WEBVTT - That's What Dawgs Do with Big Citrus 0:00:00.880 --> 0:00:03.119 Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where we're hugging 0:00:03.120 --> 0:00:05.720 Gino Oriema and telling him how much we hate him, 0:00:06.120 --> 0:00:09.719 and by hate, we of course mean love. It's Tuesday, 0:00:09.720 --> 0:00:12.360 April eighth, and on today's show, Big Citrus Riecan Beans 0:00:12.400 --> 0:00:16.279 to discuss Yukon's big win, Paige Becker's legacy, and all 0:00:16.360 --> 0:00:19.639 the Final four parties and events including Sweet Hangs with 0:00:19.720 --> 0:00:23.400 a Goat, plus Bad Backselly's using a floor to flip 0:00:23.400 --> 0:00:25.720 a narrative, and one of the greats hangs them up. 0:00:26.200 --> 0:00:36.760 It's all coming up right after this welcome back slices. 0:00:36.800 --> 0:00:40.920 Here's what you need to know today. In college hoops, 0:00:40.920 --> 0:00:43.600 the number two seed Yukon Huskies defeated number one South 0:00:43.640 --> 0:00:46.560 Carolina eighty two fifty nine on Sunday to claim a 0:00:46.640 --> 0:00:51.600 record twelfth national championship and first since twenty sixteen. Azy 0:00:51.640 --> 0:00:54.040 Fund was named the most outstanding player of the Final Four, 0:00:54.120 --> 0:00:56.560 posting twenty four points and five boards in the chip, 0:00:56.800 --> 0:01:00.279 and Gino Oriema's coaching record in title games is now. 0:01:00.000 --> 0:01:03.160 Twelve and one. No joke, ridiculous. 0:01:03.520 --> 0:01:06.800 Paige Beckers ended her legendary career with her first title, 0:01:07.000 --> 0:01:10.119 putting up seventeen points in the victory, and freshman Sarah 0:01:10.160 --> 0:01:13.720 Stronk came up huge, adding twenty four points and fifteen boards. 0:01:14.000 --> 0:01:16.360 We'll talk more about the win and a big, fun 0:01:16.400 --> 0:01:18.880 Final Four weekend in Tampa later in the show. 0:01:19.640 --> 0:01:20.560 More college hoops. 0:01:20.600 --> 0:01:23.880 It's award season and Juju is racking them up. We 0:01:23.959 --> 0:01:25.960 told you last week that Juju Watkins was named the 0:01:26.000 --> 0:01:28.760 Naysmith National Player of the Year, and over the weekend, 0:01:28.800 --> 0:01:31.400 the USC star won a few more, including the John R. 0:01:31.440 --> 0:01:34.479 Wooden Award and the AP National Player of the Year award. 0:01:34.800 --> 0:01:37.600 While Juju's near term future is uncertain after she tore 0:01:37.640 --> 0:01:39.960 her acl in the second round of the NCAA attorney, 0:01:40.120 --> 0:01:42.200 we're sure she's got a big future and we can't 0:01:42.240 --> 0:01:44.119 wait to see what she does when she comes back. 0:01:44.360 --> 0:01:47.480 As USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb told the ESPN, quote, her 0:01:47.520 --> 0:01:48.560 comebacks got. 0:01:48.360 --> 0:01:52.360 To be legendary. End quote. Becker's picked up some hardware two. 0:01:52.480 --> 0:01:55.000 On Thursday, she won the twenty twenty five Wade Trophy, 0:01:55.200 --> 0:01:58.200 presented by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association to the nation's 0:01:58.240 --> 0:02:01.000 top player, and on Saturday, she took home the Naismith 0:02:01.000 --> 0:02:03.840 Hall of Fame's Nancy Lieberman Award, which honors the nation's 0:02:03.840 --> 0:02:06.560 top point guard. She also won the Liberman Trophy back 0:02:06.600 --> 0:02:08.400 in twenty twenty one. 0:02:08.720 --> 0:02:09.320 More hoops. 0:02:09.400 --> 0:02:12.239 It's officially the end of an era, as Elena Deladan 0:02:12.320 --> 0:02:14.760 announced her retirement at the end of last week. The 0:02:14.760 --> 0:02:18.640 two time WNBA MVP shared the news on Instagram, writing quote, 0:02:18.680 --> 0:02:21.560 my body seemed to make this decision before my mind 0:02:21.600 --> 0:02:24.040 accepted it, but I now truly know this is the 0:02:24.120 --> 0:02:25.519 right thing for me at the right time. 0:02:25.760 --> 0:02:26.360 End quote. 