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Speaker 2: How Like you said, like how Angel was perceived when

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Speaker 2: But I think it was super cool, like some of

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Speaker 3: I thought that was pretty cool.

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Speaker 2: So it sucks that like this is all happening, but

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Speaker 4: No, I couldn't agree more. When I saw Viola Davis

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Speaker 4: Huge nepsver and I love I love Violas.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, welcome back to Sometimes I Hoop.

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Speaker 4: I'm your host.

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Speaker 1: Hayley Jones recently retired Stanford Hooper, and I've officially announced

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Speaker 1: I'm headed to the WNBA draft, So no bonus code

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Speaker 1: year for me, but this is about me. I've got

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Speaker 1: one of my friends in a Pack twelve rival quick

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Speaker 1: humble brag, UCLA's leading scorer for the past three seasons,

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Speaker 1: all Pack twelve performer year in a year out, and

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Speaker 1: the spark plug who led her team to the Sweet sixteen.

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Speaker 4: We have Charisma Osborne. Thank you for being on today.

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Speaker 3: Thanks thanks for having me. I'm excited.

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Speaker 1: Oh of course, So we'll just kind of jump into it.

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Speaker 1: You told me just a bit ago that we have

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: So I decided that I'm gonna take my fifth year

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Speaker 2: I'm super excited about that and next year out into

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Speaker 1: That's amazing, huge congratulations. So what do you think made

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Speaker 1: What what was your reasoning why you wanted to come back?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think there was a lot of different things.

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Speaker 2: Obviously, I go to UCLA, which is an amazing university,

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Speaker 1: You're completely right, this was really our one normal season. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: And I'm excited that you're going to get another one.

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Speaker 4: No, I couldn't agree more. She was like the top

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Speaker 1: But then you go down that list of that Utah

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so I did col Sparks like for three years

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Speaker 2: But I really think going into my final year AU

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Speaker 4: Talent no, I couldn't agree more.

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Speaker 1: And we talked a little bit about USA basketball, but USA,

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Speaker 1: We talked about first impressions on other episodes, but what

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Speaker 2: Edie Okay, like actually talking or just like watching we

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Speaker 3: Obviously, I was like, Okay.

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Speaker 2: She's a hooper, like she's out there doing what she

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Speaker 2: But then first impressions, I thought you were really nice,

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Speaker 3: What's better?

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Speaker 4: And I was like, Oh, she's a bucket. Like what

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Speaker 4: Like Frand and Aaliyah and we're like, Oh, she's a bucket.

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Speaker 1: I remember we always goofing around with Sam because she

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Speaker 1: No, that's the story I always think of is just

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Speaker 1: But it was crazy, No, it was definitely mental prep.

442
00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:18,239
Speaker 1: And then I also remember the food that we had

443
00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:20,200
Speaker 1: at that hotel, not the best.

444
00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:21,520
Speaker 4: I remember breakfast.

445
00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:24,560
Speaker 1: I thought they said breakfast sausage, and I go look

446
00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:26,119
Speaker 1: and it was hot dogs in a.

447
00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:29,400
Speaker 4: Pool of hot dog water. I said, oh, no, ma'am,

448
00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:31,520
Speaker 4: this is this. Ain't no breakfast sausage.

449
00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:37,159
Speaker 1: Where's the Jimmy Dean, Where's I was not prepared, but yeah, we.

450
00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:39,879
Speaker 3: Definitely lived off of bread, the bread and butter.

451
00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:43,240
Speaker 1: The bread and butter smacked day in and day out,

452
00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:45,720
Speaker 1: and I remember I discovered sugar rice on that trip.

453
00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:48,320
Speaker 1: My mom told me, I said, oh, this doing it

454
00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:51,520
Speaker 1: for me. Pregame, post gay meal, breakfast, lunch, dinner, just

455
00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:57,920
Speaker 1: what I need my life. Kind of off USA basketball,

456
00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:00,920
Speaker 1: we could talk a little bit about recruiting, But when

457
00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:01,600
Speaker 1: did the.

458
00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:02,440
Speaker 4: Process start for you?

459
00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:04,720
Speaker 1: I know for some people who started middle school and

460
00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:07,520
Speaker 1: for others somebody like friends, she didn't even start playing

461
00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:11,640
Speaker 1: to high school, So when did that? Wow, when did

462
00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:13,639
Speaker 1: that recruiting process start for you?

463
00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:18,280
Speaker 2: I would say like seventh grade ish, and then I

464
00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:21,440
Speaker 2: got my first offer from USC actually like at the

465
00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:23,480
Speaker 2: end of eighth grade, so I guess it. Yeah, it

466
00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:26,480
Speaker 2: started in middle school, which was pretty cool, like just

467
00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:30,160
Speaker 2: getting like obviously looking back, like letters are so generic,

468
00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:33,120
Speaker 2: like everyone gets the same message saying they can't contact

469
00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:35,600
Speaker 2: you until your junior year. But I did think it

470
00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:37,720
Speaker 2: was like super cool at the time, like even just

471
00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:41,280
Speaker 2: knowing that colleges and coaches were interested in me and

472
00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:43,119
Speaker 2: like wanting me to play at their university.

473
00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:44,200
Speaker 3: So it was pretty cool.

474
00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:47,000
Speaker 1: No, definitely, I remember I got workery round the same time,

475
00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:49,639
Speaker 1: like seventh grade. The eighth grade is when it started

476
00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:52,520
Speaker 1: picking up. But I'm any school to hit me up.

477
00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:54,320
Speaker 1: I was like, oh my god, I love you.

478
00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:56,800
Speaker 4: I want to go to your school. Literally, I'm like,

479
00:20:56,880 --> 00:20:59,960
Speaker 4: this is my mountaintop. I will go anywhere.

480
00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:03,159
Speaker 1: I remember telling my mom, you see, Santa Barbara was

481
00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:04,639
Speaker 1: like the first school that reached out to me in

482
00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:08,560
Speaker 1: the seventh grade, and I was like, go Gauchos. And

483
00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:10,680
Speaker 1: I remember I ran into the coach a few months

484
00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:13,320
Speaker 1: ago and I told her the story and she was like,

485
00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:14,399
Speaker 1: I wish you did it.

486
00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:16,280
Speaker 4: I wish you would have done it.

487
00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:18,000
Speaker 1: I was like, I was prepared to commit to your

488
00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:20,760
Speaker 1: school in the seventh grade. I don't know what I

489
00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:22,600
Speaker 1: was thinking, but I was like, this is this is

490
00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:26,280
Speaker 1: my peak. This is how good I am. So, you know,

491
00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:29,359
Speaker 1: it's funny. The recruiting is crazy and it lasts so long.

