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Speaker 1: Welcome back to sometimes. I hope today we've got Canada's

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Speaker 1: Big East Tournament MOP twenty twenty three, Big East Most

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Speaker 1: for the Canadian basketball team none other than Yukon superstar

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Speaker 1: Aleiah Edwards. Thanks for hopping on, Thank you for having

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Speaker 1: me so excited. Just to quick get into things. I

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Speaker 1: But I mean, I think you're right. The Big East

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Speaker 1: No, you're right, And I feel like, you know, Yukon

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, you're completely right. I think like rivalries

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Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure, I feel like there's so much competition.

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Speaker 1: I want you to give me. You know, you don't

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Speaker 1: start for NC State Senai Rivers. Give me something about her.

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Speaker 3: I will say that when we played her, for sure,

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Speaker 1: Slow, Yeah, she's a bucket and I feel like transferring

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, And it's funny. I actually did play Rokia when

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Speaker 3: But yeah, she's just a dog, and I think that

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Speaker 1: Yeah, she's a bucket like our guard. And then last one,

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Speaker 3: Right right, I'm saying, pull up every second, and yeah,

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Speaker 3: left to it. When we played against her, it was

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Speaker 1: I feel like even when you have on a scating

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Speaker 1: It's not right. It's like if I could, you think

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Speaker 3: At what I have You think you think I'm not

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so horrible. But diving back into you talking a

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Speaker 1: Stealing my questions here because I was gonna talk about Yeah,

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Speaker 3: soaking up everything that I could do. Asking questions was

435
00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:38,240
Speaker 3: a big thing for me, and just learning from people

436
00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:41,199
Speaker 3: who are experience and people who were in the position

437
00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:43,600
Speaker 3: that I want to be. And so I loved playing

438
00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:46,960
Speaker 3: with pros at the young age. You know, there's times

439
00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:48,800
Speaker 3: where I learned my lesson, like yeah, I can't go

440
00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:51,560
Speaker 3: for that shot because I'm going against a six seven woman.

441
00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:52,960
Speaker 2: Yes, and I'm a little girl.

442
00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:56,159
Speaker 3: So there's times where I got taught my lesson, but

443
00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:59,879
Speaker 3: other times it really helped me be more a versatile player,

444
00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:01,960
Speaker 3: not just a one level player, oh for sure.

445
00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:04,960
Speaker 1: And I feel like playing against older women as I've

446
00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:08,040
Speaker 1: gotten into the league, you can really tell, like you're younger,

447
00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:09,919
Speaker 1: you could probably get around quicker or do someing that,

448
00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:12,199
Speaker 1: but they are so much more efficient, Like they know

449
00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:14,840
Speaker 1: how to get to their spots so easily. And I

450
00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:17,760
Speaker 1: bet for you, like coming from algebra and geometry and

451
00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:19,760
Speaker 1: these women just drop off their kids like it's just

452
00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:22,879
Speaker 1: a different They just understand different things, right, And so

453
00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:25,040
Speaker 1: I think it translates to the cour just in terms

454
00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:28,160
Speaker 1: of like their basketball knowledge is at such a different

455
00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:30,760
Speaker 1: level that being a sponge allows you to learn so

456
00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:33,360
Speaker 1: much and then incorporate it into your own game. It's

457
00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:36,600
Speaker 1: really great. But diving into a little bit about growing

458
00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:39,520
Speaker 1: up in Canada, I bet your recruiting process was different

459
00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:43,040
Speaker 1: than a lot of us had. So what was recruiting like,

460
00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:45,760
Speaker 1: not only being in another country but going through it

461
00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:49,600
Speaker 1: during COVID dealing with all that, How was your recruiting process?

462
00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:53,040
Speaker 3: It actually wasn't too bad. I think that my mom

463
00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:57,200
Speaker 3: was a big core and just taking all the load

464
00:21:57,280 --> 00:21:59,880
Speaker 3: for that because I went to two different high schools.

465
00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:03,159
Speaker 3: My second high school for my last two years, I

466
00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:06,320
Speaker 3: went to a prep school and we were able to

467
00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:09,199
Speaker 3: play in the US a lot of times, so I

468
00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:13,320
Speaker 3: got to play against some Americans and kind of shown

469
00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:15,920
Speaker 3: my name and stuff like that, but it was really

470
00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:19,320
Speaker 3: from like Canada basketball. And I also went to a

471
00:22:19,359 --> 00:22:23,320
Speaker 3: Basketball without Borders camp and that really helped push my

472
00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:25,600
Speaker 3: name out there. And I think that it was hard

473
00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:29,440
Speaker 3: to seek opportunities, but I really had to earn opportunities

474
00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:32,560
Speaker 3: through playing with like my provincial team, playing with the

475
00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:36,600
Speaker 3: national team, and really just be patient. And I think

476
00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:40,720
Speaker 3: that eventually the calls and the mail, you know how

477
00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:44,720
Speaker 3: it goes like, comes at you fast. But yeah, my

478
00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:48,320
Speaker 3: parents definitely family. They really helped ease the stress and

479
00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:51,280
Speaker 3: helped me have a smooth recruiting process.

480
00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:55,040
Speaker 1: But getting towards the end of the recruiting process, what

481
00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:58,360
Speaker 1: set you kind of part from the other schools that

482
00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:00,520
Speaker 1: were recruiting you, That made you I don't want to

483
00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:01,400
Speaker 1: go to Connecticut.

484
00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:05,880
Speaker 3: It was tough because like me as a person, I'm

485
00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,479
Speaker 3: very like it's hard to say no to you or

486
00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:10,399
Speaker 3: if you know, when you get that call from that

487
00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:15,359
Speaker 3: coach and they're like not feeling you, not really a

488
00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:17,560
Speaker 3: good fit for me, it was hard to be like no,

489
00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:21,800
Speaker 3: like I'm not going to come here, right, So that

490
00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,000
Speaker 3: out of the whole process, that was the hardest thing

491
00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,879
Speaker 3: for you to do, just saying no, or to letting

492
00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:28,960
Speaker 3: them know that I'm not going to go but no.

493
00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:33,000
Speaker 3: I think that for Yukon when I came on a visit,

494
00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:35,040
Speaker 3: I only went on one visit, which was here.

495
00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:35,760
Speaker 2: Uh.

496
00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:39,000
Speaker 3: It was really the team that drew me in and

497
00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:42,240
Speaker 3: obviously coach, but it was a team. And as I

498
00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:44,840
Speaker 3: said that, I'm a team player and if I can't

499
00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:46,560
Speaker 3: vibe with you, if we don't have a connection, if

500
00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:50,920
Speaker 3: we're not like minded athletes, then I feel like anything,

501
00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:54,000
Speaker 3: any execution is just not going to it through.

502
00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:54,920
Speaker 2: Right.

503
00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:57,920
Speaker 3: So I got a great vibe from the team, all competitive.

504
00:23:58,119 --> 00:24:02,560
Speaker 3: I saw practice, thought I could survive it until I

505
00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:05,199
Speaker 3: came in for the fall and was like maybe not,

506
00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:08,879
Speaker 3: but no. And then also coach he's a he's a

507
00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:11,120
Speaker 3: tough guy, but at the same time, it's all love

508
00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:13,680
Speaker 3: at the end of the day. He's very honest too.

509
00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:16,200
Speaker 3: I want someone to tell me, like what I'm doing

510
00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:18,359
Speaker 3: wrong and what I need to do better, tell it

511
00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:21,360
Speaker 3: to me straight type. But yeah, and then also on

512
00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:26,200
Speaker 3: my visit, coach texted Kobe and hit him up talking

513
00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:29,120
Speaker 3: about me, and he told me that he responded, and

514
00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:29,960
Speaker 3: I was just.

515
00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:34,680
Speaker 2: Like, yeah, this might be it, this might be it.

516
00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:38,720
Speaker 3: But unfortunately, like that's the same year he passed away,

517
00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:41,280
Speaker 3: So it's unfortunately we didn't get to connect or I

518
00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:43,480
Speaker 3: didn't get to to speak with him one on one.

519
00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:46,520
Speaker 3: But at the same time, I feel like just what

520
00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:51,400
Speaker 3: he's done throughout the NBA and also for women's basketball

521
00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:54,600
Speaker 3: has has been a bigger impact than anything I could

522
00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:55,000
Speaker 3: have asked for.

523
00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:59,120
Speaker 1: So yeah, well, Gino knew who to text, he knew

524
00:24:59,200 --> 00:24:59,720
Speaker 1: he knew.

525
00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:00,720
Speaker 2: Right, do you know what he's doing.

526
00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:04,760
Speaker 1: He's a smart man. He's a smart man, he is.

527
00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:08,920
Speaker 1: But so, you know, you get to Yukon your freshman year,

528
00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:11,760
Speaker 1: you talk about those first practices, those first three hour days.

529
00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:15,240
Speaker 1: They'll get you, they sure will. But so you get

530
00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:19,199
Speaker 1: to yukon, one of the historically best basketball programs in

531
00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:23,399
Speaker 1: the country, did you feel any type of pressure going

532
00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:25,960
Speaker 1: in your freshman year, being like, you know, credit an

533
00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,640
Speaker 1: a for yourself, but beyond that talking about the team,

534
00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:31,240
Speaker 1: there's a certain standard that they have and a legacy

535
00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:34,760
Speaker 1: that you're now joining, So is there I mean even

536
00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:37,480
Speaker 1: just beyond that, like the forward position you got my

537
00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:40,879
Speaker 1: more Stewie Tina Charles. Well, you know, what were your

538
00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:43,719
Speaker 1: expectations or what was your mindset heading into that freshman

539
00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:44,760
Speaker 1: summer freshman fall?

540
00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:48,879
Speaker 3: I would say, like the first for some summer workouts,

541
00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:51,680
Speaker 3: before you even got into preseason. It was summer workouts

542
00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:54,600
Speaker 3: that's really me getting you. So come in some workouts,

543
00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:56,520
Speaker 3: I was just like, you know, I'm just gonna give

544
00:25:56,560 --> 00:25:59,640
Speaker 3: it my best, go one hundred and fifty percent, try

545
00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:02,239
Speaker 3: not to make any mistakes. But everything I said I

546
00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:06,240
Speaker 3: did not do. So I think that it was hard

547
00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:10,359
Speaker 3: for me at first to adjust, and especially with COVID happening,

548
00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:14,360
Speaker 3: it was just very isolated workouts are very isolated training,

549
00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:17,680
Speaker 3: which was fine, but at the same time a lot

550
00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:21,320
Speaker 3: more pressure and expectation. As you talk about the standard,

551
00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:24,439
Speaker 3: there's a Yukon standard that coach and our team holds

552
00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:27,280
Speaker 3: ourselves to. And even when you walk into the building,

553
00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:29,360
Speaker 3: you're seeing all the greats on the wall and all

554
00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:32,560
Speaker 3: the banners in the gym. It's a lot, but at

555
00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:36,399
Speaker 3: the same time, each and every practice it was tough,

556
00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:40,560
Speaker 3: was intense, but it made you be a better basketball

557
00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:42,120
Speaker 3: player at the end of the day. And I feel

558
00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:45,280
Speaker 3: like every day I was challenged and every day I

559
00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:48,920
Speaker 3: got better, I got stronger, And I think my IQ

560
00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:53,399
Speaker 3: wise grew in that aspect because all the pressure that

561
00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:55,960
Speaker 3: we get in practice, it helps us in the games

562
00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,600
Speaker 3: and it does really carry over. So I think freshman

563
00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:02,119
Speaker 3: year in the beginning, I was nervous like anybody else,

564
00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:05,320
Speaker 3: but I came out thinking that I was the best

565
00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:07,520
Speaker 3: player on the course. So that's how I played. And

566
00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:09,800
Speaker 3: as I said, I do the little things and helped

567
00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:12,840
Speaker 3: me grow and helped me develop my game.

568
00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,320
Speaker 1: And I mean, you had an amazing freshman year. And

569
00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:18,040
Speaker 1: for me, what helped me was having those upperclassmen kind

570
00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:20,880
Speaker 1: of lead the way. And so coming into Yukon, there's

571
00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:23,919
Speaker 1: great players every year in every class. They were all

572
00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:27,960
Speaker 1: you know McDonald's this, TMO, say that whatever, and so

573
00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:31,240
Speaker 1: who were kind of the upper classmen that led the

574
00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:34,359
Speaker 1: way for you your freshman year to be able to learn from?

