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

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Speaker 1: up T shirts for embittered Chicago Sky fans. They say,

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Speaker 1: Swim and Sylvia and Elena and Kalia and Candace and Angel.

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Speaker 2: Should I leave room for the next superstar?

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Speaker 1: Was going to force her way out to It's Tuesday,

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Speaker 1: April seventh, and on today's show, we're joined by newly

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Speaker 1: minted NCAA National champion UCLA Bruins senior guard Charlie Ledger Walker.

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Speaker 1: We talk about the team's blowout win over South Carolina,

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Speaker 1: how her superclass of seniors earned UCLA its first title,

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Speaker 1: bringing glory back to New Zealand, her viral dance routine,

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Speaker 1: and more.

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Speaker 2: Plus the sky is falling.

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Speaker 1: Another Bruin squad pulls off the win and receipts proof

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Speaker 2: It's all coming up right after this. Welcome back, y'all.

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Speaker 1: Here's what you need to know today, starting with college

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Speaker 1: hoops and case you missed it, UCLA beat South Carolina

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Speaker 1: seventy nine, nine fifty one on Sunday in the NCAA

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Speaker 1: Basketball Championship. The twenty eight point margin of victory was

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Speaker 1: the third largest and a Division one women's championship final.

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Speaker 1: This is the first title for the Bruins in the

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Speaker 1: NCUBA era. The team last won a national championship in

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Speaker 1: nineteen seventy eight in the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for

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Speaker 1: Women the AIAW. Some members of that winning team were

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Speaker 1: in the building on Sunday, watching as UCLA seniors scored

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Speaker 1: every single Bruins point and five different Hoopers finished in

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Speaker 1: double figures. Gabriella Hakaz had twenty one points, ten rebounds,

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Speaker 1: and five assists, while Lauren Betts had fourteen points and

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Speaker 1: South Carolina coach Don Staley said after her team's loss

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Speaker 1: in the title game, quote, although we didn't win, I

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Speaker 1: can swallow it because we lost to a really good

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Speaker 1: human being and a good team that represent women's basketball well.

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Speaker 2: End quote. And hearing that, you do have.

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Speaker 1: To wonder if she was subtweeting Yukon coach Gino Oriema,

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Speaker 1: who yelled at Staley at the end of the semi

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Speaker 1: final game on Friday and left the court before the

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Speaker 1: final handshacks. That interaction was still top of mind for

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Speaker 1: many heading into Sunday's title game, and the ESPN color

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Speaker 1: commentator and former Yukon star Rebecca Lobo said during the

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Speaker 1: game broadcast that Kotoriama had quote unquote reached out to

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Speaker 1: coach Staley and apologized for confronting her at the Final Four,

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Speaker 1: but in a press conference later on Sunday, Staley said

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Speaker 3: Take a listen, that's a Geno question, right, It really

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Speaker 3: is a Geno question. I haven't heard from Geno. So

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Speaker 3: I mean, I got eight hundred text messages though I

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Speaker 3: don't know if the text or not. But is UCLA's day, right,

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Speaker 3: and let's keep it UCLA then winning the National championship again.

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Speaker 3: I will address all of that at another time. It's

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Speaker 3: not this weekend, Like we're not going to damper UCLA's

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Speaker 3: day with it. We talked about South Carolina, it's losing.

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Speaker 3: We talk about UCLA winning the National championship, and what's

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Speaker 3: great about our game today?

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Speaker 2: As at Marvin lh on Blue Sky.

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Speaker 1: So after they put quote as small as Gino looks today,

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Speaker 2: Couldn't agree more.

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Speaker 1: It was UCLA's day and she let them have it.

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Speaker 1: Lots more on the historic Bruins win and that celebratory

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Speaker 1: dance on stage in Phoenix with Charlie later in the show.

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Speaker 2: To the WNBA and buckle up slices.

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Speaker 1: Because things are happening, Starting with the expansion teams, the

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Speaker 1: Toronto Tempo and the Portland Fire began building their rosters

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Speaker 1: last Friday with the Expansion Draft.

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Speaker 2: Now we're going to do a deep dive on both.

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Speaker 1: Of these new teams in an upcoming episode, but a

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Speaker 1: few highlights for now. The Portland Fire went first and

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Speaker 1: used their pick to immediately start an international beef, selecting

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Speaker 1: if the Tempo wanted to build a Canadian foundation, they

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Speaker 1: shouldn't have given away that first pick. Among Portland's other

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Speaker 1: The Tempo used their first pick to grab the La

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Speaker 1: year ago, the Tempo went with a heavy international feel.

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Speaker 1: Eight different countries represented in their eleven picks. Other selections

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Speaker 1: Then asked Senaia Rivers about Marina. But either way, I

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Speaker 2: Traded pro Sportsman. But I guess that they're not together.

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Speaker 1: She can find a new lady up in Toronto who

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Speaker 1: The Chicago Sky have traded two time WNBA All Star

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Speaker 1: Dream announced on Monday they acquired recent exchange for their

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Speaker 1: last season, former Ellis used oar Reese average twelve point

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Speaker 1: But the season ended on a sour note, with Reese

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Speaker 1: in September, quote, I'm not settling for the same shit

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Speaker 1: We have to get great players. That's a non negotiable

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Speaker 1: The official word is that she didn't request out. The

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Speaker 1: But if you believe that, I have some Chicago's Guy

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Speaker 1: WNBA Finals tickets to sell you, of course Reese wanted out.

