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

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Speaker 2: We're headed to Phoenix.

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Speaker 1: It's Wednesday, March thirty second, and on today's show, we'll

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Speaker 1: be talking all things March Madness with ESPN play by

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Speaker 1: play announcer Ryan Ruco. I caught up with them on

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Speaker 1: Tuesday to discuss why this year's Final four teams were

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Speaker 1: clearly a step above the rest, talk about some of

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Speaker 1: the breakout players of the tournament, and learn how his

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Speaker 1: signature you bet Call came to be. Plus vibes at

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Speaker 1: the Friendly confines flagging this for the future, and the

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Speaker 1: real Bracket Challenge enters the chat. It's all coming up

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Speaker 1: right after this welcome back slices. Here's what you need

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Speaker 1: to know today. Let's start with college hoops, where the

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Speaker 1: final four is set on Monday night. Number one seeds

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Speaker 1: South Carolina and Texas both punched their tickets to join

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Speaker 1: UCLA and Yukon in Phoenix. First up in Fort Worth

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Speaker 1: Tech was hot from the jump with a smothering defense

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Speaker 2: From the field.

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Speaker 1: They defeated number two Michigan handily, seventy seven to forty

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Speaker 1: one to earn their second straight trip to the Final four.

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Speaker 1: Madison Booker led the Longhorns with nineteen points, Kyla Oldacre

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Speaker 1: Monday's second matchup out in Sacramento was another blowout, as

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Speaker 1: South Carolina defeated number three seed TCU seventy eight to

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Speaker 1: twenty points below their season average. Don Staley has led

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Speaker 1: That's the second longest streak in NCAA tournament history, behind

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Speaker 1: Yukon's fourteen straight Final four appearances from eight to twenty two.

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Speaker 1: Looking ahead to this weekend in Phoenix, the game Cocks

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Speaker 1: on Friday, a rematch of last year's national championship game,

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Speaker 1: while UCLA will take on Texas, the only team to

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Speaker 1: beat them this season. Per ESPN research, it's just the

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Speaker 1: fifth time that all four number one seeds have advanced

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Speaker 1: and back to back years. First time was the ninety

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Speaker 1: five ninety six seasons. So much more to say about

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Speaker 1: these matchups, and all of the March Madness actions so

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Speaker 1: far will do it in just a bit. With Ryan

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Speaker 1: the club has welcome Massai ujiy as a principal owner. Ujiri,

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Speaker 1: As part of the announcement, the Tempo said that Ujeri

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Speaker 1: and the team are launching a global coaching mentorship program

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Speaker 1: and non binary coaches who are getting started in the

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Speaker 1: coaching pipeline to college vibs and big news in my

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Speaker 1: On Monday, it was announced that historic stadium Wrigley Field,

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Speaker 1: outdoor volleyball matches on September sixth. Penn State will take

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Speaker 1: Nebraska versus Missouri. The announcement was part of a larger initiative,

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Speaker 1: the inaugural Big Ten SEC Volleyball Challenge Week, which will

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Speaker 1: institutions match up beginning Tuesday, September first, and culminating with

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Speaker 2: Tickets for the Wrigley games go on sales to.

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Speaker 1: The public beginning April ninth, via the Cubs to hockey,

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Speaker 1: where we've got three games on the schedule tonight in

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Speaker 1: the PWHL, including the league's first ever visit to Calgary

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Speaker 2: Now that's a big one.

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Speaker 1: Just four teams make the postseason, and heading into Wednesday's games,

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Speaker 2: Notes to the World of Flag Football.

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Speaker 1: of Tomorrow Sports as the organization's developmental and operational partner

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Speaker 1: in the new project. The co founders of Tomorrow TMRW

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Speaker 1: Per an NFL press release, the leagues are expected to

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Speaker 1: as tennis journalist Ben Rothenberg is reporting that the WTA

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Speaker 1: for its year end championship event. We're going to take

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Speaker 1: a quick break when we come back. A Final four

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Speaker 1: preview with Ryan Rucco.

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Speaker 2: Joining us now.

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Speaker 1: He's a play by play announcer for women's college basketball

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Speaker 1: York Yankees in Brooklyn, nets games on Yes Network. A

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Speaker 1: Fordham gradfather of two, slinger of sweatshirts, screamer of you

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Speaker 3: Hi, Ryan, Well, you know what, Sara, that was the

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Speaker 3: most accurate, enthusiastic, eloquent intro I've ever gotten, so thank you.