575
00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:39,280
Speaker 3: Yeah, definitely. My seniors were living in Nelson Ododa, Chris

576
00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:43,160
Speaker 3: and Williams and Amina Westbrook, and I feel like those

577
00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:46,640
Speaker 3: three they really tried to especially in a time when

578
00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:49,640
Speaker 3: it was kind of like there's no fans, so take

579
00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:52,879
Speaker 3: off that pressure. But yeah, it's very I don't know,

580
00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:55,360
Speaker 3: it was still very like heavy, like even though there's

581
00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:56,960
Speaker 3: no fans, it was kind of like a practice more

582
00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:59,480
Speaker 3: like a scrimmage every time you played a game, and

583
00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:01,560
Speaker 3: you know, coach can hear everything on the court at

584
00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:03,400
Speaker 3: that point, so you got to make sure that you're

585
00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:05,680
Speaker 3: on point. So I think that they really did a

586
00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:08,920
Speaker 3: great job just taking us under our wing and really

587
00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:12,040
Speaker 3: showing us the rope and showing us that we need

588
00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:14,560
Speaker 3: to be gritty, need to be aggressive, and need to

589
00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:17,879
Speaker 3: be fearless at the end of the day, because especially

590
00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:22,639
Speaker 3: my freshman class, they needed us. We came and like

591
00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:25,879
Speaker 3: me and Page, we came into the starting lineup pretty quickly,

592
00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:28,320
Speaker 3: so they need us to just be fearless and come

593
00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:31,080
Speaker 3: in and do what we do. And I think that

594
00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:33,560
Speaker 3: they really did a great job just being those leaders

595
00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:34,800
Speaker 3: that we can rely on for.

596
00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:37,400
Speaker 1: Talk about impact player. You came in. You were big

597
00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:39,400
Speaker 1: ee six one of the years of freshman, which is

598
00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:42,600
Speaker 1: a huge accolade to pick up that young already get

599
00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:45,800
Speaker 1: award like that, what does that propel you into that

600
00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:49,200
Speaker 1: next offseason? Really, because I feel like anytime you get something,

601
00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:52,000
Speaker 1: and I'm sure your mindset is the exact same, It's like, Okay,

602
00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:54,320
Speaker 1: what's the next thing now? I want to do more?

603
00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:54,800
Speaker 2: Right now?

604
00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:57,640
Speaker 1: Am I going to continue to build out this for

605
00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:00,920
Speaker 1: the next season? So picking up that recognition so young,

606
00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:03,080
Speaker 1: how did that propel you into your sophomore year?

607
00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:07,560
Speaker 3: I feel like, as you said, like anytime that you

608
00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:10,000
Speaker 3: choose something, you always want to shy for more. And

609
00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:12,600
Speaker 3: that's the type of person that I am and type

610
00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:15,160
Speaker 3: of player that I am, and I'm never satisfied. So

611
00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:19,400
Speaker 3: coming off my freshman season going into my sophomore year,

612
00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:22,440
Speaker 3: I was like, I need to do more. I can

613
00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:26,280
Speaker 3: be better, I can improve in different areas and not

614
00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:29,800
Speaker 3: just be recognized as just the rookie a good rookie.

615
00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:32,600
Speaker 3: And I think that at the same time, coming into

616
00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:35,520
Speaker 3: your sophomore year after a great freshman year, there's more

617
00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:39,160
Speaker 3: expectations and a little bit more pressure, like you got

618
00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:41,720
Speaker 3: to outdo what you just did. Yeah, So I think that,

619
00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:46,080
Speaker 3: especially that summer, I was in the gym working out,

620
00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:49,280
Speaker 3: putting up shots, getting into a routine, making sure that

621
00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:52,440
Speaker 3: I can kind of outdo myself what I did freshman year.

622
00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:55,160
Speaker 3: And at the same time, like even the work that

623
00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:57,080
Speaker 3: you put in, you might not get the results that

624
00:29:57,160 --> 00:30:00,600
Speaker 3: you want. And I think my freshman year wasn't what

625
00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:03,920
Speaker 3: I hoped for. But at the same time, I think

626
00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:06,440
Speaker 3: that it was a good place and a good time

627
00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:09,200
Speaker 3: for me and my college career to have that kind

628
00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:11,880
Speaker 3: of slump or to not be as productive so I

629
00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:13,920
Speaker 3: could learn from it, and I could it can grow

630
00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:15,400
Speaker 3: and be a better player out And I mean, you.

631
00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:17,400
Speaker 1: Came back to your sophomore year and had an amazing year.

632
00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:20,600
Speaker 1: But I think that mindset of being ready to build

633
00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:22,760
Speaker 1: and like I can bring more. And I think also

634
00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:24,600
Speaker 1: what you talked about, like having a little bit of

635
00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:27,920
Speaker 1: a slump, it really motivates you more than anything else. Yes,

636
00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:32,120
Speaker 1: Like when it's a slump, it's so frustrating because you know,

637
00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:34,800
Speaker 1: maybe I know for me, whenever I was in a slump,

638
00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:37,000
Speaker 1: it's like, now this is what people think I am,

639
00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:39,560
Speaker 1: and I'm like, I can bring so much more, Like now,

640
00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:42,040
Speaker 1: you know, in the expectation, I hope there's so much

641
00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:45,640
Speaker 1: going on internally, but you know, off your freshman year,

642
00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:48,320
Speaker 1: you guys go to the final four, losing to Arizona

643
00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:51,400
Speaker 1: that year? What do you think that did for the

644
00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:53,480
Speaker 1: locker room? Because it pushed you in another final four,

645
00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:55,880
Speaker 1: which we'll talk about later where we ended up meeting whatever.

646
00:30:56,360 --> 00:31:01,160
Speaker 1: But going off that final four loss, how does that

647
00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:03,200
Speaker 1: you know, kind of as a team because you guys

648
00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:06,200
Speaker 1: returned most of the players, you bring in Dorka, you

649
00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:08,840
Speaker 1: bring in Asy, a lot of big players. How does

650
00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:11,360
Speaker 1: that kind of propel you into that next summer of

651
00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:15,520
Speaker 1: working on that charisma, working on that chemistry, really locking

652
00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:18,400
Speaker 1: into different things. What was that Some are like after

653
00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:20,040
Speaker 1: a tough final four loss?

654
00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:25,200
Speaker 3: It was tough just because I think that obviously Yukon,

655
00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:27,880
Speaker 3: we've always been going to final fours and that type

656
00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:30,640
Speaker 3: of expectation. But to actually get to the final four

657
00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:34,320
Speaker 3: but not capitalize off of that, it really hit not

658
00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:36,680
Speaker 3: only myself but the whole team. And I feel like,

659
00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:39,680
Speaker 3: especially our freshman year, we were really pushing and there

660
00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:42,640
Speaker 3: was a great flow to our team, a great chemistry

661
00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:45,680
Speaker 3: that we had between not only the first five but

662
00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:48,680
Speaker 3: the second five, and I think we were really deep

663
00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:53,240
Speaker 3: in my freshman year. But yeah, summer workouts tough. The

664
00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:55,760
Speaker 3: mindset was like, we know we can make it back

665
00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:59,760
Speaker 3: there and do better, and we did anything that we

666
00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:01,760
Speaker 3: can and to work towards it.

667
00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:04,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean going into that next season, that was

668
00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:06,360
Speaker 1: kind of the last time you guys have been in

669
00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:10,960
Speaker 1: full strength, like everybody was healthy. When did you realize

670
00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:13,560
Speaker 1: with that team talking about that tough summer that you had,

671
00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:16,280
Speaker 1: when did you realize that you know, you were a

672
00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:19,360
Speaker 1: title contender, Like not only could you guys have a

673
00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:21,880
Speaker 1: great season get back to the final four, but you

674
00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:25,920
Speaker 1: had the firepower to actually get there and do something.

675
00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:29,560
Speaker 3: I think it wasn't until after you won the Big

676
00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:34,200
Speaker 3: East Conference, And I feel like whenever you win the conference,

677
00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:36,840
Speaker 3: you're just on a different level and a different vibe,

678
00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:39,280
Speaker 3: and I think the whole team is like, okay, like

679
00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:43,280
Speaker 3: we can really really do this. And as you said that,

680
00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:47,280
Speaker 3: we were pretty much healthy at that point and everybody

681
00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:51,360
Speaker 3: was doing the role. Everyone was playing to the strings

682
00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:54,120
Speaker 3: and giving one hundred and fifty percent at that point.

683
00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:56,600
Speaker 3: So I think once we hit the tournament, we were

684
00:32:56,640 --> 00:33:00,479
Speaker 3: just rolling, rolling, rolling, and it was all gas, no breaks,

685
00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:04,200
Speaker 3: and it was good until the last game, but yeah.

686
00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:08,400
Speaker 1: We'll get there, But it was all guests, y'all. Y'all

687
00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:11,280
Speaker 1: were rolling that year for sure, and so we ended

688
00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:13,480
Speaker 1: up meeting in the final four that year you guys won.

689
00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:17,000
Speaker 1: But talk a little bit about going back to the

690
00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:19,160
Speaker 1: final four. The final four, I always shot it like

691
00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:22,000
Speaker 1: people ask me how it is, it's really hard to explain.

692
00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:25,440
Speaker 1: There's such an energy, there's such a vibe, like it's

693
00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:27,480
Speaker 1: a surreal experience. So it taught to me a little

694
00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:31,080
Speaker 1: bit about how our game that led led into the

695
00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:32,160
Speaker 1: South Carolina Final.

696
00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:35,880
Speaker 3: I mean, coming into the final four when it's us

697
00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:38,800
Speaker 3: in Stanford, I believe it was the first time we

698
00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:42,120
Speaker 3: played you guys as well. So it was tough because

699
00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:45,560
Speaker 3: you guys had a lot of bucket getters, and when

700
00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:50,520
Speaker 3: you step into a final four atmosphere, you're thinking, Okay,

701
00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:52,880
Speaker 3: we can make it to the national championship game, but

702
00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:56,000
Speaker 3: we have to win this game first, so you can't

703
00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:59,400
Speaker 3: be thinking ahead too much. But no, it was tough

704
00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:03,720
Speaker 3: and Minnesota too, so it was you know, you guys

705
00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:06,000
Speaker 3: had your fans, We had our fans, so it was

706
00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:09,200
Speaker 3: just a great atmosphere. And about the same time, it

707
00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:14,080
Speaker 3: is a lot of outside noise that can get carried

708
00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:16,440
Speaker 3: away of what your team goal is, which is to

709
00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:19,200
Speaker 3: win and to do it effectively and to run the

710
00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:21,920
Speaker 3: things that you guys want to do and execute your place.

711
00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:24,200
Speaker 1: And I feel like there's so much that goes on

712
00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:27,280
Speaker 1: at Final four weekend. It's the media and then everybody's

713
00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:29,919
Speaker 1: at your practice, You're doing photo shoots, and then they're

714
00:34:29,960 --> 00:34:32,560
Speaker 1: talking about like the rivalries it's been on for years,

715
00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:34,760
Speaker 1: and I'm like, I just got here, Like I'm.

716
00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:36,280
Speaker 2: Just trying to focus on right now.

717
00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:39,600
Speaker 1: There's a lot going on. But that game, that was

718
00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:41,640
Speaker 1: a good game. I remember it was close. It was good.

719
00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:46,120
Speaker 1: But then leading into your first National Championship appearance, which

720
00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:48,759
Speaker 1: was for Yukon, I want to say, first time in

721
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:52,120
Speaker 1: six years playing South Carolina, I know the energy for

722
00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:55,759
Speaker 1: that game was off the charts and you played a

723
00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:57,799
Speaker 1: lot of players who are now in the league doing

724
00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:00,880
Speaker 1: amazing things. How tough was that game?

725
00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:05,440
Speaker 2: Man? It was so tough, so tough.

726
00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:08,560
Speaker 3: I think, you know, even before the game, obviously love

727
00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:12,640
Speaker 3: Alia Boston, it was like Aliah versus Leia, and yeah,

728
00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:14,960
Speaker 3: we were saying like Battle of the Braids, and it

729
00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:17,880
Speaker 3: was like this whole thing off the court and I'm like, girl,

730
00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:19,239
Speaker 3: we're just here to play basketball.

731
00:35:19,239 --> 00:35:20,160
Speaker 2: I'm trying to focus on.

732
00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:24,560
Speaker 3: The game, not other stuff, but no, being the dominant

733
00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:27,440
Speaker 3: player that she is, and and they're a big team

734
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:31,680
Speaker 3: and we didn't have as much size at that time,

735
00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:34,799
Speaker 3: and we knew that was gonna be our disadvantage going

736
00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:37,520
Speaker 3: into that game. But at the same time, it wasn't

737
00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:40,799
Speaker 3: like something that it wasn't like we were thinking that

738
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:43,279
Speaker 3: we were five points behind going into the game. We

739
00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:46,520
Speaker 3: were thinking, like, let's attack them first, but we know

740
00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:48,360
Speaker 3: that they're gonna attack back. But we got to be

741
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:51,120
Speaker 3: able to what's like our response gonna be to when

742
00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:53,120
Speaker 3: Day attack us. And I think it was a game

743
00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:56,120
Speaker 3: of runs, a game of possessions. It was a tough

744
00:35:56,160 --> 00:35:59,720
Speaker 3: game for sure, especially on the rebounding. They kicked our butts.

745
00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:02,200
Speaker 3: But yeah, it was a good game for me to

746
00:36:02,239 --> 00:36:05,520
Speaker 3: play and against personally, because like a lot is at stake,

747
00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:08,840
Speaker 3: anything that you do can be for you or be

748
00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:12,120
Speaker 3: against you. So if you make your wrong decision dribble

749
00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:15,919
Speaker 3: into double team, yeah that's five points already, that's what's gone.

