs KU WBB game today. It was a rivalry battle! Thank you to
@daveraymond4
and everyone at Fox/FSN for making it a very fun day! Looking forward to the next game -
@Big12Conference
is full of great battles!
No. 5 seed Colorado advances with a 86-72 victory over Drake. The Buffs will stay in Manhattan for a few more days & play the No. 4 seed K-State on Sunday. It's an old Big 8/Big 12 rivalry & now Big 12 foes yet again!
#MarchMadness2024
@Big12Conference
@TheNextHoops
I am so humbled to be part the amazing group of people that cover women’s basketball for
@TheNextHoops
! Thank you for letting me share this space with you!!
#LetsDoThis
#GameTime
Good morning! We are excited to welcome
@missyheidrick
as our national college basketball correspondent. Take a look at early 2021-22 rosters to keep an eye on. Will continuity or change reign supreme?
@TexasWBB
,
@MSULadyBears
,
@IowaWBB
and more!
#NCAAW
Use your voice. Share your gifts. Pay it forward when we can. Sports give us a platform. Never forget that even the smallest gesture can make the biggest difference.
#class
#movedtotears
@LSUfootball
“I can't relate to lazy people. We don't speak the same language. I don't understand you. I don't want to understand you." Kobe Bryant
#inspiringustobebetter
Student came to class today with his child due to no babysitter or anybody to watch her while he was in class.
My professor NATHAN ALEXANDER said “I’ll hold her so you can take good notes!”
#HBCU
#morehouse
#Respect
Had a great day at Big 12 WBB Media Day here in downtown KC! Thank you to all the coaches and players who graciously answer questions & promote their programs. Hats off to the
@Big12Conference
staff for all their work!!
#NCAAW
@TheNextHoops
I am so honored to work with people who work tirelessly to find the news & stories everyday.
@howardmegdal
is absolutely an amazing journalist & even better person. This is work done by the best!
@TheNextHoops
The WNBA was hit last year by a scandal so big that the general counsel suggested the offending owner be stripped of his franchise,
@howardmegdal
reports.
Welcome to a fight over team travel that gets to the core of what the WNBA is and should be today
So lucky to work for & with people who trust me enough to do this each week. And who let me indulge in a bit of fun as we travel the
#WCBK
season each year!
@TheNextHoops
🏀
Shoutout to
@MollyHeidrick
for the wordsmith assist this wk! 🫶🏻
At the start of the season I always say ‘to be the best you have to beat the best’.
@CUBuffsWBB
had a night in Vegas & beat
@LSUwbkb
. What a great first day of the college basketball season! 🏀
#NCAABasketball
Shoot around time for
@WeberStateMBB
getting ready for the Big Sky/Summit League Challenge matchup at
@ORUMBB
. Going to be a fun one to call tonight!
@CBSSportsNet
Beloit (3A🏀) punched their ticket to the Final Four with a 56-42 victory over Hayden. Bryce Beisner (12points, 9 rebounds, 5 blocks) and Eli Johnson (21 points, 7 rebounds, 3 blocks) combined 14/16 from field, 3/3 from three. Johnson had three dunks in the game. They will face
I am honored to be a part of this amazing group of people and to see their incredible work every single day. Join us
@TheNextHoops
so you can see for yourself how awesome they all really are!!
Hi! Hello! So have you noticed some changes on our end?
Well, we're here to explain it all but also we want to welcome you to what lies ahead for us
@TheNextHoops
.
(Hint: it's all very exciting!)
Here's some news 📰 from our founder and EIC
@howardmegdal
. ⤵️
(1/4)
🚨IT IS HERE🚨
Introducing the 2023-24
@jerseymikes
Naismith Women’s College Player of the Year Watch List 🔥
Scroll to see who made this year’s list 👀
#jerseymikesnaismith
In 2019,
@CoachLindsayG
was hired as an assistant coach for the Cavaliers, making her the first
@NCAA
women’s head coach hired by an NBA team. In April 2021, Ashley Langford became a HC for the first time. Our
@missyheidrick
has more on the coaches.
Thank you
@810BorderPatrol
for having me on this morning to talk college hoops!
#CBK
is in full force now for MBB & WBB - don’t blink or you will miss some of the best players & teams in the nation!
