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Speaker 1: Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where we're trying

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Speaker 1: to picture Britney Grinder in an Atlanta jersey and Alyssa

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Speaker 1: take some getting used to, folks. It's Thursday, January thirtieth.

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Speaker 1: Then on today's show, we'll be talking to Texas women's

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Speaker 1: basketball head coach Vick Schaefer and star forward Madison Booker

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Speaker 1: about the Longhorn successful season, how playing point guard changed

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Speaker 2: About the legacy the sophomore is already establishing.

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Speaker 1: Plus, we break down some huge WNBA news lament the

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Speaker 1: loss of another US women's national team defender to a

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Speaker 1: team across the pond, and wonder how many postgame wind

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Speaker 1: sprints it takes to get back into soccer shape. It's

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Speaker 1: all coming up right after this Welcome back slices. Here's

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Speaker 1: what you need to know today. Let's start with the WNBA,

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Speaker 1: where teams have been busy. First up, free agent Britney

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Speaker 1: entire WNBA career thus far with the Phoenix Mercury. All

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Speaker 2: Now the news can't.

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Speaker 1: Be made official official till February first, when players are

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Speaker 1: actually allowed to sign contracts, but in a video posted

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Speaker 2: Take a listen.

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Speaker 3: I need to introduce my new teammates because I will

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Speaker 1: Also, lots of bloody fish in that video, so don't

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Speaker 1: watch the video unless you want to see that. Grinder's

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Speaker 1: exchange for Natasha Cloud, Rebecca Allen and the number twelve

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Speaker 1: just like with the Grinder news, this deal can't actually

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Speaker 1: Now piiespn's Alexa Philippoo the Mercury is also in talks

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Speaker 1: So this whole Mercury Sun trade is kind of a

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Speaker 1: separate them? Natasha Cloud just helped the Mercury unveil their

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Speaker 1: new training center last season, and she said this in

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Speaker 2: They not like us, No one like us. I don't

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Speaker 2: care any team, any team y'all not like us. I

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Speaker 1: And then when someone commented on the video she ain't

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Speaker 1: Also as Tyler de Lucas and on Twitter, quote, who's

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Speaker 2: At the rec Center anymore. And quote, that's a good point, Tyler.

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Speaker 1: You guys remember that they would practice at the rec

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Speaker 1: On Tuesday, Gotham FC announced that the club and star

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Speaker 1: player Crystal Dunn have quote mutually agreed to part ways

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Speaker 1: The thirty two year old who grew up on Long

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Speaker 1: In a story for The Athletic reporter, Jeff Ruder said

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Speaker 1: There's plenty to dig into when it comes to this

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Speaker 1: a future show. One last piece of soccer news. Congrats

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Speaker 1: to Sophia Smith, the latest of the US soccer girl

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Speaker 1: details of what the league's one on one tournament will

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Speaker 1: Thirty players will compete in the three day tournament, which

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Speaker 1: The thirty competitors will be divided into four pods, with

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Speaker 1: The early rounds of the tournament will be single elimination.

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Speaker 1: Each game will be played to eleven points or ten minutes,

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Speaker 1: The championship final will move to a best of three series.

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Speaker 1: Some news on the TST that stands for the Soccer Tournament.

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Speaker 1: It's an annual seven aside competition that will be held

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Speaker 1: sixteen teams this year for the women, with a one

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Speaker 1: roster of former US women's national team players has taken

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Speaker 1: not least, the LPGA season starts today. It's seventy fifth

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Speaker 1: anniversary season with the Hilton Grand Vacations Turn of Champions

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Speaker 1: and this year's field is just thirty two deep, in

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Speaker 1: Nelly Corda, who grabbed seven tour victories last year. You

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Speaker 1: When we come back, we'll talk Texas basketball with Vick

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Speaker 1: He's the head coach of Texas women's basketball, currently in

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Speaker 1: the midst of his fortieth season of coaching, twentieth as

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Speaker 1: He's in his fifth year at Texas, and the team's

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Speaker 1: Thank you both for joining us. It's a big week

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Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, I think we just have a really

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Speaker 3: Last year, I had to grow up real quickly. I

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Speaker 2: He's like six ' ten right too, he was he

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00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:28,360
Speaker 2: was being unfair.