750
00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:19,480
Speaker 3: And you think you can't be thinking about the last play,

751
00:36:19,719 --> 00:36:22,399
Speaker 3: especially in the National championship game because one and done. Yeah,

752
00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:25,000
Speaker 3: so it was a good learning experience for me for sure,

753
00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:27,120
Speaker 3: But it's a tough game to play.

754
00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:29,759
Speaker 1: It's tough. The Natty is tough, and losing in the

755
00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:32,760
Speaker 1: final four, losing the Natty is really hard just because

756
00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:35,239
Speaker 1: like not only it's the end of your season, but

757
00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:38,319
Speaker 1: losing in a Natty it's like the confetti's flying and

758
00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:40,800
Speaker 1: it's all you see on social media for the next

759
00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:44,640
Speaker 1: like year. It's horrible. Yeah, And so talking about you

760
00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:47,239
Speaker 1: know it was a great game for you, how did

761
00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:50,640
Speaker 1: that kind of influence your summer that you had, because

762
00:36:50,680 --> 00:36:54,160
Speaker 1: coming in your junior year, your game like you were

763
00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:57,080
Speaker 1: already here and it just it broke through to a

764
00:36:57,080 --> 00:36:59,760
Speaker 1: whole another level your junior It was really a breakout

765
00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:02,640
Speaker 1: year in my opinion for you. But you know, what

766
00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:05,239
Speaker 1: did you really focus on that off season for your

767
00:37:05,239 --> 00:37:08,040
Speaker 1: sophomore In junior year, we get from averaging eight points

768
00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:10,319
Speaker 1: a game to sixteen and a half. So what were

769
00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:12,640
Speaker 1: your focuses that led to you being able to have

770
00:37:12,680 --> 00:37:13,640
Speaker 1: that breakout season?

771
00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:17,839
Speaker 3: For me, it was more about I felt like I

772
00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:20,719
Speaker 3: was very limited, especially in that National championship game. I

773
00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:24,120
Speaker 3: felt like they took away the one thing I could do,

774
00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:28,040
Speaker 3: which is basically get to the basket. So that off

775
00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:30,000
Speaker 3: season I was like, I need to be more of

776
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:33,359
Speaker 3: a versatile player. I need to be more of like

777
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:37,480
Speaker 3: a hybrid like slasher, more like extend my game out

778
00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:40,160
Speaker 3: to the perimeter because I know that if they take

779
00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:43,160
Speaker 3: away one thing, I can back it up with another gear.

780
00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:45,239
Speaker 3: So that was kind of my mindset going in my

781
00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:49,120
Speaker 3: off season, being able to have a shot, being also

782
00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:52,680
Speaker 3: able to get to the rim and add different different

783
00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:55,839
Speaker 3: things in my bag as well, not just being able

784
00:37:55,880 --> 00:37:59,040
Speaker 3: to do a layup, but being able to add footwork

785
00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:01,920
Speaker 3: beyond balance and all this type of stuff. So I

786
00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:03,520
Speaker 3: knew that I could be better than what I showed

787
00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:05,880
Speaker 3: a National championship game, and that was really my motivator.

788
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:08,160
Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, I mean, girl, we saw you're back into

789
00:38:08,239 --> 00:38:10,960
Speaker 1: up you taking people off the bounce, You're doing xyz.

790
00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:13,960
Speaker 1: I think you know your scout definitely became a lot

791
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:16,719
Speaker 1: tougher for every evdent that had to play you. And

792
00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:20,120
Speaker 1: so that season you have a few key injuries. How

793
00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:25,399
Speaker 1: did that impact your leadership? Because watching you not only

794
00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:27,680
Speaker 1: playing against you, but now watching you from a distance

795
00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:29,680
Speaker 1: to this and that you can see the impact that

796
00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:31,839
Speaker 1: you have as a leader on the floor. People look

797
00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:34,560
Speaker 1: to you. You're a source of energy but also keeping

798
00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:37,600
Speaker 1: people calm. This, and the third. So how were you

799
00:38:37,680 --> 00:38:39,960
Speaker 1: able to kind of now you're an older person on

800
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:42,720
Speaker 1: the team, which is always a weird dynamic shift.

801
00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:44,760
Speaker 2: Oh my god, yeah, it's weird.

802
00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:47,359
Speaker 1: So like people loosen up to you now, So how

803
00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:49,279
Speaker 1: did you kind of take on that role not only

804
00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:51,560
Speaker 1: on the court, but in the locker room checking on

805
00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:52,840
Speaker 1: teammates as more than players.

806
00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:53,560
Speaker 2: This, that, and third.

807
00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:56,680
Speaker 3: It's a lot and I think that especially being a

808
00:38:56,760 --> 00:39:00,759
Speaker 3: leader like you, you understand more about the person that's

809
00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:02,879
Speaker 3: coming up to you because you've lived through it. You've

810
00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:06,239
Speaker 3: experienced it, so you kind of have some stuff that's like, oh,

811
00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:08,520
Speaker 3: this is what happened when I was in your boat

812
00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:10,399
Speaker 3: or I was in your position, so you can kind

813
00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:12,560
Speaker 3: of lean on that and help them out. But at

814
00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:14,799
Speaker 3: the same time, like it's easy off the court, but

815
00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:17,560
Speaker 3: on the court, I'm not really At the time, I

816
00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:21,440
Speaker 3: wasn't the most vocal leader, and I think that coach

817
00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:25,960
Speaker 3: and the coaching staff really emphasize on having me be

818
00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:29,120
Speaker 3: that presence for them because it was a tough time.

819
00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:31,120
Speaker 3: We went through a whole bunch of injuries, and I

820
00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:34,359
Speaker 3: think each and every year now we're going into preseason like, yeah,

821
00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:38,280
Speaker 3: we got this, we got all the players, we're full team,

822
00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:41,359
Speaker 3: we're fully healthy, and then something just strikes us down.

823
00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:44,520
Speaker 3: But whatever strikes you down, you'll be able to build

824
00:39:44,520 --> 00:39:47,160
Speaker 3: it back up. And I think that it really relied

825
00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:50,600
Speaker 3: on faith and relying on one another to help me

826
00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:53,640
Speaker 3: with my leadership role. And I think that, you know,

827
00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:55,839
Speaker 3: as we do get older, not too old though, but

828
00:39:55,880 --> 00:40:00,239
Speaker 3: as you get older, the body feels old. Yeah, we

829
00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:04,000
Speaker 3: learned different things, and we learned that we're not only

830
00:40:04,080 --> 00:40:05,880
Speaker 3: playing for ourselves, so we were playing for other people.

831
00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:08,239
Speaker 1: And as you do get older, like senior year, the

832
00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:10,960
Speaker 1: body's feeling old, to get into practice is hard. This

833
00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:12,719
Speaker 1: is that hey, now let me tell you. Let me

834
00:40:12,719 --> 00:40:14,400
Speaker 1: tell you. Once you get to the league, all of

835
00:40:14,440 --> 00:40:17,400
Speaker 1: a sudden, you're young buck again. So I have to

836
00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:21,279
Speaker 1: be like, oh, rookie, you're young, You're feeling fresh. I'm like, what,

837
00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:30,320
Speaker 1: I'm tired. It's it's definitely an adjustment change. You talked

838
00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:33,000
Speaker 1: a little bit about, you know, come to the season healthy,

839
00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:35,000
Speaker 1: you got page back, you got a lot of players

840
00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:38,520
Speaker 1: healthy again, fresh freshmen, all these different things. But now

841
00:40:38,520 --> 00:40:41,160
Speaker 1: you have five players out again, Caroline Azy. The list

842
00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:43,880
Speaker 1: just goes on from the you know, outside people just like,

843
00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:46,640
Speaker 1: oh you CON's heart again, this and that. But coming

844
00:40:46,640 --> 00:40:51,360
Speaker 1: from the inside, how does the locker room have to

845
00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:53,919
Speaker 1: deal with that? You know, I know the people are injured,

846
00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:56,080
Speaker 1: amazing people, Aisy and Caroline going to be there cheering

847
00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:59,080
Speaker 1: you guys on, doing everything like that, But it definitely

848
00:40:59,160 --> 00:41:02,000
Speaker 1: changes the kind of vib especially when those injuries first

849
00:41:02,080 --> 00:41:04,520
Speaker 1: come out, seeing you know, they're not to your teammates,

850
00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:08,680
Speaker 1: that your friends get injured. So how are you as

851
00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:12,440
Speaker 1: a leader trying to you know, work through keeping people motivated,

852
00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:15,120
Speaker 1: keeping people locked in, not letting all the outside noise

853
00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:18,279
Speaker 1: step into what you guys are trying to and can't

854
00:41:18,320 --> 00:41:19,359
Speaker 1: still accomplish this.

855
00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:23,640
Speaker 3: Season, right, It's hard because you know, I think nowadays

856
00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:27,759
Speaker 3: media plays a big role in how we are and

857
00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:31,040
Speaker 3: how we perform on the court, So especially having bad

858
00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:35,400
Speaker 3: news and to see our teammates down, especially those Asy

859
00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:38,319
Speaker 3: and Caroline, you know, and the list goes on. But

860
00:41:40,040 --> 00:41:41,799
Speaker 3: one of the things is the leader I'm telling them

861
00:41:42,080 --> 00:41:45,040
Speaker 3: to do is like next man up, And even though

862
00:41:45,080 --> 00:41:50,000
Speaker 3: we're down one, it's really our mental toughness that's gonna

863
00:41:50,080 --> 00:41:53,560
Speaker 3: push us to add another teammate to help us out

864
00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:57,200
Speaker 3: on the court. And you know, it's not easy at all.

865
00:41:57,440 --> 00:42:01,319
Speaker 3: It can't be easy, But it's really about are what

866
00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:03,359
Speaker 3: we're really to do and as long as we play

867
00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:05,520
Speaker 3: with heart, that's gonna take us to the talk.

868
00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:07,800
Speaker 1: And I mean, like you said, the outside noise is

869
00:42:07,840 --> 00:42:09,840
Speaker 1: a lot, and people are gonna always give their opinions.

870
00:42:09,880 --> 00:42:13,480
Speaker 1: I think, especially being at a place like Yukon, the

871
00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:17,120
Speaker 1: standard is already that much higher. And I get that

872
00:42:17,160 --> 00:42:19,680
Speaker 1: being at Stanford it's the same thing. You don't get

873
00:42:19,719 --> 00:42:23,080
Speaker 1: the same leeway that other schools are gonna get because

874
00:42:23,120 --> 00:42:25,080
Speaker 1: of the history and the legacy that you're now a

875
00:42:25,080 --> 00:42:29,680
Speaker 1: part of. And so how do you deal with staying

876
00:42:29,680 --> 00:42:32,080
Speaker 1: locked in on the present. It's hard to not you

877
00:42:32,120 --> 00:42:34,200
Speaker 1: know this hard. You can go down a slippery slope

878
00:42:34,239 --> 00:42:36,600
Speaker 1: down the Twitter rabbit hole like we talked about earlier,

879
00:42:36,719 --> 00:42:40,000
Speaker 1: or there's a lot going on. So how are you

880
00:42:40,080 --> 00:42:43,560
Speaker 1: able to shift that focus to always be where your

881
00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:46,200
Speaker 1: feet are, not looking towards the future, not getting too

882
00:42:46,239 --> 00:42:48,600
Speaker 1: caught up in a poor performance or a loss, whatever

883
00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:50,719
Speaker 1: it may be, but really staying grounded.

884
00:42:51,520 --> 00:42:53,680
Speaker 3: I think that one of the biggest things is I

885
00:42:53,719 --> 00:42:56,279
Speaker 3: do rely on my faith and I think that I

886
00:42:56,320 --> 00:42:58,920
Speaker 3: give myself grace. I think that's where you have to

887
00:42:58,960 --> 00:43:03,440
Speaker 3: start because everything happens for a reason and it may

888
00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:07,839
Speaker 3: not be positive, but there could also be reward that

889
00:43:07,880 --> 00:43:10,600
Speaker 3: comes with it. And I think that one of the

890
00:43:10,640 --> 00:43:13,719
Speaker 3: things that I try to focus on is living for

891
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:16,800
Speaker 3: the day and taking it day by day and doing

892
00:43:16,800 --> 00:43:20,080
Speaker 3: something to challenge me every day so that when the

893
00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:22,239
Speaker 3: time comes or I'm in the storm or I hit

894
00:43:22,320 --> 00:43:25,520
Speaker 3: a wall, I'll be able to persevere over that. But

895
00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:29,239
Speaker 3: as you said, it's hard, but as student athletes we

896
00:43:29,360 --> 00:43:31,960
Speaker 3: learn to live with it and not let it affect

897
00:43:32,040 --> 00:43:35,720
Speaker 3: us some days. But I think that it really relies

898
00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:39,360
Speaker 3: on the team and the chemistry and how connected we

899
00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:42,800
Speaker 3: are and how we play together, because if you play

900
00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:46,120
Speaker 3: as a whole, nothing can break you, guys. And that's

901
00:43:46,160 --> 00:43:48,560
Speaker 3: really what we've been relying on these past couple of

902
00:43:48,680 --> 00:43:52,880
Speaker 3: months now and really relying on just keeping the energy

903
00:43:52,960 --> 00:43:54,440
Speaker 3: up and staying positive.