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Speaker 1: Chicago is not keeping up with the rest of the league,

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Speaker 1: and so we see yet another disappointing star turn and

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Speaker 1: run from the sky. Take a look at the all

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Speaker 1: time roster for the franchise and you'll see some of

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Speaker 1: the greatest names in women's basketball history, most of whom

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Speaker 1: demanded a trade to go play for a team with

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Speaker 1: The fans deserve a team that will actually invest in

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Speaker 1: hoopers that have come through Chicago and then left is

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Speaker 1: sort of unbelievable. Swin Cash, Sylvia Fowls, Elena Deladon, Kalia Copper,

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Speaker 1: by the way, while all of this is going on,

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Speaker 1: Prince belowner of the Sky, Michael Alter, is being sued

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Speaker 1: by a minority owner who claims that he used his

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Speaker 1: and claim a new outsized ownership share for himself. Great

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Speaker 1: Chicago sports fans deserve better, and so do the players

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Speaker 1: who suit up for the Sky. If the franchise doesn't

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Speaker 1: they're just going to continue to be a revolving door.

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Speaker 1: One final hoops note slices want to give you all

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Speaker 1: a picture of how this week of free agency will go.

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Speaker 1: So today and Yesterday designation period that's where teams can

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Speaker 1: run Wednesday through Friday. Signings will begin on Saturday. WNBA

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Speaker 1: Draft is just a couple of days later on Monday,

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Speaker 1: April thirteenth, So yeah, hold on to your butts. Things

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Speaker 1: calm to soccer. The Kansas City Current's teen Whewinga returned

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Speaker 1: Saw the light over the weekend, beating BFC two nil

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Speaker 1: Sarah Puntigham scoring the game winner in stoppage time, her

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Speaker 1: restart on April twenty fourth to the PWHL. The New

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Speaker 1: women's hockey. Yes again, Sirens goalie Kaylee Osbourne capped a

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Speaker 1: twenty save performance by stopping four or five shootout attempts

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Speaker 1: for the win. Now, if only another major women's sporting

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Speaker 1: After this weekend's games, one more team is officially into

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Speaker 1: the playoffs. Two time defending champs, the Minnesota Frost ended

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Speaker 1: in the playoffs, leaving just one more spot up for

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Speaker 1: grabs to Gymnastics, where the NCAA Semi Final round is set.

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Speaker 1: Eight teams advanced out of this weekend's regional finals, which

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Speaker 1: were held at four sites. LSU and Stanford clinch spots

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Speaker 1: UCLA's win came on Sunday evening, just hours after the

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Speaker 1: Bruins won the NCAA basketball title. But unlike the basketball

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Speaker 1: Lots more news for a busy few days of women's sports,

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Speaker 1: Now she's a national championship winning Kiwi. She's a senior

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Speaker 2: She's got basketball in her DNA.

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Speaker 2: It's Charlie's leisure Walker. Hi. Charlie's Hi.

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Speaker 4: That was such a great intro things.

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Speaker 1: Well, I very much relate to your video doing your hair,

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Speaker 4: No, yes, I am very much can be like that

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Speaker 2: Well, thank you for being here.

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Speaker 1: Congratulations, what a frickin' game I was there. I just

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Speaker 5: It's crazy, you know, I woke up this morning and

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Speaker 4: It's so overwhelming. But I'm just like, it's insane.

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Speaker 5: I can't believe that, you know, we can call ourselves

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Speaker 4: So it's just an amazing feeling.

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Speaker 1: An incredible season, an impressive final showing. I mean, one

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Speaker 2: Tell me about the scouting Tell me.

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Speaker 1: Right from the start, we saw Texas be able to

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Speaker 2: That was an ugly basketball game, low scoring.

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Speaker 5: Honestly, I think it gave us more confidence in our defense.

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Speaker 1: I don't think you need to apologize to your fans,

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Speaker 1: You mentioned being the aggressors, and I noticed that instantly

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Speaker 1: Y'all got a big lead, and the only real hiccup

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Speaker 2: Jim, I love that.

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Speaker 1: Is that a Corey Close thing or is that a

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Speaker 4: This is a UCLA women's basketball thing.

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Speaker 4: But it's something they've been.

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Speaker 2: I love that.

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Speaker 1: I'm not going to name any names, but I could

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Speaker 1: Okay, So you mentioned that there's a lot of people

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Speaker 4: Yeah, honestly, not not much.

438
00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:02,680
Speaker 5: Really like a lot of our focus this year again,

439
00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:05,239
Speaker 5: like I said, was really trying to be prison and

440
00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:07,880
Speaker 5: as much as you know last year, we can take

441
00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:11,480
Speaker 5: that reflection on what we learned, especially just the experience

442
00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:14,040
Speaker 5: of being at a Final four. There's so many different

443
00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:17,040
Speaker 5: things that people don't know go on behind the scenes

444
00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:20,040
Speaker 5: in terms of media and obligations, and it can be

445
00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:22,159
Speaker 5: a lot, you know, going for the first time, and

446
00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:25,280
Speaker 5: last year when we were there, it was just a

447
00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:28,320
Speaker 5: whole new experience, and so I think we took that.

448
00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:31,080
Speaker 5: But other than that, we weren't really focused on, you know,

449
00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:34,399
Speaker 5: what had happened last year. We're a completely different team obviously,

450
00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:37,920
Speaker 5: and you know, just trying to stay focused on one

451
00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:40,880
Speaker 5: going one in every game. We weren't even looking towards

452
00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:43,480
Speaker 5: the championship game. It was more about who's in front

453
00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:45,000
Speaker 5: of us right now and what do we need to do.

454
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Speaker 1: Every point in this final was scored by a senior,

455
00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:51,760
Speaker 1: but it was awesome that everyone got some minutes and contributed,

456
00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:54,280
Speaker 1: which was great to see. Tell me about winning this

457
00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:57,440
Speaker 1: with your fellow seniors. This is your final collegiate game.

