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Speaker 2: Spreading the court.

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Speaker 3: Ten seconds remaining, so just go throw half of the

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Speaker 4: It's not a seven seconds. It's the cruit for the wind.

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Speaker 5: God by a miracle.

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Speaker 3: I just it's up the water.

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Speaker 4: Hit that one from the parking lot.

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Speaker 3: Shut it all.

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Speaker 2: At college basketball.

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Speaker 4: It's not the size on the dog in the fight.

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Speaker 4: It's the size of the fight.

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Speaker 3: In the dog. Welcome to Big Bets on Campus, presented

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Speaker 3: by Bett MGM. This is your NCAA Women's Final four

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Speaker 3: betting preview. My name is Maria Marino. Excited to be

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Speaker 3: alongside Action Network contributors Dan ol Matsya and Jim Turvy

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Speaker 3: and fellas. We got an incredible Elite eight. Now we

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Speaker 3: have an incredible Final four to look forward to. So

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Speaker 3: let's jump right into previewing both semi finals, which are Friday,

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Speaker 3: April sixth in Cleveland, Game one at seven eastern. We

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Speaker 3: got the three seed NC State against the top overall

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Speaker 3: seed South Carolina. South Carolina favored by eleven and a half. Dano,

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna start with you, what is your lean on

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Speaker 3: this game?

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Speaker 6: I mean final four double digits. I know it's South

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Speaker 6: think what you're getting with the Vincy State it's amazing

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Speaker 6: and revenge game for Sanaia Rivers. I don't think she

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Speaker 6: A lot of young players in South Carolina think you

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Speaker 3: Jim, how do you feel about this?

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Speaker 4: I am nervous.

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Speaker 7: I'm nervous to take either side of a spread here,

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Speaker 7: but I think I think it's a decent line if

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Speaker 7: you look at the two teams. I mean, South Carolina

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Speaker 7: is clearly the much better team, right, but we've seen

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Speaker 7: like that perfect team that makes a run that we

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Speaker 7: see every March. And let's walk through their ways. Right,

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Speaker 7: they have a guard that is just absolutely red hot.

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Speaker 7: So Zaia James right now shooting fifty seven percent from

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Speaker 7: three to this tournament, eighty five percent for the line.

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Speaker 7: She's also taking more threes and getting to the line more.

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Speaker 7: In general, So's she's playing out of her mind. It

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Speaker 7: doesn't start with her though. The team as a whole,

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Speaker 7: they're up to thirty seven percent from three and they're

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Speaker 7: four extra times a game during this tournament. For the

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Speaker 7: tournament as a whole, they have made twenty nine threes

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Speaker 7: to fourteen for their opposition. They've taken sixty nine free throws.

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Speaker 7: They made six nine free throws compared to thirty four

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Speaker 7: for their opponents. So everything is screaming regression, right. But

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Speaker 7: we've seen these teams, especially with the hot guards, go

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Speaker 7: It's a tiny stamp. It's six games, right, it feels

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Speaker 7: go under for a couple of different reasons. For one,

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Speaker 7: But I also think NC State the way they master

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Speaker 7: this is a team that you know, South Carolina relies

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Speaker 4: To kind of bog down.

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Speaker 7: The points are scary either way. South Carolina is terrifying

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Speaker 3: Okay, so we have an under and by the way,

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Speaker 3: so on bet MGM. Just a little heads up. By

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Speaker 3: the way, the second game we have Yukon and Iowa.

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Speaker 3: We're going to get to that momentarily, but want to

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Speaker 3: keep breaking down this first semi final game. Firstly, Dano,

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Speaker 6: I am in sort of agreement. It's just final fars.

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Speaker 6: Last few years have just been kind of phenomenal games.

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Speaker 6: I do do like the way NC State has been

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Speaker 6: I think they're both top twenty five in the country

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Speaker 3: So Okay, here's what I'm hearing. Dano is a bit

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Speaker 3: But in the previous round, Oregon State was within four

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Speaker 3: South Carolina made more plays. Obviously got to the free

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Speaker 3: It's gonna be a tall task, but I just could

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Speaker 3: What's scary about South Carolina is like I mean Malaysia

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Speaker 3: It's gonna be tough against Cardoso. I mean Camilla Cardoso

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Speaker 7: Kai hop In really quick America. Yeah, I think give

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Speaker 7: I think they're almost fine with it, like.

