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The Dribble Drive

Austin Render

The Dribble Drive is a deep dive into the teams and student athletes that make up the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Conference. This conference continues to get better year over year, and my goal with this podcast is to shine a light on the many talented athletes in the Big Ten. Every Tuesday, we’ll be joined by coaches, players, journalists, broadcasters, analysts, etc. to talk all things Big Ten women’s basketball. You can catch us live on The Back Home Network YouTube channel every Monday, and if you miss an episode live, you can catch up anytime on the podcast feed as well as on the Back Home Again YouTube page.

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#114
Friday · 1 hr 4 min
Ep. 114 - Katie Gearlds and Jan Jensen
Austin and Dalton continue the preview episodes, taking deep dives into Purdue and Iowa. For the Purdue preview, the guys are joined by Head Coach Katie Gearlds. They discuss the diversity of this year's team, McKenna Layden's experience, a lot of new faces in West Lafayette, how to get this year's team ready despite the injuries, and much more. Then the guys are joined by Jan Jensen to discuss the Iowa Hawkeyes. They talk about Ava Heiden's big jump, a talented transfer portal class, McKenna Woliczko's immediate impact, a new playing style, and much more. 02:40 - Purdue preview 07:15 - Katie Gearlds 36:25 - Iowa preview 41:15 - Jan Jensen See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
#114
October 16 · 38 min
Ep. 113 - Kevin McGuff
Austin and Dalton are back to previewing, with this episode focused on the Ohio State Buckeyes. OSU Head Coach Kevin McGuff joins the show to preview his Buckeye squad. They talk about the big sophomore leap for Jaloni Cambridge, the retainment of 8 returning Buckeyes, the art of the press, a talented freshman class, and much more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
#113
October 14 · 1 hr 7 min
Ep. 112 - Big Ten Preseason Awards and Rankings
Austin and Dalton are back with a show dedicated to preseason awards and rankings! The guys will discuss who they voted for for the all-Big Ten preseason team, compared to who actually got voted on the list by media and coaches. Plus, they'll rank the Big Ten teams from 1-18. 03:00 - Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year 09:25 - Preseason All-Big Ten Teams 23:50 - Preseason Top 5 Teams 39:15 - Ranking the Big Ten 1-18 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
#111
October 9 · 1 hr 32 min
Ep. 111 - Gary Redus II and Big Ten Media Day
This week's episode starts with a Rutgers preview. Austin is joined by first-year head coach Gary Redus II. They discuss his journey through the ranks of college basketball coaching, his time in Baton Rouge, winning a national title, arriving in Piscataway, assembling this Rutgers team, individual skillsets, the portal haul, Rutgers' identity, and much more. Then, Austin traveled to Chicago for Big Ten Media Day! He was joined on radio row by several student athletes and coaches from around the league. 02:30 - Rutgers preview 06:35 - Gary Redus II 40:50 - Jasmine Brown-Hagger (Illinois) 46:36 - Berry Wallace (Illinois) 50:35 - Shauna Green (Illinois) 54:10 - Malia Samuels (Indiana) 58:30 - Jaloni and Kennedy Cambridge (Ohio St.) 1:03:20 - Kevin McGuff (Ohio St.) 1:07:30 - Kyndall Hunter (Purdue) 1:10:45 - Hannah Wickstrom (Purdue) 1:14:26 - Katie Gearlds (Purdue) 1:18:23 - Carla Berube (Northwestern) 1:22:16 - Ava Heiden and Chit Chat Wright (Iowa) 1:27:00 - Jan Jensen (Iowa) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
#110
September 30 · 45 min
Ep. 110 - Teri Moren
Only one preview on this week's episode, as Austin and Dalton take a look at the Indiana Hoosiers. They're joined by Head Coach Teri Moren to discuss the holdovers from a year ago, her and her staff's strategy in the portal, what those 4 portal additions can provide, a talented freshman class, her coaching philosophies in 2026, and much more! 00:00 - Intro and housekeeping 03:40 - Indiana preview 17:45 - Teri Moren See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
#109
September 22 · 1 hr 32 min
Ep. 109 - Kim Barnes Arico and Kelly Graves
Austin and Dalton continue to preview the Big Ten season, joined on this episode by Kim Barnes Arico and Kelly Graves to preview Michigan and Oregon. With Barnes Arico, they discuss Michigan's terrific 2025-26 season, the lessons learned from Texas and Iowa losses, the play of Syla Swords and Olivia Olson, the Mila Holloway injury impact, and much more. Then they transition to Oregon, where they discuss year 3 in the Big Ten for the Ducks, Katie Fiso and Ehis Etute's emergence, a great group of freshmen, and more. 02:00 - Michigan Preview 09:00 - Kim Barnes Arico 48:25 - Oregon Preview 56:50 - Kelly Graves See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
