1 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where March Madness 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:04,640 Speaker 1: is officially here. 3 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:06,439 Speaker 2: Get ready by taping. 4 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:08,880 Speaker 1: Over the logo on your Gatorade water bottle meal prepping 5 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:12,120 Speaker 1: ahead of this weekend's marathon of games that stake and claimed. 6 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 2: To the comfiest spot on your couch. 7 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:16,239 Speaker 1: It's Wednesday, March eighteenth, and on today show will be 8 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:17,959 Speaker 1: skipping the need to know and getting right to my 9 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:19,480 Speaker 1: conversation with Texas. 10 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:20,800 Speaker 2: Longhorns point guard Rory Harmon. 11 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 1: With March Madness getting underway and the Longhorns hosting this 12 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 1: weekend's first and second round, I caught up with her 13 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 1: to talk Texas's commanding win over South Carolina to win 14 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 1: the SEC Tournament. How time off the court rehabbing knee 15 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 1: injury made her consider being a GM down the line, 16 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:37,240 Speaker 1: and what it means to know that she's the best 17 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:40,559 Speaker 1: defender Vick Schaeffer has ever coached. That interview, which we 18 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 1: recorded last week, is coming up right after this. Joining 19 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 1: us now, she's the starting point guard for the number 20 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 1: three ranked SEC Championship winning Texas Longhorns. A Houston native 21 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:00,080 Speaker 1: out of Cypress Creek High School. At Texas, she's a 22 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 1: four time All Defensive Team honoree twenty twenty three Big 23 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 1: Twelve Defensive Player of the Year, twenty twenty two Big 24 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:07,400 Speaker 1: Twelve Freshman at the Year, first freshman in Texas women's 25 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 1: basketball history, turn All American honors, and she's the school's 26 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:13,199 Speaker 1: all time steals and assists record holder, records that stood 27 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:16,120 Speaker 1: for forty plus years before she came along, the first 28 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:18,320 Speaker 1: and only player in D one women's basketball history with 29 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 1: at least fifteen hundred points, nine hundred assists, six hundred rebounds, 30 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 1: and three hundred fifty steals. She's a Wooden Award final fifteen, 31 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:26,720 Speaker 1: Naysmith Trophy Player of the Year Late Season Team, Naismith 32 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 1: Defensive Player of the Year Late Season Team, and one 33 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:31,960 Speaker 1: of five finalists for Nancy Lieberman point Guard of the Year. 34 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:34,319 Speaker 1: She's got a Florida ceiling shoe collection and a cat 35 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:35,119 Speaker 1: named Princess. 36 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:38,040 Speaker 2: It's Rory Harmon, Hi, Rory Hi. 37 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:39,120 Speaker 3: That was a lot. 38 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 2: Your bio's getting real long goal. 39 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:44,559 Speaker 3: I was sitting here like, oh wow, I forgot about 40 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 3: some of that stuff. Thank you. 41 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 2: You've done a lot. 42 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 1: I want to talk about the South Carolina win the 43 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: other day, because you split your regular season meetings with 44 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 1: that team. But the SEC title game was really never 45 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 1: in doubt. Y'all got off to a great start and 46 00:01:57,960 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: you never let up. So what was the game plan 47 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 1: and how did you execute it? 48 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 3: Honestly, the game plan was just like any other game plan. 49 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 3: I think that that was the fact of that we 50 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:11,520 Speaker 3: executed it like to like perfection almost this time. And 51 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:14,679 Speaker 3: I think when it comes to playing them, it's it's 52 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:17,120 Speaker 3: not about like, you know xes and o's, because we 53 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 3: kind of already know each other's x'es and o's pretty well. 54 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:22,920 Speaker 3: I think it's just about, like, especially in that series, 55 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:25,800 Speaker 3: we'rete both in our third game, like it's like who 56 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 3: is not tired and who's like ready to win and 57 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:32,680 Speaker 3: ready to go. And I thought with the way we started, 58 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 3: like against a South Carolina team like that was incredible, 59 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 3: And I mean the game plan was to really just 60 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:44,639 Speaker 3: play hard, play together, and play for a championship, play 61 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:46,839 Speaker 3: for our first championship, and so that's what we did. 62 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, of course you want to win your first SEC championship, 63 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 1: but also a little bit of revenge of course for 64 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 1: last year's lost to SC in the final four. 65 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:55,919 Speaker 2: Take me back to that game last year. 66 