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Speaker 4: I don't want to.

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Speaker 7: This take is not being thrown out as like an

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Speaker 7: on full whiley, Yeah, I actually had a couple of

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Speaker 4: It's not up yet.

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Speaker 7: She is by like you said, she might be their

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Speaker 4: That would make them pretty small.

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Speaker 7: But I there's something about full Whiley. I was talking

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Speaker 7: as well before the Tournament's saying, I want a full

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Speaker 7: Whiley most outstanding player prop before the tournament. Now she

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Speaker 7: I'm actually surprised her minutes have gone down during the tournament,

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Speaker 7: She you know, she every time that like the scene,

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Speaker 3: The one other thing I'll say is I think that

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Speaker 4: Know, days in advance.

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Speaker 7: So two that I'm looking at, Raven Johnson under five

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Speaker 4: As Raheem Palmer likes to say.

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Speaker 7: Asaiah James under nineteen and a half points. She's been

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean, she probably just needs a further three

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Speaker 1: She was five for five.

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Speaker 3: I just have to say, can I just like give

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Speaker 1: I would also just with some props.

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Speaker 6: Don is a coach that will absolutely tweak her lineup,

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Speaker 6: So I know lineups aren't released until like right before,

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Speaker 6: but still donn is Donna is coaching her tail off,

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Speaker 6: That was nuts. But but yeah, I mean like betting

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Speaker 3: All right, let's keep the scary hours going and get

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Speaker 3: into the second semi final at nine o'clock Eastern on

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Speaker 6: I think I think it's hard to bet against Kaylin

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Speaker 6: I think it's I think it's pretty great she hasn't.

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Speaker 6: I think they lost to Yukon this Sweek sixteen her

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Speaker 6: Didn't really play well. But I've seen I've seen Kaylan

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Speaker 6: March and in April, and I think we're probably overlooking

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Speaker 6: I don't think USC played their best game by any means,

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Speaker 6: Still you got positive minutes from Kayden Samuel's as well.

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Speaker 6: But that is a team that I've said is six

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Speaker 6: But I feel like Yukon fans have to feel good

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Speaker 6: Lee Edwards looks so good right now. Niko Mules defense

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Speaker 3: I have a lot of thoughts, but Jim, I do

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Speaker 7: Well, I do have a pick, but I still want

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Speaker 7: But first I feel like we need to like touch

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Speaker 7: This is a Yukon team Daniel mentioned it goes six

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Speaker 4: Right after them.

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Speaker 7: I don't think Caitlin and Lisa are going to show

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Speaker 7: When when Molly Davis went out. She's such a key

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Speaker 6: I do want to say, like we saw how tired

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Speaker 6: I mean, I mean, I didn't even want to say

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Speaker 6: And I mean, granted, you know you got some young

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Speaker 6: Ran them off the court. And I'm to Jim's point

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Speaker 3: So I know you're all waiting to hear, but it

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Speaker 3: not only for Gino but the whole coaching staff and

439
00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:24,840
Speaker 3: Paige Becker's in particular is an a plus human being

440
00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:30,000
Speaker 3: and clearly a phenomenal player. A couple of things I

441
00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:34,080
Speaker 3: want to get into. So we get the matchup of

442
00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:37,000
Speaker 3: the first team All Americans, which we've touched on sort

443
00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:39,679
Speaker 3: of this gemstone of this matchup, and I want to

444
00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:43,320
Speaker 3: illustrate for those who might not be super familiar with

445
00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:46,840
Speaker 3: one or the other, like this matchup between Page and

446
00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:51,840
Speaker 3: Caitlyn and how they differ. In my opinion, here's what

447
00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:59,080
Speaker 3: makes them different. Like Caitlyn Clark obviously has the endless range,

448
00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:03,800
Speaker 3: whereas Page is very comfortable in the mid range, and

449
00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:06,880
Speaker 3: because of that, her efficiency tends to be a little

450
00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:12,760
Speaker 3: bit better than Caitlin. I also think that defensively, Paige