0:02:26.520 --> 0:02:29.200 Deledhan led the Washington Mystics to a WNBA title in 0:02:29.200 --> 0:02:32.560 twenty nineteen, all while playing with three herniated disks in 0:02:32.600 --> 0:02:35.000 her back. She underwent two surgeries on her back in 0:02:35.040 --> 0:02:37.240 twenty twenty and then played just three games in her 0:02:37.360 --> 0:02:40.400 WNBA return in twenty twenty one. She played limited games 0:02:40.400 --> 0:02:42.640 in both twenty twenty two and twenty twenty three, and 0:02:42.680 --> 0:02:45.480 then sat out last season. Lena is one of my 0:02:45.639 --> 0:02:48.040 all time favorite players, a big that could shoot the 0:02:48.080 --> 0:02:50.960 three and bring the ball up, an absolute badass at 0:02:50.960 --> 0:02:54.320 the collegiate and pro level, and a truly wonderful, empathetic 0:02:54.400 --> 0:02:56.640 person who brought a unique perspective to the game and 0:02:56.760 --> 0:02:59.320 to life. Due to her sister Lizzie, who was born 0:02:59.360 --> 0:03:02.960 deaf and blind with cerebral palsy and autism. Elena's signature shoe, 0:03:02.960 --> 0:03:06.200 the air del Don, was built intentionally to allow access 0:03:06.240 --> 0:03:08.680 points for folks with special needs and designed with her 0:03:08.720 --> 0:03:11.440 sister in mind. Shout out to my memories of her 0:03:11.440 --> 0:03:13.919 first few months in Chicago, when we ate deep dish together, 0:03:13.960 --> 0:03:16.120 went to the beach with our dogs, and I tried 0:03:16.120 --> 0:03:19.360 to set her up with a hot, tall Midwestern dude. 0:03:19.440 --> 0:03:21.119 I was barking up the wrong tree there. 0:03:21.680 --> 0:03:25.040 Congrats on an amazing career, Elena, from wines to woodworking 0:03:25.080 --> 0:03:28.200 and your wife Amanda's incredible invention the shot fun. 0:03:28.639 --> 0:03:30.480 I can't wait to see what else is next for you. 0:03:31.440 --> 0:03:34.560 Two unrivaled friend of the show, Annie Constable, who's now 0:03:34.639 --> 0:03:37.040 with Front Office Sports, congrats on the job and the 0:03:37.040 --> 0:03:37.760 move to NYC. 0:03:37.920 --> 0:03:38.960 Annie wrote a. 0:03:38.880 --> 0:03:41.400 Story about the upstart three on three league, and it's 0:03:41.480 --> 0:03:41.920 really good. 0:03:41.960 --> 0:03:42.920 Inaugural season. 0:03:43.240 --> 0:03:45.880 Costable reported that the league made twenty seven million dollars 0:03:45.960 --> 0:03:49.000 in revenue in year one and per league commissioner Mickey Lawler, 0:03:49.080 --> 0:03:52.960 quote almost broke even while it often takes leagues years 0:03:53.040 --> 0:03:56.720 even decades to become profitable unrivaled execs believe the league 0:03:56.760 --> 0:03:59.360 could reach that threshold by next season. Will link to 0:03:59.400 --> 0:04:03.120 Annie Store in our show notes. Final piece of Hoops News. 0:04:03.160 --> 0:04:06.240 Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark is the latest guest on 0:04:06.320 --> 0:04:09.680 David Letterman's Netflix show My Next Guest needs no introduction. 0:04:10.160 --> 0:04:13.480 The episode available today includes a sit down at Letterman's 0:04:13.480 --> 0:04:16.560 alma mater, Ball State, footage from Letterman's visit to a 0:04:16.600 --> 0:04:19.480 Fever Sun game at Gainbergerina, and his trip to Clark's 0:04:19.560 --> 0:04:21.279 jersey retirement ceremony. 0:04:20.880 --> 0:04:24.039 In Iowa and February. One of my proudest moments in 0:04:24.080 --> 0:04:25.800 this business was getting. 