434
00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:31,000
Speaker 3: He's blocking my shot, Like come on now, I'm I'm

435
00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:34,840
Speaker 3: literally like seven years old. But but I think that

436
00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,959
Speaker 3: really kind of it taught me a lot less, especially

437
00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:42,240
Speaker 3: now I think just with you know, losing to my

438
00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:45,880
Speaker 3: dad a lot, but then also like not staying down,

439
00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:49,320
Speaker 3: you know, just you know, let it go next day,

440
00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:51,640
Speaker 3: back out there again, you know, like waiting for him

441
00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:54,480
Speaker 3: to get home, play once with him. I just seen

442
00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:57,000
Speaker 3: that kind of goes to like now, you know, this

443
00:21:57,119 --> 00:21:59,240
Speaker 3: season's kind of been like really up and down a

444
00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:01,480
Speaker 3: little bit for me. You know, shooting is so good,

445
00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:02,879
Speaker 3: but they didn't have a stress where I'm not shooting

446
00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:05,720
Speaker 3: so good. But I think, you know, just my mind

447
00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:07,480
Speaker 3: is you know, let it go as a game. You know,

448
00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:09,800
Speaker 3: I'm back into doing tomorrow. It's working on my craft.

449
00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:15,120
Speaker 3: But yeah, me going to Texas sad of old miss

450
00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:17,680
Speaker 3: I think it was it was more of me just

451
00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:20,280
Speaker 3: following victorim Honestly, he was a miss Bee State. I

452
00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:22,360
Speaker 3: want to go Missbee State. He left the Missis State

453
00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:27,720
Speaker 3: when sexast and I followed him. So I think, you know, hey, credit,

454
00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:28,919
Speaker 3: big credit, big.

455
00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:31,800
Speaker 2: Well, what what was it about coach that made you

456
00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:33,560
Speaker 2: know you wanted to play for him? Wherever he was?

457
00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:35,840
Speaker 3: He knows how to win. He knows how to win.

458
00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:39,040
Speaker 3: He's passionate. Like I said, it is a lot. He's

459
00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:42,320
Speaker 3: a great guy. Man, he's a great guy. But yeah,

460
00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:44,760
Speaker 3: just watching him just players he had in the past

461
00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:48,399
Speaker 3: and how he developed them players, and I mean I

462
00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:50,440
Speaker 3: just love watching him win the miss Bey staying and

463
00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:52,119
Speaker 3: I thought, you know, I could, you know, win a

464
00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:56,160
Speaker 3: lot of games under him too, So I mean why not, So, hey,

465
00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:57,520
Speaker 3: I'm gonna take this loanhorn.

466
00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:01,880
Speaker 2: No, Yeah, Coach that's gotta feel really good. Hull oh man,

467
00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:04,000
Speaker 2: it's uh, you're grinning over there.

468
00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:08,800
Speaker 5: I am, you know, but again it's it's you know,

469
00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:12,400
Speaker 5: the confidence that I have in her, probably as confident

470
00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:16,520
Speaker 5: as any kid I've ever had. But it's because I

471
00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:19,399
Speaker 5: see the work that she puts in when nobody's around.

472
00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:23,120
Speaker 5: You know, my office is here, I overlook the practice gym.

473
00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:28,520
Speaker 5: She's in the gym a lot with Shaeffer, Junior, our assistant.

474
00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:30,439
Speaker 5: I told her the other night, I don't care if

475
00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:32,800
Speaker 5: she's made five in row or miss five in a row.

476
00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:36,600
Speaker 4: I'm coming to her one hundred out of a hundred times.

477
00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:42,680
Speaker 4: And again just knowing, knowing.