458
00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:00,160
Speaker 1: You play as well as you do. You bring UCLA

459
00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:02,879
Speaker 1: the first NCAA title, Like, how cool is it to

460
00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:05,200
Speaker 1: do that with a pack of women that are also

461
00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:06,440
Speaker 1: experiencing that same thing.

462
00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:07,800
Speaker 4: It's insane.

463
00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:12,440
Speaker 5: Like I love each of my teammates so much, and

464
00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:13,800
Speaker 5: you know, especially the seniors.

465
00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:16,440
Speaker 4: I'm just I'm so proud of them.

466
00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:19,320
Speaker 5: Like there's so many things that they've each had to

467
00:21:19,359 --> 00:21:22,280
Speaker 5: sacrifice to be here and to get to this moment,

468
00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:25,080
Speaker 5: and all of their stories are so uniquely amazing, and

469
00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:27,320
Speaker 5: I'm just so grateful that I get to be a

470
00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:30,000
Speaker 5: part of that, and you know, I've been able to

471
00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:34,280
Speaker 5: walk alongside and win a championship with the type of

472
00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:37,240
Speaker 5: teammates they are, Like, yes, they're great basketball players, but

473
00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:40,000
Speaker 5: they're even better people. And I'm just so proud that

474
00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:42,240
Speaker 5: they get to celebrate this because it's been something that

475
00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:44,880
Speaker 5: we've all been working for, not just for a year,

476
00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:47,639
Speaker 5: like it's been our whole entire lives working for a

477
00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:50,240
Speaker 5: moment like this, and so it's insane.

478
00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:51,240
Speaker 4: And I can't like.

479
00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:54,199
Speaker 5: This senior class has been such a dream to play with.

480
00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:56,080
Speaker 5: It's been one of the best teams I've ever been on,

481
00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:57,920
Speaker 5: and I'm just so happy that, you know, we get

482
00:21:57,920 --> 00:21:58,960
Speaker 5: to celebrate this together.

483
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Speaker 1: Did you all have the chance meet any of the

484
00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:05,000
Speaker 1: women of the last national championship team in any point

485
00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:07,040
Speaker 1: this season? I know Corey Close loves to talk about

486
00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:09,919
Speaker 1: the village that helps a win like this. Did you

487
00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,600
Speaker 1: actually get a chance to meet that nineteen seventy eight

488
00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:13,000
Speaker 1: team ever?

489
00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:16,360
Speaker 5: Yeah, we've actually met a couple of them, and one

490
00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:19,720
Speaker 5: of them actually, Miss Debbie. She is a big part

491
00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:22,399
Speaker 5: of our program. She's around all the time. She I

492
00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:24,720
Speaker 5: don't know, if you don't know what the Enneagram test is.

493
00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:27,280
Speaker 2: It's like, yeah, of course, okay, Yeah, she.

494
00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:30,200
Speaker 5: Actually is the one who kind of comes and makes

495
00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:32,639
Speaker 5: us take that and then talks us through it. And

496
00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:35,680
Speaker 5: she's around all the time, so we get to see

497
00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:36,880
Speaker 5: her and talk to her a lot.

498
00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:38,120
Speaker 4: So that's really special too.

499
00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:40,399
Speaker 1: Yeah, I heard Miss Debbie get a shout out from

500
00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:42,320
Speaker 1: Holly Road during the post game.

501
00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:45,520
Speaker 2: We love Coach Corey Close around here.

502
00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:48,439
Speaker 1: I'm not surprised that she would use an any Agram test,

503
00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:51,000
Speaker 1: and she would use you know, mind Jim, and she

504
00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:53,120
Speaker 1: would find all these different ways to access the parts

505
00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:55,240
Speaker 1: of you that aren't just basketball players. For those of

506
00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:57,080
Speaker 1: you who don't know the Anyagraham, look it up. It

507
00:22:57,200 --> 00:22:59,920
Speaker 1: uses a quiz to help decide your personality type and

508
00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:03,480
Speaker 1: influences the best way that you can be led shine

509
00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:05,760
Speaker 1: get the best out of your people on your team

510
00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:07,960
Speaker 1: and the people around you. It's used for the workplace often,

511
00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,359
Speaker 1: but if you listen to Amy Poehler's podcast, she's obsessed

512
00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:13,320
Speaker 1: with asking people they're any grooms. But I'm not surprised

513
00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:16,080
Speaker 1: that Coach Close wants to use all these different ways

514
00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:18,520
Speaker 1: to access and get the best out of her players.

515
00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:20,800
Speaker 1: You know, her desire to lead and teach and leave

516
00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:23,760
Speaker 1: y'all better off. The court is so clear. You've only

517
00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:26,119
Speaker 1: been here a short time, but what's her impact been

518
00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:26,480
Speaker 1: on you?

519
00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:27,560
Speaker 4: It's invaluable.

520
00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:31,320
Speaker 5: I mean, the way that she invests in her players

521
00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:35,720
Speaker 5: and just everyone in her program is insane, Like, I

522
00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:38,199
Speaker 5: don't think I've ever met a coach that coaches that

523
00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:42,119
Speaker 5: way and is truly authentic and genuine, And how she

524
00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:45,920
Speaker 5: cares for people, Like she obviously wants you to succeed

525
00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,720
Speaker 5: and be so good at basketball and all of the things,

526
00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:50,879
Speaker 5: but she cares more about who you are as a

527
00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:53,159
Speaker 5: person and what you're going to do beyond the sport.

528
00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:56,400
Speaker 5: And for me, you know, coming in as a transfer

529
00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:59,199
Speaker 5: and just wanting to not only develop my game, but

530
00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:02,480
Speaker 5: look at sony different opportunities in LA, like she has

531
00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:04,920
Speaker 5: helped me in so many different areas of my life.

