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Michael Voepel
ESPN Senior Writer
- Michael Voepel is a senior writer who covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball and other college sports. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996.
The WNBA playoff picture has begun to crystallize. Seven of eight spots have been clinched following Tuesday’s games — the Phoenix Mercury and Indiana Fever clinched within minutes of each other with the Chicago Sky and Atlanta Dream both losing — and certain seeding tiers are starting to emerge.
But there’s plenty of intrigue as teams make their final push of the regular season — whether they’re fighting for better positioning or simply a postseason berth.
All the focus so far has been on which teams are up (the Minnesota Lynx and Indiana Fever) and which are down (the Seattle Storm and Chicago Sky) since the season resumed after the Olympic break. But with 16 days left in the regular season, anyone could impact the…