478
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Speaker 5: That she's invested in the time that she spent, the

479
00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:48,880
Speaker 5: confidence that I have in her, and then.

480
00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:53,640
Speaker 4: You see she's a great kid like she's she's such

481
00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:54,440
Speaker 4: a great kid.

482
00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:59,280
Speaker 5: Parents, wonderful parents that have done a great job with her.

483
00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:02,840
Speaker 5: Great family. You know, when you go in there and

484
00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:05,480
Speaker 5: recruit her, you're not only doing you know, having to

485
00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:06,600
Speaker 5: talk to mom and dad.

486
00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:08,960
Speaker 4: You got Auntie in there, you got Granny in there.

487
00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:11,040
Speaker 2: I mean a family affair.

488
00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:14,600
Speaker 5: And you know, for me, man, I don't want to

489
00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:18,920
Speaker 5: let any of those people down. But just knowing and

490
00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:21,800
Speaker 5: now that we've been together the time that we have,

491
00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:27,000
Speaker 5: as good as she's been, she's still got you know, knowing,

492
00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:30,159
Speaker 5: she's going to be that much better and she's going

493
00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:32,879
Speaker 5: to get there because of her work ethic. Like the

494
00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:38,040
Speaker 5: kid is humble, she works. She's a great teammate, but

495
00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:42,800
Speaker 5: a lot of scores they don't have that that point

496
00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:46,959
Speaker 5: guard mentality. You know, she's got that also the vision,

497
00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:50,240
Speaker 5: and that's why there was no tryout a year ago

498
00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:51,400
Speaker 5: when Rory went down.

499
00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:52,800
Speaker 4: I already knew she had that.

500
00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:57,600
Speaker 5: I had seen it in high school aau so in

501
00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:00,320
Speaker 5: my mind and knowing my team that I had, I

502
00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:02,359
Speaker 5: knew who was going to be the best.

503
00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:06,399
Speaker 2: Mutual admiration society. We love to see it. Madison. I'm wondering.

504
00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:09,560
Speaker 1: We heard about your dad, you know, blocking you into Tuesday.

505
00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:11,879
Speaker 1: What about the rest of your family? Did anybody have

506
00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:14,680
Speaker 1: a particularly strong opinion on your game or on coach

507
00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:16,119
Speaker 1: Vick or where you were going to go? Is there

508
00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:19,800
Speaker 1: someone that we haven't heard about that was chirping maybe

509
00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:20,480
Speaker 1: still chirping.

510
00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:25,000
Speaker 3: No. I think when it came down to, you know,

511
00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:28,720
Speaker 3: my top three and me too in Texas and coach

512
00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:32,399
Speaker 3: every being my coach, I think everybody. Everybody was like,

513
00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:34,160
Speaker 3: I think that's a great idea.

514
00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:35,600
Speaker 2: You're right good.

515
00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:39,720
Speaker 1: That's got to feel good too. You know, Madison, you

516
00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:41,880
Speaker 1: get a lot of comparisons to Kevin Durant. He went

517
00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:44,919
Speaker 1: to Texas, he wore thirty five. You said he's one

518
00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:48,800
Speaker 1: of your favorite players. What WNBA player past or present

519
00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:50,600
Speaker 1: do you think has a game that's similar to yours?

520
00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:55,159
Speaker 3: Okay, I would say one that's not playing right now

521
00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:57,600
Speaker 3: is Mile Moore? All say one at is said no

522
00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:00,920
Speaker 3: is Leah Copper. I think I think game is very tough.

523
00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:03,960
Speaker 3: I think me and hers have some you know, similarities

524
00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:07,639
Speaker 3: here and there. I think that's why I'm on my

525
00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:10,040
Speaker 3: game out there. From the women's side, coach, do.

526
00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:11,120
Speaker 2: You see anyone in her game?

527
00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:16,000
Speaker 5: Well, I certainly see the similarities in in KD and

528
00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:19,000
Speaker 5: and his size on the on the men's side versus

529
00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:23,520
Speaker 5: Mattie's size on the women's side. I think again both those.