492
00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:31,960
Speaker 1: You know, you start your recruiting at thirteen and you

493
00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:34,639
Speaker 1: don't even make your decision until you're like seventeen eighteen getting.

494
00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:35,000
Speaker 3: Out of college.

495
00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:38,920
Speaker 1: Yeah, so how did you go through starting to wean

496
00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:41,840
Speaker 1: down your choices? Like what were your non negotiables when

497
00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:44,200
Speaker 1: looking at a school, what were your main priorities.

498
00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:47,800
Speaker 2: I thought education was kind of a big thing for me,

499
00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:50,439
Speaker 2: just because like I went to a really good high school.

500
00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:54,040
Speaker 2: So that was like super important to me. So even

501
00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:57,440
Speaker 2: in the schools that I had, like in my final five,

502
00:21:57,440 --> 00:21:59,639
Speaker 2: I don't even remember them, but like Duke was in it,

503
00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:03,280
Speaker 2: like US UCLA, Like those are good academic schools obviously,

504
00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:06,480
Speaker 2: so that was really important to me. And then I

505
00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:08,399
Speaker 2: was still trying to like balance if I wanted to

506
00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:11,040
Speaker 2: go home, if I or like stay home or like

507
00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:14,120
Speaker 2: go away for college. So I did have some schools

508
00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:16,920
Speaker 2: like further away, but then I did have USC and

509
00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:21,480
Speaker 2: UCLA close, and I think their relationships just like was

510
00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:24,600
Speaker 2: super important to me, and with my coaches and like

511
00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:28,920
Speaker 2: what exactly they would expect from me going to UCLA

512
00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:31,920
Speaker 2: was basketball. The only thing there, like was I gonna

513
00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:35,199
Speaker 2: be cared for as a player and a person and

514
00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:37,720
Speaker 2: not just one or the other. And then obviously I

515
00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:42,760
Speaker 2: wanted to go somewhere that had great achievements like obviously Jordan, Canada,

516
00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:44,920
Speaker 2: Mounique Billings, like they were all there and they really

517
00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,439
Speaker 2: kind of put UCLA back on the map. So just

518
00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:49,280
Speaker 2: to like kind of follow in their foot sets a

519
00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:51,040
Speaker 2: little bit and kind of take over like that was

520
00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:53,400
Speaker 2: kind of important to me as well. So I think

521
00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:55,880
Speaker 2: those were like the main things and obviously, like one

522
00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:57,560
Speaker 2: on my visit, I was like, Okay, I love it here.

523
00:22:57,600 --> 00:22:59,240
Speaker 2: But then I was also like, I love playing in

524
00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:01,680
Speaker 2: front of my family and friends, like having them come

525
00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:03,679
Speaker 2: to my games and be able to support me, Like

526
00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:05,800
Speaker 2: that was just so much fun and so big for me.

527
00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:09,080
Speaker 2: So I think both like UCLA was such a great

528
00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:11,320
Speaker 2: fit for me, but also like keeping in the back

529
00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:13,679
Speaker 2: of my head like Okay, this is fun, Like I

530
00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:15,399
Speaker 2: get to play in front of my mom, my sister,

531
00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:18,720
Speaker 2: my dad, like whatever the case may be. So it's

532
00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:20,919
Speaker 2: been really cool honestly being able to have like my

533
00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:23,080
Speaker 2: family and friends come to the games and just be

534
00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:24,000
Speaker 2: able to support me.

535
00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:27,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, I feel the same way, Like my grandparents have

536
00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:30,440
Speaker 1: season tickets and then my mom and dad areund every game.

537
00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:34,320
Speaker 1: I'm always the one asking the team, okay, so who

538
00:23:34,359 --> 00:23:35,520
Speaker 1: has extra tickets to send me?

539
00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:36,560
Speaker 3: Because I have these people.

540
00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:40,639
Speaker 1: I'm always the one scouting, Like even preseason, I'm like,

541
00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:43,720
Speaker 1: so I need twelve tickets for this game, Oh senior night,

542
00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:46,879
Speaker 1: I need twenty, Like I'm ahead of the game. All

543
00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:49,680
Speaker 1: of our overseas players they know. Any extra tickets, it

544
00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:51,639
Speaker 1: goes to Haley first. So every weekend they're like, do

545
00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:53,880
Speaker 1: you need them or can I give them away? So

546
00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:56,560
Speaker 1: there's it's definitely I get it.

547
00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:59,359
Speaker 4: Playing in front of the family is huge for sure.

548
00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:03,240
Speaker 1: But you know, freshman year, you come in and y'all

549
00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:06,600
Speaker 1: had a strong veteran class, and you know, you still

550
00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:08,960
Speaker 1: average twelve a game, which is a lot as a freshman.

551
00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,160
Speaker 1: And I feel like people don't understand that's a lot

552
00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:15,560
Speaker 1: as a freshman. But how much did you learn from

553
00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:18,400
Speaker 1: that class your freshman year? Did they kind of show

554
00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:20,639
Speaker 1: you the ropes? Did you expect to have such an

555
00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:23,480
Speaker 1: impact your freshman year? Was their ups and downs kind

556
00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:24,199
Speaker 1: of take me through that?

557
00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:28,159
Speaker 2: Well? There was Japries and Ali who were amazing seniors

558
00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:30,639
Speaker 2: to me and I still talk to them today, So

559
00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:34,200
Speaker 2: they're just amazing people in general. But honestly, I did

560
00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:36,439
Speaker 2: not expect the impact that I was going to have

561
00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:38,960
Speaker 2: my freshman year. I was just like, Okay, I chose

562
00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:41,359
Speaker 2: to stay home, like I need to be on the

563
00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:44,120
Speaker 2: court at some point, Like this will just be very

564
00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:46,439
Speaker 2: awkward if like all of my family and friends are

565
00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:49,520
Speaker 2: here and I just never play. So I was like, okay,

566
00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:52,040
Speaker 2: like I need to at least see like five minutes something.

567
00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:55,160
Speaker 2: So I didn't really expect to like be starting every

568
00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:58,320
Speaker 2: game and things like that, but obviously, like I know

569
00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:00,320
Speaker 2: myself and I know that was going to work and

570
00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:02,639
Speaker 2: do whatever I could to like be able to impact

571
00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:05,080
Speaker 2: my team. So I'm grateful that I was able to

572
00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:07,399
Speaker 2: make that impact and be able to play a lot.

573
00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:09,359
Speaker 2: And I think because of that, I got to learn

574
00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:12,439
Speaker 2: so much from Japriese And she's still like texting me

575
00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:14,679
Speaker 2: and calling me today and like giving me advice on

576
00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:16,640
Speaker 2: like things I can do better and stuff like that.