0:04:25.560 --> 0:04:27.760 A call from the show to hop on a zoom 0:04:27.760 --> 0:04:30.760 with Dave and talk all things Clark to prep him 0:04:30.800 --> 0:04:31.560 for the episode. 0:04:32.040 --> 0:04:33.840 I'm a huge fan, like. 0:04:33.960 --> 0:04:36.680 Checked out books about Letterman starting at age eight with 0:04:36.880 --> 0:04:38.880 dreams of growing up to be a late night host. 0:04:39.320 --> 0:04:42.160 So spending ninety minutes just chopping it up about women's 0:04:42.160 --> 0:04:44.680 hoops and fielding all of his questions about Caitlin and 0:04:44.720 --> 0:04:48.320 the WNBA was genuinely an honor, and he was so 0:04:48.520 --> 0:04:51.040 cool and so interested in learning more. 0:04:50.960 --> 0:04:51.680 About the space. 0:04:52.000 --> 0:04:53.960 And I even get a nice thank you in the 0:04:54.000 --> 0:04:57.960 show credits a pinch me moment for sure to soccer. 0:04:58.000 --> 0:05:00.000 The US women's national team played its first of time 0:05:00.000 --> 0:05:02.840 two friendlies against Brazil on Saturday, winning two nil in 0:05:02.880 --> 0:05:05.680 the rematch of last summer's Olympic gold medal game. Over 0:05:05.760 --> 0:05:08.480 thirty two three hundred fans were in attendance for the 0:05:08.520 --> 0:05:12.279 first ever women's professional sporting event at SOFI Stadium in 0:05:12.320 --> 0:05:15.599 southern California. Trinity Rodman suited up for the national team 0:05:15.600 --> 0:05:17.880 for the first time since winning gold in Paris and 0:05:17.960 --> 0:05:20.080 scored in just the fifth minute of the game. 0:05:20.720 --> 0:05:22.360 Now, given that Rodman's been dealing. 0:05:22.080 --> 0:05:24.880 With back injuries for years, her choice of Sally had 0:05:24.960 --> 0:05:27.599 a lot of people, including the team's medical staff, a 0:05:27.600 --> 0:05:30.960 little bit worried she faked a back injury after the goal, 0:05:31.040 --> 0:05:34.280 before laughing and dancing instead. After the game, Rodman said 0:05:34.279 --> 0:05:35.960 she should have told the medical staff of her CELLI 0:05:36.000 --> 0:05:38.520 plans in advance before adding quote, but you know you 0:05:38.600 --> 0:05:42.000 gotta keep people on their toes end quote. Lindsay Heaps 0:05:42.160 --> 0:05:44.600 formerly Haran made it too nil for the US in 0:05:44.640 --> 0:05:47.160 the second half thanks to a penalty kick earned by 0:05:47.200 --> 0:05:50.839 Lily Johannes and goalkeeper Fallen Tellis. Joyce earned a shutout 0:05:50.880 --> 0:05:53.440 in her US women's national team debut. The US and 0:05:53.480 --> 0:05:56.720 Brazil meet again tonight in San Jose, California. That game 0:05:56.760 --> 0:05:59.960 starts at ten thirty pm Eastern. You can watch on TBS, MAC, 0:06:00.279 --> 0:06:04.559 Universo or Peacock to College Gymnastics, The National Championship field 0:06:04.600 --> 0:06:10.679 is down to eight teams, with LSU, Michigan State, Utah, UCLA, Oklahoma, Missouri, Florida, 0:06:10.760 --> 0:06:13.640 and Alabama making the cut for the National Championships in 0:06:13.680 --> 0:06:17.120 Fort Worth, Texas, on April seventeenth and nineteenth. In addition 0:06:17.160 --> 0:06:20.240 to those eight teams, the top twenty individual athletes from 0:06:20.240 --> 0:06:24.120 teams that didn't qualify will also compete. That includes Olympian 0:06:24.200 --> 0:06:27.760 and Oregon State athlete Jade Carey. While Carrie has won 0:06:27.800 --> 0:06:30.719 two Olympic gold medals and three world titles in her career, 0:06:30.920 --> 0:06:34.599 an NCUBA title still eludes her. She's won five medals 0:06:34.600 --> 0:06:37.440 at the NCUBA Championships during her time at Oregon State, 0:06:37.560 --> 0:06:38.640 but never a gold. 0:06:40.800 --> 0:06:42.680 We got to take a quick break when we come back. 0:06:42.839 --> 0:06:44.279 Is that sweat or tears? 