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Speaker 1: I'm wondering if we're going to get to see anydo's

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Speaker 2: Yeah, just the second time, which is surprising.

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Speaker 3: even the slightest window of daylight, she's got to shoot.

433
00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:54,480
Speaker 3: You know, there were times where I thought she was

434
00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:57,760
Speaker 3: not aggressive enough, both in the Sweet sixteen and the

435
00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:01,080
Speaker 3: Elite eight after she had that historic second round game.

436
00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:07,159
Speaker 3: And if those two aren't aggressive or aren't getting their

437
00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:10,399
Speaker 3: normal touches, they become much more vulnerable because now all

438
00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:12,560
Speaker 3: of a sudden, a lot is falling on you know,

439
00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:15,359
Speaker 3: Ashland shade making shots, and she hasn't yet in this tormum.

440
00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:17,600
Speaker 3: She's quite capable. We saw it last year in the

441
00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:19,560
Speaker 3: runs of the National Championship game. We even saw the

442
00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:22,720
Speaker 3: year before, but she hasn't been hitting shots lately. Right,

443
00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:26,920
Speaker 3: kk Arnold is going to be selective with her opportunities offensively,

444
00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:33,600
Speaker 3: So I think if you're South Carolina, you know that

445
00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:36,920
Speaker 3: would be something that would encourage you. I think the

446
00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:40,600
Speaker 3: X factor game changer for Yukon is Blanca Quinone, who

447
00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:44,920
Speaker 3: is just a monster. I mean, she's six to two

448
00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:50,040
Speaker 3: with incredible guard skills, fearless because she's been playing pro

449
00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:53,080
Speaker 3: ball since like ninth grade, and you know.

450
00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:58,200
Speaker 1: Kind they were like, let me shut down Sarah Strong

451
00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:01,360
Speaker 1: and Asy Fund and oh doesn't matter because now we've

452
00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:03,840
Speaker 1: left Blancaona's and she's going to take us out.

453
00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:07,399
Speaker 3: Yeah. Like, the way I feel about watching Blanca in

454
00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:10,880
Speaker 3: this tournament is the way I felt about watching Sarah

455
00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:14,160
Speaker 3: last year, where you know, we knew she was really good.

456
00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:17,040
Speaker 3: It had a really good regular season. It was clearly

457
00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:19,719
Speaker 3: one of, if not the best pressure in the country,

458
00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:21,399
Speaker 3: and then you watch her in the tournament and it

459
00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:23,320
Speaker 3: was like, oh, wait, Sarah Strong is the best player

460
00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:26,359
Speaker 3: in the country, you know, And I'm not Blanca is

461
00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:29,080
Speaker 3: not not the best player in the country, But I

462
00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:32,600
Speaker 3: think she's having that same kind of moment of fan

463
00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:35,399
Speaker 3: consumer discovery where if you're watching, you're like, wait a second,

464
00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:36,720
Speaker 3: I yes, she was good, but like.

465
00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:38,240
Speaker 2: You're like another one for you.

466
00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:40,280
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, exactly right.

467
00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:42,760
Speaker 1: That's the thing about Yukon is like they're so good

468
00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:45,520
Speaker 1: and so dominant that we're like, yeah, they haven't looked

469
00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:47,960
Speaker 1: that good, and they're winning every game by twenty plus points,

470
00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:50,240
Speaker 1: and when when their best players have an off night,

471
00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:53,560
Speaker 1: it literally doesn't matter because somebody else goes off like

472
00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:57,440
Speaker 1: Blanca Kenyona. So I'm I'm still firmly in the court

473
00:23:57,520 --> 00:23:59,639
Speaker 1: of Yukon winning that one. I think as great as

474
00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:02,360
Speaker 1: SC has looked, they're a lot more inconsistent and rely

475
00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:05,320
Speaker 1: a lot more on somebody being hot, and you kind

476
00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:09,119
Speaker 1: of relies on fundamental depth, every player being able to

477
00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:11,560
Speaker 1: do what they do and figuring it out. But yeah,

478
00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:14,400
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm hoping it's a close one. Yeah, I'm

479
00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:17,200
Speaker 1: really a little bit less certain about the second game.