577
00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:18,880
Speaker 2: And I think a little bit I kind of took

578
00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:22,200
Speaker 2: for granted, like her being on the team, because from

579
00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:24,879
Speaker 2: my sophomore year, like freshman year to sophomore year, like

580
00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:26,920
Speaker 2: being like the lead guard and now like the whole

581
00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:29,840
Speaker 2: scouting reports like on you, Like there's such a drastic

582
00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:34,000
Speaker 2: change from that. So like I do miss like being

583
00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:36,480
Speaker 2: like okay, like the second guard and like being able

584
00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:38,600
Speaker 2: to not have the best player guard me and things

585
00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:38,960
Speaker 2: like that.

586
00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:41,800
Speaker 3: So those were like the good old days.

587
00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:44,800
Speaker 2: But I definitely think the seniors had such a great impact,

588
00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:47,640
Speaker 2: and like I learned so much from them as people,

589
00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:50,840
Speaker 2: as players and all of my teammates really they've taught

590
00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:53,280
Speaker 2: me so much and I've just enjoyed playing with them.

591
00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:55,960
Speaker 1: Those seniors my freshman year, they really, you know, helped

592
00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:59,880
Speaker 1: me get through because it's it's tough as a freshman.

593
00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:03,200
Speaker 1: And I know I have so many horror stories from

594
00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:06,040
Speaker 1: that year of just getting ripped in the film room

595
00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:09,320
Speaker 1: or just getting worked at practice, whatever it may be.

596
00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:12,840
Speaker 1: But do you have, you know, a film horror story

597
00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:15,560
Speaker 1: or just a tough game that is burned into your

598
00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:17,040
Speaker 1: memory from your freshman year.

599
00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:22,959
Speaker 2: Oh God, I get I feel like I get ripped

600
00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:26,560
Speaker 2: more now honestly than I did back my freshman year.

601
00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:29,879
Speaker 2: But I did get ripped sometimes I feel like the

602
00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:33,200
Speaker 2: worst thing this was so long ago. I felt, oh

603
00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:35,919
Speaker 2: this burned like. I don't think I got completely ripped.

604
00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:39,000
Speaker 2: But when we played Organ at UCLA my freshman year,

605
00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:41,119
Speaker 2: I probably had the worst game of my life. I

606
00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:44,159
Speaker 2: could not make a three point shot to save my life.

607
00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:47,159
Speaker 2: I was like, it was just the worst, like you know,

608
00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:50,240
Speaker 2: and like probably like a top ten matchup something like

609
00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:52,919
Speaker 2: you're super excited for, Like there were so many people

610
00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:55,680
Speaker 2: there and stuff like that, and I could not make

611
00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:58,480
Speaker 2: a shot to save my life. And that was rough

612
00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:00,600
Speaker 2: for me. But I bounced back the next game. I

613
00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:02,920
Speaker 2: think I had my career high the next game after,

614
00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:06,679
Speaker 2: so I love it. Yeah, yeah, but that was that

615
00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:09,439
Speaker 2: was rough. But I do get ripped sometimes, and like

616
00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:12,320
Speaker 2: obviously as you get older, like it's easier to be

617
00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:13,959
Speaker 2: able to take it because you've been hearing it for

618
00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:14,560
Speaker 2: so long.

619
00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:18,320
Speaker 3: But sometimes it's tough. It's rough out there.

620
00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:22,679
Speaker 4: Sometimes it's rough for me. My burned into my memory games.

621
00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:25,879
Speaker 1: I still I still get, you know, ripped for this

622
00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:28,159
Speaker 1: or it's the butt of a lot of jokes with

623
00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:31,480
Speaker 1: me and Fran Is our sophomore year when we played

624
00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:34,399
Speaker 1: This is the La Swing. We played at UCLA and

625
00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:38,240
Speaker 1: at USC Those were two of my worst shooting performances

626
00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:41,439
Speaker 1: of my life, to the point where I was like

627
00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:43,120
Speaker 1: just you know, making moves around the rim.

628
00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:45,120
Speaker 4: I had open looks at the rip missing them right.

629
00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:47,480
Speaker 1: And that's the point where during a time out we

630
00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:49,800
Speaker 1: were playing y'all, Tara came up me and Fran.

631
00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:51,080
Speaker 4: We're not making any laps.

632
00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:54,159
Speaker 1: Tara came up to me and Fran and said, you know, guys,

633
00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:59,280
Speaker 1: your labs will fall. I said, oh, damn, your labs

634
00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:03,800
Speaker 1: will fall crazy because that's rock bottom for sure. I

635
00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:07,480
Speaker 1: was like, that's the roughest thing because I've heard you know, Hayley,

636
00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:10,240
Speaker 1: don't make that pass, don't do this that shot, but

637
00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:11,800
Speaker 1: your lambs will fall.

638
00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:14,720
Speaker 4: Have you happen to tell me that that sent me

639
00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:17,800
Speaker 4: over the edge? I was like, no, I'm done. Today's

640
00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:18,639
Speaker 4: not the day for me.

641
00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:23,960
Speaker 2: And so, wait, that's funny because actually that game, now

642
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,879
Speaker 2: that you say that, that probably is my worst moment,

643
00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:29,840
Speaker 2: like getting ripped like our whole team because we lost.

644
00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:30,159
Speaker 3: To you guys.

645
00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:32,760
Speaker 2: And I don't even remember how much we lost to

646
00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:36,160
Speaker 2: you guys, buy, but we got ripped so bad because

647
00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:38,920
Speaker 2: it was like the I don't know, there was some

648
00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:41,080
Speaker 2: type of break. I think it was like right before

649
00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:44,640
Speaker 2: like winter break or something like that. So we watched

650
00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:48,320
Speaker 2: the game every single day in practice, and like there's

651
00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:50,160
Speaker 2: eight of us on the team, so like you're in

652
00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:55,240
Speaker 2: every clip, like there's no yeah, you're in every clip.

653
00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:58,480
Speaker 2: So we watched every quarter and they were like our

654
00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:01,880
Speaker 2: coaches were so mad about it. Like we literally would

655
00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:04,160
Speaker 2: go back and just like keep watching the same clip

656
00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:06,560
Speaker 2: and like there would be a new point and they'd

657
00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:08,720
Speaker 2: be like not to beat the dead horse, but and

658
00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:12,560
Speaker 2: then keep going, keep going. But so yeah, now that

659
00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:15,800
Speaker 2: you say that, that was a rough point for us.

660
00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:18,719
Speaker 4: Just bringing up trauma.