#108
September 16 · 1 hr 17 min
Ep. 108 - Dawn Plitzuweit and Brenda Frese
Austin and Dalton preview Minnesota and Maryland. First, it's a Minnesota preview with Head Coach Dawn Plitzuweit. They discuss her returning nucleus, a great transfer portal haul, playing at the Barn, Plitzuweit's daughter winning back to back national championships, and more. Then they shift to Maryland, where Head Coach Brenda Frese discusses her 25 years at Maryland, Oluchi Okananwa's success, the 2026-27 team makeup, her impact at Maryland, and much more. 01:30 - Minnesota preview 05:45 - Dawn Plitzuweit 43:15 - Maryland preview 50:30 - Brenda Frese See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
#107
September 8 · 1 hr 31 min
Ep. 107 - Shauna Green and Amy Williams
Austin and Dalton are previewing Illinois and Nebraska. They start with the Illini, where they are joined by Illinois Head Coach Shauna Green. They discuss the huge return in talent the Illini have this season, the expectations for this year, and more. Then, they're joined by Amy Williams, the Nebraska Head Coach, to discuss the Huskers' 2026-27 outlook, the return of Natalie Potts, Husker fans, and much more. 00:00 - Illinois discussion 06:30 - Shauna Green 44:00 - Nebraska discussion 55:30 - Amy Williams See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
#106
September 1 · 1 hr 35 min
Ep. 106 - Robyn Fralick and Cori Close
Austin and Dalton begin preview season with Michigan State and UCLA. MSU Head Coach Robyn Fralick joins the show to talk about her 2026-27 Spartans, a team she expects to be built around Theryn Hallock and Kennedy Blair, but will also include a lot of young talent. Then the guys switch over to UCLA, where they're joined by the most recent national champion head coach in the league, Cori Close. They discuss turning over the roster, putting together this year's squad, Sienna Betts' potential emergence, the current college landscape, and more! 01:45 - Michigan State Overview 10:30 - Robyn Fralick 47:15 - UCLA Overview 54:00 - Cori Close See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
#105
August 14 · 1 hr 1 min
Ep. 105 - Offseason Catch-Up
Austin and Dalton are back! The two spend this episode discussing the "new" of the Big Ten and college basketball in 2026-27. They'll touch on NCAA Tournament expansion, the new eligibility rules and recent court injunctions that may impact the season, new coaches, transfers, freshmen and much more! 04:45 - NCAA Tournament Expansion 15:25 - Eligibility Changes 31:10 - New Head Coaches in the Big Ten 46:35 - Transfer Additions to the Conference 51:45 - Top-Ranked Freshman entering the Big Ten See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
#104
July 8 · 59 min
Ep. 104 - Throwback to the 1999 Purdue Boilermakers
We're mixing it up on this episode! Austin and Dalton are joined by longtime voice of Purdue women's basketball, Tim Newton. The three go back in time to 1999 to relive the only other Big Ten National Championship (outside of this past season's UCLA title). They discuss the moments that led to the national championship, the players that made it happen, the path through the tournament, and much more! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
#103
June 16 · 1 hr 12 min
Ep. 103 - Summer School
Austin Render and Dalton Shetler are taking the Big Ten to summer school! The guys will run through all 18 teams and what they've done this summer, and give them a grade for how prepared they are for the upcoming season. 03:10 - Wisconsin 07:30 - Washington 12:40 - UCLA 17:30 - USC 22:00 - Rutgers 27:00 - Purdue 30:05 - Penn State 32:30 - Oregon 35:45 - Ohio State 39:35 - Northwestern 42:20 - Nebraska 48:15 - Minnesota 50:50 - Michigan 53:00 - Michigan State 57:40 - Maryland 1:00:20 - Iowa 1:03:30 - Indiana 1:07:25 - Illinois See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
#102
May 26 · 50 min
Ep. 102 - Shimmy Miller
On today's episode, Austin brings on Shimmy Miller, an analyst for Big Ten Network and the Chicago Sky. Austin and Shimmy look back at some of the big storylines from 2025-26, take a peak ahead at the upcoming season, discuss some hot topics in Big Ten women's basketball, and much more! 01:00 - Overarching thoughts about the conference 15:40 - UCLA's National Championship run 19:40 - Lauren Betts vs. Jaloni Cambridge 22:15 - Michigan's 2026-27 prospects 26:20 - Other surprising teams from 2026-27 29:45 - Indiana's potential bounceback 33:00 - Is USC the team to beat this season? 38:43 - Chicago Sky and Big Ten connections 45:00 - Shimmy's transition to the media side of the Big Ten See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