451
00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:16,960
Speaker 3: Beckers is underrated, and Caitlyn has been pretty good on

452
00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:19,919
Speaker 3: defense too. She had a couple of seals and a

453
00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:23,199
Speaker 3: block in the Elite eight. Becker's leading her team in

454
00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:29,200
Speaker 3: steals and blocks, and the versatility. Like she's typically a guard,

455
00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:31,680
Speaker 3: she could play any position on the floor in my opinion,

456
00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:34,119
Speaker 3: even the five. I mean, not against bigger players, but

457
00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:37,680
Speaker 3: she's essentially been positionless throughout this entire tournament. In fact,

458
00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:40,840
Speaker 3: they're running her out as a four right now at six,

459
00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:45,000
Speaker 3: not even she's five to eleven. And so I'm just

460
00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:48,679
Speaker 3: so excited to get these two players back together. And

461
00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:54,359
Speaker 3: in terms of the defensive strategy, So Jim, you touched

462
00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:58,320
Speaker 3: on the questionable decision of Kim Moulkey to have Van

463
00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:03,600
Speaker 3: Lift on Clark. And here's what I predict to happen.

464
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Speaker 3: I predict that Nika Mule will start on Caitlin Clark.

465
00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:11,439
Speaker 3: But Mule, she is a bulldog for sure. She has

466
00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:13,680
Speaker 3: a tendency to get in foul trouble. She fouled out

467
00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:19,159
Speaker 3: against Syracuse earlier in the tournament. In my opinion, if

468
00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:22,680
Speaker 3: you kind were deeper, I would have Paige Beckers on

469
00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:25,960
Speaker 3: Caitlin Clark because she's their best defender. She's their most

470
00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:29,679
Speaker 3: disciplined defender. And I bet you as the game goes on,

471
00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:32,960
Speaker 3: kind of like how we saw with Juji Watkins, Page

472
00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:37,240
Speaker 3: will start to get some defensive action against Caitlin because

473
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Speaker 3: I think it's going to be out of necessity when

474
00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:42,520
Speaker 3: it comes to the fouls. But Page also has to

475
00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:47,119
Speaker 3: play forty minutes, and so because that's a consideration, you know,

476
00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:48,959
Speaker 3: I don't think you're gonna see them match up one

477
00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:50,800
Speaker 3: on one right away, but I do think we're gonna

478
00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:52,919
Speaker 3: get some one on one, which I think is freaking

479
00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,520
Speaker 3: awesome for this For this matchup.

480
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Speaker 7: I wonder if Caitlin will do. Caitlyn defends like the

481
00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:01,320
Speaker 7: old guy at the rec Jim when he's defending me

482
00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:03,680
Speaker 7: just kind of like does the insulting like wave off

483
00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:05,240
Speaker 7: to be like, I'm going to get in your head

484
00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:06,400
Speaker 7: and that's how you miss your shot.

485
00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:09,159
Speaker 4: I don't think she'll pull that with Page though. Yeah.

486
00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:15,480
Speaker 3: So to get to why I feel that Iowa covering

487
00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:20,200
Speaker 3: is is the play here is really what you guys

488
00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:23,239
Speaker 3: mentioned as far as the depth piece, as great as

489
00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:29,480
Speaker 3: Page is, you're playing seven players, but you're really playing five,

490
00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:32,879
Speaker 3: like you're getting Ice Brady off the bench, maybe Kitten

491
00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:34,879
Speaker 3: Samuel's off the bench. I was a little surprised to

492
00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:36,480
Speaker 3: see her, and I thought that was a brilliant move

493
00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:39,000
Speaker 3: by Gino in the Elite eight. She don't play a

494
00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:43,560
Speaker 3: lot like but not only not only the depth piece,

495
00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:50,280
Speaker 3: but the experience. Two of Yukon starters are freshmen, and

496
00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:53,160
Speaker 3: both players that come off the bench are freshmen, and

497
00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:57,680
Speaker 3: so it's just this perfect storm. Sadly well, I think

498
00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:00,520
Speaker 3: Yukon is great. Aliah Edwards has been phenomenal twenty four

499
00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:03,360
Speaker 3: points in the last round. Paige Becker's like I said,

500
00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:07,000
Speaker 3: the efficiency fifty one percent from the field in the tournament.