480
00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:20,120
Speaker 1: You were actually on the call for Texas Michigan on Monday.

481
00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:25,000
Speaker 1: These Longhorns good lord. They hitch you from the very

482
00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:27,200
Speaker 1: first second and they do not let up until the

483
00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:29,600
Speaker 1: game is out of reach ten minutes in. What are

484
00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:31,320
Speaker 1: you seeing from Vic Schaefer squad?

485
00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:35,679
Speaker 3: You know what's interesting is like Vic is a super

486
00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:38,560
Speaker 3: intense guy, and you know, getting to know him over

487
00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:43,120
Speaker 3: the years, he is I think, you know, he's he's

488
00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:48,359
Speaker 3: focused on every detail. I think he carries a you

489
00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:51,280
Speaker 3: know a good amount of stress generally into each game.

490
00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:57,080
Speaker 3: And he has been completely calm and so confident in

491
00:24:57,080 --> 00:24:59,000
Speaker 3: his team, and he's even expressed it to us, like

492
00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:01,760
Speaker 3: yesterday he knew, he said, we're going to have to

493
00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:03,920
Speaker 3: not shoot well and really not play well to lose

494
00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:05,920
Speaker 3: this game because they just don't match up with us.

495
00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:07,720
Speaker 3: And you know, for a coach to say that on

496
00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:10,600
Speaker 3: the morning of one of those games, like you know,

497
00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:13,719
Speaker 3: they feel good, Gino. We sometimes we'll get those vibes

498
00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:16,159
Speaker 3: from from Geno at times too, where like he just

499
00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:20,719
Speaker 3: knows it's going to take something, you know, really unique

500
00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:23,040
Speaker 3: for them to lose a game, you know, And Vick

501
00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:26,200
Speaker 3: has had that air to him in these matchups over

502
00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:29,480
Speaker 3: the Sweet sixteen and now and now the Elite eight.

503
00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:31,600
Speaker 3: And you know, I'm not I don't know he's going

504
00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:33,800
Speaker 3: to have that feeling going into UCLA. But I think

505
00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:37,280
Speaker 3: what it's representative of is how well Texas is playing

506
00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:41,480
Speaker 3: offensively right now, because defensively that's been there. And Vic

507
00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:43,280
Speaker 3: was talking to us about that the other day too.

508
00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:45,280
Speaker 3: He was like, you know, over the last six years,

509
00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:48,520
Speaker 3: I've spent so many games where I'm sweating out every

510
00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:50,760
Speaker 3: possession because i know we're going to have to win

511
00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:53,040
Speaker 3: this game in the fifties or the sixties and win

512
00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:56,639
Speaker 3: it with our defense because we can't really score. He's like, y'all,

513
00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:58,320
Speaker 3: it's a lot easier when you're putting the ball in

514
00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:01,639
Speaker 3: the hoop, and they are. They are really putting the

515
00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:04,480
Speaker 3: ball in the hoop right now, Like they are playing

516
00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:07,800
Speaker 3: the best basketball in the country as we enter the

517
00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:11,000
Speaker 3: Final four, and they're so deep, like they barely had

518
00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:14,200
Speaker 3: to use a Leah Crump, who's a dynamic scorer off

519
00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:16,920
Speaker 3: the bench if they need her. And then they've also

520
00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:20,399
Speaker 3: been you know, they kind of play a carousel of

521
00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:23,359
Speaker 3: biggs that you know, Oh, is it going to be

522
00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:25,479
Speaker 3: Branon Cunningham or is it going to be Kyl the Oldacre. Oh,

523
00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:27,120
Speaker 3: they're both going to play. Well, let me they least

524
00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:27,760
Speaker 3: get twenty minutes.

525
00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:29,760
Speaker 1: Let's just put Madison Booker on the bench for a

526
00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:31,120
Speaker 1: while and still full away.