532
00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:06,200
Speaker 4: I cannot think her enough.

533
00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:08,720
Speaker 5: Like, I am so grateful that I chose to come here,

534
00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:10,360
Speaker 5: and it's been the best two years that I could

535
00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:13,080
Speaker 5: have asked for. And Yeah, couldn't have any more good

536
00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:15,479
Speaker 5: things to say about Coach Corey. She is an amazing

537
00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:16,000
Speaker 5: human being.

538
00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:18,680
Speaker 1: Speaking of great coaches, I actually ended up having dinner

539
00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:21,440
Speaker 1: with one of your professors on Saturday night, former UCLA

540
00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:26,399
Speaker 1: softball coach legendary Sue Anquist, and she could not stop

541
00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:29,960
Speaker 1: raving about you. Of the many things she said about you, See,

542
00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:33,280
Speaker 1: she said, you're a belief maker. She said, you authentically

543
00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:36,199
Speaker 1: ooze love and balance, and you make everyone around you

544
00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:39,600
Speaker 1: feel lighter and play lighter. She said of her like

545
00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:42,320
Speaker 1: forty five plus years in this year in rarefied air.

546
00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:44,840
Speaker 1: And she praised to Papa John Wooden to make you

547
00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:47,800
Speaker 1: in the duplication machine so you could have more and

548
00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:51,160
Speaker 1: more of Charlie s Ledgerwalker's So, first of all, geez,

549
00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:53,640
Speaker 1: I mean, most people hope their professor remembers their name.

550
00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:55,439
Speaker 2: What does that mean to you that you have that

551
00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:56,399
Speaker 2: impact on people?

552
00:24:56,720 --> 00:25:00,000
Speaker 4: Oh my gosh, I love coach. She's a maze.

553
00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:03,560
Speaker 5: I got to obviously be in one of her classes

554
00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:06,840
Speaker 5: here for my master's program. And she like the energy

555
00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:10,320
Speaker 5: that she has when she walks into a room is unreal,

556
00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:12,720
Speaker 5: Like every time, Like that's the first time I actually

557
00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:16,200
Speaker 5: wanted to go to class, like because she was teaching.

558
00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:20,360
Speaker 5: But that's so nice, Like she just radiates joy, and

559
00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:22,800
Speaker 5: you know, someone for me, another person for me to

560
00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:25,239
Speaker 5: look up to. And I've already learned so much from

561
00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:27,480
Speaker 5: her in such a short amount of time, and having

562
00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:30,080
Speaker 5: somebody like her in my corner is massive.

563
00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:32,960
Speaker 4: But yeah, that's I can't believe she's said or that

564
00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:34,040
Speaker 4: that's so nice.

565
00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:36,760
Speaker 1: Well, I want to hear how you see yourself as

566
00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:40,040
Speaker 1: a belief maker and as someone who makes people play

567
00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:41,760
Speaker 1: more lighter and more freely.

568
00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:43,040
Speaker 4: I don't know.

569
00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:46,240
Speaker 5: I think when I'm out there, and especially you know,

570
00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:48,600
Speaker 5: on the basketball court, I just find so much joy

571
00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:53,399
Speaker 5: in seeing other people have fun and celebrate, and like,

572
00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:57,119
Speaker 5: if I can make someone smile on the court, like

573
00:25:57,440 --> 00:25:58,760
Speaker 5: I want to do that, I'm going to go out

574
00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:00,760
Speaker 5: there and do whatever I need for the team to win,

575
00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:02,920
Speaker 5: and you know, do all the little things that maybe

576
00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:06,760
Speaker 5: don't you necessarily you always see, but it's all because

577
00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:08,480
Speaker 5: at the end of the day, we win as a team.

578
00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:11,959
Speaker 5: And I love when you play team basketball, and you know,

579
00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:15,080
Speaker 5: people are just so selfless, and that's that's an easy

580
00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:16,920
Speaker 5: thing for me to do because I just love seeing

581
00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:19,400
Speaker 5: the joy and other people and that's something that I've

582
00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:21,760
Speaker 5: been trying to do all year. So I think, you know,

583
00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:27,760
Speaker 5: maybe that's what the belief making thing comes from. I guess,

584
00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:30,600
Speaker 5: but it really is just joy because I just think

585
00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:32,920
Speaker 5: you can do both. You know, you can play hard,

586
00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:35,800
Speaker 5: you can win, you can be a competitor, and you

587
00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:37,680
Speaker 5: can also enjoy it at the same time. And that's

588
00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:40,119
Speaker 5: something that I've always stood for and we'll continue to

589
00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:40,920
Speaker 5: stand for well.

590
00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:42,840
Speaker 1: And I feel like probably, you know, you red shirt

591
00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:45,160
Speaker 1: your first year at UCLA, so you're with the team

592
00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:47,199
Speaker 1: but not playing, so then you have to find a

593
00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:50,080
Speaker 1: way to be a part of things that isn't on

594
00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:52,240
Speaker 1: the court. I mean, it feels like it's very natural

595
00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:54,440
Speaker 1: to you. I've also seen a lot of your social media.

596
00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:57,080
Speaker 1: You're very outgoing, You're you know, you're a very easygoing,

597
00:26:57,240 --> 00:27:00,159
Speaker 1: fun loving person, So I imagine that's probably always a

598
00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:02,400
Speaker 1: part of it for you. But I imagine in those

599
00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:05,399
Speaker 1: moments last year when you literally couldn't do anything on

600
00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:07,159
Speaker 1: the court, you got to figure out how to be

601
00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:10,000
Speaker 1: a personality person and an IQ player for the team, right.

602
00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:11,119
Speaker 4: Yeah, one hundred percent.