501
00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:13,040
Speaker 3: Iowa has not only more bodies, but particularly in that

502
00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:17,360
Speaker 3: big position. If Hannah Sulki gets in foul trouble, Iowa

503
00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:20,560
Speaker 3: has other very capable bigs as you saw on the

504
00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:22,600
Speaker 3: Elite eight. They're going to be a little bit of

505
00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:25,840
Speaker 3: a drop off, but they're serviceable. Whereas if Aliah gets

506
00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:27,800
Speaker 3: in foul trouble and she had four in the last game,

507
00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:31,439
Speaker 3: she foiled out a prior game as well, what are

508
00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:33,960
Speaker 3: they going to do? Like that's really what it comes

509
00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:36,800
Speaker 3: down to. And I think you guys just nailed it

510
00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:40,119
Speaker 3: as far as like with the bodies, with the foul trouble,

511
00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:47,160
Speaker 3: Iowa wearing down Yukon and I you know, like I said,

512
00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:52,360
Speaker 3: Paige is phenomenal, She's gonna make plays, but how sustainable

513
00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:56,680
Speaker 3: is what they have going on? So that's where I landed.

514
00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:58,040
Speaker 3: Anyone else want to jump in.

515
00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:00,280
Speaker 1: A few other things.

516
00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:02,640
Speaker 6: I like, it's just like proximity to Iowa too. It's

517
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:06,199
Speaker 6: like it's going to be i Was City North like

518
00:27:06,359 --> 00:27:09,160
Speaker 6: that's I mean, I mean, it was it was Iowa

519
00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:12,359
Speaker 6: City Northeast last night. Jesus Christ. I mean, I I

520
00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:14,439
Speaker 6: don't know if y'all have.

521
00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:16,520
Speaker 1: Been or if y'all seen Caitlin live.

522
00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:20,600
Speaker 3: I have not yet, Jim has I believe, Yeah, you

523
00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:22,960
Speaker 3: two have and I haven't what the hell.

524
00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:25,760
Speaker 6: I mean, I saw her the Final four last year,

525
00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:28,240
Speaker 6: went to a game against Iowa State and I was city.

526
00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:34,600
Speaker 6: But like the roar after like another made three, Like

527
00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:40,200
Speaker 6: I mean, the roars get continuously louder, but it's it's

528
00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:44,200
Speaker 6: the most like demoralizing feeling.

529
00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:47,360
Speaker 3: Like Yukon's fans travel very well.

530
00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:50,439
Speaker 6: Though, Yeah, I don't know if they're going to be

531
00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:52,040
Speaker 6: paying what these prices are now.

532
00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:57,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, we just saw ticket prices like upwards of nine

533
00:27:57,640 --> 00:27:59,920
Speaker 3: hundred bucks to get into the final in the door

534
00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:02,280
Speaker 3: to get she is amazing and I and honestly, I

535
00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:06,160
Speaker 3: don't blame people. Look, I do want to get some

536
00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:08,800
Speaker 3: quick futures talk. We might have some props. Do we

537
00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:11,200
Speaker 3: have any thoughts on the total of this game before

538
00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:11,679
Speaker 3: we move on?

539
00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:14,120
Speaker 7: I know any thoughts on the total, but I did

540
00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:16,080
Speaker 7: want to just just hop in real quick, say, like

541
00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:18,040
Speaker 7: can we hat tip to the committee right now, because

542
00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:20,960
Speaker 7: like they set this up so you know there and

543
00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:24,760
Speaker 7: we can we have talked about how you know, Keitland

544
00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:27,800
Speaker 7: is the best player in in women's CL's basketball right now.

545
00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:30,920
Speaker 7: She does also get exponentially more coverage, for sure, but

546
00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:33,640
Speaker 7: she is the face of the sport right now, for

547
00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:34,280
Speaker 7: for better.

548
00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:35,919
Speaker 3: And worse, and it's all deserved coverage.

549
00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:37,120
Speaker 4: She is the best player.

550
00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:39,240
Speaker 1: There's no for worse what she's done for this sport,

551
00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:40,560
Speaker 1: Like it's.

552
00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:41,560
Speaker 4: Awesome for sure.