661
00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:22,000
Speaker 1: Oh my god, because that's it's so funny because we

662
00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:24,680
Speaker 1: also watched that film, and the whole film was watching

663
00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:29,160
Speaker 1: Mikayla Oh board, oh board, Yes, and it's every single

664
00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:32,280
Speaker 1: clip that someone new. And so Tara's favorite thing is, Okay,

665
00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:34,480
Speaker 1: let's watch it again, and then she'll say what she thinks,

666
00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:37,520
Speaker 1: run it back, and then if it's me, she'd go, so, Haley,

667
00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:40,160
Speaker 1: why didn't you box out? What were you thinking? And

668
00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:42,880
Speaker 1: I sit there, there's no winning. What do I say?

669
00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:45,800
Speaker 1: I forgot? I didn't hit her hard enough. I just

670
00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:46,560
Speaker 1: didn't grab it.

671
00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:49,600
Speaker 4: There's no winning, and then she goes, friend, why didn't

672
00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:52,120
Speaker 4: you do it? You know, Ashton, I gave you a chance.

673
00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:53,120
Speaker 4: Why didn't you do it?

674
00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:55,120
Speaker 1: And then it's just you know, why did you go

675
00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:57,360
Speaker 1: under on Charisma? Oh why didn't you chase her?

676
00:29:57,440 --> 00:29:57,680
Speaker 4: Oh?

677
00:29:57,920 --> 00:29:58,080
Speaker 1: You know?

678
00:29:58,200 --> 00:29:59,040
Speaker 4: Lazy? What'd you do?

679
00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:02,000
Speaker 1: And there's some thing for every single person there's really

680
00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:04,400
Speaker 1: there's no escaping, which is the tough thing.

681
00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:05,520
Speaker 3: The film doesn't lie.

682
00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:06,840
Speaker 4: The film doesn't lie.

683
00:30:07,360 --> 00:30:09,680
Speaker 1: But you know, you talked a little bit about growth

684
00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:13,360
Speaker 1: from freshman to senior year and you're still getting ripped now.

685
00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:16,240
Speaker 4: But there I'm sure there's been lots of growth.

686
00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:20,280
Speaker 1: Still, how do you how do you think the team

687
00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:24,240
Speaker 1: has evolved from you know, freshman year sophomore year US

688
00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:28,560
Speaker 1: only had eight people to now in you and Cameron

689
00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:30,960
Speaker 1: and Gina are those veteran leaders that you guys had,

690
00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:34,160
Speaker 1: So what was you know, the biggest evolution that you

691
00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:37,280
Speaker 1: saw within the program from your teammates? You know, how

692
00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:38,960
Speaker 1: did you guys become the team that you are now?

693
00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:42,920
Speaker 2: I think especially last year was like a big part

694
00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:46,480
Speaker 2: of how we are today. Like last year was like

695
00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:50,200
Speaker 2: a shock to us, like not making the tournament and

696
00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:52,640
Speaker 2: then not playing as well, and like obviously we had

697
00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:54,400
Speaker 2: a lot of injuries and a lot of things that

698
00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:57,280
Speaker 2: were like out of our control, but still not even

699
00:30:57,320 --> 00:30:59,360
Speaker 2: being able to make the tournament, Like I couldn't have

700
00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:02,360
Speaker 2: predicted that happening in my four years in college. So

701
00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:04,800
Speaker 2: I think that was just super crucial into this year

702
00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:07,120
Speaker 2: and like wanting to change the culture and make sure

703
00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:09,880
Speaker 2: that like everyone was working hard all of the time

704
00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:12,760
Speaker 2: and that we were always putting the team first, regardless

705
00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:16,000
Speaker 2: of like what your stats look like or like how

706
00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:18,440
Speaker 2: well you're playing, Like, how can you put the team

707
00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:20,920
Speaker 2: first and do what's best for the team. So I

708
00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:23,240
Speaker 2: think the seniors that I had my freshman year and

709
00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:26,120
Speaker 2: even my sophomore year did like a really great job

710
00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:29,080
Speaker 2: at like showing that culture, which made it easier for

711
00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:31,920
Speaker 2: like me and Cameron and Gina and Brent to like

712
00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:35,120
Speaker 2: be able to withhold that standard that they had for

713
00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:37,240
Speaker 2: our teams in the past. So I think that was

714
00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:40,880
Speaker 2: super helpful this year. And like, obviously we had freshmen

715
00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:43,320
Speaker 2: and they did a great job of just like learning

716
00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:45,400
Speaker 2: from us and being able to carry on like what

717
00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:48,720
Speaker 2: we were telling them onto the court. So obviously it's

718
00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:50,920
Speaker 2: like a group effort. Like you if you're going to lead,

719
00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:53,680
Speaker 2: you need people to follow you, obviously, So I think

720
00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:56,360
Speaker 2: the freshmen did a great job of following US veterans

721
00:31:56,360 --> 00:31:57,160
Speaker 2: and US seniors.

722
00:31:57,480 --> 00:32:00,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it's it's both ways. It's talking but

723
00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:02,680
Speaker 1: actually creating a relationship where people are going to listen,

724
00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:04,760
Speaker 1: because it's just talking at a brick.

725
00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:07,280
Speaker 4: Wall, then nothing's going to get done. And so half

726
00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:09,120
Speaker 4: the half of the journey is the buy in.

727
00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:11,520
Speaker 1: You talked a little bit about, you know, you as

728
00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:15,160
Speaker 1: not making the tournament last year and then being unranked

729
00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:17,280
Speaker 1: at the beginning of the season, and now you know

730
00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:20,320
Speaker 1: you're top fifteen consistently throughout the year, you're making the

731
00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:21,120
Speaker 1: Sweet sixteen.

732
00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:23,960
Speaker 4: Did you expect for that trajectory?

733
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,280
Speaker 1: Did you kind of take it, you know a little personally,

734
00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:27,920
Speaker 1: like you're not going to rank us with the team

735
00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:30,600
Speaker 1: that we have. What was it like, kind of going

736
00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:32,800
Speaker 1: on the journey that you guys had to, you know,

737
00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:34,840
Speaker 1: making a Sweet sixteen run. Was it you're going to

738
00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:37,720
Speaker 1: prove people wrong, we belong to the rankings. What was

739
00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:39,600
Speaker 1: your mindset heading into this season.

740
00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:44,480
Speaker 2: It's actually interesting because I didn't really have much expectation

741
00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:46,440
Speaker 2: of like the media. I was just like, Okay, people

742
00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:48,480
Speaker 2: are going to say what they want to say regardless,

743
00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:51,280
Speaker 2: Like they don't know any of us really personally, so

744
00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:53,840
Speaker 2: like let them say whatever that they want to say.

