Former NCAA and WNBA champion Fran Harris says Central Texas is fertile territory for the growing women’s basketball league.

Jayson Tatum is aiming to bring professional women’s basketball to his hometown of St. Louis, Missouri. Tatum has backed a substantial bid to establish a WNBA franchise in the city as part of a possible league expansion.

Yahoo Sports women basketball writer Cassandra Negley is joined by Fran Harris, former women’s college basketball and WNBA champion, to talk about Fran's involvement in submitting a bid for the WNBA’s 16th team to land in Austin,

Kevin Durant may soon join the ranks of NBA players and other sports stars backing WNBA expansion franchises, as he’s rumored to be exploring an opportunity with a prospective ownership group aiming to establish a WNBA team in Austin,

So, Harris has spent the last several years rallying the community, and preparing for a WNBA expansion bid in Austin. That bid is underway, and in turn, Austin has emerged as one