904
00:43:54,520 --> 00:43:57,480
Speaker 1: Giving yourself grace is really something. It doesn't come easy.

905
00:43:57,600 --> 00:44:01,000
Speaker 2: It takes time, not easy, it does.

906
00:44:01,040 --> 00:44:03,680
Speaker 1: That's something a lot of athletes can not get so

907
00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:06,000
Speaker 1: hard on yourself because I think what makes you so

908
00:44:06,160 --> 00:44:08,719
Speaker 1: great is also being able to be critical and look

909
00:44:08,920 --> 00:44:11,160
Speaker 1: like this is what needs to be better. Watching film

910
00:44:11,280 --> 00:44:14,320
Speaker 1: even when it sucks, but it's like, okay, but you

911
00:44:14,320 --> 00:44:17,080
Speaker 1: you also did this. Well, there's this positive I think

912
00:44:17,120 --> 00:44:21,080
Speaker 1: giving grace is something that every athlete continues to work

913
00:44:21,080 --> 00:44:24,160
Speaker 1: on throughout their career, talking about positivity and this and

914
00:44:24,200 --> 00:44:26,759
Speaker 1: that Page is back this year. So what is it

915
00:44:26,920 --> 00:44:29,480
Speaker 1: like having somebody like her healthy again. You two have

916
00:44:29,560 --> 00:44:31,359
Speaker 1: kind of been a duo for a few years now,

917
00:44:31,640 --> 00:44:33,680
Speaker 1: and now you're both out there for what's been a

918
00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:36,040
Speaker 1: full season so far. So what has that been like

919
00:44:36,080 --> 00:44:37,560
Speaker 1: having her back on the court for you?

920
00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:39,320
Speaker 2: Oh, it's been great.

921
00:44:39,440 --> 00:44:41,560
Speaker 3: It's like a breath of fresh air, not only for

922
00:44:41,640 --> 00:44:44,240
Speaker 3: myself but for the team. And as we've been talking about,

923
00:44:44,280 --> 00:44:47,560
Speaker 3: like with the injuries and everything, especially when someone like

924
00:44:47,640 --> 00:44:50,719
Speaker 3: Page goes down, who you know, everyone loves her as

925
00:44:50,719 --> 00:44:53,160
Speaker 3: a teammate and everyone loves her on the court and

926
00:44:53,239 --> 00:44:56,200
Speaker 3: off the court. It's just it just brings like like

927
00:44:56,239 --> 00:44:58,839
Speaker 3: a black cloud over the team. But to have her back,

928
00:44:58,920 --> 00:45:02,960
Speaker 3: it's like rainbows and sunshines and on the court, you know,

929
00:45:03,040 --> 00:45:05,719
Speaker 3: I'd be missing the dimes that she'd be giving me,

930
00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:08,200
Speaker 3: So I'm glad to have her back. And I think

931
00:45:08,239 --> 00:45:11,000
Speaker 3: it's just her passion for the game is really what

932
00:45:11,160 --> 00:45:13,560
Speaker 3: drives her to be the great player that she is,

933
00:45:13,600 --> 00:45:15,759
Speaker 3: but also helps us to be a great team. And

934
00:45:16,280 --> 00:45:20,319
Speaker 3: she's really the backbone that helps us. And yeah, that's

935
00:45:20,320 --> 00:45:22,960
Speaker 3: what I'm saying. Our two man game, I don't know,

936
00:45:23,680 --> 00:45:24,640
Speaker 3: it's giving.

937
00:45:24,360 --> 00:45:27,920
Speaker 2: Shock and Kobe. You know what I'm saying, Like, hey man,

938
00:45:28,040 --> 00:45:28,560
Speaker 2: it's good.

939
00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:32,120
Speaker 1: It's so much the show. Yeah, talking about all the

940
00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:34,839
Speaker 1: different weapons that you guys have. Obviously somebody like Page,

941
00:45:34,840 --> 00:45:36,640
Speaker 1: who's amazing you have yourself. You have a lot of

942
00:45:36,680 --> 00:45:40,520
Speaker 1: great people. And earlier we talked about freshmen across the

943
00:45:40,560 --> 00:45:43,480
Speaker 1: country and how amazing they're doing. I think your two

944
00:45:43,560 --> 00:45:45,840
Speaker 1: freshmen who are starting right now with KK and Ashland

945
00:45:45,880 --> 00:45:48,160
Speaker 1: are kind of going under the radar in terms of

946
00:45:48,239 --> 00:45:50,920
Speaker 1: top freshmen. They may not be having like these gaudy

947
00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:53,600
Speaker 1: numbers or this and that, but they've been steady and

948
00:45:53,719 --> 00:45:55,800
Speaker 1: they've been giving the team what you guys need. So

949
00:45:56,560 --> 00:45:58,560
Speaker 1: talk a little bit about what they've been able to

950
00:45:58,640 --> 00:46:00,920
Speaker 1: bring to that team. Both of them really stepping into

951
00:46:01,040 --> 00:46:03,520
Speaker 1: roles that you know, who know if they would have

952
00:46:03,600 --> 00:46:06,080
Speaker 1: had these roles injuries. They're stepping up with that next

953
00:46:06,120 --> 00:46:06,880
Speaker 1: man mentality.

954
00:46:07,480 --> 00:46:10,160
Speaker 3: Absolutely, and I think that you could probably relate to

955
00:46:10,239 --> 00:46:12,879
Speaker 3: this as well. Being a freshman and asked to even

956
00:46:12,920 --> 00:46:14,279
Speaker 3: be in the starting lineup.

957
00:46:13,960 --> 00:46:15,120
Speaker 2: Even if it's for one minute.

958
00:46:15,640 --> 00:46:18,480
Speaker 3: It is a lot, especially when you come out for intros.

959
00:46:18,520 --> 00:46:21,279
Speaker 3: You're like, oh wait, I'm not just saying that to

960
00:46:21,320 --> 00:46:25,320
Speaker 3: go play a game, right, So it's a lot. But

961
00:46:25,560 --> 00:46:28,479
Speaker 3: I'm super proud of them because you know, as you said,

962
00:46:29,000 --> 00:46:32,760
Speaker 3: maybe if things didn't go the way they did this season,

963
00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:35,440
Speaker 3: they may have not been in the same position to

964
00:46:35,600 --> 00:46:37,960
Speaker 3: be in the starting lineup or to be asked to

965
00:46:38,040 --> 00:46:40,000
Speaker 3: do as much as they're doing right now. But I

966
00:46:40,120 --> 00:46:42,160
Speaker 3: think that one of the things that I've been trying

967
00:46:42,200 --> 00:46:44,440
Speaker 3: to tell them and they've been doing well with is

968
00:46:44,560 --> 00:46:48,280
Speaker 3: just to play fearless. And I tell them that you're freshmen,

969
00:46:48,840 --> 00:46:51,080
Speaker 3: it's your first year of college. You're gonna make mistakes.

970
00:46:51,480 --> 00:46:54,000
Speaker 3: It's okay to make mistakes, but you want to make

971
00:46:54,120 --> 00:46:56,640
Speaker 3: less mistakes and more buckets.

972
00:46:56,280 --> 00:46:59,239
Speaker 2: And more great plays. Yeah, more good, yes than the bad.

973
00:46:59,760 --> 00:47:02,279
Speaker 3: But no, they're holding their own out there, and I

974
00:47:02,360 --> 00:47:04,840
Speaker 3: think that it starts in practice. They're putting in the

975
00:47:04,920 --> 00:47:07,600
Speaker 3: work in practice, and that's where the trust and we

976
00:47:07,680 --> 00:47:10,480
Speaker 3: can build off of that in the games. And I'm

977
00:47:10,480 --> 00:47:13,640
Speaker 3: super proud of them. They're they're putting out. Maybe not

978
00:47:13,840 --> 00:47:16,200
Speaker 3: as much big of the numbers as we're hearing with

979
00:47:16,280 --> 00:47:18,760
Speaker 3: the other freshman class, but they're still putting on numbers

980
00:47:18,800 --> 00:47:21,600
Speaker 3: and it's effective and they're efficient doing it.

981
00:47:21,719 --> 00:47:23,759
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that they're playing their roles that they've

982
00:47:23,800 --> 00:47:26,480
Speaker 1: been asked to play at the highest capability. Like you said,

983
00:47:26,600 --> 00:47:29,920
Speaker 1: like obs freshmen, especially KK playing the point like turnovers

984
00:47:29,920 --> 00:47:30,680
Speaker 1: are bound to occur.

985
00:47:30,840 --> 00:47:35,680
Speaker 2: But girl, my gosh, give us a positive show. That's right, Ashley, get.

986
00:47:35,600 --> 00:47:38,759
Speaker 1: Your buckets, like there's things you can figure out. But

987
00:47:39,040 --> 00:47:41,640
Speaker 1: talking a little bit about Yukon and people flying under

988
00:47:41,640 --> 00:47:45,399
Speaker 1: the radar. CD is such an icon of the mind.

989
00:47:45,520 --> 00:47:47,400
Speaker 1: I know when I was being recruited by Yukon, I

990
00:47:47,520 --> 00:47:49,600
Speaker 1: was like, I love Like that was one of the

991
00:47:49,680 --> 00:47:50,400
Speaker 1: hardest calls.

992
00:47:50,560 --> 00:47:52,239
Speaker 2: Was I trid, you know, to say no.

993
00:47:52,719 --> 00:47:55,359
Speaker 1: But I also called CD. I was like, you, girl,

994
00:47:55,840 --> 00:47:59,800
Speaker 1: you're amazing. It's not for me, But like CD is

995
00:48:00,120 --> 00:48:03,600
Speaker 1: such just like a pillar a women's basketball and I

996
00:48:03,640 --> 00:48:06,480
Speaker 1: feel like her impact is it talked about enough, Like

997
00:48:06,560 --> 00:48:10,080
Speaker 1: if you're not around Yukon or just kind of like

998
00:48:10,200 --> 00:48:12,520
Speaker 1: there every day, you don't see how much that she does.

999
00:48:12,640 --> 00:48:15,160
Speaker 1: So talk a little bit. Give CD some flowers here

1000
00:48:15,200 --> 00:48:15,760
Speaker 1: in terms.

1001
00:48:15,600 --> 00:48:19,840
Speaker 3: Of I can go days to give CD flowers and

1002
00:48:20,040 --> 00:48:23,320
Speaker 3: I think that you know, coach gets all the praise

1003
00:48:23,400 --> 00:48:26,759
Speaker 3: and everything that he deserves for sure, but I think

1004
00:48:26,920 --> 00:48:29,960
Speaker 3: ye CD's been right there with him for what forty

1005
00:48:30,080 --> 00:48:31,359
Speaker 3: years now, and that's a duo.

1006
00:48:32,040 --> 00:48:33,719
Speaker 2: That's what I'm saying. That's what I'm saying.

1007
00:48:33,960 --> 00:48:36,359
Speaker 3: And there's been multiple times where CD had to step

1008
00:48:36,440 --> 00:48:38,960
Speaker 3: up and be the head coach as well, and she

1009
00:48:39,320 --> 00:48:41,840
Speaker 3: has like a twenty year old record and I'm like,

1010
00:48:42,000 --> 00:48:43,799
Speaker 3: you go girl every time, and she's like, no.

1011
00:48:43,880 --> 00:48:45,520
Speaker 2: No, no, don't don't, don't do too much.

1012
00:48:45,640 --> 00:48:46,160
Speaker 1: Y'll gas.

1013
00:48:47,239 --> 00:48:49,880
Speaker 2: That's what I'm saying. And I think she is the

1014
00:48:49,960 --> 00:48:51,600
Speaker 2: best fits like CD.

1015
00:48:51,840 --> 00:48:54,640
Speaker 3: She makes sure we're on point with whatever we're wearing,

1016
00:48:54,840 --> 00:48:57,880
Speaker 3: making sure that we're on time, and she just teaches

1017
00:48:57,920 --> 00:48:58,680
Speaker 3: a lot of life.

1018
00:48:58,520 --> 00:49:00,640
Speaker 2: Skills that goes unnoticed.

1019
00:49:00,719 --> 00:49:04,040
Speaker 3: And something that all the alums say about her like

1020
00:49:04,440 --> 00:49:06,000
Speaker 3: she's gonna be hard on you, but at the end

1021
00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:08,040
Speaker 3: of the day, she's gonna teach you a lot of

1022
00:49:08,120 --> 00:49:10,600
Speaker 3: things that in the moment may not seem like you're

1023
00:49:10,640 --> 00:49:14,160
Speaker 3: gonna need now, but down the road it's gonna be

1024
00:49:14,640 --> 00:49:17,799
Speaker 3: effective for you. And and no, we all love CD.

1025
00:49:18,400 --> 00:49:21,040
Speaker 3: We all be joking with her, and she's really just,

1026
00:49:21,800 --> 00:49:24,759
Speaker 3: you know, as I said, the backbone of our team.