553
00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:43,720
Speaker 7: And now she they set this up so she gets

554
00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:45,600
Speaker 7: to go through the team that beat her in the

555
00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:49,320
Speaker 7: final last year, the pre eminent you know, the the

556
00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:53,240
Speaker 7: college that everyone thinks the premier program, Gino Arima and

557
00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:56,200
Speaker 7: Page Beckers in the final four, and then a potentially

558
00:28:56,320 --> 00:29:00,720
Speaker 7: undefeated current dynasty South Carolina. I mean, you could that's

559
00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:02,560
Speaker 7: this kind of stuff that if she does that, if

560
00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:05,080
Speaker 7: she pulls it off, they're like chiseling her face into

561
00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:08,320
Speaker 7: Mount Rushmore as she walks off campus, Like you couldn't

562
00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:10,880
Speaker 7: draw up a better map. Like it such a hot

563
00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:12,200
Speaker 7: tip to the committee.

564
00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:13,200
Speaker 4: It's such a good job.

565
00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:15,840
Speaker 3: And the storyline of every single round.

566
00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:19,000
Speaker 7: Okay, and now I just guaranteed that we get NC

567
00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:20,920
Speaker 7: State versus Yukon in the championship.

568
00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:24,880
Speaker 3: Oh oh man, Okay, well are we good with this

569
00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:27,920
Speaker 3: matchup in particular? Can we move on a little bit? Good?

570
00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:28,200
Speaker 1: Yeah?

571
00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:29,360
Speaker 6: I mean, if you're gonna be if you're gonna be

572
00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:31,720
Speaker 6: anything that the old like, you know, like if on

573
00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:35,040
Speaker 6: a total like it. Yeah, just it's it's the final four.

574
00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:39,280
Speaker 6: It's fun yea. And yeah page master Class in coming too,

575
00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:41,080
Speaker 6: like I will be surprised at Page Shops thirty.

576
00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:45,200
Speaker 3: Yeah for sure. The other thing that worked for me

577
00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:49,080
Speaker 3: in the last round, like if you like Iowa and

578
00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:53,600
Speaker 3: you want to maybe parlay it with like Caitlin Clark

579
00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:56,880
Speaker 3: something or other that that I did have success with

580
00:29:56,880 --> 00:30:01,040
Speaker 3: that in the last round. But u Jim, I want

581
00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:03,880
Speaker 3: to go back to what you were saying with these

582
00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:10,320
Speaker 3: matchups and look ahead to who we think is you know, advancing.

583
00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:14,120
Speaker 3: It sounds like we all in our brackets hypothetically would

584
00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:19,480
Speaker 3: have South Carolina advancing and Iowa advancing, which is perfect

585
00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:25,600
Speaker 3: in a lot of ways. And so I am looking

586
00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:28,440
Speaker 3: at the outright winner odds. Obviously South Carolina is the

587
00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:32,160
Speaker 3: favorite minus two hundred. I think there's some value on

588
00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:36,120
Speaker 3: Iowa plus three hundred, and I don't mind sprinkling on

589
00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:41,360
Speaker 3: that because I think the one advantage that Iowa has

590
00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:46,960
Speaker 3: against South Carolina is once again the experience factor. Their

591
00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:51,960
Speaker 3: big three. We're all there in the final a year ago,

592
00:30:52,120 --> 00:30:54,840
Speaker 3: whereas in the semi final a year ago, you had

593
00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:59,760
Speaker 3: five starters on South Carolina that all left. And so

594
00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:03,680
Speaker 3: while I think that South Carolina is the deeper team,

595
00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:09,120
Speaker 3: the more skilled team, the more physical team, Iowa does

596
00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:13,680
Speaker 3: have that one notch, you know that that favors them

597
00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:19,240
Speaker 3: in terms of experience. And if I think LSU might

598
00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:23,240
Speaker 3: be the closest comp that we have to South Carolina,

599
00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:26,880
Speaker 3: like Angel rees and especially a hobbled Angel Reese is

600
00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:29,720
Speaker 3: not Camilla Cardo. So I get that, but it gives

601
00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:32,160
Speaker 3: me a little bit of confidence in Iowa that they

602
00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:37,160
Speaker 3: were able to hang with them just from a physical standpoint.