745
00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:56,640
Speaker 2: But obviously you'd never know like how freshmen are going

746
00:32:56,720 --> 00:32:58,680
Speaker 2: to come in, like if they're going to be able

747
00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:01,400
Speaker 2: to come in and adjust really quickly, or like you

748
00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:02,840
Speaker 2: never know how long it's gonna take.

749
00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:04,200
Speaker 3: So I didn't really know.

750
00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:06,360
Speaker 2: Like we had a lot of new freshmen in and

751
00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:09,160
Speaker 2: then Gina coming back, and we had like new players

752
00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:12,000
Speaker 2: this year who maybe hadn't played in the past. So

753
00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:14,680
Speaker 2: it was definitely like a balance like in the summer,

754
00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:16,760
Speaker 2: I was like, oh, yeah, this is gonna be rough

755
00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:20,000
Speaker 2: as we start getting into practice, just because we had

756
00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:22,600
Speaker 2: so many new people and them trying to learn all

757
00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:24,360
Speaker 2: of the things and kind of like catch up a

758
00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:26,560
Speaker 2: little bit. But I think as the season went on,

759
00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:28,520
Speaker 2: like I was like, Okay, wait, this team can be

760
00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:32,280
Speaker 2: something really special. Like obviously we're super young, and there's

761
00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:34,760
Speaker 2: gonna be freshmen, Like they're gonna make freshman mistakes. We

762
00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:37,959
Speaker 2: all been there, done that, But just to see like

763
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:40,520
Speaker 2: how much we've grown from the beginning to the end,

764
00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:42,840
Speaker 2: like I think we deserve to be a top fifteen team.

765
00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:45,560
Speaker 2: Like the way that we started playing towards the end

766
00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:46,600
Speaker 2: I think just showed that.

767
00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:48,280
Speaker 3: But I'm super proud.

768
00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:50,560
Speaker 2: Of this team and like how we started off unranked

769
00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:52,520
Speaker 2: and just to see like how we made it to

770
00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:54,520
Speaker 2: the Sweet sixteen at the end, like that was just

771
00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:57,680
Speaker 2: super fun and like super rewarding to see like all

772
00:33:57,720 --> 00:33:59,360
Speaker 2: of the work that we put in in the summer

773
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:01,960
Speaker 2: and pre season just like come to fruition.

774
00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:03,400
Speaker 3: Yeah.

775
00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:06,080
Speaker 1: And I mean so heading into that Sweet sixteen game,

776
00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:09,440
Speaker 1: you guys had already played South Carolina November and you

777
00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:12,200
Speaker 1: were one of I'd leave four teams to not lose

778
00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:17,480
Speaker 1: to them by double digits, which is crazy. But I mean,

779
00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:19,560
Speaker 1: you guys held your own in that first game and

780
00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:22,000
Speaker 1: heading into the second one, the Sweet.

781
00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:24,120
Speaker 4: Sixteen, did you guys feel confident?

782
00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:26,800
Speaker 1: Did you change anything, what were kind of the vibes

783
00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:28,720
Speaker 1: headed into that Sweet sixteen game?

784
00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:31,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think we felt pretty confident.

785
00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:34,600
Speaker 2: We obviously had a good game leading into that game,

786
00:34:34,680 --> 00:34:37,520
Speaker 2: so and even just like our run in the Pact

787
00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:39,759
Speaker 2: twelve tournament and then how we played our first two

788
00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:42,560
Speaker 2: nca eight games, I think we were pretty confident about

789
00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:45,040
Speaker 2: like how we were playing. And obviously we knew South

790
00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:46,920
Speaker 2: Carolina was going to be a good team and it

791
00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:50,200
Speaker 2: wouldn't be easy to stop them, like they have Aliah

792
00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:52,719
Speaker 2: Boston's like all those players. I can name so many

793
00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:56,360
Speaker 2: players on their team. But I do think we were confident. Obviously,

794
00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:58,880
Speaker 2: we did not get the outcome we wanted, and we

795
00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:01,600
Speaker 2: lost by more than what we lost by the first time,

796
00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:05,000
Speaker 2: But obviously there's still time to like look at those

797
00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:07,239
Speaker 2: games and see like, okay, like what could we have

798
00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:08,840
Speaker 2: done better and.

799
00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:11,040
Speaker 3: Things like that. But South Carolina played really well and

800
00:35:11,719 --> 00:35:13,759
Speaker 3: it's just you know, they're just a great team.

801
00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:14,600
Speaker 4: It was it was.

802
00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:17,160
Speaker 2: Rough, It was rough, We needed to rebound, we needed

803
00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:20,319
Speaker 2: to do a lot of things. But still like it

804
00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:23,040
Speaker 2: doesn't regardless of the outcome of that game, it doesn't

805
00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:25,359
Speaker 2: take away from like how well the team played all

806
00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:25,879
Speaker 2: year long.

807
00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:28,200
Speaker 1: Yeah. No, you guys had a great season and a

808
00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:30,520
Speaker 1: great run. I mean the Pac twelve run. Y'all went

809
00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:33,200
Speaker 1: crazy in the tournament and they kept that momentum going

810
00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:35,040
Speaker 1: and you got the top four seed where you have

811
00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:36,120
Speaker 1: to play at home, which.

812
00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:36,960
Speaker 4: I know is huge.

813
00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:39,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, But you know, moving.

814
00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:41,080
Speaker 1: Off the court a little bit, we could talk about

815
00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:45,000
Speaker 1: the NIO space and how has the NIL process been

816
00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:45,359
Speaker 1: for you?

817
00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:49,080
Speaker 2: So for me, honestly, this year I kind of was

818
00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:51,439
Speaker 2: like taking a set back, kind of just like trying

819
00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:55,160
Speaker 2: to enjoy my senior year and like just experience it

820
00:35:55,360 --> 00:35:57,799
Speaker 2: and finally it was normal. So I was just trying

821
00:35:57,800 --> 00:36:00,719
Speaker 2: to really like focus on basketball and school and just

822
00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:04,400
Speaker 2: like the college life. But I feel like it's changed now,

823
00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:07,160
Speaker 2: like i've recently. I don't know if I'm supposed announce

824
00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:10,440
Speaker 2: it, it comes out tomorrow anyways, but I signed with Clutch Sports,

825
00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:13,239
Speaker 2: so I'm going to be doing that with NIL with

826
00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:15,239
Speaker 2: Clutch Sports this year. So I think this year I'll

827
00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:18,000
Speaker 2: probably take it more seriously and be more interested in

828
00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:20,400
Speaker 2: certain things. But this year I didn't really do too

829
00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:22,279
Speaker 2: much with it, but I did think it was cool,

830
00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:24,359
Speaker 2: like seeing everyone, like seeing the things that you were doing,

831
00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:27,240
Speaker 2: seeing the things that other people were doing around the country.