530
00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:26,760
Speaker 5: I see KD in here in the summer working on

531
00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:31,119
Speaker 5: his game, when you know, just like Madison, she'll be

532
00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:33,879
Speaker 5: in here in the off season. And and so I

533
00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:37,760
Speaker 5: see so much of their passing skill, their ability to

534
00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:42,480
Speaker 5: rise up over people, and and and so. But for me,

535
00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:45,480
Speaker 5: I go back and look at I don't know that

536
00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:49,160
Speaker 5: I've ever had anybody quite like Madison. I've had players

537
00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:52,119
Speaker 5: that have bits and pieces of her game, but she

538
00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:54,760
Speaker 5: has bits and pieces of a lot of people's game.

539
00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:59,040
Speaker 4: And and and so it's really you know, it's really unique.

540
00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:01,879
Speaker 5: She's specially for who she is. But she's special for

541
00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,600
Speaker 5: me in that I don't know that I've coached anybody

542
00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:09,080
Speaker 5: quite like her that has in my mind, the total package.

543
00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:11,920
Speaker 4: Yeah, and I'll even give her a little shout out

544
00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:16,520
Speaker 4: on some defense. Hey, we got to shut even as

545
00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:17,280
Speaker 4: a sophomore.

546
00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:20,800
Speaker 5: You know, she she had three big blocks the other

547
00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:25,000
Speaker 5: night against uh, Mississippi there in Oxford, just came out

548
00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:28,359
Speaker 5: of nowhere on two of them. Had a big one

549
00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:32,440
Speaker 5: against Tennessee the other night. But and she took a

550
00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:38,040
Speaker 5: charge against Tennessee. Was it Maddie an Auburn. Yeah, and

551
00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:40,800
Speaker 5: she remembers Sarah Uh.

552
00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:44,200
Speaker 4: You know, just again, she's still young.

553
00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:48,840
Speaker 5: She's nineteen, and you have, you know, young players, sometimes

554
00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:51,119
Speaker 5: you got to throw them a little grace every now

555
00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:55,040
Speaker 5: and then. They aren't quite you know what in somebody

556
00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:59,280
Speaker 5: else's mind, they think. In my mind, she's every day.

557
00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:02,920
Speaker 5: She's elite. I love that about that, you know, being elite.

558
00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:06,399
Speaker 5: She's elite in the classroom. She works really hard in

559
00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:10,000
Speaker 5: the classroom. And again she's great.

560
00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:13,600
Speaker 4: In our community. You know, I get our kids, work

561
00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:15,639
Speaker 4: with youth in our community, and I.

562
00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:19,200
Speaker 5: Get emails calls about all of our kids, but Madison

563
00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:22,800
Speaker 5: in particular too. So it's just a really special time,

564
00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:26,600
Speaker 5: you know, in my career. And uh and I'm telling you,

565
00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:30,920
Speaker 5: this university's had some really special players. There's some banners

566
00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:34,520
Speaker 5: hanging over there in the Moody and some jerseys that

567
00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:38,320
Speaker 5: are really really good. Madison's going to be right up

568
00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:38,680
Speaker 5: there with.

569
00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:42,000
Speaker 2: Those, especially if you keep taking those charges and getting

570
00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:43,920
Speaker 2: those blocks. We got to be we gotta be that

571
00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:48,120
Speaker 2: two way player. Speaking of you'll get a chance.

572
00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:51,680
Speaker 1: You're hosting Missouri tomorrow, you go to Texas A and

573
00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:54,400
Speaker 1: M on Sunday. What's the focus for you right now,

574
00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:56,640
Speaker 1: either what you're working on individually or what you're working

575
00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:57,920
Speaker 1: on in terms of what you're going to have to

576
00:28:57,960 --> 00:28:59,440
Speaker 1: face with these two outcoming opponents.

577
00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:02,600
Speaker 3: Well, I would say for the team, I mean I

578
00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:07,080
Speaker 3: think we had big wins this past week, six days,

579
00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:08,160
Speaker 3: three big wins.