527
00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:34,120
Speaker 3: Right exactly like as Ashton jug going to get some minutes,

528
00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:36,679
Speaker 3: so she'll contribute. Oh, tayo, Sidberry, you haven't seen her

529
00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:38,600
Speaker 3: in a week. That's okay. Now she's going to impact

530
00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:41,560
Speaker 3: the game, you know, like they really do have. And

531
00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:43,399
Speaker 3: I think Vic's been a night job of pressing the

532
00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:46,560
Speaker 3: right button when he's needed to. It almost reminds me

533
00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:49,199
Speaker 3: some of what Dawn did two years ago when they

534
00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:52,440
Speaker 3: won the national championship, when she had a really deep

535
00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:54,320
Speaker 3: team and she just had such a great feel for

536
00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:56,920
Speaker 3: when she was going to push which button. Oh it's

537
00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:59,479
Speaker 3: time for Mylesia. Okay, No, Tessa Johnson needs to come

538
00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:01,359
Speaker 3: in all right, you know, like and no, we're going

539
00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:05,120
Speaker 3: to let Raven run this one out. So anyway, I

540
00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:09,439
Speaker 3: I think Texas is playing incredible basketball going into the

541
00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:12,040
Speaker 3: Final four and going into this matchup against UCLA.

542
00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,960
Speaker 1: Plus one forty two point differential is the largest for

543
00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:18,640
Speaker 1: an SEC team in NCAA tournament history entering the Final four.

544
00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:20,760
Speaker 2: So they are beating the brakes off everyone.

545
00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:24,000
Speaker 1: Meanwhile, UCLA actually trailed Duke at the half, just the

546
00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:26,760
Speaker 1: second time they've trailed at the break all season long,

547
00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:30,280
Speaker 1: but then second half, whatever was said in the locker room,

548
00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:32,119
Speaker 1: and they come out and they finish them off. What

549
00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:35,199
Speaker 1: has stood out for you about UCLA, not just in

550
00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:37,600
Speaker 1: this tournament but all season long and how strong they've been.

551
00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:40,840
Speaker 3: Well, first of all, I just want to say, I'm

552
00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:43,080
Speaker 3: excited to go see Corey close. She's one of my

553
00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:46,480
Speaker 3: favorite people to me too interact with, and she's wonderful,

554
00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:49,119
Speaker 3: Like she's just like she's a human being who gives

555
00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:52,840
Speaker 3: and gives and you know, you walk away feeling better, right,

556
00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:55,520
Speaker 3: And I also appreciate and this is one of the

557
00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:57,879
Speaker 3: things I love about and I know you you experienced

558
00:27:57,920 --> 00:28:00,000
Speaker 3: at two, Sarah, Like, one of the things I appreci

559
00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:03,159
Speaker 3: about the ecosystem of women's basketball is there really is

560
00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:08,320
Speaker 3: a shared feeling of connection between you know, even media

561
00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:12,280
Speaker 3: and players and coaches in kind of the the gratitude

562
00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:15,520
Speaker 3: we all have for each other's roles. And Corey definitely

563
00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:19,679
Speaker 3: embodies that as much as anybody. So I'm so happy

564
00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:23,280
Speaker 3: for them. I think what's really impressed me is their resilience.

565
00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:26,200
Speaker 3: You know, they've been tested in these games and they've

566
00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:29,200
Speaker 3: played really well in the second half and specifically fourth

567
00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:33,399
Speaker 3: quarters in these games in the latter rounds, and I think,

568
00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:37,480
Speaker 3: you know, they have rightly or wrongly at times, been

569
00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:40,440
Speaker 3: given a stigma of you know, are they tough enough?

570
00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:44,360
Speaker 3: You know, can they handle this? And you know, last year,

571
00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:46,880
Speaker 3: I thought they answered questions by getting to the Final four,

572
00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:50,920
Speaker 3: And this year, I think they've answered those questions again

573
00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:52,280
Speaker 3: with some of the ways they were tested in the

574
00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:55,200
Speaker 3: Sweet sixteen and then especially in the Elite eight. And

575
00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:59,320
Speaker 3: so you combine them answering those tests with the fact

576
00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:02,600
Speaker 3: that they are just you know, they're much more talented

577
00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:05,480
Speaker 3: this season than they were last year. And I always

578
00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:08,840
Speaker 3: thought like there was a lot on kiky Rice in

579
00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:11,880
Speaker 3: the past, like, and she's been a much better player

580
00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:14,440
Speaker 3: this year and has like much less on her than

581
00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:16,760
Speaker 3: she has in the past. You know, what leder Walker

582
00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:20,680
Speaker 3: has done for them is you know, incredible. Neatkins is

583
00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:23,280
Speaker 3: a game changer, you know, and then you have the

584
00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:28,400
Speaker 3: main stays as well, obviously Lauren Betts being the central pillar.