1027
00:49:24,880 --> 00:49:27,000
Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, she does a lot. She does

1028
00:49:27,040 --> 00:49:29,520
Speaker 1: a lot she does, and I feel like she just

1029
00:49:29,840 --> 00:49:34,400
Speaker 1: commands so much respect from everybody. Like even like when

1030
00:49:34,440 --> 00:49:36,839
Speaker 1: I played against y'all, I'm just like, hey, CD, big,

1031
00:49:38,160 --> 00:49:40,640
Speaker 1: nice to see you again. Like there's no like, you

1032
00:49:40,760 --> 00:49:43,200
Speaker 1: know some people that you may be recruited by and

1033
00:49:43,719 --> 00:49:46,360
Speaker 1: you said no, there might be some weird vibes, but

1034
00:49:46,560 --> 00:49:49,319
Speaker 1: like with CD and Gino, I'm always like, ah, good

1035
00:49:49,360 --> 00:49:53,160
Speaker 1: to see you, big love, big respect, just just great people.

1036
00:49:53,400 --> 00:49:55,719
Speaker 1: Talking a little bit more about your senior year, you

1037
00:49:55,760 --> 00:49:58,160
Speaker 1: guys had the opportunity to go and play in Canada

1038
00:49:58,239 --> 00:50:01,920
Speaker 1: this year, so old out crowd. What was the energy like?

1039
00:50:02,040 --> 00:50:04,719
Speaker 1: And I bet just for you, like so many people

1040
00:50:04,760 --> 00:50:07,120
Speaker 1: from your community coming out to see you. What was

1041
00:50:07,280 --> 00:50:09,600
Speaker 1: What was that like getting from the hometown?

1042
00:50:10,360 --> 00:50:14,759
Speaker 3: Amazing, amazing. It was like when they first told me

1043
00:50:14,840 --> 00:50:17,080
Speaker 3: that they set it up, very grateful for it too.

1044
00:50:17,400 --> 00:50:19,120
Speaker 3: Like when they first told me they set it up,

1045
00:50:19,160 --> 00:50:22,279
Speaker 3: I'm like, Okay, this sounds good. And then when you

1046
00:50:22,360 --> 00:50:25,839
Speaker 3: actually went down, I'm like, exceeded all my expectations. Yeah,

1047
00:50:26,000 --> 00:50:28,040
Speaker 3: it was a great crowd, a lot of support, a

1048
00:50:28,160 --> 00:50:32,040
Speaker 3: lot of love, seeing people I played against in high school,

1049
00:50:32,200 --> 00:50:35,840
Speaker 3: the opponents even coming to see me and saying that

1050
00:50:35,960 --> 00:50:38,000
Speaker 3: they just want to come watch this play and proud

1051
00:50:38,040 --> 00:50:41,520
Speaker 3: of me. And I just think that the love around

1052
00:50:41,600 --> 00:50:44,520
Speaker 3: women's basketball in Canada has grown so much and to

1053
00:50:44,680 --> 00:50:48,000
Speaker 3: be a part of that in December and to witness

1054
00:50:48,080 --> 00:50:51,320
Speaker 3: it firsthand, it was just amazing. Yeah, couldn't ask for

1055
00:50:51,400 --> 00:50:54,680
Speaker 3: anything better for sure. And my teammates, obviously they make

1056
00:50:54,760 --> 00:50:58,680
Speaker 3: the little Canadian jokes and CD's the one to be like, oh,

1057
00:50:58,760 --> 00:51:01,080
Speaker 3: are you actually international, you know, if you're just across

1058
00:51:01,120 --> 00:51:05,120
Speaker 3: the border, Like, yes, CD, i am not not American,

1059
00:51:05,360 --> 00:51:08,920
Speaker 3: but no. It was just great to have both of

1060
00:51:09,000 --> 00:51:12,160
Speaker 3: my families, my American family and also my Canadian family

1061
00:51:12,320 --> 00:51:15,719
Speaker 3: come out and and my world's colliding and to see

1062
00:51:15,800 --> 00:51:18,600
Speaker 3: that it was just it was amazing. And also with

1063
00:51:18,760 --> 00:51:22,359
Speaker 3: the w NBA game playing in Canada early that year,

1064
00:51:22,960 --> 00:51:27,480
Speaker 3: I think it was just another adjustament to what Canadians

1065
00:51:27,480 --> 00:51:30,960
Speaker 3: are gonna show love to the sport and to basketball,

1066
00:51:31,000 --> 00:51:33,920
Speaker 3: even though we're a hockey we're a hockey country, but

1067
00:51:34,440 --> 00:51:37,000
Speaker 3: thatstball's making their way out there, so they're.

1068
00:51:36,760 --> 00:51:40,200
Speaker 1: Making the way they're making Yeah, okay, well, I mean

1069
00:51:40,280 --> 00:51:42,600
Speaker 1: it looked amazing and I can't even imagine that feeling

1070
00:51:42,680 --> 00:51:44,920
Speaker 1: for you, especially you know, like your family's going to

1071
00:51:44,960 --> 00:51:46,880
Speaker 1: be there, but also just like people that maybe you

1072
00:51:46,920 --> 00:51:50,000
Speaker 1: haven't seen in years, like you the people you played against,

1073
00:51:50,120 --> 00:51:52,400
Speaker 1: like for them to come and watch you play. I know,

1074
00:51:52,520 --> 00:51:55,000
Speaker 1: for me, just even having people you haven't seen for

1075
00:51:55,000 --> 00:51:55,960
Speaker 1: a while come to game.

1076
00:51:55,880 --> 00:51:56,560
Speaker 2: It means so much.

1077
00:51:56,640 --> 00:52:01,640
Speaker 1: It's like, oh, it's really great. So I love that

1078
00:52:01,680 --> 00:52:04,560
Speaker 1: you had to experience that than a little bit more

1079
00:52:04,680 --> 00:52:08,160
Speaker 1: just about Canada basketball, even playing with the senior team

1080
00:52:08,480 --> 00:52:12,719
Speaker 1: since twenty seventeen, which is wild and you're already Olympium

1081
00:52:13,640 --> 00:52:20,200
Speaker 1: wild again. But what was the biggest takeaway from being

1082
00:52:20,239 --> 00:52:24,000
Speaker 1: at the Olympics. It was already kind of like the Olympics,

1083
00:52:24,200 --> 00:52:26,399
Speaker 1: but then you're at the COVID Olympics, so I feel

1084
00:52:26,440 --> 00:52:28,239
Speaker 1: like there were a lot of different stuff going on

1085
00:52:28,800 --> 00:52:31,160
Speaker 1: and you go with Key and Nurse, So you know,

1086
00:52:31,719 --> 00:52:33,680
Speaker 1: what what was that Olympic experience?

1087
00:52:33,840 --> 00:52:36,080
Speaker 3: Like, First of all, I just want to say it

1088
00:52:36,160 --> 00:52:39,520
Speaker 3: was amazing. I had the best time. I think, you know,

1089
00:52:39,719 --> 00:52:42,600
Speaker 3: outside of like the actual games, we do a lot

1090
00:52:42,680 --> 00:52:45,800
Speaker 3: of stuff, like we were in Japan, for about a

1091
00:52:45,880 --> 00:52:48,880
Speaker 3: month before the actual game, and we went to like

1092
00:52:48,920 --> 00:52:51,960
Speaker 3: a little village we were practicing, we did stuff within

1093
00:52:52,040 --> 00:52:54,000
Speaker 3: the community, so there's a lot of layers of it.

1094
00:52:54,360 --> 00:52:55,960
Speaker 2: So overall it was amazing.

1095
00:52:56,320 --> 00:52:59,440
Speaker 3: I will say, though, a lot of my older teammates,

1096
00:52:59,680 --> 00:53:01,439
Speaker 3: when I say, oh my gosh, this is the best

1097
00:53:01,600 --> 00:53:03,720
Speaker 3: time I had, They're gonna be like, this is nothing

1098
00:53:03,880 --> 00:53:05,560
Speaker 3: compared to what we're used to, like the.

1099
00:53:05,800 --> 00:53:08,400
Speaker 2: Two time Olympians. They're like, you don't know.

1100
00:53:08,600 --> 00:53:12,200
Speaker 3: What's actually goes on because this is not the same.

1101
00:53:12,719 --> 00:53:15,920
Speaker 3: It's way different, it's way bigger. But I'm like, hey,

1102
00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:18,480
Speaker 3: i'm young, I'm having a good time. I'm like I

1103
00:53:18,560 --> 00:53:21,120
Speaker 3: could say I'm an Olympian just so I'll say, but

1104
00:53:21,360 --> 00:53:23,520
Speaker 3: it was cool. Like I think one of the best

1105
00:53:23,560 --> 00:53:26,200
Speaker 3: parts of it about it, other than the community stuff,

1106
00:53:26,440 --> 00:53:29,839
Speaker 3: was being in the Olympic village and you like, look

1107
00:53:29,880 --> 00:53:33,000
Speaker 3: out your window, you see people like training boxing, you

1108
00:53:33,480 --> 00:53:35,040
Speaker 3: see people running.

1109
00:53:35,320 --> 00:53:38,840
Speaker 2: Around the village. In the village, there's all the flags.

1110
00:53:39,280 --> 00:53:42,440
Speaker 3: There's just this whole pathway of just all the flags

1111
00:53:42,760 --> 00:53:46,640
Speaker 3: of the countries that are there competing, and you see

1112
00:53:46,680 --> 00:53:49,160
Speaker 3: all the different teams, and it was just it was

1113
00:53:49,200 --> 00:53:51,520
Speaker 3: a lot to take in but it was beautiful and

1114
00:53:51,920 --> 00:53:54,799
Speaker 3: I just enjoyed every minute of it. And I think

1115
00:53:54,920 --> 00:53:57,719
Speaker 3: that I was able to help impact a lot of

1116
00:53:58,200 --> 00:54:02,520
Speaker 3: the younger generation in terms of showing that even though

1117
00:54:02,560 --> 00:54:04,719
Speaker 3: I'm the youngest on the team, you can still dream

1118
00:54:04,800 --> 00:54:07,520
Speaker 3: big and you can still achieve a lot of things

1119
00:54:08,160 --> 00:54:09,920
Speaker 3: if you put your mind to and commit to it

1120
00:54:10,040 --> 00:54:12,479
Speaker 3: and put in the work. And you know, I wasn't

1121
00:54:12,480 --> 00:54:15,279
Speaker 3: expecting to go out there and start or anything, but

1122
00:54:15,760 --> 00:54:17,960
Speaker 3: I was able to help my team and be one

1123
00:54:18,040 --> 00:54:20,279
Speaker 3: of twelve, and that's all I could really ask for.

1124
00:54:20,480 --> 00:54:23,239
Speaker 2: And it was just I loved it. And I love

1125
00:54:23,360 --> 00:54:25,920
Speaker 2: Japan too, shout out to shout out Japan.

1126
00:54:26,680 --> 00:54:30,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I bet it was amazing. And I

1127
00:54:30,800 --> 00:54:33,279
Speaker 1: mean finger Scruss twenty twenty four on my bigs coming

1128
00:54:33,320 --> 00:54:35,279
Speaker 1: back up. So now you'll get to see what those

1129
00:54:35,360 --> 00:54:39,719
Speaker 1: vets were talking about. And now you compare yourself. How

1130
00:54:39,800 --> 00:54:42,000
Speaker 1: excited are you for Paris twenty twenty four.

1131
00:54:42,760 --> 00:54:46,400
Speaker 3: I'm excited obviously. As I said, I'm gonna stay in

1132
00:54:46,440 --> 00:54:50,440
Speaker 3: the moment folks this season and everything like that. But no,

1133
00:54:50,600 --> 00:54:52,319
Speaker 3: it's gonna be It's gonna be great, and I think

1134
00:54:52,360 --> 00:54:55,400
Speaker 3: this is a great time to have the Olympics, especially

1135
00:54:55,480 --> 00:54:59,239
Speaker 3: coming off of it being COVID and being so isolated.

1136
00:55:00,719 --> 00:55:04,359
Speaker 3: But no, I'm super excited and the qualifiers are coming up,

1137
00:55:04,480 --> 00:55:09,160
Speaker 3: so hoping that Canada can bring home that qualifying ticket

1138
00:55:09,360 --> 00:55:12,200
Speaker 3: and secure a spot. But you know it should be excited.

1139
00:55:12,280 --> 00:55:15,280
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean being an Olympia is wild. Dude, Like already,

1140
00:55:15,719 --> 00:55:19,800
Speaker 1: like that's crazy what I did? That whole thing was.

1141
00:55:20,040 --> 00:55:22,560
Speaker 1: I mean, just talking to Laticia about it here, she's like,

1142
00:55:22,960 --> 00:55:25,160
Speaker 1: where's her? She wears her Olympic necklace.

1143
00:55:25,400 --> 00:55:29,840
Speaker 3: Literally as soon as we got back she got that,

1144
00:55:30,000 --> 00:55:33,040
Speaker 3: and I'm like, girl, she's like, I'm gonna get tatted

1145
00:55:33,320 --> 00:55:33,680
Speaker 3: or do it.

1146
00:55:34,239 --> 00:55:37,560
Speaker 2: I'm not surprised. She's amazing.

