For anyone on a career path — whether an athlete, a reporter, an electrician or an entrepreneur — it’s important to know and understand their chosen field. No one wants to be running full steam ahead without a clue as to the future landscape.
But that feels especially true in sports. How can a college basketball player, who wants to play professionally, develop the necessary skill set without knowing what’s needed in the league? How can players know what to expect if they haven’t studied the league and its teams?
In another installment of our anonymous women’s college basketball polls, we decided to tackle this issue head-on to get an idea of how much players think about the next level. During the Seattle and Greenville Super Regionals, The Athletic reporters took advantage of the open locker rooms to ask more than 85 players questions about which players they emulate to model their games. We didn’t specify whether those players must be in the WNBA. We also asked how much of the WNBA season players actually watched. We granted players anonymity so they could openly speak, and they shared some fascinating insights.
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