580
00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:09,520
Speaker 2: I think for a.

581
00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:13,240
Speaker 3: Team purpose is I think it stay consistent, and I

582
00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:18,040
Speaker 3: think also that would mean being mature too, especially like

583
00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:20,320
Speaker 3: our preparation, I think that they'd be consistent. I think

584
00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:23,320
Speaker 3: we have sometimes some days where we have a great

585
00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:26,280
Speaker 3: practice and maybe not so good practice. But I think,

586
00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:27,680
Speaker 3: you know, this past week we kind of showed a

587
00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:32,160
Speaker 3: lot of consisty with preparation, shoot around even games. So

588
00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:34,560
Speaker 3: I think, you know, we just keep we keep doing

589
00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:37,280
Speaker 3: a little things like that and you know, treat everybody

590
00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:39,840
Speaker 3: with the same respect as we do with any other team.

591
00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:42,920
Speaker 3: Like I think, like that's our main focus this week

592
00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:44,520
Speaker 3: is just nothing else. We're focusing on.

593
00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:46,840
Speaker 2: Teams to what you've been doing. It's working.

594
00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:49,080
Speaker 3: See this is anybody balls game.

595
00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:50,800
Speaker 2: So yeah, yeah, yeah.

596
00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:54,280
Speaker 1: She mentioned big week h wins over number eight Maryland

597
00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:57,440
Speaker 1: and number seventeen Tennessee in those three wins this past week.

598
00:29:57,680 --> 00:29:59,240
Speaker 2: Coach, what about you, what do you focus on with

599
00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:00,400
Speaker 2: the upcoming opponents?

600
00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:03,400
Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, for me, it's it's always been we

601
00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:06,880
Speaker 5: just we just try to get better each and every day,

602
00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:09,560
Speaker 5: you know, if we can get one percent better. I

603
00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:13,840
Speaker 5: think my teams, myself, I've always taken great pride and

604
00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:18,560
Speaker 5: we keep working, we keep trying to incrementally get better

605
00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:22,400
Speaker 5: and better. Even as we get through January, February, March,

606
00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:25,960
Speaker 5: we're still improving. And I think if you look at

607
00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:29,000
Speaker 5: my teams over the course of my career, our teams

608
00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:31,800
Speaker 5: are better than March than they were in February. And

609
00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:36,840
Speaker 5: that's because we just keep grinding, We keep pounding the fundamentals,

610
00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:41,240
Speaker 5: both offensively and defensively, and we just keep working. And

611
00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:45,320
Speaker 5: I think again, when you get in with these different

612
00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:51,040
Speaker 5: teams and different prep everybody does things some offensively, differently,

613
00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:54,680
Speaker 5: and so you get two days to get ready for somebody. Right,

614
00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:58,160
Speaker 5: sometimes you can't get through everything. Somebody's going to go,

615
00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:00,760
Speaker 5: you know, run at you. But that's when you really

616
00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:05,280
Speaker 5: you fall back on your fundamentals. And so I think

617
00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:07,240
Speaker 5: for our kids, they tell you a lot of times

618
00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:11,640
Speaker 5: our fundamentals carry us through certain things defensively that.

619
00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:12,240
Speaker 4: We have to do.

620
00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:15,560
Speaker 5: Yeah, And so I think with these you know, with

621
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:18,680
Speaker 5: this group, like she said, just continuing to develop that chemistry.

622
00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:21,800
Speaker 5: I'm going to continue to lean on Madison, even at

623
00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:25,480
Speaker 5: a young age, to help me with some leadership because

624
00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:28,760
Speaker 5: I think she she has that you know, value to

625
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:32,600
Speaker 5: her to add to her game, to her team, she

626
00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:38,040
Speaker 5: has instant credibility, and so uh, just just continuing to

627
00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:41,280
Speaker 5: I think for us, head down, just keep going to work,

628
00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:43,520
Speaker 5: you know, bring you lunch, pale, and let's get better.