603
00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:14,120
Speaker 5: I mean, when you're out and sidelined, especially with an injury,

604
00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:17,560
Speaker 5: like it's one of the hardest things to continue to

605
00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:19,600
Speaker 5: show up and choose to be a good teammate and

606
00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:21,720
Speaker 5: choose to you know, show up and bring.

607
00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:23,480
Speaker 4: Joy for other people because it's so easy to.

608
00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:27,520
Speaker 5: Go you know, internal and focus about what you're missing

609
00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:30,159
Speaker 5: out on. And so for me, that was something I

610
00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:33,359
Speaker 5: intentionally chose to do every single day is I'm going

611
00:27:33,359 --> 00:27:34,240
Speaker 5: to be a good teammate.

612
00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:35,919
Speaker 4: I'm going to find.

613
00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:37,760
Speaker 5: A way to you know, make someone else's day better

614
00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:41,240
Speaker 5: because it is really hard to show up and do that.

615
00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:43,560
Speaker 5: But I think it also just comes from, you know,

616
00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:46,320
Speaker 5: how I grew up and obviously I'm someone multi I

617
00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:50,480
Speaker 5: have a big, massive family, and you'll always you know,

618
00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:53,800
Speaker 5: have to look out for other people, and it just

619
00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:57,159
Speaker 5: takes a community. So I love being a villager. I

620
00:27:57,240 --> 00:27:59,360
Speaker 5: love being a part of that, and it's just been

621
00:27:59,359 --> 00:27:59,960
Speaker 5: so fun for me.

622
00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:02,879
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, one way you've made people better not

623
00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:06,120
Speaker 1: just through basketball, is as dancers. I mentioned your very

624
00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:09,119
Speaker 1: active social media presence. You have a fantastic YouTube channel.

625
00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:11,800
Speaker 1: Everyone go subscribe and watch her videos. They're so great.

626
00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:14,560
Speaker 1: But back in February, you posted a video can we

627
00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:16,960
Speaker 1: make the UDLA Dance Team in twenty four hours and

628
00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:18,600
Speaker 1: you said if it got a thousand likes, you and

629
00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:21,199
Speaker 1: your teammate Gabrielle Hawkez would perform a dance taught to

630
00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:24,240
Speaker 1: by the dance team at halftime of a men's basketball game,

631
00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:27,520
Speaker 1: big stage, big stage, out in Westwood, and then you

632
00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:30,080
Speaker 1: recruited Lauren Betts added her to the mix, and the

633
00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:30,520
Speaker 1: three of.

634
00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:31,720
Speaker 2: You absolutely eight.

635
00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:34,159
Speaker 1: Like the response to this video wasn't just that you

636
00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:35,800
Speaker 1: would like had the guts to do it, but you

637
00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:38,520
Speaker 1: looked so good doing it, and so the video ends

638
00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:40,600
Speaker 1: up going viral. You do it a couple more times

639
00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:42,600
Speaker 1: throughout the tournament, and then you cap off the title

640
00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:44,840
Speaker 1: win dancing on the stage on the court in.

641
00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:46,240
Speaker 2: Phoenix, like so cool.

642
00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:49,200
Speaker 1: Could you ever have imagined that that video would get

643
00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:51,360
Speaker 1: so big? And like I said, you absolutely eight. So

644
00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:53,320
Speaker 1: I can't imagine you regret it. But if you could

645
00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:55,680
Speaker 1: go back and tell yourself what would happen? Would you

646
00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:57,000
Speaker 1: still have the guts to do it?

647
00:28:57,560 --> 00:28:58,240
Speaker 4: Girl? No?

648
00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:02,200
Speaker 5: I how viral it went, like I knew it would,

649
00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:03,920
Speaker 5: like kind of I knew it would get a lot

650
00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:06,400
Speaker 5: of attention and people would be talking about it, and

651
00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:09,960
Speaker 5: it was always going to be a fun thing. You know, me, Gabs, Lauren,

652
00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:13,120
Speaker 5: we're always dancing, like doing tiktoks anyway, And so when

653
00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:15,640
Speaker 5: I was coming up with these ideas for my YouTube channel,

654
00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:18,000
Speaker 5: like I was like why not, Like, why not let's

655
00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:19,080
Speaker 5: do something fun like this?

656
00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:20,880
Speaker 4: And the dance captain.

657
00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:23,360
Speaker 5: Was the one who actually messaged me after she saw

658
00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:25,800
Speaker 5: like a gymnastics swap video that I did, and she's like,

659
00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:28,440
Speaker 5: just threw it out there, come on, let's do a video.

660
00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:30,840
Speaker 5: Like I was like, okay, Like we'll make it work.

661
00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:33,200
Speaker 5: And then when we were actually going through it and

662
00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:35,640
Speaker 5: learning the dance and everything, I was like, oh my god,

663
00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:36,920
Speaker 5: like this is a real dance.

664
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Speaker 4: I can't believe we're doing this.

665
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Speaker 5: And then the day of like, I don't think it

666
00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:43,440
Speaker 5: fully hit me until we were running out there and

667
00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:47,400
Speaker 5: I realized how many people actually at the game watching us.

668
00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:50,840
Speaker 5: And then as soon as we finished, like it was everywhere,

669
00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:54,320
Speaker 5: and I was like, oh god, this is so cool. Sane,

670
00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:57,080
Speaker 5: it's insane, but it's so fun, Like I would do

671
00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:59,040
Speaker 5: it a thousand times over. It was literally one of

672
00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:01,600
Speaker 5: the best parts of my season of my college career.

673
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Speaker 1: I noticed you were also teaching Gianna Nipkins sat a dance,

674
00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:06,440
Speaker 1: but she didn't get the call for that one.