0:06:44.800 --> 0:06:47.039 A little bit of both, to be honest, a little 0:06:47.040 --> 0:06:49.479 bit of both. Two thirds of Big Citrus went to 0:06:49.520 --> 0:06:51.600 Tampa and we're back to tell you all about it, 0:06:51.680 --> 0:07:03.440 stick around, welcome back slices, Big Citrus, here to chat 0:07:03.480 --> 0:07:06.120 about all things NCAA tournament. 0:07:06.720 --> 0:07:08.120 I can't believe the season's over. 0:07:08.240 --> 0:07:10.240 It was like it totally lived up everything, but it's 0:07:10.240 --> 0:07:12.840 still a giant bummer. Misha and I were both in Tampa, 0:07:12.920 --> 0:07:14.680 so we have some stories to tell about parties and 0:07:14.720 --> 0:07:16.640 events and everything else. And of course we'll all get 0:07:16.640 --> 0:07:20.560 into some conversation about pagebackers, legacy, yukon getting back on 0:07:20.640 --> 0:07:23.240 top and everything else. But Mesh, I think if I 0:07:23.280 --> 0:07:25.600 was gonna sum up Tampa in one word, it would 0:07:25.640 --> 0:07:26.800 just be sticky. 0:07:26.680 --> 0:07:27.760 Mm hmm yep. 0:07:28.000 --> 0:07:29.560 Very accurate, very accurate. 0:07:30.160 --> 0:07:30.400 Man. 0:07:30.560 --> 0:07:32.440 First of all, when I checked the weather as I 0:07:32.480 --> 0:07:35.280 was packing and it said ninety one degrees every day, 0:07:35.320 --> 0:07:38.240 I'm like, but not really, it won't really be ninety one. 0:07:38.120 --> 0:07:39.440 Every No, it was. 0:07:40.280 --> 0:07:43.360 And as soon as I stepped outside even for a minute, 0:07:43.760 --> 0:07:45.920 my body would go, oh, are we working out great? 0:07:46.000 --> 0:07:47.440 And then just start pouring sweat. 0:07:47.600 --> 0:07:50.400 Yep. And anytime I had to go anywhere, everything is, 0:07:50.560 --> 0:07:52.920 you know, within like two blocks three blocks of each other. 0:07:53.000 --> 0:07:54.960 So we were like, yeah, let's walk. We don't need 0:07:54.960 --> 0:07:56.080 to uber baby. 0:07:56.080 --> 0:07:56.560 When I tell you. 0:07:56.680 --> 0:08:00.240 I hit that spin scooters so quickly I could. I've 0:08:00.320 --> 0:08:02.240 never been more uncomfortable in my entire life. And I've 0:08:02.240 --> 0:08:04.440 been to Cairo, Egypt. Like it was hot. 0:08:05.360 --> 0:08:08.239 Yeah, it reminded me of Miami, but in like August, 0:08:08.360 --> 0:08:11.240 where you walk outside and your sunglasses steam up and 0:08:11.320 --> 0:08:12.280 you have to my glasses. 0:08:12.280 --> 0:08:13.960 You can't see y'all can't see this, but I have 0:08:14.080 --> 0:08:16.880 my glass. My glasses were fogged up every time I 0:08:16.920 --> 0:08:18.760 wore them. It was in April. 0:08:19.200 --> 0:08:21.160 In April, and then the hair. 0:08:21.680 --> 0:08:23.880 It reminded me of New Orleans for the Super Bowl, 0:08:23.920 --> 0:08:26.480 Like I couldn't go outside for one second without looking 0:08:26.520 --> 0:08:29.080 like Monica from Friends when she went to that tropical island. 0:08:29.160 --> 0:08:32.720 I was like, this is it was a lot. I 0:08:32.760 --> 0:08:34.720 do not know how people live that way. Every time 0:08:34.760 --> 0:08:36.720 I stay, I'm from Chicago and people like, mmm, but 0:08:36.840 --> 0:08:40.280 it's so cold. I'm like, bitch, I get seasons and 0:08:40.320 --> 0:08:42.360 we just go inside to like a cool pub with 0:08:42.400 --> 0:08:43.760 a fireplace and enjoy it. 0:08:43.840 --> 0:08:46.000 We're not like, I don't know how they're I don't 0:08:46.000 --> 0:08:48.079 know how they're doing that down there, Misha. 0:08:48.080 --> 0:08:49.640 I want to start by hearing about your weekend with 0:08:49.720 --> 0:08:52.120 Rising media Stars. This is the group you were selected 0:08:52.120 --> 0:08:54.559 to be a part of that's run by La China Robinson. 