At any given moment over the past month, Gloria Nevarez was probably on the move.

After officially taking over as the Mountain West’s second commissioner on Jan. 1, she held meetings at the College Football Playoff national championship game in Los Angeles, then at the NCAA convention in San Antonio. She has visited Wyoming, New Mexico and Air Force and spent time at the conference offices in Colorado Springs. Next up is a trip to Boise State. She has tried to take in a men’s and women’s basketball game at each stop as she learns about her league.

“I have to get to campuses,” she said.

The only other commissioner in Mountain West history, Craig Thompson, was a million-miler on two airlines, lauded by conference members for always making himself available. Nevarez plans to continue that. People who have worked with Nevarez in the past praise her communication skills.

Not only is Nevarez adjusting to a new commissioner role after holding the same position with the West Coast Conference, but she just wrapped up her time on the Division I Transformation Committee, one of six college sports boards or committees with which she is involved. Few people are as interested in the nitty-gritty details of college sports as Nevarez, the second female and first Latina commissioner of…

The wait is finally over. Women’s college basketball fans, rejoice. The 2022-2023 season tips off tonight, and we’ll have plenty of basketball to watch, discuss, enjoy and marvel at for the next six glorious months. Preseason polls, predictions and rankings are out. And I thought I’d join the fun by throwing a preseason 12 Questions column into the mix, before all the action begins.

So, let’s get into it. You know the drill for my 12 Questions column: I address questions about the women’s college basketball landscape, teams and individual players while providing the best possible answers based on stats, game results, individual and team play, and gut feelings. Agree. Disagree. Discuss. That’s what makes talking about women’s college basketball so much fun. If you have questions you’d like me to address in the next column, drop them in the comments.

1. Will South Carolina repeat as national champions?

Winning back-to-back NCAA titles is no easy feat. Since 1982, only USC, Tennessee and UConn have done it. But No. 1 South Carolina has the talent, the deep bench, and the coach to get it done. Dawn Staley not only has a stacked roster, she has the best player in the country dominating both ends of the floor in Aliyah Boston. Though the lack of a true point guard…