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 1: How long did it take you to move past the 67 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:02,080 Speaker 1: sadness of being bounced to recognize what a great season 68 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:03,079 Speaker 1: you guys had. 69 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean we did have a great season. It 70 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 3: was really long. It was our first Final Four appearance, 71 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 3: and yeah, unfortunately we did come up short against South 72 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 3: Carolina that year. But it's one of those things where 73 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 3: it's like, Okay, we lost, the season's over. It's almost 74 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 3: like what's our next step, Like what do we need 75 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 3: to do next? And I think we were all able 76 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:25,079 Speaker 3: to like get over that and get over the hunt 77 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 3: pretty quickly just to think about like our next steps 78 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:30,919 Speaker 3: and and the next season. And so they're a tough 79 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 3: team to beat, and I think we did learn a 80 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 3: lot from last year's game in the Final Four. But 81 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 3: when you think about it, it's like, Okay, they have 82 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 3: a completely different team. We have a completely different team. 83 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 3: There's a lot of differences from last year to this year. 84 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 3: And so I think even now that we're a better 85 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 3: basketball team than we were, even though we did go 86 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 3: to the Final four. So that says a lot, honestly. 87 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 3: But it's all about learning and learning from wins and losses, 88 00:03:57,240 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 3: and I think we're doing pretty well at that right now. 89 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, you also knew you were going to 90 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 1: be coming back with some great young talent that was 91 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 1: still going to be around, So that allows you to 92 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 1: start this year maybe feeling a little different coming back 93 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 1: together after a Final Four run. When you started this year, 94 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 1: did it feel like from the beginning, expectations were different 95 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 1: for what you might accomplish. 96 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:18,720 Speaker 3: Uh, Yeah, it was a little like one of those 97 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:21,039 Speaker 3: things where it starts off like, Okay, we'll just see 98 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 3: like how things flow. We got kind of a head 99 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,720 Speaker 3: start in Canada just to see like what we'll look 100 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:29,359 Speaker 3: like as a team. But when you take like the 101 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 3: new people that we got, like half our team was like, no, 102 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 3: it was just a lot to like try to figure out, 103 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 3: like where our chemistry will seem to like come together. 104 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:42,279 Speaker 3: And so I think when you look at like paper 105 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 3: and like who we have on our team, like I 106 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 3: thought we were going to be better, a better team 107 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:49,359 Speaker 3: before even like hitting the floor. It's hard to really 108 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 3: be better than a Final Four appearance team. But I 109 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 3: think that's what we were starting to figure out pretty 110 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:57,359 Speaker 3: earlier on in our season this year. So yeah, what 111 00:04:57,400 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 3: do you think? 112 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 1: Coach Vick Schaeffer has emphasized this year as the difference 113 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 1: between being a final four team and winning it all. 114 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 3: I think it's just like the discipline in leadership. I 115 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 3: think that's like basically what we've heard all year, like 116 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:13,560 Speaker 3: being disciplined, having focused in like leadership. I'm not I 117 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 3: think last year we had more people that were more 118 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 3: experienced in his type of play as far as like 119 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:24,359 Speaker 3: our leadership aspect. I think the top three people that 120 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:26,919 Speaker 3: has some experience and knowledge in this program is like 121 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 3: me with the five years that I have, and then 122 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:31,600 Speaker 3: you got Sarah Graves and then you have Maddie, Like 123 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 3: we all have three and up. Everybody else was just 124 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:38,600 Speaker 3: like one or two years in, and I think just 125 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:41,480 Speaker 3: this year it's like we have all the pieces to 126 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:44,279 Speaker 3: win all these games, but like how are we going 127 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:46,480 Speaker 3: to stay disciplined enough to like get to that point 128 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 3: and how are we going to make sure that we 129 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:51,720 Speaker 3: lean on like everyone stepping up and being a leadership 130 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 3: or starring in their role. And I think that's what's 131 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 3: going to separate us this year. 132 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 2: You were coaches first recruit at Texas. 