Mitchell Northam

Senior Reporter @usatodaysports / @usatstudioix | @AP_Top25 voter | Co-Host of The Women’s Basketball Podcast | @USBWA | 🇮🇸

[Mitchell Northam @primetimeMitch]

Out on Dec. 1 from @UNC_Press, my book on my season with North Carolina's women's basketball team -- a behind-the-scenes look at one of the sport's signature programs.

Available for pre-order now!

Use code 01SOCIAL30 at checkout to save 30%
🏀 https://t.co/LL5pWfkvND

[Mitchell Northam @primetimeMitch]

The season is over, so:

Since Oct. 5, I followed @uncwbb closely. I had awesome access to practices, film sessions, shootarounds and more, in Chapel Hill and on the road as the Tar Heels experienced the highs and lows of a season.

And I'm writing a book about it. Coming soon.

[Mitchell Northam @primetimeMitch]

This should be fun.

[The CW Sports @TheCW_Sports]

We've got @BubbaWallace in the booth this Saturday!

[Andrew Gapinski @AndrewGapCU]

A Jedi Council you say, hmm?

[Mitchell Northam @primetimeMitch]

@mcbc @usatstudioix Catchings was MVP in 2011 and a 12-time All-Defense selection.

[Mitchell Northam @primetimeMitch]

Over at @usatstudioix, we're ranking the top 10 WNBA players at every position. I got small forwards. To rank them, I threw their names and accomplishments in a spread sheet and came up with a formula.

The result? Tamika Catchings as the clear No. 1:

https://t.co/O4F5P7aLQw

[Mitchell Northam @primetimeMitch]

Just imagining Breanna Stewart telling Caitlin Clark, "You are on this council, but we do not grant you the rank of master."

[Mitchell Northam @primetimeMitch]

Jedi Committee?

[Jackie Powell (she/her) @ClassicJpow]

A group of reporters caught up with Elizabeth Williams earlier today, the secretary of the WNBPA. We asked her all about the meeting that the executive committee and JEDI committee of the PA had with Cathy Engelbert and the league last night.

Here are some takeaways.

[Heather Burns @hburns_usat]

WNBA 30: These are the 10 greatest small forwards the league has seen https://t.co/BFXAAM4jaG via @usatoday

[Mitchell Northam @primetimeMitch]

Pretty surprised by this. Not only has Noah struggled, but they have Riggs in the pipeline and he looks ready to make the jump up.

[SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Ch. 90) @SiriusXMNASCAR]

.@Team_FRM General Manager Jerry Freeze provides an update on @NoahGragson's future with the team for 2027.

🗣️ "We're working through the last details in his agreement [...] I look for something out of us in a few weeks on that."

More → https://t.co/MKhd9eLpQA

[Mitchell Northam @primetimeMitch]

Inbox: Virginia will play at Old Dominion on Nov. 15 in women's basketball, part of a two-year home-and-home series. The Cavaliers and the Monarchs haven't met since 2019. #ncaaW

[Heather Burns @hburns_usat]

ICYMI: @primetimeMitch ran down some police records on former Lady Vols star
As Lady Vols rebuild after down year, Zee Spearman’s arrests raise new concerns https://t.co/nCrnjdQzk0 via @usatoday

[USA TODAY Studio IX @usatstudioix]

As Lady Vols rebuild after down year, Zee Spearman’s arrests raise new concerns https://t.co/rPBbeBrzfU

[Mia O'Brien @MiaOBrienTV]

FULL EPISODE of “THE Women’s Basketball Podcast” 🏀

📺: https://t.co/CoPxfG0BGU
🎧: https://t.co/anMHnAVaoS

[Mia O'Brien @MiaOBrienTV]

*manifests Cam Brink to the #Fever at the #WNBA Trade Deadline*

Or has Indiana finally figured it out?

Or are they and the #Liberty the Spider Man Pointing meme? (Sophie jokes aside)

[USA TODAY Sports @usatodaysports]

Last summer, Tennessee women's basketball player Zee Spearman was charged with a DUI. She was arrested again earlier this month in Georgia. https://t.co/kToePBeDLY

[USA TODAY Studio IX @usatstudioix]

WNBA 30: These are the 10 greatest small forwards the league has seen https://t.co/jawaBrLpdH

[Mitchell Northam @primetimeMitch]

Ruby Whitehorn wasn't the only Lady Vol who had legal issues last offseason.

Zee Spearman was charged with a DUI last June, and she later pled guilty to reckless driving. She was arrested again earlier this month for driving on a suspended license.

https://t.co/o69yGKkxSi

[USA TODAY Studio IX @usatstudioix]

Why the WNBA won’t promote, monetize Sophie Cunningham’s viral point https://t.co/UsweLpo7Wi

[USA TODAY Studio IX @usatstudioix]

Eight conferences form alliance to improve women’s basketball officiating https://t.co/1sOGjTjsxp

[Mitchell Northam @primetimeMitch]

Eight conferences - including the ACC, American, Big East - will form an alliance for women's basketball officiating for training, assigning, etc.

Jim Phillips: "It's an investment in women's basketball... You have to continue to groom young officials."

https://t.co/jrxAhLOZ6B

[Mitchell Northam @primetimeMitch]

Recap here from the Window World 450, where a NASCAR points race returned to North Wilkesboro and Joey Logano returned to victory lane.

SVG, who finished fifth: "I saw that 22 drive off and I was like, 'I hope I don't see him in my mirror.'"

https://t.co/QtGn70T0yC