603
00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:40,320
Speaker 3: So I don't hate, like I said, a little sprinkle

604
00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:41,920
Speaker 3: on Iowa anyone else.

605
00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:46,400
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think I loved it yesterday. What was that?

606
00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:52,920
Speaker 1: I loved it yesterday? Plus seven or whatever? It was fair.

607
00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:54,600
Speaker 3: I don't know why I didn't think that far ahead

608
00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:55,880
Speaker 3: I thought I had in my bracket.

609
00:31:55,920 --> 00:32:01,240
Speaker 7: But I think we're talking. There's a couple of ways

610
00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:03,200
Speaker 7: to do it too, though, Because so I was about

611
00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:05,520
Speaker 7: minus one thirty five on the money line here, and

612
00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:08,400
Speaker 7: I'm curious you two who are both on NC state

613
00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:11,480
Speaker 7: in terms of spread, are you thinking like, does that

614
00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:13,400
Speaker 7: also mean you're gonna sprinkle the money line or are

615
00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:15,760
Speaker 7: you pretty confident the South Carolina is gonna win. You

616
00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:17,680
Speaker 7: just don't think they're gonna roll by twelve.

617
00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:23,080
Speaker 3: That's how I feel the latter ladder of what you said.

618
00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:25,520
Speaker 7: So then I think, if you if that's how you're feeling,

619
00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:28,440
Speaker 7: if you're gonna get a pretty good number on Iowas,

620
00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:30,280
Speaker 7: I think you'll get a pretty good number on Iowas

621
00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:33,040
Speaker 7: straight up in the championship. I think you could get

622
00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:36,160
Speaker 7: you know, a plus two, like maybe even. But I

623
00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:39,520
Speaker 7: don't know, Dan, what would you make Iowa versus South

624
00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:41,720
Speaker 7: Carolina money line? Yeah, money, and you might just be

625
00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:44,080
Speaker 7: able to roll it over and double the money that

626
00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:46,880
Speaker 7: way and get an implied number higher than plus three

627
00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:49,560
Speaker 7: hundred because some of that plus three hundred has the

628
00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:52,880
Speaker 7: NC state potential matchup in that number.

629
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Speaker 1: Yeah.

630
00:32:54,800 --> 00:33:01,800
Speaker 6: I mean, if if I'm just thinking about what I think,

631
00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:03,400
Speaker 6: the SPP was nine and a half last year for

632
00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:06,280
Speaker 6: South Carolina in a national championship, it's probably down to

633
00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:07,320
Speaker 6: like six and a half.

634
00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:11,040
Speaker 1: So I think taking you know, if.

635
00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:16,560
Speaker 6: You're already liking Iowa, here, definitely plus three hundred if

636
00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:19,680
Speaker 6: you want to ride the wave, and that'll probably get

637
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:21,680
Speaker 6: I mean, the world buffs a bet on Iowa.

638
00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:27,080
Speaker 3: So I wouldn't be surprised. D I know if Iowa

639
00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:30,760
Speaker 3: is overvalued, like if they may it to the championship

640
00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:34,400
Speaker 3: game just because of the bets coming in on Iowa

641
00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:36,360
Speaker 3: and the hype around Caitlin Clark.

642
00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:39,120
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I mean.

643
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:44,360
Speaker 6: I will say, Uh, I do believe that South Carolina

644
00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:45,320
Speaker 6: gets through m C State.

645
00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:51,200
Speaker 1: And the huge difference in this year's team is last

646
00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:52,240
Speaker 1: year's game plan.

647
00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:58,720
Speaker 6: Won't work against this year's South Carolina team. Way, it's

648
00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:02,080
Speaker 6: just a I mean, to me, it's crazy, but I

649
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:06,600
Speaker 6: think this is like don Staley's best team, uh that

650
00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:10,759
Speaker 6: she's had. It's just more versatile. Uh, defense is still

651
00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:14,000
Speaker 6: top notch. But they scored in so many different ways.

652
00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:18,680
Speaker 6: And then like we've already mentioned the depth, so I mean,

653
00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:22,319
Speaker 6: I think the world deserves to see it though, Like we.