832
00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:30,279
Speaker 2: Like it's just super cool to see people being able

833
00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:33,200
Speaker 2: to take advantage of themselves and not have to like

834
00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:36,440
Speaker 2: hide all of these things because the NCAA said that

835
00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:38,759
Speaker 2: it wasn't okay for us to like make money off

836
00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:41,600
Speaker 2: of ourselves, which is crazy, but it's super cool to

837
00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:43,200
Speaker 2: see people be able to do that.

838
00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:45,880
Speaker 1: Now, Yeah, signing with Clutch is going to be exciting,

839
00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:49,479
Speaker 1: and it's so much fun watching everybody sign these cool

840
00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:50,719
Speaker 1: deals across the country.

841
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:52,879
Speaker 4: And I think that, you know, some.

842
00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:55,640
Speaker 1: People might take it as oh I wish I had

843
00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:58,080
Speaker 1: that or jealousy, but I think just like me and

844
00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:00,440
Speaker 1: you having that look of just being excited for us everyone,

845
00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:03,680
Speaker 1: and it's just all it does is grow women's basketball

846
00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:05,960
Speaker 1: and grow the respect that people need to have for it.

847
00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:08,920
Speaker 4: And so when I see somebody sign some crazy.

848
00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:11,439
Speaker 1: Deal, I'm like, hey, yo, like that is lit. I'm

849
00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:15,279
Speaker 1: commenting getting your bag, do this and that. And it's

850
00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:19,520
Speaker 1: also cool like knowing everyone personally and knowing what they're into.

851
00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:22,120
Speaker 1: And so with somebody like Aliyah, right, and we will

852
00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:24,839
Speaker 1: see her wear crocs literally everybody, and then I see

853
00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:26,719
Speaker 1: the Crocs deal come out and I'm like, oh, it's

854
00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:28,680
Speaker 1: only right, Like it makes sense.

855
00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:32,240
Speaker 4: All this stuff. So I think it's so cool to see.

856
00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:35,200
Speaker 1: But one thing that I've talked a lot about with

857
00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:38,879
Speaker 1: friends or other people across the country is what it's

858
00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:41,319
Speaker 1: like being in the space as a black woman and

859
00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:44,440
Speaker 1: what it is, you know, the different hurdles that you

860
00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:47,200
Speaker 1: have to jump through, the different type of companies that

861
00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:49,160
Speaker 1: may want to work with you, some that may not.

862
00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:53,000
Speaker 1: But how has it been for you navigating that space

863
00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:55,880
Speaker 1: as a black woman? Have there been challenges that you feel?

864
00:37:55,960 --> 00:37:58,480
Speaker 1: Has it been you know, you think it's been pretty normal.

865
00:37:58,480 --> 00:37:59,239
Speaker 4: What has that been like?

866
00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:02,759
Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely think that's always going to be there just

867
00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:05,799
Speaker 2: being a black woman, Like the opportunities just aren't the

868
00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:10,160
Speaker 2: same as for other races and other people. So I

869
00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:12,440
Speaker 2: think that's always just going to be like a hurdle

870
00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:16,239
Speaker 2: in life until things start to change in terms of that.

871
00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:18,759
Speaker 2: But like I said, I haven't really done too much

872
00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:21,280
Speaker 2: with the NIL space, but I do think it's interesting

873
00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:24,400
Speaker 2: like seeing like when I do see things on social media,

874
00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:27,680
Speaker 2: like who they decide to use as the face of

875
00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:30,680
Speaker 2: like whatever company it may be, Like I think I

876
00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:33,920
Speaker 2: do notice those things, and sometimes I am curious. I'm like, okay,

877
00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:35,920
Speaker 2: like I wonder why they chose that person or like

878
00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:38,680
Speaker 2: why they didn't choose this person or like whatever the

879
00:38:38,719 --> 00:38:41,000
Speaker 2: case may be, and not out of jealousy or anything,

880
00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:44,760
Speaker 2: but just like okay, like maybe they chose a white person,

881
00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:47,040
Speaker 2: like well maybe could could they have chosen a black

882
00:38:47,080 --> 00:38:48,280
Speaker 2: person or maybe both people?

883
00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:48,759
Speaker 3: Who knows?

884
00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:52,280
Speaker 2: But I definitely think that that will be a hurdle

885
00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:56,920
Speaker 2: just in life, unfortunately, and hopefully things change and get easier.

886
00:38:57,000 --> 00:39:00,200
Speaker 2: But I definitely can see that in some spaces, is

887
00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:02,680
Speaker 2: especially like Nil, that that could be a thing. But

888
00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:05,840
Speaker 2: I think right now, like with LSU and like Angel

889
00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:10,080
Speaker 2: and Flag, it like just seeing them like get nil

890
00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:12,800
Speaker 2: Dal's and stuff like that, and obviously their team played

891
00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:15,479
Speaker 2: really well. I think it's super cool to like see

892
00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:18,600
Speaker 2: them get the hype and the publicity around like all

893
00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:22,080
Speaker 2: of that. So hopefully those opportunities continue to come for

894
00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:22,680
Speaker 2: black women.

895
00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:23,839
Speaker 4: One hundred percent.

896
00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:27,080
Speaker 1: I think that, you know, just seeing other black women

897
00:39:27,160 --> 00:39:30,600
Speaker 1: sign big deals and I'm sure like Angel and Flage,

898
00:39:30,680 --> 00:39:33,680
Speaker 1: the growth that they're getting on social media, then they're

899
00:39:33,719 --> 00:39:36,000
Speaker 1: gonna get the recognition that they deserve, signing deals and

900
00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:38,319
Speaker 1: this and that, and then from that it's just going

901
00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:40,400
Speaker 1: to continue to open the door for the rest.

902
00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:43,360
Speaker 4: So I think that it's really exciting.

903
00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:45,880
Speaker 1: But you know, just talking about NIL and as you

904
00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:48,040
Speaker 1: sign with Clutch and move into this next kind of

905
00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:51,480
Speaker 1: phase of being a grad grad student now, which is

906
00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:52,960
Speaker 1: for you more school.

907
00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:57,440
Speaker 4: Okay, but what's what's the.

908
00:39:57,280 --> 00:40:01,200
Speaker 1: Best advice that you've been given about the NIL space

909
00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:02,600
Speaker 1: and branding yourself.

910
00:40:03,880 --> 00:40:06,719
Speaker 2: I think the best advice is just be yourself. Like

911
00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:08,640
Speaker 2: it's going to be so hard if you're trying to

912
00:40:08,680 --> 00:40:10,719
Speaker 2: be somebody else and be this person that you.

913
00:40:10,719 --> 00:40:13,440
Speaker 3: Aren't, Like, yeah, really are I guess I don't know.