#checkedinformyspouse
Going to date myself for this moment - I was playing on this floor in the first ever
@Big12Conference
WBB final & now covering the game today from press row. Thank u Municipal - you have served us well!
@TheNextHoops
#MarchMadness
The CBK season starts today! I want to start with a HUGE shoutout to one of the best radio crews in the nation - amazing broadcasters & even better people. It’s their 700th WBB broadcast together which is so freaking cool! Have a great call fellas! 😊
Accountability and toughness. That’s the entire message here - in an era where many shy away from it, so happy to see a coach go right after it. Thank u
@KellieHarper
- keep setting the bar high.
#Respect
@TheNextHoops
In the world of million dollar buyouts, grumpy coaches, kids hunting NIL deals - sometimes it is really nice to be reminded that it’s what’s on the front of the jersey that matters more.
#collegeathleticsatitsbest
#BossMoves
“We didn’t build this team off of chasing records.”
Cody Schrader's selfless mentality after Coach Drink wanted to see him break the school record 👏💯
SEC Inside:
@MizzouFootball
To all the women and men who are still playing in the post season - embrace it, enjoy it and leave it all on the floor. There is no ‘I’ in team. You may never get another chance to represent your team, program and university - make the most of it!
#MarchMadness2018
#hoopdreams
A true pleasure to call this game today - the top 2 teams in the
@TheSummitLeague
proving why this league is always so good! Thank you to
@ORUWBB
for all your help &
@GoJacksWBB
for your great hospitality on your my 1st trip to Brookings! 🏀
I 🫶🏻 a good strategy session but for the love of all that is holy can men’s & women’s CBK head coaches please get in your huddle in a timely manner & talk to your players? Buck stops with you & YOUR x’s & o’s!
#bigpetpeeve
.
@missyheidrick
could not have delivered this message better. Equal parts heart-warming & compassionate.
Please keep everyone associated with
@SDCoyotesWBB
, especially Kendall Holmes & her family, in your thoughts and prayers.
Some things are far bigger than basketball. 🙏
We are off & running in Albany 2 Regional 1st round games! Lots of purple in the house. K-State has jumped out to a quick 7-0 lead on Portland.
@TheNextHoops
@Coatman1
Totally agree
@Coatman1
- there are kids still in class this afternoon! No chance to experience seeing your name come up and how big of a deal it really is.
#fail
On today's episode of
@LockedOnWBB
,
@missyheidrick
talks to
@tcuwbb
head coach Mark Campbell about his rebuild, his new-look roster and what lies ahead for his team in the 2023-24 season.
So happy that both the women’s and men’s national championships have been outstanding games with teams leaving EVERYTHING on the court. This is what it is all about!
#MarchMadness2019
#whywelovethisgame
The group
@TheNextHoops
working so hard this week to bring every story & angle you need on the
#WNBADraft
are absolutely the best! Go read, watch & listen - you will be smarter & never want to go anywhere else!
#teamwork
#rockstars
Everyone needs to follow
@WinterSportsLaw
- I learn so much from him about the landscape of NIL. Thank you for coming on and sharing your knowledge with a fellow basketball nerd! 😊
@LockedOnWBB
Start your week with a special edition of Locked on Women’s Basketball featuring
@missyheidrick
in conversation with Mit Winter (
@WinterSportsLaw
).
The two discuss NIL and how the legislation is affecting women’s sports in particular:
.
@ValleyHoops
announcer
@BradWellsTV
joined
@missyheidrick
on the latest
@LockedOnWBB
episode to talk about the top teams and players in the Missouri Valley Conference.
Plus, he recaps NC State, Texas and Colorado's performances in the Paradise Jam.
Brackets have been revealed on St. Patrick’s Day so it’s time to find your good luck charm b/c you will need it. And when an adorable leprechaun burns your bracket in the street know the madness of March is here!
#NCAATournament
🏀
While prepping this week for
#22
@CycloneWBB
vs.
@BaylorWBB
, really fortunate to be able to listen back to commentary from these four. Debbie and Beth are obviously known talents, but Missy and Brian are also fantastic. All great ambassadors for
#Big12WBB
and the game overall.
Coaches impact lives. They challenge you, demand your best, teach you & will be your biggest fan. This is a coach that knew just what his player needed - encouragement & love.
#Respect
#FinalFour