585
00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:32,880
Speaker 3: So I just feel like, like, I think, as great

586
00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:35,640
Speaker 3: as Texas is playing, UCLA has an excellent chance to

587
00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:40,000
Speaker 3: win this game. And whoever comes away the winner in

588
00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:43,000
Speaker 3: that game, you're probably gonna still think the loser is

589
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:45,560
Speaker 3: a great basketball team, you know, like I I don't

590
00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:47,800
Speaker 3: think anyone's like I don't think anyone's going to be

591
00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:49,400
Speaker 3: overmatched in that game.

592
00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:52,080
Speaker 1: Well, you know, last year we felt that way about

593
00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:55,400
Speaker 1: the Bruins going into the maybe Sweet sixteen Elite eight

594
00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:58,520
Speaker 1: Final four, even like they're too big, no one can

595
00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:01,440
Speaker 1: stop Lauren Betts. This is you know, who's going to

596
00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:03,440
Speaker 1: get in their way, no matter how well everyone else

597
00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:05,480
Speaker 1: was playing. We just thought, oh, the Bruin, they look

598
00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:09,840
Speaker 1: unbeatable and then you know, remind us how things ended

599
00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:10,680
Speaker 1: for them last year.

600
00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:12,920
Speaker 2: It wasn't it wasn't close.

601
00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:16,960
Speaker 3: No, it wasn't. No, you can beat the living hell

602
00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:20,400
Speaker 3: out of them, and I, you know, I I think

603
00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:23,560
Speaker 3: that you comes just want to Last year, they were

604
00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:26,080
Speaker 3: in one of these like rhythmic missions, if you will,

605
00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:27,760
Speaker 3: where it was just like everything's.

606
00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:32,240
Speaker 4: Clicking page on title exactly, yes, exactly, as he was

607
00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:34,680
Speaker 4: playing the best basketball for her career at that time,

608
00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:39,560
Speaker 4: right like Sarah Strong was historically in the tournament and then.

609
00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:44,920
Speaker 3: Page So they ran into a buzzsaw last year. Uh,

610
00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:49,520
Speaker 3: you know, I there's a chance that like Texas kind

611
00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:52,800
Speaker 3: of is in that place that was yeah, that Yukon

612
00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:56,240
Speaker 3: was in last year. Like, you know, I don't think

613
00:30:56,320 --> 00:31:01,680
Speaker 3: there's a zero percent possibility. There's probably a better way

614
00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:04,800
Speaker 3: to word that there is a greater than zero percent

615
00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:10,120
Speaker 3: chance that we end up talking on Monday and we say, oh,

616
00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:12,200
Speaker 3: I guess we should have known Texas was going to

617
00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:15,400
Speaker 3: win both games by eighteen. You know, I like, like

618
00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:18,040
Speaker 3: they're playing that good. But I think that option that

619
00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:24,400
Speaker 3: options on the table, I do, I just I But

620
00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:28,520
Speaker 3: I think the stronger possibility is we get three really

621
00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:31,640
Speaker 3: competitive games with serious drama, and it's kind of a

622
00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:34,720
Speaker 3: toss up. You know, I'd probably say Texas because of

623
00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:36,960
Speaker 3: how they've been playing. I haven't seen the lines, but

624
00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:39,320
Speaker 3: I'm guessing they're like a slight favorite in that game

625
00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:46,520
Speaker 3: against UCLA. But but Ucla, I do think it's not

626
00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:48,560
Speaker 3: the same as last year in that they just have

627
00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:52,080
Speaker 3: way more answers when it comes to the guard position,

628
00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:53,920
Speaker 3: in the wing position than they did a season ago.

629
00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:58,560
Speaker 1: Is there a difference maker either a player or a

630
00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:01,040
Speaker 1: style or something it has to go right or wrong

631
00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:02,960
Speaker 1: in that Longhorns Bruins matchup.

632
00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:11,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, So I think for for UCLA to win I

633
00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:17,240
Speaker 3: think they need Texas to have both Harmon and Lee

634
00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:21,480
Speaker 3: miss shots like Booker is. Booker is going to do

635
00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:25,040
Speaker 3: what she does right like she is. She's remarkably efficient,

636
00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:26,840
Speaker 3: and we'll taker.