133 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:01,400 Speaker 1: He actually started recruiting you in ninth grade when he 134 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:03,360 Speaker 1: was at Mississippi State, but then he took the job 135 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 1: at Texas and made you, Longhorn, what's your relationship like? 136 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 3: Uh, basically that I can't explain it any like. Further, 137 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:13,560 Speaker 3: I think people will get the grass when I say, like, 138 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 3: he recruited me at Texas for one week pretty much, 139 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 3: and I made the best relationship I did with any 140 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 3: of the coaches that recruited me, and they were all 141 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:27,160 Speaker 3: really great, but with him and Coach Lovato, like, it 142 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:31,080 Speaker 3: just felt like right. But as soon as he went 143 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:33,600 Speaker 3: over and got the higher for the University of Texas, 144 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:35,279 Speaker 3: I almost thought it was perfect. I thought it was 145 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:37,920 Speaker 3: God given that I was meant to be there and 146 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 3: played for him, And so we basically started this whole 147 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 3: beginning of this great, like winning elite program together, and 148 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 3: I think that explains a lot of our relationship and 149 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:50,599 Speaker 3: how we've been able to build that over the past 150 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:51,159 Speaker 3: five years. 151 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 2: He said, you're the best defender he's ever coached. 152 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:58,640 Speaker 1: Defense is effort, it's energy, it's just want to And 153 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:00,680 Speaker 1: I wonder how important it is for you to be 154 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:02,479 Speaker 1: great on that side of the ball, and when you 155 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:05,680 Speaker 1: realize that just wanting it more and working harder can 156 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 1: get you a lot on that side of the ball. 157 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 3: For him to say I'm the best defender he's ever's 158 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 3: coach is a really big deal to me. I mean, 159 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 3: you take me a five to six point guard, like 160 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 3: being the best defender you've ever had. It says a lot, 161 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 3: and I take a lot of pride when someone of 162 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 3: his caliber says such like great high things about you, 163 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 3: and so I just think it takes a lot of effort. 164 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 3: Like obviously the fundamentals like do help, Like when you 165 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 3: know the fundamentals of defense and you know the fundamentals 166 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 3: of his defense, I think it does really help. But 167 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 3: as far as just like me being as small as 168 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 3: I am and just being a tough competitor, I think 169 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 3: just being at the right place at the right time, 170 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 3: and just having so much experience with guarding like other 171 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 3: teams best players and other teams like point guards, like 172 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 3: I've just gotten a lot of reps with doing so. 173 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 3: And I think in practice, like I just I really 174 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 3: worked really hard just to become a really good defender, 175 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 3: because I want us to not only be like a 176 00:07:57,960 --> 00:07:59,880 Speaker 3: great point guard and a great leader, but I want 177 00:07:59,920 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 3: to to be a good defender. And that's that's caame. 178 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 2: That was I have. 179 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:05,520 Speaker 3: I played a lot of great defense in my like 180 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 3: in high school as well, Like I think it just 181 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:11,080 Speaker 3: was I'm not saying I perfected defense, but I think 182 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 3: I was working to perfect it and in my college days, 183 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 3: and so yeah, I think defense takes a lot of heart, 184 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:22,840 Speaker 3: Like I've looked back at some of the past years 185 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:26,760 Speaker 3: of how I played my defense, and I think, even 186 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 3: before knowing the knowledge of fundamentals, like, I just think 187 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 3: it takes a lot of heart, and it takes just 188 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 3: effort to play hard and do well. 189 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:37,960 Speaker 1: You mentioned covering the best player on the other team. 190 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:40,320 Speaker 1: Madison Booker has talked about how you always want that 191 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:41,920 Speaker 1: assignment and you get mad if you. 192 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 2: Don't get it. So what's so appealing to you about 193 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:44,760 Speaker 2: that challenge? 194 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:46,840 Speaker 1: Why do you like so much shutting down the other 195 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:47,960 Speaker 1: team's biggest weapon. 