The most important season in WNBA history, plus the NCAA tourney expansion

The Pulse Newsletter 📣 | This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox.Good morning! Last call for Pulse questions before we get some answers later this month. Thank you to everyone who’s submitted questions already. Coming up today:  👋 The WNBA’s big moment ↔️ More NCAA tourney teams 🌀 Canes cruise, again Arrivals: The new W is finally hereMillions of words and minutes have already been spent discussing this WNBA season, which is likely the most important in the history of the league. (We actually wrote that last year, too, but for different reasons.) A monumental new collective bargaining agreement is in place. Players are getting paid roughly quadruple what they made last year. TV rights deals are exploding. I could keep going. Advertisement