675
00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:10,239
Speaker 5: Well, Gianna, we're still working up at that point, you know,

676
00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:11,320
Speaker 5: I think it's for the best.

677
00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:13,720
Speaker 4: Yeah, she she'll get there. She'll get there.

678
00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:17,000
Speaker 1: How are the nerves before that performance compared to say,

679
00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:18,200
Speaker 1: the title game.

680
00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:21,000
Speaker 4: Way higher, which is crazy, like way high.

681
00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:24,600
Speaker 5: It's like a completely different feeling, Like I don't know,

682
00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:27,160
Speaker 5: even though we've been on that court a thousand times,

683
00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:30,280
Speaker 5: doing something that is just so outside of your comfort zone.

684
00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:33,320
Speaker 5: I was like, this is insane. I remember right before

685
00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:35,840
Speaker 5: we went onto the court, we were doing like a

686
00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:38,920
Speaker 5: final walkthrough and I was like, I've forgotten, like I've

687
00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:41,440
Speaker 5: forgotten everything, Like, guys, I don't know, and they're like,

688
00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:45,200
Speaker 5: Kelly's free, You're okay, you know what you're doing.

689
00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:48,840
Speaker 1: I'm like, okay, yeah, it's the ten thousand hours thing.

690
00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:51,680
Speaker 1: It's like, really, you could probably dribble in your sleep

691
00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:53,880
Speaker 1: at this point, but something you haven't done that many

692
00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:55,280
Speaker 1: times over you start to talk.

693
00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:57,080
Speaker 2: Yourself out of. You're like, oh my god, this is I.

694
00:30:57,040 --> 00:30:59,600
Speaker 1: Was watching your videos also. I love the one where

695
00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:02,120
Speaker 1: you were frat brothers to come to your game and

696
00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:04,080
Speaker 1: trading off either they got to pick a sally if

697
00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:05,840
Speaker 1: they beat you in beer pong, or you got to

698
00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:08,280
Speaker 1: recruit them to the game. And one of the frats

699
00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:09,880
Speaker 1: you went to I think it was betat Theta Pi.

700
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:12,920
Speaker 1: I actually lived in that fraternity for a summer when

701
00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:15,520
Speaker 1: I was doing an internship in LA. When I was

702
00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:17,480
Speaker 1: in college, I tore my achilles in track and I

703
00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:21,480
Speaker 1: rehabbed in the UCLA athletes gym and lived in that stinky,

704
00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:24,280
Speaker 1: fly infested frat house.

705
00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:25,280
Speaker 4: I'm so sorry.

706
00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:28,000
Speaker 1: So anyway, I was very familiar with that row of

707
00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:29,000
Speaker 1: frat houses you were.

708
00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:30,920
Speaker 2: Walking down and popping into. I was like, I've done

709
00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:34,120
Speaker 2: this walk. Hey, who's in here? What's a party? Summer?

710
00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:36,000
Speaker 2: Nobody's around? Let's have some yours.

711
00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:39,000
Speaker 1: Very funny. Everyone needs to go subscribe. You're a natural.

712
00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:41,280
Speaker 1: I'm thinking that you have a very nice career ahead

713
00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:43,040
Speaker 1: of you outside of even basketball, if you want to

714
00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:44,240
Speaker 1: keep pursuing stuff like that.

715
00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:45,480
Speaker 2: I also was taking a.

716
00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:48,360
Speaker 1: Spin through New Zealand's top news sites and you are

717
00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:50,520
Speaker 1: leading practically all of the sports pages.

718
00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:52,520
Speaker 2: How does it feel to be the.

719
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Speaker 1: First Kiwi woman to win an NCAA basketball championship?

720
00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:57,200
Speaker 2: Did you know that you would be the first if

721
00:31:57,200 --> 00:31:57,880
Speaker 2: you pulled it off?

722
00:31:58,040 --> 00:31:59,920
Speaker 4: I did know that I would be the first.

723
00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:03,560
Speaker 5: You know, basketball in New Zealand is a pretty small

724
00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:07,320
Speaker 5: not a small community, but everyone knows everyone, and so

725
00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:10,479
Speaker 5: even you know, coming to college and talking about my

726
00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:13,360
Speaker 5: college career. There's always been a lot of talk about that,

727
00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:16,960
Speaker 5: but it's insane, like going not only was I think

728
00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:19,640
Speaker 5: I was the first to actually play in a championship

729
00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:22,840
Speaker 5: game and then obviously the first to win, So that

730
00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:24,360
Speaker 5: in itself is insane.

731
00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:26,320
Speaker 4: And I've had, you know, so many people.

732
00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:29,040
Speaker 5: The support that I've had from home is incredible, and

733
00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:31,600
Speaker 5: I'm so grateful for you know, New Zealand and the

734
00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:34,920
Speaker 5: community there. The like I said, the basketball community isn't

735
00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:38,000
Speaker 5: that big, so a ton of support coming from them,

736
00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:39,000
Speaker 5: which has been really nice.

737
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:41,760
Speaker 1: I'm so jealous you're from there. New Zealand's my happy place.

738
00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:44,800
Speaker 1: I'm so jealous of your endless avocado supply. As a child,

739
00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:46,960
Speaker 1: that sounds like a dream. Are you going to get

740
00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:49,320
Speaker 1: back there anytime soon? I know you've got so much

741
00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:51,320
Speaker 1: other stuff going on, but you got to go see

742
00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:51,880
Speaker 1: all the Keywis.

743
00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:53,320
Speaker 2: They'll probably throw your parade.

744
00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:54,480
Speaker 4: I know, I know.