914
00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:18,920
Speaker 2: But just being yourself and being authentic in that, I

915
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:22,080
Speaker 2: think it just makes things easier, smoother, and yeah, So

916
00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:24,839
Speaker 2: I would just say, be yourself and it'll be more

917
00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:27,520
Speaker 2: fun when you can be yourself and not feel like

918
00:40:27,520 --> 00:40:29,400
Speaker 2: you have to put on this front or this like

919
00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:31,799
Speaker 2: face or be this person that you're not.

920
00:40:32,120 --> 00:40:33,080
Speaker 4: No, I couldn't agree more.

921
00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:36,840
Speaker 1: I think that it's very transparent when somebody is putting

922
00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:40,080
Speaker 1: across messages that they don't even believe in, or like

923
00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:42,640
Speaker 1: trying to be someone that they're not. I think that

924
00:40:42,719 --> 00:40:45,840
Speaker 1: you can really see through that pretty quickly. And I

925
00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:49,359
Speaker 1: think that you know, both of us. One of our

926
00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:51,359
Speaker 1: you know, core values that we stand on is being

927
00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:53,600
Speaker 1: authentic and being who we are. And I think that

928
00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:56,480
Speaker 1: people can tell that through the way that we play,

929
00:40:56,640 --> 00:40:58,719
Speaker 1: through the way we are on social media, through the

930
00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:01,560
Speaker 1: way we speak in interviews. It may be it's very

931
00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:04,480
Speaker 1: clear to see people who are genuine with their platforms

932
00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:06,360
Speaker 1: and then people who are just kind of you know,

933
00:41:06,480 --> 00:41:08,560
Speaker 1: signing deals to sign deals, and they may not even

934
00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:11,240
Speaker 1: believe in the product that they're using. So I couldn't

935
00:41:11,280 --> 00:41:13,279
Speaker 1: agree more and I think that everything great is going

936
00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:13,920
Speaker 1: to come from that.

937
00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:18,200
Speaker 4: For su kind of heading into our last segment, here

938
00:41:18,320 --> 00:41:20,600
Speaker 4: we do a rapid fire vibe check.

939
00:41:21,239 --> 00:41:23,600
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna need all your answers to be as

940
00:41:23,719 --> 00:41:24,680
Speaker 1: quick as possible.

941
00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:27,160
Speaker 4: Off the noggin. We've had some issues in the past

942
00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:28,080
Speaker 4: with people.

943
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:31,160
Speaker 1: Going and taking a few minutes well, you know, no

944
00:41:31,320 --> 00:41:32,000
Speaker 1: time for it.

945
00:41:32,080 --> 00:41:33,400
Speaker 4: We need we need speed.

946
00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:35,239
Speaker 3: He's the point, takes the point.

947
00:41:35,400 --> 00:41:36,239
Speaker 4: Okay, So here we go.

948
00:41:37,120 --> 00:41:40,160
Speaker 1: First question, is what's the drill you never want to

949
00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:41,319
Speaker 1: see on your practice plan?

950
00:41:42,960 --> 00:41:44,279
Speaker 3: Five star closeouts?

951
00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:49,320
Speaker 4: Oh that sounds awful. That sounds take it out. Okay,

952
00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:51,560
Speaker 4: once you're off the court, go to sneaker?

953
00:41:52,480 --> 00:41:56,200
Speaker 2: Oh Jordan wants or uggs I wear?

954
00:41:56,920 --> 00:41:59,960
Speaker 1: Okay, we have on opposite side of the spectrum, but

955
00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:01,600
Speaker 1: both both great options.

956
00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:04,640
Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly, okay.

957
00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:07,040
Speaker 4: Game winning shot or game winning steal?

958
00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:12,840
Speaker 2: Oh, I really love defense, but the shot like that's legendary.

959
00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:13,720
Speaker 4: You know it's legendary.

960
00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:14,640
Speaker 3: That's legendary.

961
00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:15,960
Speaker 4: I'm with you. Okay.

962
00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:20,680
Speaker 1: And one or three pointer and one h is the

963
00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:24,160
Speaker 1: hype that comes from it. And once and one Okay.

964
00:42:24,200 --> 00:42:26,040
Speaker 1: What's your go to trash talk line?

965
00:42:27,360 --> 00:42:32,440
Speaker 2: Oh uh dang, I'm trying not to be that person.

966
00:42:34,120 --> 00:42:35,680
Speaker 4: I feel like I feel like I've heard it. On

967
00:42:35,719 --> 00:42:38,719
Speaker 4: the other end, you'd be like she got garbet.

968
00:42:38,360 --> 00:42:42,040
Speaker 2: Oh yeah yeah. Or I'll say about my teammates, Like

969
00:42:42,280 --> 00:42:44,799
Speaker 2: usually I don't trash talk first, but like if I

970
00:42:44,840 --> 00:42:47,960
Speaker 2: hear someone say anything, I'm like super protective over my teammates.

971
00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:50,919
Speaker 2: So like if they say them like, yeah, they can't

972
00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:52,839
Speaker 2: guard you, Like I'll say it right in front, they

973
00:42:52,880 --> 00:42:53,640
Speaker 2: can't guard you.

974
00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:53,960
Speaker 3: Yep.

975
00:42:54,120 --> 00:42:56,080
Speaker 4: No, I'm with you. I'm with you. I'm definitely wanting

976
00:42:56,120 --> 00:42:58,920
Speaker 4: to be like, oh you said, what about her? Oh okay, exactly,

977
00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:01,879
Speaker 4: ice pack or ice bath?

978
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:04,919
Speaker 3: Ooh, ice pack? Ice pack?

979
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:08,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, ice baths are a freezing reason. Okay, what's your go

980
00:43:08,680 --> 00:43:09,640
Speaker 1: to move on the court?

981
00:43:10,760 --> 00:43:11,560
Speaker 3: Go to move?

982
00:43:13,160 --> 00:43:17,040
Speaker 2: Definitely? Maybe like in and out? Cross It depends if

983
00:43:17,080 --> 00:43:19,000
Speaker 2: they bite at the in and out then I could

984
00:43:19,080 --> 00:43:21,200
Speaker 2: just you know, keep going. But if they don't, then

985
00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:21,960
Speaker 2: cross over.

986
00:43:22,480 --> 00:43:25,560
Speaker 4: I got you. Okay, Where's the hardest place to play

987
00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:26,080
Speaker 4: on the road.

988
00:43:27,080 --> 00:43:33,120
Speaker 3: Oh, I would say maybe Arizona. I just remember going

989
00:43:33,160 --> 00:43:35,839
Speaker 3: there and it is so loud in there, like you

990
00:43:35,880 --> 00:43:38,120
Speaker 3: cannot hear anyone. So probably Arizona.