#101
May 5 · 1 hr 3 min
Ep. 101 - Postseason Wrap-Ups Part 3
Austin and Dalton are back to break down the seasons of Purdue, Rutgers, UCLA, USC, Washington and Wisconsin. They'll put a bow on the 2025-26 season and look ahead to the summer and the 2026-27 season. 03:20 - Purdue Boilermakers 16:00 - Rutgers Scarlet Knights 22:45 - UCLA Bruins 29:30 - USC Trojans 41:00 - Washington Huskies 46:35 - Wisconsin Badgers 53:15 - Starting 5s See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
#100
April 28 · 1 hr 2 min
Ep. 100 - Postseason Wrap-Ups Part 2
Austin and Dalton are back to re-enter the postseason wrap-ups. Today they break down the 2025-26 seasons for Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Oregon and Penn State. 03:15 - Minnesota Golden Gophers 10:45 - Nebraska Cornhuskers 21:40 - Northwestern Wildcats 29:00 - Ohio State Buckeyes 40:00 - Oregon Ducks 48:30 - Penn State Lady Lions See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
#99
April 22 · 32 min
Ep. 99 - Transfer Portal Updates
Dalton is out this week, so Austin steps in to host a transfer-portal centered episode. He'll rank the team's who have done the most in the portal so far, teams that still have the most work ahead of them, teams best prepared for next season, top transfer additions in the conference, and much more! 02:15 - Which teams lost the most to the portal? 11:00 - Which teams have shopped the portal the best so far? 16:15 - Which teams have the most work still do to do in the portal? 20:00 - Q/A and other transfer news See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
#98
April 14 · 1 hr 12 min
Ep. 98 - Postseason Wrap-Up Part 1
Austin and Dalton are back! This episode starts the final chapter of the season, with postseason wrap-ups for Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, and Michigan State. They'll discuss the highs and lows of these teams' seasons and give a quick lookahead to what could be in store for them in 2026-27. They'll also touch on the WNBA draft and portal news. 00:00 - WNBA Draft and portal news 10:45 - Illinois season recap 19:00 - Indiana season recap 28:00 - Iowa season recap 36:00 - Maryland season recap 46:00 - Michigan State season recap 57:50 - Michigan season recap 1:06:00 - Starting 5 from these 6 teams See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
#97
April 7 · 58 min
Ep. 97 - UCLA wins the National Championship!
The UCLA Bruins are the 2025-26 National Champions! Austin and Dalton recap all the action from Final Four weekend, and they bring in the play-by-play voice of the Bruins, Dave Marcus, to give his perspective on the weekend in Phoenix. 02:30 - National Championship conversation 11:00 - Dave Marcus (UCLA radio) joins the show 39:45 - Overarching takeaways from UCLA's win 48:30 - Transfer Portal discussion See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
#96
March 31 · 1 hr 6 min
Ep. 96 - Sweet 16/Elite 8 recap, transfer portal, and coaching hires
Austin and Dalton reunite to react to the second weekend of NCAA Tournament action, featuring Minnesota, UCLA and Michigan. They'll also preview the Final Four, and what has to happen differently this season for UCLA to cut down the nets. Then it's news and notes from the already busy offseason for many Big Ten teams, including notable portal entrants and new coaches around the league. 3:30 - UCLA's off to the Final Four 11:30 - Michigan's season ends, looking ahead to promising future 17:15 - Minnesota's great season wraps up 24:30 - Other takeaways from NCAA Tournament 39:15 - UCLA/Texas Preview 47:15 - New coach hires 54:10 - Notable transfer portal entrants See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
#95
March 24 · 1 hr 1 min
Ep. 95 - First and Second Round NCAA Tournament Recap
Austin Render recaps the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament. He'll be joined by Justin Gaard (Minnesota PBP Broadcaster) to talk about the incredible win in the Barn for Minnesota. Then Matt Park (Michigan PBP Broadcaster) joins the show to recap the blowout victories by Michigan. And Dave Marcus (UCLA PBP Broadcaster) will join the show to talk about UCLA's path to a title. Austin will also touch on the surprising losses for Iowa and Ohio State, plus put a bow on the seasons of Nebraska, Oregon, Maryland, Michigan State, Washington, Illinois and USC. And then it's time to preview the 3 Big Ten teams' paths in the second weekend. 01:45 - NCAA Tournament results 15:20 - Minnesota's NCAA Tournament weekend with Justin Gaard 33:30 - Michigan's dominant opening weekend with Matt Park 47:45 - UCLA's run to a title with Dave Marcus See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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