0:08:54.880 --> 0:08:56.400 What was it like? I saw you down on the 0:08:56.400 --> 0:08:57.600 court for all the games? 0:08:57.800 --> 0:09:02.120 It was once again incredible, ten out of ten, no notes. 0:09:02.280 --> 0:09:06.880 When I tell y'all the China Robinson is, I said 0:09:06.920 --> 0:09:09.480 her name. That's all I had to do in all 0:09:09.520 --> 0:09:12.839 of these spaces, and Everybody's like, oh yeah, she just 0:09:13.120 --> 0:09:15.840 she carries so much power, but she carries it so 0:09:15.920 --> 0:09:19.760 gracefully and the reason she you know, wielded it. This 0:09:19.800 --> 0:09:21.720 weekend was for the five of us in my cohort 0:09:21.960 --> 0:09:24.400 for the class of twenty twenty five of her mentorship program. 0:09:24.400 --> 0:09:26.640 And man, when I tell you, we were at every 0:09:26.679 --> 0:09:30.360 press conference, every open locker room, every mixed media zone, 0:09:30.679 --> 0:09:34.360 every networking event. It was exhausting, as you can probably guess. 0:09:34.600 --> 0:09:37.600 But also like I feel like every time I leave 0:09:37.640 --> 0:09:39.800 a weekend with that crew, I feel more and more 0:09:39.800 --> 0:09:41.720 confident about, you know, what it is I want. 0:09:41.559 --> 0:09:42.840 To do, and so amazing. 0:09:42.920 --> 0:09:45.600 It's just I can't even put it all into words. 0:09:45.640 --> 0:09:47.439 I just want to say, shout out to her, Shout 0:09:47.440 --> 0:09:50.160 out to Kevin Nixon, shout out to Ty Davis who 0:09:50.200 --> 0:09:53.480 was helping us out Shantiana Key's one of the members 0:09:53.520 --> 0:09:55.880 of a former class. She was there helping us out. 0:09:56.000 --> 0:09:58.120 I mean, and I met so many of the folks 0:09:58.160 --> 0:10:00.320 we've had on the show too. I was able to, 0:10:00.800 --> 0:10:02.920 you know, step aside for a second and say hey, 0:10:02.920 --> 0:10:05.360 by the way, I also produce good game with Air 0:10:05.440 --> 0:10:11.760 Spain and Nancy Armor any constable Katie Barnes, thank. 0:10:11.520 --> 0:10:12.200 You for coming on. 0:10:12.360 --> 0:10:14.720 You know that was just it was incredible in so 0:10:14.760 --> 0:10:15.560 many different ways. 0:10:16.200 --> 0:10:19.040 And you said no notes, but you actually had notes 0:10:19.080 --> 0:10:21.240 with you at all times. Oh yeah, me had this 0:10:21.440 --> 0:10:25.600 notebook just like top to bottom, handwritten notes. You could 0:10:25.600 --> 0:10:27.840 tell that they were just like putting in work all weekend. 0:10:28.240 --> 0:10:30.480 I have to say my favorite thing was I was 0:10:30.520 --> 0:10:32.800 spending most of my time up in the espnW swite. 0:10:32.880 --> 0:10:35.239 So first of all, shout out espnW for the hospitality. 0:10:35.600 --> 0:10:38.120 I was bringing in friends of the show, Jane McManus, 0:10:38.200 --> 0:10:40.800 Aaron Foley, all these folks just like just tell them 0:10:40.840 --> 0:10:42.560 where's sweet we're in and come on in. We don't 0:10:42.600 --> 0:10:44.400 need to get any permission. So shout out to the 0:10:44.440 --> 0:10:46.800 SPNW for the hospitality. But from my vantage point, I 0:10:46.800 --> 0:10:49.800 could always see me shown on the court, creeping court, 0:10:50.640 --> 0:10:53.840 creeping because Okay, first of all, most of the time 0:10:54.080 --> 0:10:57.080 when you weren't directly doing something like chatting with someone 0:10:57.120 --> 0:10:58.840 or taking a photo, you were dancing, which I just 0:10:58.920 --> 0:11:01.920 loved because I can see energy from afar and I 0:11:01.920 --> 0:11:04.200 could see how excited you were. You were just so 0:11:04.400 --> 0:11:07.240 pumped to be on the floor surrounded by these athletes 0:11:07.280 --> 0:11:09.040 like you were just dancing every time I looked at you, 0:11:09.240 --> 0:11:10.960 except for the one time when you were zipping up 0:11:11.000 --> 0:11:14.480 your fly now, which was hilarious because I was already 0:11:14.520 --> 0:11:17.320 filming you, like to see, because I was like, let 0:11:17.400 --> 0:11:19.640 me film me, like just like behind the scenes style 0:11:19.720 --> 0:11:22.240 taking a picture with the cohort, And then you turned 0:11:22.280 --> 0:11:24.760 toward me in the camera and I see you fumbling 0:11:24.760 --> 0:11:27.160 with you I'm like, oh, me had her fly down, 0:11:27.679 --> 0:11:30.680 and they were like mid many photos. So the first 0:11:30.679 --> 0:11:33.400 however many photos taken, you one thousand percent have your 0:11:33.400 --> 0:11:33.800 fly down. 0:11:33.880 --> 0:11:34.960 It was not my fly. 0:11:35.320 --> 0:11:38.000 I did not, so Sarah text to be afterwards to 0:11:38.040 --> 0:11:40.800 confirm or deny that fact, and I was reading it 0:11:40.840 --> 0:11:42.880 so quickly, so many things were happening. I said, yes, 0:11:43.200 --> 0:11:45.679 it was not my fly, it was my belt and 0:11:45.720 --> 0:11:48.400 I wanted to tuck my shirt in. Okay, so I 0:11:48.440 --> 0:11:52.079 did not have my fly down, but I did think 0:11:52.120 --> 0:11:54.800 that video was absolutely hilarious because you can kind of 0:11:54.840 --> 0:11:57.480 see my head bobbing and I'm lokey like me and 0:11:57.520 --> 0:11:59.040 the camera van are going back and forth. 0:11:59.280 --> 0:11:59.880 My guy time. 0:12:00.240 --> 0:12:02.240 It's all of But I was like, now, Ty, why 0:12:02.280 --> 0:12:04.160 are you gonna take this picture? When I've turned the 0:12:04.240 --> 0:12:06.400 other way? He was clicking, I heard the shutter. 0:12:07.480 --> 0:12:09.400 Can I ask for a video review on this? I 0:12:09.440 --> 0:12:11.400 want to see the original footage for me. 0:12:11.760 --> 0:12:14.800 The footage is on Sarah's Instagram. I'm not all the 0:12:14.840 --> 0:12:17.640 way turned towards her, so you know. 0:12:17.679 --> 0:12:20.439 She's doing something down there, is all I'm saying. Maybe 0:12:20.440 --> 0:12:22.680 it was a tuck, maybe it was a zip. Either way, 0:12:23.600 --> 0:12:25.080 I'm glad you had a good time. You ended up 0:12:25.080 --> 0:12:27.240 at a party with a bunch of coaches dancing, which 0:12:27.280 --> 0:12:28.959 I love a little behind the scenes on the coaches 0:12:29.040 --> 0:12:29.560 letting loose. 0:12:30.200 --> 0:12:36.280 Yeah it was your favorite player's favorite coach was in there. Yeah, 0:12:36.400 --> 0:12:39.040 having a great time, and I was having a great time. 0:12:39.160 --> 0:12:42.240 It was The party was fantastic. I got a shout 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:45.880 out my fellow Virginia native Kenneth Panell, who throws that party. 0:12:45.920 --> 0:12:46.800 I believe every year. 0:12:46.840 --> 0:12:49.160 This is my first time working a Final Four having 0:12:49.160 --> 0:12:51.040 that you know level of. 0:12:51.240 --> 0:12:53.360 I don't know, networking connections access. 0:12:53.520 --> 0:12:56.920 Yeah, so I'd never been to them, but supposedly it's 0:12:56.960 --> 0:12:58.640 the best party of the Final Four every year, so 0:13:00.200 --> 0:13:03.120 up to expectations, Like I don't even I don't want 0:13:03.160 --> 0:13:04.360 to say too much. 0:13:05.520 --> 0:13:07.720 Well, while you were there, I was at the Together party, 0:13:07.880 --> 0:13:11.800 which had just a tiny VIP list of Diana Tarassi, 0:13:11.920 --> 0:13:16.320 Sue Bird, Brienna Stewart, Aliah Boston, Aliah Edwards. You know, 0:13:16.480 --> 0:13:19.120 just like a you know, it was chill. It was chill, 0:13:19.200 --> 0:13:23.680 but the parties were good. The Final Four Tourney Town, 0:13:23.760 --> 0:13:25.520 presented by Capitol One was awesome. 