745
00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:56,880
Speaker 5: I want to get back, you know, as soon as

746
00:32:56,920 --> 00:33:00,240
Speaker 5: I can. It just depends on how, you know, this

747
00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:05,080
Speaker 5: season and the celebrations and the draft and there's just

748
00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:06,120
Speaker 5: so many things going on.

749
00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:07,640
Speaker 4: But I'll get back at some point.

750
00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:09,720
Speaker 1: Okay, last couple questions for you, you do not have

751
00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:12,640
Speaker 1: much time before the next big thing arrives for you.

752
00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:15,080
Speaker 1: Of course, you got to finish up school, maybe take

753
00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:17,560
Speaker 1: some finals, walk across the stage, package your stuff, all

754
00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:20,520
Speaker 1: that stuff, but hopefully head to a new team. WNBA

755
00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:23,720
Speaker 1: draft coming up. How are you preparing for that next step.

756
00:33:24,240 --> 00:33:26,640
Speaker 5: Yeah, it's funny me and my roommates. I live with

757
00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:29,760
Speaker 5: Gianna and Angela, and literally right before I jumped on this,

758
00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:32,760
Speaker 5: we all emailed and declared for the draft and it's

759
00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:35,520
Speaker 5: kind of crazy, you know, like these six of us

760
00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:37,400
Speaker 5: that are going to be there together and that's a

761
00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:40,640
Speaker 5: really cool thing that we get to experience, and I

762
00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:43,440
Speaker 5: think a lot of it, Like as much as we're

763
00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:46,040
Speaker 5: thinking about that and we're so excited, we're also like,

764
00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:49,000
Speaker 5: we we're going to miss this so much, and we're

765
00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:51,400
Speaker 5: just really trying to stay present right now and enjoy

766
00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:55,600
Speaker 5: these last moments we have together because it's all going

767
00:33:55,680 --> 00:33:58,680
Speaker 5: to change so soon, and so it's kind of like

768
00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:01,760
Speaker 5: that balance of, you know, being in two minds. You're

769
00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:05,560
Speaker 5: just enjoying everything also knowing that your life is about

770
00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:09,040
Speaker 5: to change real quick, and training camp and everything is

771
00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:11,600
Speaker 5: coming up, so you have to be locked into that too.

772
00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:13,200
Speaker 5: But you know, just taking it one day at a

773
00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:13,839
Speaker 5: time right now.

774
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:16,279
Speaker 1: Yeah, And it's such a monumental time to enter the

775
00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:20,320
Speaker 1: w thirtieth season, new better, much bigger contracts, lots of

776
00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:23,360
Speaker 1: attention and excitement. How does it feel to even imagine

777
00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:25,560
Speaker 1: yourself being a part of it? Knowing all the conversation

778
00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:28,399
Speaker 1: that has gone on and all the work that came

779
00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:31,239
Speaker 1: to getting players what you will now benefit from if

780
00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:31,960
Speaker 1: you get drafted.

781
00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:32,920
Speaker 4: It's huge.

782
00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:35,520
Speaker 5: I mean, I'm just so thankful for you know, all

783
00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:38,440
Speaker 5: the women that have put in so much time and

784
00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:42,520
Speaker 5: effort to get us to this point. You know, the

785
00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:45,919
Speaker 5: rise of women's basketball is continuing to skyrocket, and I'm

786
00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:48,120
Speaker 5: so grateful that I can be a part of that.

787
00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:51,200
Speaker 5: And you're right, I am here in such a great

788
00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:53,960
Speaker 5: time where I can kind of insert myself into that

789
00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:57,480
Speaker 5: while it's peaking. But again, couldn't be more thankful for,

790
00:34:57,560 --> 00:35:00,759
Speaker 5: you know, the women who have trailblazed and kind of

791
00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:03,160
Speaker 5: set the foundation for what it is now because obviously

792
00:35:03,239 --> 00:35:05,839
Speaker 5: couldn't be here without them, and excited to you know,

793
00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:09,120
Speaker 5: meet a lot of them and learn from them and

794
00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:11,520
Speaker 5: just be you know, teammates with them as well.

795
00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:11,839
Speaker 2: Well.

796
00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:13,480
Speaker 1: We get a dance at the draft, you think, or

797
00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:15,040
Speaker 1: are we done with the dance for a little while.

798
00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:20,719
Speaker 5: I maybe the dance at this point is like on request,

799
00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:21,600
Speaker 5: so it.

800
00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:23,680
Speaker 2: Will live forever. Yes, once you've learned it, you might

801
00:35:23,719 --> 00:35:25,000
Speaker 2: as well make it work exactly.

802
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:26,799
Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, I'm just thinking about all the You

803
00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:29,440
Speaker 1: got to find a dress, you got to probably partner

804
00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:31,920
Speaker 1: up with coach and figure out what you're getting sponsored

805
00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:33,799
Speaker 1: by for the draft. You got to figure out your

806
00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:36,720
Speaker 1: parties and your Oh I'm just I'm stressed on your behalf,

807
00:35:36,719 --> 00:35:39,040
Speaker 1: but also excited for you. The only time I was

808
00:35:39,080 --> 00:35:40,799
Speaker 1: sad at college was like the very first day. I

809
00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:42,400
Speaker 1: was a little nervous, and then I settled it and

810
00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:44,359
Speaker 1: I loved it so much. And then at the very end,

811
00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:47,120
Speaker 1: thinking about leaving my friends and like going out in

812
00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:49,960
Speaker 1: the real world, it was really hard for me, Like

813
00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:51,840
Speaker 1: one are the saddest times in my life. I'm a

814
00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:53,880
Speaker 1: very upbeat, happy person, but it was just like, oh no,

815
00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:55,560
Speaker 1: I don't want to I don't want to give all

816
00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:58,040
Speaker 1: this up. This is so magical, and so I hope

817
00:35:58,080 --> 00:36:00,280
Speaker 1: you do get the chance to be in the moment

818
00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:02,799
Speaker 1: enjoy with all your friends. The good news is all

819
00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:05,040
Speaker 1: your friends might be going to the same job that

820
00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:08,879
Speaker 1: you are, which most seniors in college do not have

821
00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:11,480
Speaker 1: that benefit, so you'll get to hang out with them.