196 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:52,240 Speaker 3: I just think like defense truly like defines a game, 197 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:56,720 Speaker 3: Like how a team does defensively, like defines how the 198 00:08:56,760 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 3: game is going to go. And I think I think 199 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:02,679 Speaker 3: back to obviously most recent game was the championship Game 200 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:06,320 Speaker 3: of SEC like we were everywhere, like we play, we 201 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 3: were all locked in defensively together, and I think that 202 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 3: like just flows so well with the game of basketball, 203 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:16,400 Speaker 3: and it almost determines who's gonna win, And yeah, I 204 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:19,920 Speaker 3: think over time, like it was almost like a question 205 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,600 Speaker 3: like who should we put on this player? Who should 206 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:24,520 Speaker 3: we put on the best player? And I think when 207 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:27,320 Speaker 3: you shut out like a player who has so much 208 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 3: impact on their team, I think that that says a 209 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:32,720 Speaker 3: lot and it goes along with and I like being 210 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:36,160 Speaker 3: that person. I can do that and as long as 211 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:39,920 Speaker 3: as far as like my team, like we're great defenders, 212 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:43,440 Speaker 3: like but I I truly like just love having that 213 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 3: ability to be able to lock in on like my 214 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:49,240 Speaker 3: assignment for the game. Yeah, it's like it's like any 215 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:51,960 Speaker 3: anybody else's player. Like it may not be like to 216 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:54,199 Speaker 3: guard the best player, but like what do you need 217 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:55,679 Speaker 3: to do as a post where you need to get 218 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:57,680 Speaker 3: these rebounds? That's your assignment. You need to get this, 219 00:09:57,760 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 3: you need to do that. It's like everyone has an 220 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:02,480 Speaker 3: assign and I'm pretty sure everybody takes their assignment personally. 221 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 3: But my assignment is to try to take out the 222 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:06,440 Speaker 3: team's most impactful player. 223 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 2: So yeah, it's a big job. You did it great 224 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 2: against SC. 225 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:12,600 Speaker 1: I think only two players on that team in double 226 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:15,360 Speaker 1: figures in that game, which is wild considering some of 227 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 1: the you know, outputs we've seen from that team this year. 228 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:22,720 Speaker 1: What's the time you remember getting cooked? Has it happened 229 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:24,000 Speaker 1: to the great Rory Harmon? 230 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:24,640 Speaker 2: Who cooked you? 231 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:27,080 Speaker 3: As far as being like cooked and like I was 232 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:30,640 Speaker 3: like consistently scored on back to back, it might be 233 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:34,680 Speaker 3: I don't remember that, like like cooked is a. 234 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:37,720 Speaker 1: Maybe not fully cooked, maybe just beat a couple of times. 235 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:41,640 Speaker 3: I think like Vanderbilt was like an instance, like I 236 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:43,480 Speaker 3: wouldn't say like it was just like one on one 237 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 3: basketball where I just like truly couldn't guard the ball 238 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:50,320 Speaker 3: to save my life. But I think just them being 239 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 3: able to utilize and like set a lot of screens 240 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:55,840 Speaker 3: on me put me in situations where I would like 241 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 3: I can't like completely guard the ball by myself. I 242 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 3: think that was the time and that explains it we lost. 243 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 3: Like I like the assignment was not done. And I'm 244 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:09,040 Speaker 3: not saying I guarded michaeleb Blakes the whole time, but 245 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:13,559 Speaker 3: it to me, like that doesn't really matter, Like I 246 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:17,199 Speaker 3: still had the assignment and it didn't go the way 247 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:19,680 Speaker 3: we wanted to. But I think after that game, like 248 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 3: you kind of like wake back up again and like realize, okay, 249 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:26,720 Speaker 3: like that's us, not defending like costs us the game, 250 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:30,640 Speaker 3: like learn not defending, Yeah exactly, And it's not anything 251 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:33,040 Speaker 3: that's like heartbreaking, it's just like you just learned from it. 252 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:35,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, we got to take a quick break more with 253 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:46,680 Speaker 1: Rory Harmon. Right after this, you mentioned your size. You 254 00:11:46,679 --> 00:11:49,080 Speaker 1: play so much bigger than five six. You drive in 255 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 1: among the trees, you take charges from bigs that are 256 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:53,120 Speaker 1: like fifty pounds heavier than you are. 257 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:54,599 Speaker 2: You are absolutely fearless. 