On Wednesday the New York Liberty introduced Chris DeMarco as the franchise’s 10th head coach in franchise history, and that is the focus of this week’s The IX Sports Podcast Baskteball Edition.

Join our hosts Howard Medgal and Jackie Powell where they explain what they took away from DeMarco’s introductory press conference along with the sets of unique challenges that he will face as a first year WNBA head coach. Toward the end of our show, Jackie and Howard hop over to the college game where they ponder which team faces more concern: South Carolina or Duke?

Thumbnail Photo Credit: Brendan Todd | New York Liberty Video Credit: Jackie Powell | The IX Basketball

Links to click that are referenced throughout the show:

Jackie’s sights and sounds out of Chris DeMarco’s press conference: https://www.thenexthoops.com/wnba/chris-demarco-understands-the-tall-task-new-york-liberty-jonathan-kolb/

Jackie dove into Chris DeMarco’s background prior to the press conference: https://www.thenexthoops.com/wnba/who-is-chris-demarco-the-new-york-liberty-incoming-head-coach/

Howard’s thoughts on the Liberty’s big swing by hiring Chris DeMarco: https://www.theixsports.com/features/chris-demarco-new-york-liberty-jonathan-kolb/

Stephanie Kaloi on South Carolina’s recent bench struggles: https://www.thenexthoops.com/ncaaw/sec/south-carolina-gamecocks-develop-bench-worrying-signs/

Martin Heintzelman on Duke’s struggles: https://www.thenexthoops.com/ncaaw/acc/duke-most-hyped-up-teams-in-the-country-what-happened-kara-lawson-kim-mulkey-lsu-ucla-south-carolin/

Charlotte Gibson of ESPN detailed the women who were coaching in the NBA five years ago: https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/28744241/trailblazing-nba-women-coaches