654
00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:24,319
Speaker 4: Got it, we got Yeah, we gotta manifest that it's

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Speaker 4: got to happen.

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Speaker 3: We're manifesting all of it, I mean everything.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: But but also props to Yukon. They made a freaking

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Speaker 3: time fur with like points sitting on the bench because

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Speaker 3: of all their injuries. So like they've been great, they've delivered,

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Speaker 3: They've done their job. It's just such a tall task

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Speaker 3: but yeah, I mean the fact that we got LSU Iowa.

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Speaker 3: It felt like a championship game really, I mean the energy.

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Speaker 3: I wasn't in the building, Dano, you were. I was

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00:34:53,160 --> 00:34:55,839
Speaker 3: on my couch, and I'm like getting chills, I'm freaking out.

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Speaker 3: I'm getting like standing up, walking around, pacing like I mean,

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Speaker 3: and it was just I was just in my glory

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Speaker 3: and now we get three more amazing games. Any final thoughts,

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Speaker 3: Jim no, I.

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Speaker 7: I So in the meantime, I kind of looked at what,

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Speaker 7: you know, some of the good the good models out

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Speaker 7: there might have for the game.

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Speaker 4: It actually might be a little bit shorter.

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Speaker 7: I'm curious to see see what the number will be

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Speaker 7: if we do get in Iowa South Carolina. It could

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Speaker 7: be as short as Iowa plus like three and a

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Speaker 7: half or something, so that that would be you know,

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Speaker 7: I might be intrigued by by South Carolina at that point, but.

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Speaker 4: We'll have to see.

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Speaker 7: The Other part of it is seeing how these two

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Speaker 7: teams handle their final four matchups, because you don't want

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Speaker 7: to overreact to one game, but these there are these

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Speaker 7: are more you know, intense, purposeful games where you do

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00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:46,560
Speaker 7: get to see rotations like is Don sale going to

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Speaker 7: give me some more full Wiley.

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Speaker 4: You know is is uh is Caitlin.

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Speaker 7: You know when she has a defender like either Mule

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Speaker 7: or Becker's on her, how does she handle that instead

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Speaker 7: of maybe an HVL who wasn't really able to give

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Speaker 7: her the challenge that we'd see from her. So you

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Speaker 7: be able to take some stuff from these games. So

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Speaker 7: that's the other benefit to waiting it out if you're

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Speaker 7: looking to play Iowa.

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Speaker 3: And I just say too that I think one of

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Speaker 3: the hardest things from a coaching standpoint is the short

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Speaker 3: turnaround between the first semifinal and the final. So I

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00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:20,960
Speaker 3: know that you know both of these all of these

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00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:25,600
Speaker 3: coaching staffs probably have specific coaches assigned to each team

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00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:29,040
Speaker 3: that they're scouting and doing homework right now for all

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00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:31,960
Speaker 3: the potential like options, so that when it gets to

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Speaker 3: that point, you know, you're like ready to go. But

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Speaker 3: I just I think that's going to come into play

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Speaker 3: here with like I could see the execution and the

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00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:46,440
Speaker 3: game planning being brilliant in the semis and a little

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00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:49,600
Speaker 3: more anything goes in the final just because of that turnaround.

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Speaker 3: And let's not forget that for the second year in

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Speaker 3: a row, last year was the first time ever. The

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Speaker 3: final will be on ABC SO Network TV at three

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Speaker 3: o'clock in the afternoon, and Dano, you and I have

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Speaker 3: talked about this.

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Speaker 5: Caitlin Clark loves primetime and that I despise that quick

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Speaker 5: turnaround for the players, just especially who's playing in the

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Speaker 5: later game on Friday into Sunday.

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Speaker 3: So just something else to take into account. But that

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Speaker 3: being said, I'm not gonna be complaining because I'll be

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Speaker 3: locked in it anytime any of the days. All right,

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Speaker 3: I think that's gonna do it for our NCAA Women's

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Speaker 3: Final four betting preview. We'll have episodes on the Men's

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Speaker 3: Final four releasing right here in the days ahead, along

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Speaker 3: with the Player Props episode on the Action Network podcast,

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Speaker 3: so be sure to check those out as well. Guys,

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Speaker 3: it's been a blast for Dano, Mattaia and Jim Turvy.

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