258 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:57,960 Speaker 1: At what age did you think, like, hmm, I'm probably 259 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 1: gonna need to be pretty strong and probably pretty savvy 260 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:02,679 Speaker 1: if I want to make it in the college game, 261 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:04,000 Speaker 1: if I don't get any bigger than this. 262 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:07,480 Speaker 3: I figured out pretty early in my career, honestly, Like 263 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:09,439 Speaker 3: I've always been smaller, and I used to play a 264 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 3: higher I used to play like a couple of years 265 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 3: older than me when I was younger as well, So 266 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:16,240 Speaker 3: a lot of the players were always just like bigger 267 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:20,240 Speaker 3: and and I just even the train with my dad, 268 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:22,480 Speaker 3: Like with my dad, he he knew like, Okay, you 269 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:24,800 Speaker 3: may not like grow as tall, and it wasn't necessarily 270 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:26,319 Speaker 3: like a concern, like it was just like one of 271 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:28,120 Speaker 3: the things where it's like okay, like we have this, 272 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:30,079 Speaker 3: let's what do we How are we going to work 273 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:32,480 Speaker 3: with it? So being able to handle the ball was 274 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:34,400 Speaker 3: like one of the things. Like being able to be 275 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:36,640 Speaker 3: closer to the ground is obviously a benefit. And then 276 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:40,400 Speaker 3: but yeah, with the strength and the defensive like mindset 277 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:43,240 Speaker 3: is like we got to get in the gym, Like 278 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:45,880 Speaker 3: it's not just like bast black key, Like you got 279 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:47,760 Speaker 3: to get strong and you got to be able to 280 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:50,800 Speaker 3: like be able to bang with other other players who 281 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 3: are pretty strong. I consider myself pretty strong when it 282 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 3: comes to the late room. I've been told for my 283 00:12:55,480 --> 00:13:00,280 Speaker 3: past like two strength coaches. So I think a lot 284 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 3: of people pay attention to like what happens on the court, 285 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:04,240 Speaker 3: but a lot of that stuff, like is the behind 286 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:06,040 Speaker 3: the scenes that really make make us who you are 287 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:06,800 Speaker 3: as players? 288 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, I want to talk about the behind the scenes 289 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:11,480 Speaker 1: of your injury because December of twenty twenty two, you 290 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:16,439 Speaker 1: suffer acl mcl meniscus tarentewed around the dreaded trifecta. Yeah, 291 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 1: so many questions about, you know, the comeback and what 292 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 1: you would look like after that. Take us behind the scenes, 293 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:24,240 Speaker 1: what we didn't see. What was the toughest part for 294 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 1: you about that recovery. 295 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 3: I think the toughest part obviously was just not playing 296 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:30,520 Speaker 3: the game of basketball. Like it wasn't even like the 297 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:33,920 Speaker 3: physical pain, Like it's just like the mental aspect of 298 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 3: like so you're like questioning yourself like every day, even 299 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:41,640 Speaker 3: though it's it's been like people have. You can see 300 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:44,040 Speaker 3: in other people like they had the same injury, they 301 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:46,240 Speaker 3: came back shortly, a bigger, better, faster, But like for 302 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 3: some reason, when it's just you and it's you that 303 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:51,120 Speaker 3: have been injured, you you like think like it's not 304 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:52,960 Speaker 3: going to happen, like, oh, I'm not going to be 305 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:55,440 Speaker 3: the same, Like it's just like the constant like battle, 306 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 3: like you're out for the game for so long, it's 307 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:00,200 Speaker 3: like how am I going to come back and be? 308 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:03,240 Speaker 3: And so I think as athletes, when you become when 309 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:05,719 Speaker 3: you're injured like that, it's not like necessarily like the 310 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 3: physical pain, that's like the worst part. That's probably that 311 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:11,760 Speaker 3: might be the easiest part, honestly because we're used to 312 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:14,400 Speaker 3: like going through some adversity and like our careers and 313 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:17,440 Speaker 3: doing things that aren't like that comfortable. But it was 314 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:20,240 Speaker 3: just like the mental part of like am I going 315 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:22,520 Speaker 3: to ever be able to run the same, like can 316 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:26,240 Speaker 3: I change directions the same? And the behind the scenes 317 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:28,720 Speaker 3: for me were just it was honestly incredible. Like the 318 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:31,360 Speaker 3: support I had here, they're all gonna say it was 319 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:35,120 Speaker 3: all me, but the sport that they gave me, the 320 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 3: mental release, the relief that they gave me just caused 321 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:42,720 Speaker 3: me to become stronger every day and not stronger physically, 322 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:45,400 Speaker 3: I'm talking about stronger mentally. And so I worked really 323 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:47,160 