1147
00:55:38,200 --> 00:55:42,319
Speaker 1: She's a clown, is what she is. Non stop. Now

1148
00:55:42,480 --> 00:55:44,120
Speaker 1: she wears that day necklace every day.

1149
00:55:44,560 --> 00:55:44,960
Speaker 2: We get it.

1150
00:55:45,239 --> 00:55:48,680
Speaker 1: And then how did shemate Alicia Gray just got tagged

1151
00:55:48,719 --> 00:55:50,839
Speaker 1: with her olymp Olympic thing. Let me tell you it's

1152
00:55:50,880 --> 00:55:53,440
Speaker 1: the smallest tat but she's like a lot added a

1153
00:55:53,560 --> 00:55:57,879
Speaker 1: big girl. I'm like, all right, we get a two Olympians.

1154
00:55:58,000 --> 00:56:01,600
Speaker 1: You're good, we get it. Whatever. So moving back into

1155
00:56:01,920 --> 00:56:05,239
Speaker 1: the college realm, nil has come about since you've been

1156
00:56:05,320 --> 00:56:08,440
Speaker 1: in school, So what is that like being you know,

1157
00:56:08,520 --> 00:56:10,000
Speaker 1: tell us a little bit about the experience. Is it

1158
00:56:10,080 --> 00:56:12,759
Speaker 1: different being international? What are the rules? Like? I know,

1159
00:56:12,840 --> 00:56:14,239
Speaker 1: you've got to do a lot of cool things with

1160
00:56:14,640 --> 00:56:17,799
Speaker 1: putting on your camp and everything, but how does NIL work?

1161
00:56:18,760 --> 00:56:22,120
Speaker 3: So it's a bit different being an international student because

1162
00:56:22,239 --> 00:56:25,280
Speaker 3: we are here on a student visa at the school,

1163
00:56:26,080 --> 00:56:31,120
Speaker 3: we can't officially work in the United States, so a

1164
00:56:31,200 --> 00:56:36,279
Speaker 3: lot international students can't really capitalize off NIL. But there

1165
00:56:36,360 --> 00:56:38,880
Speaker 3: are ways around it, you know. I think our university

1166
00:56:38,960 --> 00:56:40,760
Speaker 3: here has been doing a lot of good things whereas

1167
00:56:40,800 --> 00:56:44,040
Speaker 3: like group licensing it and stuff like that, so everyone

1168
00:56:44,160 --> 00:56:47,319
Speaker 3: can kind of everyone eats and I'm like, okay, let

1169
00:56:47,360 --> 00:56:50,279
Speaker 3: me get some of this person, you know what I'm saying,

1170
00:56:51,200 --> 00:56:54,279
Speaker 3: anything I can. But yeah, so it is a bit

1171
00:56:54,480 --> 00:56:58,160
Speaker 3: a bit challenging, and we can only really capitalize off

1172
00:56:58,360 --> 00:57:03,480
Speaker 3: NIL if we're off American soil, so that's really the

1173
00:57:03,560 --> 00:57:06,680
Speaker 3: only time we can participate in it. At the same time,

1174
00:57:06,840 --> 00:57:10,680
Speaker 3: you know, from when I was younger, just dribbling in basketball,

1175
00:57:11,040 --> 00:57:13,399
Speaker 3: it's just all been about ball for me, not really

1176
00:57:13,440 --> 00:57:16,800
Speaker 3: about what comes with it, but just about the relationships

1177
00:57:16,840 --> 00:57:19,120
Speaker 3: I build and what I come in here to do

1178
00:57:19,320 --> 00:57:22,320
Speaker 3: every day in the gym, and so I'm happy I'm cruising,

1179
00:57:22,440 --> 00:57:24,040
Speaker 3: but you know, if I could get a little money

1180
00:57:24,080 --> 00:57:26,480
Speaker 3: on the side, and I would appreciate that as well.

1181
00:57:26,760 --> 00:57:29,320
Speaker 1: For sure, for sure give me you know everybody eats,

1182
00:57:30,960 --> 00:57:33,560
Speaker 1: for sure. And just talking about those relationships that you built,

1183
00:57:33,600 --> 00:57:35,240
Speaker 1: you did have the opportunity to do your own camp

1184
00:57:35,280 --> 00:57:38,160
Speaker 1: in Canada. What was that experience like getting to give

1185
00:57:38,280 --> 00:57:41,000
Speaker 1: back and just kind of see the impact that you've

1186
00:57:41,040 --> 00:57:43,800
Speaker 1: had for young Canadian hoopers wanting to grow up and

1187
00:57:43,920 --> 00:57:44,720
Speaker 1: be just like you.

1188
00:57:45,560 --> 00:57:48,560
Speaker 3: Oh my gosh. So let me tell you, running a

1189
00:57:48,640 --> 00:57:49,920
Speaker 3: camp is not easy.

1190
00:57:50,240 --> 00:57:52,240
Speaker 1: It's not for the week. It's the week.

1191
00:57:53,200 --> 00:57:54,760
Speaker 3: I was like, Mom, you need to help me, like

1192
00:57:54,840 --> 00:57:57,440
Speaker 3: come on, come on, come on. But it was a

1193
00:57:57,520 --> 00:58:00,760
Speaker 3: great show. I was expecting maybe like thirty. It's sixty

1194
00:58:00,840 --> 00:58:03,640
Speaker 3: kids pulled up and I'm like, okay, got to change

1195
00:58:03,680 --> 00:58:04,560
Speaker 3: the whole schedule.

1196
00:58:04,680 --> 00:58:06,080
Speaker 2: But it was just great.

1197
00:58:06,120 --> 00:58:09,600
Speaker 3: And I think that just having the whole community come

1198
00:58:09,640 --> 00:58:12,680
Speaker 3: out and to show love. Wasn't expecting it, but I

1199
00:58:12,800 --> 00:58:15,840
Speaker 3: got more than what I asked for, and it was

1200
00:58:15,920 --> 00:58:18,120
Speaker 3: really something that I wanted to do for a long time.

1201
00:58:18,240 --> 00:58:20,880
Speaker 3: And since I've been away at school, it's hard to

1202
00:58:21,520 --> 00:58:24,360
Speaker 3: you know, tap back into your community and go back

1203
00:58:24,400 --> 00:58:27,400
Speaker 3: to your roots and really thank the people who sacrificed

1204
00:58:27,440 --> 00:58:29,760
Speaker 3: so much for you. So it was a great opportunity.

1205
00:58:29,800 --> 00:58:31,480
Speaker 3: I had a small window before I had to come

1206
00:58:31,560 --> 00:58:35,800
Speaker 3: back here for summer training, but it was amazing. And

1207
00:58:35,920 --> 00:58:39,040
Speaker 3: it wasn't really for money either. They had to bring

1208
00:58:39,120 --> 00:58:42,080
Speaker 3: in like a canned good perish non perishful food item

1209
00:58:42,120 --> 00:58:45,480
Speaker 3: and I donated all the food items to a local

1210
00:58:46,080 --> 00:58:50,240
Speaker 3: soup kitchen in my hometown. So it wasn't really about

1211
00:58:50,280 --> 00:58:52,480
Speaker 3: the money for me. It was more about the experience

1212
00:58:52,520 --> 00:58:54,840
Speaker 3: that the kids were getting out of it. I had

1213
00:58:54,920 --> 00:58:58,120
Speaker 3: some little goodies for them, They had halftime earth, they

1214
00:58:58,360 --> 00:59:02,560
Speaker 3: shot half court shots and had little prizes and it

1215
00:59:02,680 --> 00:59:05,120
Speaker 3: was just a fun day for them. So that's really

1216
00:59:05,160 --> 00:59:06,320
Speaker 3: what I wanted to come out of it.

1217
00:59:06,440 --> 00:59:08,320
Speaker 1: I bet it was sick, Like doing your own camp

1218
00:59:08,440 --> 00:59:10,800
Speaker 1: is so fun. It is a lot of work, but

1219
00:59:11,000 --> 00:59:13,520
Speaker 1: like also just being around like little kids at camps,

1220
00:59:13,680 --> 00:59:16,120
Speaker 1: it really makes you. For me at least, I was like,

1221
00:59:16,640 --> 00:59:19,720
Speaker 1: basketball is so fun because sometimes it's like it's a job.

1222
00:59:19,840 --> 00:59:21,479
Speaker 1: You're in the grinds and you see these little kids

1223
00:59:21,560 --> 00:59:26,960
Speaker 1: like having so much fun, it really reminds you. It's like, oh,

1224
00:59:27,040 --> 00:59:29,280
Speaker 1: my god, it is fun, like it's not just the

1225
00:59:29,320 --> 00:59:31,280
Speaker 1: grind all the time, and I'm very upset.

1226
00:59:31,840 --> 00:59:34,600
Speaker 3: I worked out it was fun and let me tell you,

1227
00:59:34,720 --> 00:59:37,160
Speaker 3: I even had a TikTok station and they were eating

1228
00:59:37,240 --> 00:59:37,720
Speaker 3: that up.

1229
00:59:37,680 --> 00:59:42,600
Speaker 1: And oh the kiddos love TikTok. I love TikTok because

1230
00:59:42,640 --> 00:59:44,600
Speaker 1: why am I saying middle schoolers on my for you

1231
00:59:44,760 --> 00:59:46,360
Speaker 1: page doing a dance better than I am.

1232
00:59:46,680 --> 00:59:47,439
Speaker 2: That's what I'm saying.

1233
00:59:48,200 --> 00:59:53,360
Speaker 1: I was on music stop it musically please, like there's

1234
00:59:53,400 --> 00:59:55,680
Speaker 1: a different app triller or something like that. There's a

1235
00:59:55,760 --> 00:59:58,160
Speaker 1: lot going on, but I'm just like, why am I

1236
00:59:58,240 --> 01:00:00,720
Speaker 1: on TikTok learning how to do makeup from these elementary

1237
01:00:00,760 --> 01:00:03,480
Speaker 1: school girls? And I'm like, they're giving me chips, They're

1238
01:00:03,520 --> 01:00:06,800
Speaker 1: giving me tips like oh brons are here, highlight, thank you.

1239
01:00:08,160 --> 01:00:10,960
Speaker 1: But before we move into our last section, which is

1240
01:00:11,200 --> 01:00:13,520
Speaker 1: like rapid fire, which you're gonna be great out, I

1241
01:00:13,560 --> 01:00:17,560
Speaker 1: already know we're gonna do quick things, one being I'm

1242
01:00:17,560 --> 01:00:20,400
Speaker 1: gonna give you three three items and then you're gonna

1243
01:00:20,400 --> 01:00:22,840
Speaker 1: tell me which one's gotta go. So it started with easy,

1244
01:00:23,240 --> 01:00:25,840
Speaker 1: like a game day routine. You got pregame meal, y'all,

1245
01:00:25,880 --> 01:00:28,840
Speaker 1: shoot around and y'all warm up music? Which one's gotta go?

1246
01:00:31,120 --> 01:00:34,800
Speaker 2: Shoot around? I'm sorry, Yeah, I need to eat and

1247
01:00:34,880 --> 01:00:37,840
Speaker 2: I need my music shoot around. I always gotta go.

1248
01:00:38,320 --> 01:00:40,960
Speaker 1: This is a big one for me. And you already know. Bonnet,

1249
01:00:41,640 --> 01:00:45,000
Speaker 1: headband or hair tie? Which one's going.

1250
01:00:46,960 --> 01:00:50,120
Speaker 2: Because you're whenever I'm home or off the court, the

1251
01:00:50,200 --> 01:00:55,800
Speaker 2: bonnet bonnet is on. I wear car bonnet is my hat,

1252
01:00:55,880 --> 01:00:57,880
Speaker 2: my winter hat. I have my bonnet under. So if

1253
01:00:57,880 --> 01:01:01,560
Speaker 2: you guys see this, you know I'm not frizz.

1254
01:01:00,960 --> 01:01:05,840
Speaker 1: From my beani. It's crazy. Uh wow, I do.

1255
01:01:05,960 --> 01:01:08,760
Speaker 3: Love my head band too. Yeah, I'm gonna have to

1256
01:01:08,960 --> 01:01:10,040
Speaker 3: sacrifice the hairsie.

1257
01:01:10,240 --> 01:01:12,520
Speaker 1: We can go here, we can, yeah, like the braids

1258
01:01:12,560 --> 01:01:15,320
Speaker 1: can tie it up somehow. Yeah, there's ways to go

1259
01:01:15,400 --> 01:01:19,200
Speaker 1: about it. And then earlier we touched on CD. But

1260
01:01:19,520 --> 01:01:22,400
Speaker 1: I got to hear your favorite geno story. There's gotta

1261
01:01:22,440 --> 01:01:25,880
Speaker 1: be something wild, there's gotta be something good man.

1262
01:01:27,720 --> 01:01:30,120
Speaker 2: Favorite favorite coach story?

1263
01:01:30,560 --> 01:01:30,960
Speaker 1: Mm hmm.