0:13:25.679 --> 0:13:27.880 Like, the activations were next level. 0:13:27.920 --> 0:13:30.400 It was really cool to see how much brands put 0:13:30.480 --> 0:13:32.720 behind the activations that they did there. 0:13:33.280 --> 0:13:35.760 The kids everywhere so cute. 0:13:35.679 --> 0:13:39.160 Yeah, I mean and adults, and like the enthusiasm was 0:13:39.240 --> 0:13:43.200 next level, which was awesome. My live show with Diana 0:13:43.240 --> 0:13:45.240 and Sue went really great. Y'all can listen to that. 0:13:45.320 --> 0:13:47.240 The episode is up. We were hoping to get some 0:13:47.280 --> 0:13:50.080 more video and maybe even throw the whole show up 0:13:50.360 --> 0:13:52.120 so you can watch the whole thing. We're still working 0:13:52.160 --> 0:13:54.760 on all that, but definitely go back and listen, especially 0:13:54.760 --> 0:13:57.480 the part about the retirement gift for Diana. We will 0:13:57.480 --> 0:14:00.280 have more details on that. It is in the works 0:14:00.320 --> 0:14:02.680 of being built, but thankfully she did not punch me. 0:14:02.720 --> 0:14:03.880 She was excited about it. 0:14:04.200 --> 0:14:06.800 As we were walking backstage after the show, she goes, wait, 0:14:07.000 --> 0:14:09.360 is that like real? Though, I'm like, oh, honey, it's real, 0:14:09.520 --> 0:14:12.920 Like there's going to be a bench in Wisconsin in 0:14:12.960 --> 0:14:16.360 the middle of a random park that is yours. But yeah, 0:14:16.400 --> 0:14:18.320 there will be an elaborate ribbon cutting. I think I'm 0:14:18.320 --> 0:14:20.640 gonna bring a live goat that seems appropriate. If I 0:14:20.640 --> 0:14:23.280 can't get Diana there, we'll at least have another goat 0:14:23.320 --> 0:14:25.800 or two. But yeah, there's a big plan around that. 0:14:25.920 --> 0:14:28.760 We'll let you know when that's happening. Speaking of goats. 0:14:28.760 --> 0:14:30.520 By the way, Mesha and I were in the w 0:14:30.680 --> 0:14:36.800 suite with Maya More and what was hilarious was I 0:14:36.880 --> 0:14:39.080 wore one of our shirts from the show Good Game, 0:14:39.120 --> 0:14:42.120 Good Game, F you, and it's just an F with asterisks. 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:45.240 But when I walked in, my friend from espnW, Serita, said, 0:14:45.240 --> 0:14:47.400 oh my god, I love the shirt blah blah blah, 0:14:47.440 --> 0:14:49.720 and Sid and TP were like, well, who's the FU 0:14:49.800 --> 0:14:53.000 And I'm like h Sidney Cholson and Teresa plays once 0:14:53.000 --> 0:14:54.480 who'd been on the show before Friends of the Show, 0:14:54.640 --> 0:14:56.000 and oh my god, I got to figure it out. 0:14:56.000 --> 0:14:59.040 And then Serita was like, yeah, whoever takes a fence 0:14:59.080 --> 0:15:00.200 at the shirt first? 0:15:00.480 --> 0:15:01.560 And I'm like, yeah, perfect. 0:15:02.200 --> 0:15:04.640 So then later in the suite, I asked Maya for 0:15:04.680 --> 0:15:08.000 a selfie and she and her handler are like, okay, 0:15:08.000 --> 0:15:10.280 but you can't get the shirt in it. Oh my god, 0:15:10.880 --> 0:15:13.760 she is a woman of God. And I was like, oh, no, 0:15:14.000 --> 0:15:14.880 rules are rules. 0:15:15.280 --> 0:15:18.320 Oh rules are rules. Good game, good game. F you 0:15:18.480 --> 0:15:19.920 Maya Moore is I guess you. 0:15:19.960 --> 0:15:21.960 Left that context out when you told me about what 0:15:22.000 --> 0:15:22.440 I know. 0:15:22.680 --> 0:15:24.560 Oh? All I told you was that my made sure 0:15:24.600 --> 0:15:26.080 and I was trying to angle my body to make 0:15:26.080 --> 0:15:27.120 sure you couldn't see. 0:15:26.880 --> 0:15:28.320 The f and the asterisks. 0:15:28.480 --> 0:15:30.240 That's where you got to put out to her little hand, 0:15:30.560 --> 0:15:32.480 just a little hand on the tummy or somewhere. 