629
00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:48,600
Speaker 1: Madison last question, most Important, assistant coach and Director of

630
00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:51,680
Speaker 1: Player Personnel said Carter was a national chap back in her.

631
00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:53,680
Speaker 2: Playing days at Texas A and M. She's now an

632
00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:56,720
Speaker 2: icon in the fashion world. On the sidelines, does she

633
00:31:56,880 --> 00:31:59,000
Speaker 2: ask the team for input on the fits or does

634
00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:00,920
Speaker 2: she just show up? Shut it down and you're just

635
00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:03,480
Speaker 2: waiting every game to see what she's bringing. Just show

636
00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:04,160
Speaker 2: the shut it down.

637
00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:06,600
Speaker 3: She don't need anybody and put on this team right here.

638
00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:10,000
Speaker 3: She's in her own world. But no, she don't need

639
00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:12,920
Speaker 3: the She got it ten tenth fists always.

640
00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:14,760
Speaker 2: Vicar, are you ever going to try to keep up?

641
00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:15,800
Speaker 3: Uh?

642
00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:19,000
Speaker 5: And the only thing I can keep up with with

643
00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:22,440
Speaker 5: hers maybe my sock game. You don't ever get to

644
00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:25,920
Speaker 5: see them. But uh, you know, Carter Sidney played for

645
00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:29,360
Speaker 5: me on that national championship team. Was a one of

646
00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:33,360
Speaker 5: the toughest kids I've ever coached. Hard to believe that

647
00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:36,600
Speaker 5: looking at her in today's world, right, but she's just

648
00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:40,760
Speaker 5: you know, I always uh, once she got out of playing.

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Speaker 5: You know, we would talk and I told her that

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Speaker 5: there's gonna be a day I'm gonna try to hire you.

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Speaker 5: Once Coach Blair retired and we were here at that time.

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Speaker 5: Came and so I'm glad she's here. And you know

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Speaker 5: what she adds to our to our program, we really appreciate.

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Speaker 4: And she can flat dress case.

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Speaker 2: Yeah all right.

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Speaker 1: All I'm hearing now is this is a memo to

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Speaker 1: the social team. We need a sockcam. Everybody's got their

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Speaker 1: tunnel fits. We need a VIC sockcam pre game so

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Speaker 1: we know what you're bringing on your feet. We normally

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Speaker 1: say feet heat is the kicks, but in your case,

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Speaker 1: we'll get some socks, get in some love. Thanks so

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Speaker 1: much to both of you. I know y'all are in

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Speaker 1: the middle of a really busy time. Congrats and all

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Speaker 1: the success so far, and thanks for.

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Speaker 4: Joining us, Sarah, thanks for having us.

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Speaker 1: Thanks again to Coach Schaeffer and Madison for hanging out

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Speaker 1: with us. We got to take another break when we

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Speaker 1: come back. We love you, slices, We really do stick around.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back. We are loving seeing all the social posts

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Speaker 1: and emails about you Slices joining the Minnesota Aurora ownership team,

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Speaker 1: and while we know we're not the only people getting

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Speaker 1: in on this current capital raise, we are a big

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Speaker 1: part of the push to support the team. And since

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Speaker 1: the show put out a call for an investment, it's

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Speaker 1: grown by over ninety nine thousand dollars and counting almost

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Speaker 1: one hundred thousand dollars. Y'all, what let's go you guys,

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Speaker 1: this is so awesome and you are leaving some of

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Speaker 1: the cutest comments on the investment site explaining why you

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Speaker 1: got involved, like Cynthia in Seattle, who wrote, because Sarah

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Speaker 1: Spain wanted me to invest, kidding aside, I've waited my

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Speaker 1: whole life for women's sports to reach this level, and

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Speaker 1: to be even a small part of it means a.

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Speaker 2: Great deal to me.