Speaker 3: hard in the off season, like there was not a 324 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 3: day that you're gonna catch me like slacking or anything 325 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 3: like I was going to always like work really hard 326 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:56,520 Speaker 3: to get back. And I do feel stronger, faster and 327 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 3: all the things. And it's been a little bit over 328 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:02,800 Speaker 3: to your since the injury, and so they say it 329 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:05,280 Speaker 3: takes like two years to really like kind of feel 330 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:08,880 Speaker 3: back to yourself, which it seems like a really long time. 331 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:12,120 Speaker 3: She're like, I got cleared at ten months, but a 332 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:14,960 Speaker 3: year and some months later now I finally feel like myself, 333 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 3: you know, And great, that's like the sad part that 334 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 3: it takes that long. But when you get to that point, 335 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 3: it just feels amazing and you look back on all 336 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:24,680 Speaker 3: the things that you went through and you're just truly grateful. 337 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:26,960 Speaker 1: You know, while you were injured, you still had a 338 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,520 Speaker 1: huge role on the team. Madison Booker had to play 339 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:31,560 Speaker 1: point guard as a freshman, as. 340 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:32,360 Speaker 2: A bigger player. 341 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:34,560 Speaker 1: Talk to me about coaching her up to take over 342 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:37,080 Speaker 1: your role and give her a grade as a point guard. 343 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:39,520 Speaker 3: To give her a grade, I give her a plus. 344 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:43,160 Speaker 3: I think when when you are thrown into the fire, 345 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:46,360 Speaker 3: especially for the University of Texas playing for coach Chafer, 346 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:49,760 Speaker 3: as a point guard, you get extra qudo points because 347 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:52,840 Speaker 3: of how challenging it can be, and especially for someone 348 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:55,800 Speaker 3: like her. She's not like she's a point forward, Like 349 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:58,240 Speaker 3: this isn't like this is like not even her position. 350 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 3: And I think she did really well to like manage 351 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:03,880 Speaker 3: so much of that. It's like it's a lot of pressure, 352 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:05,880 Speaker 3: and I think she turned that pressure into like a 353 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 3: huge opportunity. And like I said, I just think in 354 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:13,960 Speaker 3: that moment, I was not gonna let her be alone 355 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 3: because it can get really difficult and in the days 356 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:21,440 Speaker 3: can get really long and hard. But they still had 357 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 3: a championship though, and they still had a season to win, 358 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:26,880 Speaker 3: and so I was constantly in her ear. I was 359 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:29,640 Speaker 3: constantly like trying to talk to her and she came 360 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:31,880 Speaker 3: to me, and I think that's how our relationships really 361 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:35,360 Speaker 3: like started and become because it was like a relationship 362 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:39,680 Speaker 3: build on trust and being there for each other. And yeah, 363 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 3: she did really well, obviously, as everyone knows she I 364 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:47,160 Speaker 3: think she learned a lot as a player being thrown 365 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:49,000 Speaker 3: into that role, But I also learned a lot as 366 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:51,480 Speaker 3: a player that couldn't play in that moment, and I 367 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:52,360 Speaker 3: learned a lot from her. 368 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:54,120 Speaker 1: So yeah, I mean she added a whole bunch of 369 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 1: skills that are only going to help you and the 370 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:58,520 Speaker 1: team and her later in her career as well. You 371 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 1: two have been this incredible duo helping this Longhorned team 372 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:05,160 Speaker 1: become something very special. You're a fifth year senior. You're 373 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:08,159 Speaker 1: about to embark on one last tourney ride. What's the 374 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:09,600 Speaker 1: predominant emotion right now? 375 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:12,440 Speaker 2: Nervous? Excited? Are you sad it's almost over. 376 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:14,320 Speaker 3: With the way that we played in our last game, 377 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:18,120 Speaker 3: I'm excited, Like there's I can't really get too tied 378 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:20,480 Speaker 3: up in like emotions of it being like the last ride, 379 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:24,440 Speaker 3: because then you start making everything more than it needs 380 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:26,679 Speaker 3: to be. So I'm really just being like we're my 381 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:29,640 Speaker 3: feet are at and I'm truly just excited to see 382 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:31,879 Speaker 3: like what this team can do because I have a 383 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:34,600 Speaker 3: really good feeling like our chemistry is like coming together 384 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:37,240 Speaker 3: at a great moment right now, like we're sharing the ball, 385 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:40,520 