Set The Tempo with Tyler Conium is a podcast dedicated to the Toronto Tempo and the rise of women’s basketball in Canada. Fresh episodes after every game day, featuring game recaps, player performances, coaching decisions, and league-wide storylines that matter.
Smart analysis. Real conversation. A Toronto perspective.
This is where the Tempo begins.
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Set The Tempo: WNBA Playoff Chaos + Inside Toronto Tempo’s New Docuseries
The Toronto Tempo offseason continues — but the WNBA is anything but quiet.
In this episode of Set The Tempo, Tyler Conium reacts to a wild start to the WNBA Playoffs, questions the league’s postseason scheduling, and breaks down Toronto’s Setting the Tempo docuseries, which gives fans a behind-the-scenes look at how the expansion franchise was built. Pasted text
From the Liberty eliminating Minnesota and the Aces knocking out Indiana to Golden State and Atlanta making serious noise, the playoff field has already produced some major surprises.
Then Tyler shifts back to Toronto and shares his biggest takeaways from the documentary — including how the Tempo handled the name and logo leak, recruited Sandy Brondello and Brittney Sykes, and why Kiki Rice was apparently their target all along in the WNBA Draft.
What’s Coming on Set The Tempo?
* WNBA playoff coverage
* Toronto Tempo offseason news
* Mock drafts
* WNBA Draft Lottery discussion
* College basketball prospects
* Potential WNBA card breaks
* Trades, free agency and roster construction
🎧 New offseason episodes of Set The Tempo every Tuesday📲 Follow @TylerConium
Let’s Set The Tempo.
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29 Sept 2026
Set The Tempo: Toronto Tempo 2026 Season Grades | Kiki Rice & Marina Mabrey Earn A’s
The inaugural Toronto Tempo season is in the books. Now it’s time to hand out the report cards.
In the first offseason episode of Set The Tempo, Tyler Conium grades the 2026 Toronto Tempo as a team and every player who finished the season on the roster, breaking down the highs, disappointments, surprises and biggest building blocks heading into year two. Pasted text
Toronto finished 11-33, but an expansion season defined by injuries, travel and adversity still produced a legitimate core, a first-ever All-Star and one of the most promising rookies in the WNBA. Tyler gives the team an overall B-, weighing the difficult record against the circumstances and the foundation Toronto established.
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25 Sept 2026
Set The Tempo Season Finale: Kiki Rice Drops Career-High 28 as Toronto Tempo Secure Top WNBA Draft Lottery Odds
That’s a wrap on year one.
The Toronto Tempo’s inaugural WNBA season is officially over following their final game against the Connecticut Sun — and despite the difficult ending, Toronto walks into the offseason with plenty to be excited about. Pasted text
In this episode of Set The Tempo, Tyler Conium breaks down the season finale, a career-high 28-point performance from rookie Kiki Rice, and what the result means for Toronto’s chances of landing the No. 1 pick in the 2027 WNBA Draft.
Toronto finishes tied with Connecticut for the best odds in the draft lottery at 29.5%, giving the Tempo a legitimate shot at potentially adding an elite prospect to a young core already featuring Rice, Marina Mabrey, Brittney Sykes, Aneesah Morrow and Nyara Sabally.
But this episode is also about taking stock of year one: the historic moments, the injuries, the breakout performances, the connection Toronto has built with its new WNBA team — and why year two could look very different.
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