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Speaker 1: Zachary in Chicago, who wrote in part, I'm a believer

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Speaker 1: in being part of something that's bigger than myself. This

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Speaker 1: is an opportunity to help young women accomplish their dreams,

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Speaker 1: both on and off the pitch, and that means something

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Speaker 1: to me. Megan in Seattle, who said, quote, women's sports

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Speaker 1: is obviously the place to invest, and it's not easy

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Speaker 1: to do so without massive funds. Sarah Spain's podcast tipped

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Speaker 1: me to this fun opportunity and finally Chuck in Tulsa,

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Speaker 1: who kept it simple saying I trust Sarah Spain.

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Speaker 2: Shout out to you, Chuck, you rule.

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Speaker 1: And also a belated happy birthday to slices and new

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Speaker 1: owners Maggie and Beth ellis solid way to treat yourself.

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Speaker 1: You guys are all awesome, and remember you can get

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Speaker 1: in the fun even if you don't have the funds.

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Speaker 1: You can just follow the team on social media and

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Speaker 1: support the team with us mn Aurora FC and all

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Speaker 1: the major socials. They even posted a handy honorary Minnesotan

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Speaker 1: starter kit graphic to try to teach all of us

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Speaker 1: new owners about things like shanties and hot dish and cribbage.

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Speaker 2: Ope, we'll all be Minnesotan soon.

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Speaker 1: We love that you're listening, but we want to get

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Speaker 1: you in the game every day too, so of course

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Speaker 1: our good gameplay of the day is get your slice.

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Speaker 1: The Minnesota Aurora FC capital raise ends tomorrow tomorrow, so

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Speaker 1: go to wefunder dot com slash mn Aurora. We'll put

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Speaker 1: the link to invest in our show notes. Also, keep

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Speaker 1: those ask us anything questions coming. We're getting some really

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Speaker 1: good ones. You could hit us up on email good

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Speaker 1: game at wondermedianetwork dot com, or you can leave us

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Speaker 1: a voicemail at eight seven two two oh four fifty

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Speaker 1: seventy and don't forget to.

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Speaker 2: Subscribe, Rate and review.

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Speaker 1: It's easy watch AU Basketball copying the Jennifer Hudson's Spirit

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Speaker 1: Tunnel rating five out of five.

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Speaker 2: Copycatting done right review.

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Speaker 1: If you haven't seen him before, you have to google

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Speaker 1: and check out some of the quote unquote spirit tunnel

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Speaker 1: walks at the Jennifer Hudson Show. The show staff uses

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Speaker 1: custom chants and songs and dance moves as a way

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Speaker 1: to sort of pump up the celebrity guests before they

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Speaker 1: go out on stage. It's real cute, and now AU

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Speaker 1: Basketball is getting in on the fun two down at Nashville.

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Speaker 1: First they did a Sidney Colson tunnel walk to it

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Speaker 1: Anita Baker remix.

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Speaker 2: Those two go way back, so google it.

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Speaker 1: And then they did a slightly less organized and slightly

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Speaker 1: less effective, but still cute tunnel walk for Alicia Clark.

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Speaker 1: We'll link to him in our show notes. Now it's

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Speaker 1: your turn, rate and review. Thanks for listen, See you tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: Good Game, Coach Schaefer, Good Game, Madison Hugh Sports Goss

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Speaker 1: that We're Not in on Spill the Tea Gotham Batties.

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Speaker 1: Good Game with Sarah Spain is an iHeart women's sports

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Speaker 1: production in partnership with Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment. You

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Speaker 1: can find us on the iHeartRadio app, Apple, or wherever

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Speaker 1: you get your podcasts. Production by Wonder Media Network, our

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Speaker 1: producers are Alex Azzie and Misha Jones. Our executive producers

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Speaker 1: are Christina Everett, Jesse Katz, Jenny Kaplan, and Emily Rutterer.

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Speaker 1: Our editors are Emily Rutterer, Britney Martinez, and Grace Lynch.

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Speaker 1: Our associate producer is Lucy Jones and I'm Your Host

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Speaker 1: Sarah Spain