991
00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:40,759
Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree, Arizona is loud. They get a lot

992
00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:41,240
Speaker 1: of fans.

993
00:43:42,080 --> 00:43:42,719
Speaker 3: Yeah.

994
00:43:42,760 --> 00:43:45,000
Speaker 4: Okay, what's the college with the best facilities?

995
00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:51,200
Speaker 2: Oh, I'm just gonna go with UCLA. I don't really

996
00:43:51,280 --> 00:43:54,239
Speaker 2: know too much about all of the other schools, only

997
00:43:54,280 --> 00:43:57,400
Speaker 2: the schools I got recruited to. But like we have

998
00:43:57,480 --> 00:44:01,640
Speaker 2: our own like separate facility for just basketball, so like

999
00:44:01,719 --> 00:44:02,640
Speaker 2: that's super nice.

1000
00:44:02,920 --> 00:44:04,160
Speaker 3: So I'm gonna go with u c l A.

1001
00:44:05,120 --> 00:44:08,240
Speaker 1: Ucla is nice, I would say, I would say UCLA

1002
00:44:08,320 --> 00:44:08,719
Speaker 1: is up there.

1003
00:44:09,040 --> 00:44:10,759
Speaker 4: I think Polly is gorgeous.

1004
00:44:11,520 --> 00:44:13,719
Speaker 1: And I think during our COVID year we got to

1005
00:44:13,760 --> 00:44:15,720
Speaker 1: practice at your facilities and it's nice.

1006
00:44:15,760 --> 00:44:17,640
Speaker 4: But extra building is nice.

1007
00:44:18,120 --> 00:44:20,640
Speaker 1: The one I always say is Organ's nice just because

1008
00:44:20,640 --> 00:44:22,359
Speaker 1: of Nike and everything that they have there.

1009
00:44:22,440 --> 00:44:26,040
Speaker 4: They have nice, but is up there for me too?

1010
00:44:26,560 --> 00:44:27,439
Speaker 3: For sure?

1011
00:44:28,080 --> 00:44:30,400
Speaker 4: What is your biggest basketball.

1012
00:44:31,960 --> 00:44:33,320
Speaker 3: Biggest basketballic?

1013
00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:39,120
Speaker 2: Oh, when you give like a post player, like a

1014
00:44:39,160 --> 00:44:43,040
Speaker 2: great pass in the miss de laya, like like I

1015
00:44:43,200 --> 00:44:45,000
Speaker 2: just did all of that. You can go, miss lay up,

1016
00:44:45,160 --> 00:44:46,560
Speaker 2: you know, like that's crazy.

1017
00:44:46,640 --> 00:44:48,560
Speaker 1: I got you And you're like, come, I did all

1018
00:44:48,600 --> 00:44:52,120
Speaker 1: that just for Oh now I'm not hearing it, okay,

1019
00:44:52,480 --> 00:44:55,320
Speaker 1: name last question here is what is your.

1020
00:44:55,239 --> 00:44:57,280
Speaker 4: Best impersonation of coach Corey?

1021
00:44:58,000 --> 00:45:02,080
Speaker 3: Oh? God, what does she do? She does a lot

1022
00:45:02,120 --> 00:45:02,600
Speaker 3: of things.

1023
00:45:03,400 --> 00:45:05,319
Speaker 4: She's very animated, which I love.

1024
00:45:06,280 --> 00:45:09,759
Speaker 3: Oh my gosh. Okay, this isn't really an impersonation, but

1025
00:45:09,800 --> 00:45:12,239
Speaker 3: it's so funny and I probably shouldn't be like paying

1026
00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:14,760
Speaker 3: attention to this in the film, but when we watch

1027
00:45:14,840 --> 00:45:17,239
Speaker 3: film of us, like you can see her on the

1028
00:45:17,280 --> 00:45:20,319
Speaker 3: sideline obviously, and like whenever we like shoot a shot

1029
00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:23,080
Speaker 3: or like a shot goes up, like she like moves.

1030
00:45:23,120 --> 00:45:25,120
Speaker 4: Like yeah, she does the shot.

1031
00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:28,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, that is so funny to me. It's not

1032
00:45:28,760 --> 00:45:30,880
Speaker 2: an impersonation, but it's a good one.

1033
00:45:30,920 --> 00:45:31,920
Speaker 3: She does that all the time.

1034
00:45:32,040 --> 00:45:33,439
Speaker 4: That's a good one. That's a good one.

1035
00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:36,520
Speaker 1: I think Corey is so funny because, like I know,

1036
00:45:37,120 --> 00:45:39,040
Speaker 1: whenever I'll take out the ball, like in front of

1037
00:45:39,080 --> 00:45:41,400
Speaker 1: your bench, Corey will kind of like tell me something

1038
00:45:41,760 --> 00:45:43,319
Speaker 1: and she's like, she's like, hey, they don't make the

1039
00:45:43,360 --> 00:45:44,640
Speaker 1: past or like Hayley this.

1040
00:45:44,840 --> 00:45:48,000
Speaker 4: I'm like Dorry Dory, like please, I'm trying to lock

1041
00:45:48,080 --> 00:45:48,640
Speaker 4: in right now.

1042
00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:52,480
Speaker 3: That's funny. I dodn't even know that she's hilarious.

1043
00:45:52,320 --> 00:45:55,279
Speaker 1: She'd be chatting with me during the games. I'm like,

1044
00:45:55,360 --> 00:45:57,879
Speaker 1: she's trying to get me out the focus. Corey, I'll

1045
00:45:57,880 --> 00:46:00,640
Speaker 1: talk to you after the game. There's no time. But

1046
00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:03,400
Speaker 1: she's always one of the nicest coaches in the handshake lines.

1047
00:46:03,480 --> 00:46:07,000
Speaker 1: It's nothing but good vibes with her chrisma. Thank you

1048
00:46:07,160 --> 00:46:09,920
Speaker 1: so much for being on today. This has been so great,

1049
00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:12,040
Speaker 1: so fun, and I'm so excited for.

1050
00:46:11,960 --> 00:46:13,160
Speaker 4: You coming back next year.

1051
00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:16,399
Speaker 1: Go Bruins. Kind of go on, go Bruins. When I'm

1052
00:46:16,440 --> 00:46:17,959
Speaker 1: coming back to watch you and I'm not.

1053
00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:20,160
Speaker 3: Going to get you anymore. That's fair, that's.

1054
00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:23,440
Speaker 1: Feet, but we'll be back soon with another episode, always

1055
00:46:23,480 --> 00:46:26,759
Speaker 1: following the latest on women's hoops. This has been sometimes

1056
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