822
00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:13,479
Speaker 2: Still, thank you so much for making time.

823
00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:15,480
Speaker 1: I know is a crazy twenty four hours, but it

824
00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:16,799
Speaker 1: was so great to talk to you and we wish

825
00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:17,600
Speaker 1: you the best of luck.

826
00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:19,279
Speaker 4: Thank you so much, Thanks for having me.

827
00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:24,520
Speaker 2: Thanks again to Charlie for taking the time. And don't forget.

828
00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:27,360
Speaker 1: You can now watch full length good game interviews on

829
00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:29,400
Speaker 1: the iHeart Women's Sports YouTube channel.

830
00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:32,239
Speaker 2: Go subscribe. We got to take another break. When we

831
00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:32,839
Speaker 2: come back, a.

832
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Speaker 1: March Sliceness champ emerges. Welcome back, Slices. We love that

833
00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:44,440
Speaker 1: you're listening, but we want you to get in the

834
00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:46,640
Speaker 1: game every day too, So here's our good game play

835
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836
00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:50,080
Speaker 2: Now, college hoops are over sad.

837
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Speaker 1: But that does mean we've got a winner of this

838
00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:53,560
Speaker 1: year's bracket challenge.

839
00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:56,160
Speaker 2: And some of y'all did really good this year.

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00:36:57,040 --> 00:37:00,120
Speaker 1: Not us, definitely not us and Big Citrus really at

841
00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:03,920
Speaker 1: the bed with our final four predictions may Kolplacox and Bruins.

842
00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:07,800
Speaker 2: But you Slices, You Slices did good. Were impressed.

843
00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:11,480
Speaker 1: So after nineteen days, sixty seven games and a few

844
00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:13,040
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845
00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:16,200
Speaker 2: The winner of our March Slicest Bracket Challenge is.

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Speaker 1: Stephjam Ones Picks one with seventeen hundred.

847
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Speaker 2: And forty points.

848
00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:27,760
Speaker 1: Staphjam, congratulations, you freaking earned it. You had UCLA beating Texas,

849
00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:31,720
Speaker 1: South Carolina beating Yukon and the Bruins taking home the trophy.

850
00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:34,839
Speaker 1: Go ahead and say it just like you drew it up,

851
00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:37,359
Speaker 1: and I certainly won't be the one to mention that

852
00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:40,120
Speaker 1: stephjam Ones picks two used to be in the lead,

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00:37:40,840 --> 00:37:43,120
Speaker 1: so that wasn't just like you drew but honestly to

854
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Speaker 1: have two of them that are trading back and forth,

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00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:48,839
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857
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Speaker 1: She opened up again recently, penning an essay for The

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Speaker 1: Player's Tribune right before March Madness.

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Speaker 2: We'll link to it in the show notes.

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Speaker 1: Also at the postgame press conference on Sunday, Betts was

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Speaker 1: asked what she was most proud of regarding her mental

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Speaker 1: health journey over the last few years.

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Speaker 2: Take a listen.

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Speaker 6: I can't thank this program enough. Firstly for how much

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Speaker 6: they believed in me. And when I came in my

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Speaker 6: sophomore year, I was completely different than I today, and

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Speaker 6: I showed up and I had zero confidence, and you know,

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Speaker 6: I wasn't sure if I wanted to really like play

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Speaker 6: basketball for that much longer, and Coach Corey really stayed

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Speaker 6: patient with me, and she wanted to, you know, see

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Speaker 6: me accomplish everything that I'd ever dreamed of, and they

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Speaker 6: just continue to remind me, Like you know, they want

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Speaker 6: me to see myself the way they all see me.

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Speaker 6: And I feel like, now at this point, I can

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Speaker 6: finally truly do that, and I think that's what I'm

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Speaker 6: most proud of. Like you know, it hasn't been an

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Speaker 6: easy journey, but the way that these people have truly

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Speaker 6: just you know, embraced me for everything that I bring

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Speaker 6: and continue to love me like I just I love

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Speaker 6: UCLA so much and I love these girls.

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Speaker 1: They wanted me to see myself the way they all

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Speaker 1: see me. Yes, ma'am, that's a goal for us. All

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Speaker 1: talk about yourself the way your best friends talk about you.

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Speaker 1: Now it's your tard slices, rate and review. Thanks for listening,

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Speaker 1: See you tomorrow. Good Game, Charlie's Good Games, Sam Ewis

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Speaker 1: and the Women's Game Podcast for winning the Welcome to

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Speaker 1: the Arch Madness Party bracket challenge.

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Speaker 2: So happy for you. Honestly, though, how did we lead

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Speaker 2: the whole time and just choke at the end.

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Speaker 1: I mean somebody probably must have cheated, right, There's no

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Speaker 1: way we just lost of our own accord.

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Speaker 2: I don't think that's even possible.

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Speaker 1: So you know what, I'm accepting this result under protest,

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Speaker 1: and I will find something specific to protest soon, but

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Speaker 1: for now, I'll just pretend to be happy for them,

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Speaker 1: because this is what being a good sport looks like.

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Speaker 1: I guess, And thank you Chicago for letting the WNBA's

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Speaker 1: angel Rees go to Atlanta and the nwsl sam Angel

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Speaker 1: go to Boston.

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Speaker 2: We need angels here too. Hello.

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

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

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