Speaker 3: we're just playing hard, we're fighting for each other, and 386 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:43,920 Speaker 3: I just can't wait to see like what comes about 387 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:47,600 Speaker 3: of this. And I would say, I know it's good 388 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:49,439 Speaker 3: to like be on a good high right now, but 389 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:51,760 Speaker 3: you can't like let the highs get too high. You know. 390 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:53,760 Speaker 3: It's like one of those things when it comes to 391 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 3: like practice, it comes to these next games coming up, 392 00:17:56,080 --> 00:17:58,080 Speaker 3: like you got to lock back in, like we're still 393 00:17:58,080 --> 00:17:59,440 Speaker 3: fighting for for more. 394 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:01,959 Speaker 1: You sound like a fifth year senior. Be where your 395 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 1: feet are. Don't look ahead. I'm going to make you 396 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:06,399 Speaker 1: look ahead just slightly. But I'm gonna make it very simple. 397 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:09,360 Speaker 1: I want a three word scouting report on the two 398 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:10,199 Speaker 1: teams above you. 399 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:12,760 Speaker 2: So three words on UCLA. 400 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:18,960 Speaker 3: Experience tall you know, I'm going with discipline. 401 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:20,760 Speaker 2: Okay, good? What about you Khan. 402 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:27,199 Speaker 3: Star power? Like putting a dash in between, Yeah, we'll 403 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:30,600 Speaker 3: let you have that as one. I'm going with pace, 404 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:33,359 Speaker 3: and I'm going with grit. 405 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:36,840 Speaker 2: That's pretty good. Could also go as strong and it 406 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:37,920 Speaker 2: would be two things. 407 00:18:38,119 --> 00:18:40,359 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I was gonna say that, but I 408 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:42,240 Speaker 3: didn't want to, like, you know, make too many jokes 409 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:43,640 Speaker 3: today and I'm just kidding. 410 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:46,000 Speaker 1: Well, we're really excited to see how y'all are in 411 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:49,200 Speaker 1: the tournament. I've also loved watching all of your nil stuff. 412 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:51,960 Speaker 1: You're an Nile queen, You're such an action camera. I'm 413 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:54,760 Speaker 1: wondering what your aspirations are off the court, even if 414 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:56,000 Speaker 1: you're still playing or when you're done. 415 00:18:56,240 --> 00:18:59,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, no, I want to say thank you for that. 416 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:02,120 Speaker 3: It's like we're for us players to like become these 417 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:05,560 Speaker 3: like content creators. I still don't even consider myself a 418 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:08,040 Speaker 3: content creator. I'm just somebody who's like just doing their 419 00:19:08,119 --> 00:19:10,640 Speaker 3: job and making the most out of it. But as 420 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:12,240 Speaker 3: far as like off the court, I don't know. I 421 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 3: think I find like an interest in like filming about 422 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:19,320 Speaker 3: my life, you know, and like what's to come of it. 423 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:22,560 Speaker 3: I think a lot of like the world has shifted 424 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 3: to media and in the social media part, and obviously, 425 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 3: like YouTube was a huge thing even when I was younger. 426 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:32,800 Speaker 3: That's like what we watched instead of like TikTok and Instagram, 427 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:35,000 Speaker 3: it was like YouTube. And I'm not saying I'm gonna 428 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:36,800 Speaker 3: do YouTube. I'm just saying, like as far as like 429 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:41,560 Speaker 3: just like how people enjoy like watching like the flow 430 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:43,720 Speaker 3: of your life and like what's going on, and you 431 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:45,840 Speaker 3: can learn a lot from it. And that's what That's 432 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:47,800 Speaker 3: what I did growing up. I like I learned and 433 00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:50,439 Speaker 3: I enjoyed watching people and like what they did in 434 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:52,800 Speaker 3: their daily life. I think that's pretty fun and I 435 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:55,000 Speaker 3: think it's an interesting thing, Like it started off with 436 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:59,639 Speaker 3: my ACL injury, just like providing a platform for for 437 00:19:59,840 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 3: you know, younger athletes, like mostly females who have been 438 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:05,359 Speaker 3: through the same thing. It's it's nice to like share 439 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:08,719 Speaker 3: your knowledge on it. So yeah, and I like fashion 440 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:11,879 Speaker 3: and shoes like all that stuff. Like it's that comes 441 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:14,600 Speaker 3: together and it just like kind of makes me outside 442 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:15,480 Speaker 3: of like basketball. 