0:15:32.680 --> 0:15:33.560 Just wow. 0:15:34.440 --> 0:15:36.240 Shout out to her for sticking with her principles. But 0:15:36.280 --> 0:15:37.800 I was cracking up when she said that, was like. 0:15:37.800 --> 0:15:41.760 Oh no, Maya, rules are rules. But the shirt got 0:15:42.040 --> 0:15:43.600 so much love. Can I tell you? 0:15:44.120 --> 0:15:46.840 Walking into the game, around the game, walking out of 0:15:46.840 --> 0:15:48.760 the game, walking down the street. I would just hear 0:15:48.800 --> 0:15:50.600 people saying it aloud, and then I would look at 0:15:50.600 --> 0:15:50.960 them and be. 0:15:50.920 --> 0:15:51.920 Like, oh, sorry, I like your shirt. 0:15:52.240 --> 0:15:55.280 They're like good game, good, Oh that's great, Like that's hilarious, 0:15:55.360 --> 0:15:56.120 or where can I get that? 0:15:56.320 --> 0:15:57.600 So it's a hit. 0:15:57.920 --> 0:16:01.080 Did you get to see slices in the wild wearing 0:16:01.160 --> 0:16:03.280 merch too? Because that blew my mind when I first 0:16:03.320 --> 0:16:04.320 started thinking about it. 0:16:04.840 --> 0:16:05.520 I sure did. 0:16:05.680 --> 0:16:07.480 There were a bunch of folks who came to the 0:16:07.520 --> 0:16:09.160 live show with Diana and Sue. 0:16:09.640 --> 0:16:10.880 I saw and I'm a slice. 0:16:11.000 --> 0:16:14.480 I saw a couple on with the bulls asked me 0:16:14.520 --> 0:16:16.960 about women's sports. I got sent a lot of photos 0:16:17.000 --> 0:16:20.640 of people in that. So yeah, the merch is out there, y'all. 0:16:20.760 --> 0:16:24.040 That was really exciting. That was really cool. All right, 0:16:24.040 --> 0:16:25.120 we gotta talk about the games. 0:16:25.400 --> 0:16:27.720 I mean, the parties were good, the events were good, 0:16:27.760 --> 0:16:30.840 the activations, Misha's pseudo internship. 0:16:32.640 --> 0:16:35.600 But the games. What what's happened? Y'all? 0:16:35.800 --> 0:16:38.520 We first of all, congrats to us on all of 0:16:38.520 --> 0:16:40.800 our predictions being correct as to who would win, and 0:16:40.840 --> 0:16:42.000 then literally nothing else. 0:16:44.120 --> 0:16:45.760 Let's start with those final four games. 0:16:45.800 --> 0:16:48.080 I mean, the Texas one wasn't that surprising to me 0:16:48.440 --> 0:16:51.720 as soon as their defense wasn't able to hold South 0:16:51.760 --> 0:16:54.000 Carolina in that first half. Even though it was a 0:16:54.040 --> 0:16:55.960 tight game at the half, you already knew that their 0:16:56.000 --> 0:16:59.360 strategy wasn't working and that South Carolina was gonna probably 0:17:00.240 --> 0:17:01.280 make their way. 0:17:01.360 --> 0:17:05.520 But I just didn't expect that big of a blowout. 0:17:05.800 --> 0:17:07.600 Yeah, I thought they would hang in there a little 0:17:07.640 --> 0:17:13.440 bit longer. I just think there's levels to this, right, 0:17:13.840 --> 0:17:16.560 Dawn and Gino ended up in the National Championship game 0:17:16.800 --> 0:17:19.760 in their squads as well. For a reason, they've found 0:17:19.840 --> 0:17:24.160 a formula that works season after season after season. And 0:17:24.520 --> 0:17:26.320 you know, Texas and Vic Schaeffer. I'm not gonna say 0:17:26.320 --> 0:17:27.200 he's not an amazing coach. 0:17:27.240 --> 0:17:27.760 We had him here. 0:17:27.760 --> 0:17:29.960 He's a friend of the show, you know. But Texas 0:17:30.040 --> 0:17:31.960 had a lot of pieces that hadn't quite been to 0:17:32.119 --> 0:17:35.199 that stage just yet. In South Carolina, as we know, 0:17:35.640 --> 0:17:39.280 won the National Championship last season going undefeated, so they've 0:17:39.320 --> 0:17:43.199 more than been there before and had that experience. And 0:17:43.240 --> 0:17:45.640