Talking Tempo is a podcast dedicated to breaking down the strategy, systems, and evolution of the Toronto Tempo. Each episode explores offensive and defensive schemes, advanced analytics, league trends, and player development to give listeners a deeper understanding of the modern WNBA game.
Hosted by Brad Campbell (Head Coach, Men's Basketball, Western University) and Nate McKibbon (Head Coach, Women's Basketball, Western University). Both hosts have an extensive background in basketball, including high school, club, provincial, national, and professional experience.
For those Ted Lasso fans sometimes basketball is life and sometimes life is so much more than football. Brad and Nate return to Talking Tempo to catch up on what has happened since the last pod and look forward to the World Championship break.
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17 Jun 2026
Talking Tempo S1E8 - Toronto Tempo - Season so Far!
With Brad away, Nate takes a look at the first third of the Toronto Tempo's inaugural season in the WNBA and discusses 10 observations from the last 15 games. We explore the good, the bad, the interesting of everything Tempo and look ahead to what promises to be an exciting and challenging run of games coming up!
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9 Jun 2026
Talking Tempo S1E7 - WNBA - Toronto Tempo - Kiki Rice
You spoke and we listened! After our successful podcast looking at Toronto's super star Marina Mabrey, we turn our attention to the Tempo's raising star Kiki Rice. She is having a debut season to remember, and establishing herself as one of the top up and coming players in the WNBA. The Ringer voted Rice the 9th best player under 25, let's look at why!
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1 Jun 2026
Talking Temp S1E6 - WNBA - Toronto Tempo - Marina Mabrey
After focusing on the team the past couple of weeks, we have turned our attention to superstar player Marina Mabrey. Hailing from New Jersey, staring at Notre Dame, longtime WNBA pro Mabrey has established herself as one of the top players on a talented and upcoming group from Toronto. Join us as we take a deep dive into what makes her unique in a league of the most talented athletes in the world!
Reach out to us by email talkingtempo@gmail.com (mailto:talkingtempo@gmail.com) or on our Instagram page
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27 May 2026
Talking Tempo Season 1 Episode 5 - WNBA - Toronto Tempo
It might be our fault! Last week we described how the Tempo had the most efficient defense in the WNBA despite some problems guarding the rim. After a long road trip they are now ranked 12th in the WNBA in defensive efficiency. An improved offense and some outstanding individual performances helped the Tempo get two big wins against Los Angeles and Phoenix. This week we focus on ball screen defense and set the table for two important games coming up this week away at Chicago and at home against Seattle.
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19 May 2026
Talking Tempo Season 1 Episode 4 - WNBA - Toronto Tempo
With the Toronto Tempo leading the league in defensive efficiency we thought it was a good time to look at the good and bad so far for the Tempo on the defensive end. In this episode we do a simple statistical analysis of the Tempo defensive and look at how they are creating turnovers at a higher rate than any other team in the WNBA but need to do a better job of protecting the rim if they want a chance to make the playoffs in their inaugural season!
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11 May 2026
Talking Tempo Season 1 Episode 3 - WNBA - Toronto Tempo
The 2026 WNBA and the inaugural season of the Toronto Tempo has begun. On this weeks episode we discuss the home opener, the final roster, and take a closer look at offensive performance for Canada's first WNBA team. We talk about some solutions we have used at the university level and discuss options Coach Brondello might use as we move into Wednesdays game 2!
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4 May 2026
Talking Tempo Season 1 Episode 2 - WNBA - Toronto Tempo
In this weeks podcast we review the atmosphere at Coca-Cola Coliseum after the first Toronto Tempo WNBA home game in the preseason. We introduce a new segment called Teaching Tempo, review the current roster composition, and look at some of the offensive concepts introduced in episode 1.
27 Apr 2026
Talking Tempo Season 1 Episode 1
Join us as we host the first podcast in our weekly series about the Toronto Tempo and the WNBA. In this episode we anticipate what the final roster could look like on May 8th, discuss the players on the proposed roster, and explore some basic actions that we should see on court as the Tempo take the court on April 29th in their first exhibition game.
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