443 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:17,800 Speaker 1: So yeah, I know a couple of hoopers who went 444 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:21,879 Speaker 1: from hoop into being stylists and things like that, So. 445 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 3: I don't necessarily know I'd be like a stylist, Like 446 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:27,840 Speaker 3: I think, I think it's fun to like see that 447 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:30,320 Speaker 3: from a distance, Like if that comes about and like 448 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:32,720 Speaker 3: that happens, that would be very interesting to me. 449 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:34,320 Speaker 2: But I don't, I don't know. 450 00:20:34,359 --> 00:20:36,479 Speaker 3: I like that's like the fun part like for me, 451 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:39,960 Speaker 3: like I would want to do, like become like a 452 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:43,480 Speaker 3: general manager of like a sports team, like a basketball team. 453 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:45,920 Speaker 3: Like that's that's something that I found an interest in, 454 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:49,399 Speaker 3: like the last like season actually like the characteristics and 455 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:51,560 Speaker 3: like what you have to have to like be a 456 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:53,680 Speaker 3: part of that. And I think, like I've built so much, 457 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:56,120 Speaker 3: I've learned so much by being a point guard here 458 00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:57,720 Speaker 3: like that, I feel like that would fit. 459 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:00,879 Speaker 1: Like, yeah, you take the suit bird route, go from 460 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:03,840 Speaker 1: point guard to GM of Team USA, put us together 461 00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:05,320 Speaker 1: dream teams. 462 00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:06,000 Speaker 3: That's one. 463 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:07,960 Speaker 1: Well, we can't wait to see what you do next, 464 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:09,840 Speaker 1: and we certainly can't wait to watch you in the tournament. 465 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:11,840 Speaker 3: Thanks so much, Rory, Thank you so much. 466 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:16,399 Speaker 1: Thanks again, Rory for taking the time. We're excited to 467 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:18,840 Speaker 1: watch the Longhorns in the tourney. We have to take 468 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:21,679 Speaker 1: another break when we return, a reminder that the clock 469 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:33,320 Speaker 1: is ticking. Welcome back, Slaicys. We love that you're listening, 470 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:34,640 Speaker 1: but we want you to get in the game every 471 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:36,840 Speaker 1: day too. So here's our good game play of the day. 472 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:39,760 Speaker 1: Have you filled out your good game bracket yet? 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Alex has too much integrity to 480 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:00,560 Speaker 1: need two chances, but the rest of us us will 481 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:01,160 Speaker 1: want them. 482 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:02,680 Speaker 2: You could even have one bracket for. 483 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:04,879 Speaker 1: What you want to happen and one for what you 484 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:08,000 Speaker 1: actually think will happen. And don't forget the Welcome to 485 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:10,920 Speaker 1: the March Madness bracket too, the podcast pool put together 486 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:12,479 Speaker 1: by the Welcome to the Party pod folks. 487 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:14,480 Speaker 2: We'll link to that one in the show notes as well. 488 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:18,280 Speaker 2: So many chances to win prizes. Get on it, y'all. 489 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:20,560 Speaker 1: We always love to hear from you, so hit us 490 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 1: up on email Good Game at wondermedianetwork dot com or 491 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:25,719 Speaker 1: leave us a voicemail at eight seven two two four 492 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:28,320 Speaker 1: fifty seventy, and don't forget to subscribe. 493 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:29,200 Speaker 2: Rate and review. 494 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:33,320 Speaker 1: It's real easy watch, wanting to see people win without 495 00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:37,320 Speaker 1: having to see people lose. Rating one of one confuse 496 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:41,440 Speaker 1: low Brain review Now. I know we can't have winners 497 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:44,320 Speaker 1: without losers, and I know the thrill of victory means 498 00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:47,159 Speaker 1: nothing without the potential for the agony of defeat. But 499 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 1: that doesn't mean I have to enjoy seeing all the 500 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:51,760 Speaker 1: sad faces of the losing teams in the NCAA tournament, 501 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:54,359 Speaker 1: all those tight close ups on a senior who's just 502 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:57,480 Speaker 1: seen her last chance slip through her fingers, the tears, 503 00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 1: the hands and the faces, the hugs. Man, I gotta 504 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:04,040 Speaker 1: buckle up and steal myself for impact. I can't be 505 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 1: this soft entering crunch time. It's March madness, Spain. Get 506 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:08,280 Speaker 1: your head in the game. 507 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:09,920 Speaker 3: All right. 508 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:12,119 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do a couple win sprints, find a speedbag 509 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:15,160 Speaker 1: to take out my aggression, maybe pound a few protein shakes, 510 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:18,520 Speaker 1: glass of raw eggs. I gotta get my mind right, slices, 511 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:22,560 Speaker 1: no prisoners, no pity. We like winners, only winners in 512 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:26,639 Speaker 1: this house. All right, that's your turn, Y'll rate and review, 513 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:30,359 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, See you tomorrow. Good game, Rory, Good 514 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:33,159 Speaker 1: game Texas on your first SEC Attorney title in just 515 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:36,280 Speaker 1: your second year in the conference. 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