Emma Baccellieri

Emma Baccellieri

Joined: Jan 1, 2018

Emma Baccellieri is a staff writer who focuses on baseball and women's sports for Sports Illustrated. She previously wrote for Baseball Prospectus and Deadspin, and has appeared on BBC News, PBS NewsHour and MLB Network. Baccellieri has been honored with multiple awards from the Society of American Baseball Research, including the SABR Analytics Conference Research Award in historical analysis (2022), McFarland-SABR Baseball Research Award (2020) and SABR Analytics Conference Research Award in contemporary commentary (2018). A graduate from Duke University, she’s also a member of the Baseball Writers Association of America.

Virginia guard Kymora Johnson (center) led her team in points on Monday as the Hoos tooks down Iowa in Iowa City.

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The Duke that beat Baylor on Sunday is a much different team than the one that had a sluggish start to the season.

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USC senior Kara Dunn scored 11 of her 22 points in the fourth quarter, battling for one more game in her college career.

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WNBA draft prospect Rori Harmon (right) and the Longhorns opened up their NCAA tournament with a 87–45 win over Missouri State.

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Geno Auriemma knows a thing or two about cutting down nets—the UConn coach has 12 NCAA titles in his career.

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Six of the 11 most lopsided wins in D-I tourney history—men’s or women’s—belong to Geno Auriemma and UConn. How do you prepare for that?

Las Vegas Aces center A'ja Wilson, who's won four of the last six MVP awards, is one of many players due to receive a massive pay raise under the new CBA.

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Twenty years ago, labor discussions focused on how the WNBA would survive. Now, with the league ascending to new heights, the emphasis is rightfully on how it will evolve.

There’s a strong consensus that Sarah Strong will win NPOY honors, but our staff doesn’t agree on everything that will happen these next few weeks.

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Plus, National Player of the Year picks, who makes it to the Final Four and best mid-majors to watch in this week’s roundtable.

Dawn Staley’s South Carolina team got the last No. 1 seed in the bracket, but does that mean the Gamecocks have the toughest region?

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Not all No. 1 seeds are created equal—ranking each top team's road to Phoenix.

Lauren Betts and the Bruins could have the most difficult path to the Final Four of the No. 1 seeds.

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Which No. 1 seed has the toughest path to the Final Four? Could we see a first-round upset?

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The revived Commodores have held their own in a tough SEC and are a legitimate threat for a No. 1 seed heading into March.

UCLA won the Big Ten tournament with a 51-point win over Iowa on Sunday.

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Should UConn or UCLA be the No. 1 overall seed? How do the No. 2 seeds shake out? Plus, who should be worried after conference tournaments and more in this week’s roundtable.

Texas had a double-digit lead over South Carolina for the majority of the SEC tournament final on Sunday.

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Vic Schaefer’s Longhorns have long been knocking on the door of being a title contender and after dismantling South Carolina into an unrecognizable team Sunday, it feels like their time is now.

MiLaysia Fulwiley (left) scored 24 points off the bench in the SEC tournament semifinals on Saturday, but it was not enough for LSU to take down rival South Carolina.

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South Carolina won 87–64 in its rematch with Kentucky on Friday.

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Kim Mulkey and No. 6 LSU are one of five teams ranked in the top 10 that are competing in the SEC tournament this week.

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With Michigan on track to finish with one of its best seasons under coach Kim Barnes Arico, the coach will now be tasked with making sure that success carries over to the tournament.

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