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All The Smoke

Women’s College Basketball Is BOOMING: Staley, Close & Schaefer on What’s Next

All The Smoke

The Black Effect and iHeartPodcasts

Basketball, Society & Culture, Sports

4.87.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Women’s basketball is exploding and we linked up with three of the best coaches in the country to break it all down: Dawn Staley, Cori Close, and Vic Shaefer. Matt and Stak get a real inside look at how South Carolina, UCLA, and Texas operate at the highest level and how NIL has reshaped recruiting across the board. Dawn also opens up about her interview with the Knicks and what really happened behind the scenes. The future of the women’s game is shining brighter than ever and this roundtable is a full masterclass on where the sport is headed.

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0:00.0

This is an IHeart podcast.

0:02.0

Guaranteed Human.

0:04.0

Welcome back to all the smoke coming to you guys live from Las Vegas, the Players Era tournament.

0:10.0

Fed out to the MGM, MGM Grand.

0:12.0

It's been a great time. We've had this last of our three days and we've been able to sit down with the men's side.

0:18.0

And it's only right now that we're able to sit down with some of the leading

0:21.4

coaches in the women's space. Fun fact, we're looking at the number two, the number three

0:26.8

and the number four team in the country right now. So we're well represented with talent. Without

0:32.6

further ado, I'm going to introduce no bias to my favorite person on the panel right here to my left,

0:39.2

my Bruin sister.

0:40.1

15 years at UCLA, all conference point guard herself at Santa Barbara, reigning coach of the year,

0:46.2

coach Corey Close.

0:47.6

Thank you for your time.

0:48.4

Thank you for having us.

0:49.3

Thank you, guys.

0:50.9

Next to her, we got the man himself. Vic Schaefer head coach of the university of texas six years

0:57.9

a longhorn coach four-time SEC coach of the year welcome to the show coach okay

1:03.8

okay awesome and last but not least jack's favorite person outside of his children in the world.

1:14.5

Gold medalist, three-time NCAA champ, four-time coach of the year, five straight final four appearances.

1:20.7

Done so much outside of the game, outside of coaching.

1:23.8

Welcome to the show, Don Staley.

1:25.7

And I wore her number of my rookie year. Yes, great Doneele. This is the first time you guys actually got a chance to meet in person too, right? Yes. When I tell you, when I tell you, when I tell you, like when it comes to groupie status, he's your biggest groupie. I am. I am. I am. I am. Let's talk about mindset. All three of you were in the Final Four last year, but fell short.

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