1264
01:01:32,440 --> 01:01:35,080
Speaker 3: There's just so many things I could say about what

1265
01:01:35,400 --> 01:01:39,240
Speaker 3: to say? You gotta be what's your favorite? What's the

1266
01:01:39,320 --> 01:01:43,080
Speaker 3: top one? Man? Because coaches he's funny off the court,

1267
01:01:43,200 --> 01:01:45,640
Speaker 3: like he's like a grand for real, He's not even

1268
01:01:46,160 --> 01:01:47,680
Speaker 3: not a grandpa. He is.

1269
01:01:47,840 --> 01:01:50,280
Speaker 1: He is like everyone says that he looks like the

1270
01:01:50,320 --> 01:01:50,920
Speaker 1: guy from up.

1271
01:01:52,120 --> 01:01:56,320
Speaker 2: Oh my god. Oh.

1272
01:01:57,440 --> 01:01:59,480
Speaker 3: I think one of the funniest things, like on the

1273
01:01:59,560 --> 01:02:02,360
Speaker 3: court he did was it was when we were in

1274
01:02:02,440 --> 01:02:05,360
Speaker 3: the bubble, Like there's that picture of Page like hitting

1275
01:02:05,440 --> 01:02:07,560
Speaker 3: him on the back as she like she like scored

1276
01:02:07,600 --> 01:02:09,320
Speaker 3: a bucket, like hit him on the back, and he

1277
01:02:09,480 --> 01:02:11,960
Speaker 3: like looked back like what. I think that that was

1278
01:02:12,080 --> 01:02:15,680
Speaker 3: just a fun memory that my team had my freshman year.

1279
01:02:15,720 --> 01:02:17,880
Speaker 3: And I think that that's just who he is, like

1280
01:02:18,000 --> 01:02:20,240
Speaker 3: even though you make him off as a bit scary,

1281
01:02:20,800 --> 01:02:23,240
Speaker 3: he's just like, as I said, a little grandpa and

1282
01:02:23,600 --> 01:02:24,520
Speaker 3: it's all love at the.

1283
01:02:24,600 --> 01:02:25,120
Speaker 2: End of the day.

1284
01:02:25,200 --> 01:02:28,360
Speaker 3: So I think that whole like picture just sums up

1285
01:02:28,360 --> 01:02:29,480
Speaker 3: everything of what he is.

1286
01:02:29,640 --> 01:02:32,480
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a good one. That picture went viral too,

1287
01:02:32,840 --> 01:02:36,000
Speaker 1: but that yeah, yeah, that one's good. And then my

1288
01:02:36,080 --> 01:02:38,400
Speaker 1: other one for you is we talked about being a

1289
01:02:38,440 --> 01:02:41,160
Speaker 1: freshman it's a hard time and how sometimes watching that

1290
01:02:41,240 --> 01:02:43,680
Speaker 1: film is tough. And I know me personally, I've had

1291
01:02:43,720 --> 01:02:46,000
Speaker 1: a few horror stories for my own time in the

1292
01:02:46,040 --> 01:02:49,600
Speaker 1: film room with miss Tara I hoof, there were some times, man,

1293
01:02:50,280 --> 01:02:53,160
Speaker 1: I can imagine do you have a horror story of

1294
01:02:53,240 --> 01:02:55,680
Speaker 1: yourself that you had to like watch film or get

1295
01:02:55,760 --> 01:02:57,880
Speaker 1: called out in front of the team because it'd be hard.

1296
01:02:58,840 --> 01:03:02,440
Speaker 3: I don't know specific game, but I think that in

1297
01:03:02,640 --> 01:03:05,920
Speaker 3: film for us, the way the film room is laid out,

1298
01:03:06,000 --> 01:03:11,560
Speaker 3: it's like freshman said the back, then it goes sophomore, junior, senior.

1299
01:03:11,800 --> 01:03:13,280
Speaker 2: So when you get.

1300
01:03:13,160 --> 01:03:15,560
Speaker 3: Closer to the coach, which is he's like down here,

1301
01:03:15,600 --> 01:03:17,560
Speaker 3: when you get closer to him, it's more like oh,

1302
01:03:18,000 --> 01:03:20,360
Speaker 3: because when when he's gonna call you about, he's gonna

1303
01:03:20,440 --> 01:03:22,480
Speaker 3: turn around and look at you and call you back.

1304
01:03:22,680 --> 01:03:25,120
Speaker 3: So uh yeah, there was one time I think it

1305
01:03:25,240 --> 01:03:28,400
Speaker 3: was like a ball screen coverage and he's like like

1306
01:03:28,520 --> 01:03:29,360
Speaker 3: are you even here? Lee?

1307
01:03:29,520 --> 01:03:32,880
Speaker 2: Like what are you doing? Like can you tell me what?

1308
01:03:34,000 --> 01:03:37,080
Speaker 3: Yeah, so it was it's probably more defensive stuff than

1309
01:03:37,200 --> 01:03:40,400
Speaker 3: than offense. But yeah, defense he definitely comes for me.

1310
01:03:40,520 --> 01:03:41,960
Speaker 3: But it makes me a better player at the end

1311
01:03:41,960 --> 01:03:42,320
Speaker 3: of the day.

1312
01:03:42,480 --> 01:03:46,240
Speaker 1: So for whatever coach is asking that, like what were

1313
01:03:46,280 --> 01:03:47,040
Speaker 1: you doing, it's.

1314
01:03:48,840 --> 01:03:50,720
Speaker 3: For you. And he's the type of guy that he

1315
01:03:50,880 --> 01:03:52,480
Speaker 3: asked so many rhetorical questions.

1316
01:03:52,560 --> 01:03:53,880
Speaker 2: I'm like, do I answer?

1317
01:03:54,560 --> 01:03:55,440
Speaker 1: How do I get out of this?

1318
01:03:56,000 --> 01:03:58,880
Speaker 2: Yeah? Sometimes silence is just the best.

1319
01:03:59,560 --> 01:04:01,439
Speaker 1: See. I had to learn that silence was the best

1320
01:04:01,600 --> 01:04:04,560
Speaker 1: because my freshman year, I remember I threw like back

1321
01:04:04,640 --> 01:04:06,760
Speaker 1: to back passes and it was the same pass to

1322
01:04:06,880 --> 01:04:09,360
Speaker 1: my same teammate and she could have caught it and

1323
01:04:09,480 --> 01:04:13,080
Speaker 1: hit her hand and soars asking me. Tara's asking me like, oh,

1324
01:04:13,160 --> 01:04:15,240
Speaker 1: are you gonna throw it again? Yes, and then all

1325
01:04:15,280 --> 01:04:17,520
Speaker 1: of a sudden trying to look at me, and they're like, Hayley.

1326
01:04:17,240 --> 01:04:18,840
Speaker 2: And I'm like, I'm not gonna lie.

1327
01:04:19,840 --> 01:04:23,360
Speaker 1: Opportunity if we are to arise, I'm gonna throw the

1328
01:04:23,400 --> 01:04:26,480
Speaker 1: pass again and she better catch it. So, like you know,

1329
01:04:26,600 --> 01:04:28,520
Speaker 1: I had to learn silence was the way the majority

1330
01:04:28,520 --> 01:04:30,800
Speaker 1: of the time, you know what to each their own.

1331
01:04:31,560 --> 01:04:33,760
Speaker 1: Moving into our last section here called the vibe check,

1332
01:04:33,840 --> 01:04:35,920
Speaker 1: It's gonna be rapid fire questions. So I need you

1333
01:04:36,000 --> 01:04:39,360
Speaker 1: to do your best. Oh going fast. Some people are great,

1334
01:04:39,480 --> 01:04:43,480
Speaker 1: some people are horrible. Yeah, so I believe let's.

1335
01:04:43,320 --> 01:04:44,600
Speaker 2: Strive for like mid.

1336
01:04:46,480 --> 01:04:51,120
Speaker 1: The expectations too high. So starting off, what's the drill

1337
01:04:51,240 --> 01:04:52,720
Speaker 1: you never want to see on the practice plan?

1338
01:04:54,000 --> 01:04:58,080
Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, Kansas. Let me tell you about Kansas, Kansas,

1339
01:04:58,560 --> 01:05:02,280
Speaker 3: Oh my gosh. So so basically it's three people going

1340
01:05:02,360 --> 01:05:05,960
Speaker 3: at a time. We got like a usually a forward

1341
01:05:06,040 --> 01:05:08,880
Speaker 3: or a big and then two guards. So you throw

1342
01:05:08,960 --> 01:05:11,640
Speaker 3: the ball off the backboard and then it's a weave.

1343
01:05:12,040 --> 01:05:14,920
Speaker 3: You do a layup, but you're not done. You have

1344
01:05:14,960 --> 01:05:18,720
Speaker 3: four more trips to go after that. Yes, four, So

1345
01:05:18,880 --> 01:05:21,120
Speaker 3: after that layup you come back down. It's a three

1346
01:05:21,160 --> 01:05:24,760
Speaker 3: point shot. Then you inbound it. Then you go back down.

1347
01:05:24,920 --> 01:05:28,520
Speaker 3: You usually do like a secondary play or something like that,

1348
01:05:28,680 --> 01:05:31,200
Speaker 3: like a pistol or something like that. Do that, then

1349
01:05:31,240 --> 01:05:33,720
Speaker 3: it's like a driving kick. Then you're done. But mind you,

1350
01:05:33,840 --> 01:05:36,160
Speaker 3: these three people are doing like four their and backs

1351
01:05:36,560 --> 01:05:39,480
Speaker 3: and one rep and if you're a forward like me,

1352
01:05:40,160 --> 01:05:43,040
Speaker 3: you have to inbound the ball and CD doesn't want

1353
01:05:43,080 --> 01:05:45,520
Speaker 3: the ball to touch, so you guys go through the

1354
01:05:45,600 --> 01:05:47,520
Speaker 3: hoop or it's a rebound.

1355
01:05:47,760 --> 01:05:50,160
Speaker 2: You gotta press or you start over.

1356
01:05:50,960 --> 01:05:54,160
Speaker 3: That one definitely, especially my freshman year, that was an

1357
01:05:54,160 --> 01:05:58,280
Speaker 3: eye opener and I was like, you gotta be conditioned

1358
01:05:58,320 --> 01:05:59,920
Speaker 3: to do that. And a lot of our drills are

1359
01:06:00,080 --> 01:06:01,600
Speaker 3: conditioning drills, so.

1360
01:06:01,960 --> 01:06:03,000
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's what they like.

1361
01:06:04,480 --> 01:06:06,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly to set up from the start.

1362
01:06:06,760 --> 01:06:08,480
Speaker 3: When you hear it, when you hear it, when you

1363
01:06:08,520 --> 01:06:09,640
Speaker 3: hear Kansas, you're like, all.

1364
01:06:09,600 --> 01:06:11,680
Speaker 1: Right, oh yeah, I know, I stay for We had

1365
01:06:11,720 --> 01:06:14,680
Speaker 1: this one drills. It was our five man weave. And

1366
01:06:14,840 --> 01:06:16,520
Speaker 1: let me tell you, every day i'd be trying to

1367
01:06:16,520 --> 01:06:21,000
Speaker 1: look at tars practicing. I'm like, is it yeah, I

1368
01:06:21,040 --> 01:06:23,280
Speaker 1: go look, it's like always in their back pocket. I'm like,

1369
01:06:23,960 --> 01:06:27,240
Speaker 1: I'm like, okay, you gotta tell the team. I'm like, guys, like, honestly,

1370
01:06:27,560 --> 01:06:29,480
Speaker 1: it's at the end. So you may want to find

1371
01:06:29,480 --> 01:06:31,560
Speaker 1: a few places of coast. You may want to figure

1372
01:06:31,560 --> 01:06:34,960
Speaker 1: it out because it's coming and it's always it's a

1373
01:06:35,000 --> 01:06:38,200
Speaker 1: set up. Okay, game winning shot or game winning block.

1374
01:06:38,880 --> 01:06:43,000
Speaker 3: I'm gonna go bucket okay, okay, group TikTok or solo

1375
01:06:43,160 --> 01:06:45,000
Speaker 3: TikTok oh.

1376
01:06:45,160 --> 01:06:47,840
Speaker 2: I'll be killing the solo ones. You're cool, you do.

1377
01:06:48,840 --> 01:06:50,760
Speaker 3: But the thing with the group ones, like if not

1378
01:06:50,920 --> 01:06:54,040
Speaker 3: everyone's on the same page, it may not be successful.

1379
01:06:54,080 --> 01:06:57,440
Speaker 3: You know, I do a lot of dancing TikTok too,

1380
01:06:57,560 --> 01:06:59,360
Speaker 3: So I'm gonna say I'm gonna say group ones because

1381
01:06:59,360 --> 01:06:59,920
Speaker 3: they're always fun.

1382
01:07:00,160 --> 01:07:01,880
Speaker 2: You guys get the drafts of the group.

1383
01:07:02,120 --> 01:07:03,400
Speaker 1: Tusis place to play on the road.

1384
01:07:06,520 --> 01:07:08,320
Speaker 2: We've been to a lot of good places.

1385
01:07:10,120 --> 01:07:12,640
Speaker 3: I would say Tennessee just because of you know, the

1386
01:07:12,800 --> 01:07:13,320
Speaker 3: history and.

1387
01:07:13,320 --> 01:07:17,280
Speaker 1: There it is not orange is bright?

1388
01:07:18,080 --> 01:07:20,919
Speaker 2: It really it's a sea of orange. And I don't

1389
01:07:20,960 --> 01:07:21,640
Speaker 2: know if I like it.

1390
01:07:23,480 --> 01:07:25,960
Speaker 1: Who's the biggest trash talker you could be played against

1391
01:07:26,000 --> 01:07:27,880
Speaker 1: on your team? Biggest trash talker.

1392
01:07:29,360 --> 01:07:33,000
Speaker 2: Biggest trash talker. Oh, it's not going, it's not rapid

1393
01:07:33,040 --> 01:07:33,560
Speaker 2: fire at all.

1394
01:07:34,280 --> 01:07:38,000
Speaker 1: It's okay, we set our expectations low, right, it's a

1395
01:07:38,080 --> 01:07:38,560
Speaker 1: cool man.

1396
01:07:40,400 --> 01:07:45,960
Speaker 3: I don't know that i've played against. Maybe maybe, like

1397
01:07:46,080 --> 01:07:48,080
Speaker 3: let's think about the National Championship game. When I was

1398
01:07:48,120 --> 01:07:51,800
Speaker 3: playing that game, I feel like just the whole South

1399
01:07:51,840 --> 01:07:53,600
Speaker 3: Carolina team, they were really just.

1400
01:07:55,720 --> 01:07:56,000
Speaker 1: Okay.

1401
01:07:56,080 --> 01:07:58,520
Speaker 3: They was just honest. I wouldn't say I can say

1402
01:07:58,560 --> 01:08:01,280
Speaker 3: trash talk. It was like healthy petition. But like if

1403
01:08:01,320 --> 01:08:05,280
Speaker 3: you're winning too, I would be like stuff too, So

1404
01:08:05,280 --> 01:08:08,280
Speaker 3: I'd say that's the that's the biggest like game where

1405
01:08:08,280 --> 01:08:11,040
Speaker 3: I felt like, dang, like maybe I shouldn't say nothing back.

1406
01:08:13,280 --> 01:08:15,600
Speaker 1: I got you. You just gotta take some sometimes, yeah,

1407
01:08:16,360 --> 01:08:17,160
Speaker 1: biggest flopper.

1408
01:08:18,640 --> 01:08:21,479
Speaker 2: Oh you want me to call somebody out, now, it's

1409
01:08:21,600 --> 01:08:21,920
Speaker 2: up to you.

1410
01:08:22,439 --> 01:08:23,160
Speaker 1: It's to you.

1411
01:08:24,200 --> 01:08:27,200
Speaker 3: I'm a I'm no, I'm not gonna say anything because

1412
01:08:27,200 --> 01:08:28,800
Speaker 3: you want me to. You're gonna set me up. So

1413
01:08:28,840 --> 01:08:30,400
Speaker 3: I'm gonna say, I'm gonna.

1414
01:08:31,760 --> 01:08:33,400
Speaker 1: You can give us one on your team to not

1415
01:08:33,520 --> 01:08:34,679
Speaker 1: to not if.

1416
01:08:34,520 --> 01:08:36,599
Speaker 2: You have on your mind biggest flopper.

1417
01:08:38,120 --> 01:08:39,880
Speaker 3: See, that's setting me up even more because I have

1418
01:08:39,960 --> 01:08:43,799
Speaker 3: to go back and live with these people exactly exactly.

1419
01:08:43,880 --> 01:08:46,040
Speaker 1: But this is something I'm sure you would say to them. Anyways.

1420
01:08:46,160 --> 01:08:48,479
Speaker 1: I'll be telling you that's true.

1421
01:08:49,240 --> 01:08:52,400
Speaker 2: I would say maybe nic.

1422
01:08:54,560 --> 01:08:54,920
Speaker 1: Not her.

1423
01:08:55,120 --> 01:08:58,000
Speaker 3: Oh my, I feel like I feel like, especially like

1424
01:08:58,120 --> 01:09:00,840
Speaker 3: me and her, we know how to draw thes really well.

1425
01:09:01,040 --> 01:09:02,960
Speaker 3: So I wanted to call it flopping. I would say

1426
01:09:03,000 --> 01:09:06,559
Speaker 3: that we're really how we're trying to. Yeah, a little

1427
01:09:06,600 --> 01:09:10,559
Speaker 3: bit little acting, take a little take a little hit

1428
01:09:10,640 --> 01:09:11,360
Speaker 3: at the same time.

1429
01:09:11,560 --> 01:09:15,479
Speaker 1: So all right, okay, what's your biggest basketball egg.

1430
01:09:16,320 --> 01:09:19,559
Speaker 3: There's a lot in practice, Like we have a water

1431
01:09:19,720 --> 01:09:25,080
Speaker 3: bottle cart, so yeah, if if he calls for a

1432
01:09:25,160 --> 01:09:27,679
Speaker 3: water break, I need space to like go and grab

1433
01:09:27,760 --> 01:09:29,559
Speaker 3: my water bottle. I don't want you guys just chill

1434
01:09:29,600 --> 01:09:31,840
Speaker 3: and drinking water right by the cart, Like I need

1435
01:09:31,880 --> 01:09:33,920
Speaker 3: space to grab it and get out of there. So

1436
01:09:34,439 --> 01:09:37,280
Speaker 3: if you're taking too long by the cart is running

1437
01:09:37,320 --> 01:09:39,960
Speaker 3: into my water break time and CD be like it's

1438
01:09:40,000 --> 01:09:42,360
Speaker 3: not a full media timeout. So I don't need all

1439
01:09:42,400 --> 01:09:43,720
Speaker 3: that happened to me at the same time.

1440
01:09:43,800 --> 01:09:44,320
Speaker 1: Exactly.

1441
01:09:44,520 --> 01:09:46,839
Speaker 2: That's one of my eggs. Don't stand by because.

1442
01:09:46,880 --> 01:09:49,800
Speaker 1: You want to sit down. Time it's go sip. So

1443
01:09:49,960 --> 01:09:51,559
Speaker 1: why are you standing with my bottle?

1444
01:09:51,680 --> 01:09:51,840
Speaker 3: Right?

1445
01:09:52,439 --> 01:09:54,680
Speaker 2: What are you doing? Exactly?

1446
01:09:55,120 --> 01:09:58,200
Speaker 1: Who's your celebrity lookalike look alike?

1447
01:09:58,560 --> 01:09:58,840
Speaker 2: Okay?

1448
01:09:59,000 --> 01:09:59,160
Speaker 3: Yeah?

1449
01:09:59,400 --> 01:10:02,040
Speaker 2: Do we have hold on? I don't know if we do.

1450
01:10:03,360 --> 01:10:03,920
Speaker 2: We can say.

1451
01:10:04,000 --> 01:10:06,720
Speaker 3: We could probably say Aliyah because you know, the same name,

1452
01:10:06,880 --> 01:10:09,840
Speaker 3: same spelling and everything. I think she she she's cute too,

1453
01:10:09,960 --> 01:10:11,599
Speaker 3: so that's not a bad one.

1454
01:10:12,520 --> 01:10:14,400
Speaker 1: Shout out, shout out of me? Is she cute too?

1455
01:10:14,640 --> 01:10:14,920
Speaker 2: Okay?

1456
01:10:15,640 --> 01:10:17,240
Speaker 1: If you had to pick someone to be our two

1457
01:10:17,280 --> 01:10:20,240
Speaker 1: on two partner and you can't pick a teammate, who

1458
01:10:20,280 --> 01:10:20,800
Speaker 1: would you pick?

1459
01:10:22,840 --> 01:10:24,639
Speaker 3: I need I need a guard for sure, I can't.

1460
01:10:26,160 --> 01:10:29,320
Speaker 3: I need I need space to operate. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,

1461
01:10:30,479 --> 01:10:34,320
Speaker 3: I would probably say let's go with Kiya because I

1462
01:10:34,400 --> 01:10:37,080
Speaker 3: feel like, you know, we already played together.

1463
01:10:37,800 --> 01:10:41,040
Speaker 1: You are dropping the ball in terms of rapid fire,

1464
01:10:41,400 --> 01:10:45,320
Speaker 1: and then you just want to say, your fellow Canadians, yeah, because.

1465
01:10:45,479 --> 01:10:47,639
Speaker 2: You said I couldn't say you can teammates, I'm gonna

1466
01:10:47,680 --> 01:10:50,200
Speaker 2: go with you know my me?

1467
01:10:50,960 --> 01:10:52,960
Speaker 1: Okay? I hope this one was better, but I feel

1468
01:10:52,960 --> 01:10:55,320
Speaker 1: like it won't be. What's your favorite pregame hype song.

1469
01:10:56,080 --> 01:10:58,960
Speaker 3: I'm gonna tell you my favorite artist, So it's definitely Drake.

1470
01:10:59,240 --> 01:10:59,640
Speaker 3: You know, I.

1471
01:11:01,120 --> 01:11:03,400
Speaker 2: Gotta rep the six all right.

1472
01:11:03,520 --> 01:11:06,160
Speaker 3: But no, he he gets me hype, but usually off

1473
01:11:06,200 --> 01:11:08,439
Speaker 3: the court, I like to do more like a chill Drake.

1474
01:11:08,520 --> 01:11:11,360
Speaker 1: But pre it's more like so what so? Yeah, so

1475
01:11:11,479 --> 01:11:19,040
Speaker 1: what's like our up tempo Drake? Maybe like here we

1476
01:11:19,160 --> 01:11:21,639
Speaker 1: go again, Here we go again.

1477
01:11:22,080 --> 01:11:22,720
Speaker 3: You're killing me.

1478
01:11:26,080 --> 01:11:28,040
Speaker 2: Trying to think of the song off that.

1479
01:11:30,160 --> 01:11:31,679
Speaker 1: You're durn. We're just gonna stick.

1480
01:11:32,160 --> 01:11:34,960
Speaker 2: We're just gonna Okay, Drake, I need a good one

1481
01:11:35,000 --> 01:11:35,680
Speaker 2: for this last one?

1482
01:11:35,880 --> 01:11:40,760
Speaker 1: Your best impersonation of of coach gino of coach.

1483
01:11:40,960 --> 01:11:43,519
Speaker 2: Okay, Yeah, so he'd be like Mike a little bit.

1484
01:11:43,600 --> 01:11:46,439
Speaker 1: He'd be like, Okay, well you need to talk us

1485
01:11:46,479 --> 01:11:47,800
Speaker 1: through it. This is a podcast.

1486
01:11:47,920 --> 01:11:53,040
Speaker 2: You can't just give. But that's all he gives. Sometimes

1487
01:11:53,880 --> 01:11:54,439
Speaker 2: he just gives.

1488
01:11:54,640 --> 01:11:57,120
Speaker 1: He just gives, like like RBS, is that what we're

1489
01:11:57,160 --> 01:11:58,800
Speaker 1: getting a little bit?

1490
01:11:59,240 --> 01:12:01,920
Speaker 3: So, okay, say I miss a layup? He like turned

1491
01:12:01,960 --> 01:12:04,400
Speaker 3: to the to the bench and turn to like our

1492
01:12:04,479 --> 01:12:06,720
Speaker 3: position coaches, and he'll be like.

1493
01:12:07,040 --> 01:12:07,960
Speaker 1: Jay, what is that?

1494
01:12:08,200 --> 01:12:11,280
Speaker 2: Is that what you've been teaching? Leah? I know why

1495
01:12:11,880 --> 01:12:14,880
Speaker 2: a game he'll damn yeah.

1496
01:12:15,439 --> 01:12:17,839
Speaker 1: If I was a position coach, I'd be like Aleiah,

1497
01:12:18,000 --> 01:12:20,280
Speaker 1: I got to hear it because of you get it together.

1498
01:12:21,080 --> 01:12:22,880
Speaker 2: I don't need it. I do get it.

1499
01:12:24,479 --> 01:12:27,000
Speaker 3: But I think that the face expression was way better.

1500
01:12:27,160 --> 01:12:29,720
Speaker 1: But okay, well, you know, forget about the people who

1501
01:12:29,840 --> 01:12:32,879
Speaker 1: watched the pod. They'll get to see the face, see.

1502
01:12:35,160 --> 01:12:35,719
Speaker 2: The impression.

1503
01:12:36,000 --> 01:12:36,120
Speaker 3: You know.

1504
01:12:36,160 --> 01:12:37,639
Speaker 2: I'm saying you out at the same time.

1505
01:12:37,760 --> 01:12:43,160
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, you're done. But thank you so much

1506
01:12:43,200 --> 01:12:45,439
Speaker 1: for coming on. This has been nothing but a pleasure.

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Speaker 1: You're amazing. I'm a big fan, so thank.

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Speaker 2: You for coming on. Thank you. I'm a big fan

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Speaker 2: of you. To keep killing in the league, you know, jeez.

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Speaker 1: But thank you to everybody for listening. We'll be back

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Speaker 1: next week with another episode of Sometimes.

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Speaker 2: I Who.

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Speaker 3: MHM