637
00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:28,520
Speaker 1: Probably won't be able to do what she did in

638
00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:31,720
Speaker 1: the Elite Eate because with one bets not to mention

639
00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:34,120
Speaker 1: too gunking up the lane, she's not going to be

640
00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:35,640
Speaker 1: able to be as big like that. I think you

641
00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:38,560
Speaker 1: guys described her as like a bully holding the ball

642
00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:40,040
Speaker 1: over the heads of smaller people.

643
00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:42,520
Speaker 2: That's not going to work against UCLA.

644
00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:45,400
Speaker 3: Exactly exactly, So I think it's going to be really

645
00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:49,280
Speaker 3: important for Texas to get. Now, like Jordan Lee, who's

646
00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:52,880
Speaker 3: been incredible the first three games the tourment, she shot

647
00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:54,720
Speaker 3: horribly in the Elite oh.

648
00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:56,480
Speaker 2: For nine or something from three.

649
00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:58,360
Speaker 3: From three and she finished I think two of eighteen

650
00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:01,200
Speaker 3: from the foard. Now, some years you worry about them

651
00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:04,320
Speaker 3: going in the tank after that, Like I don't. With her.

652
00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:09,800
Speaker 3: She's a really strong kid mentally and like super super smart,

653
00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:14,880
Speaker 3: but forgetting how it does or doesn't affect her. She's

654
00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:18,120
Speaker 3: going to need to hit shots, and Rory Harmon is

655
00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:20,480
Speaker 3: going to need to hit shots and maintain the same

656
00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:23,480
Speaker 3: level of offensive aggression that she has especially early in

657
00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:26,520
Speaker 3: games over the last couple of games. I think if

658
00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:31,120
Speaker 3: that doesn't happen, right if Lee, if Lee goes two

659
00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:35,280
Speaker 3: for eleven, and if Harmon is two for seven, you know,

660
00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:37,760
Speaker 3: then I think Texas is going to be in some

661
00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:39,600
Speaker 3: trouble because I don't think they're going to get the

662
00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:44,240
Speaker 3: same level of interior production against Ucla that they've gotten,

663
00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:47,440
Speaker 3: you know, in their other games. And this is a

664
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Speaker 3: game where because of that, Aleiah Crump might be an

665
00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:54,360
Speaker 3: X factor as well. Like even Crumb's teammates the other

666
00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:55,960
Speaker 3: day we're telling us, you know, I know, she's not

667
00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:57,640
Speaker 3: playing a ton of minutes, like there's going to be

668
00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:01,520
Speaker 3: a moment at some point in this tournament where she's

669
00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:04,640
Speaker 3: going to really help win us a game, like she's

670
00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:06,480
Speaker 3: going to be really important. And I do think that's

671
00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:09,160
Speaker 3: one area where Texas is different this year. If they

672
00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:12,000
Speaker 3: need to, they have the ability to put an additional

673
00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:13,919
Speaker 3: three point shooter on the floor that they just did

674
00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:17,040
Speaker 3: not have in years past, and that's Croup well.

675
00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:19,279
Speaker 1: And hopefully UCLA has been working on that full court

676
00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:22,920
Speaker 1: press break because just watching teams try to inbound the

677
00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:26,120
Speaker 1: ball against Texas has been an adventure.

678
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:28,600
Speaker 3: Well, I think I got the note here somewhere. I

679
00:34:28,680 --> 00:34:32,919
Speaker 3: think they have. I think they have forced thirty five

680
00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:37,160
Speaker 3: second violations this year, and I believe it is thirty

681
00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:40,759
Speaker 3: five second violations. It's sixteen more than any other D

682
00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:45,359
Speaker 3: one team. Wow, force sixteen more five second violations than

683
00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:46,239
Speaker 3: any other D one team.

684
00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:47,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's not that common.

685
00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:49,640
Speaker 1: Most teams, first of all, aren't press in full court,

686
00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:53,040
Speaker 1: especially early in games like that, but to be that effective,

687
00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:54,680
Speaker 1: and actually we did see, and I don't know how

688
00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:56,759
Speaker 1: much of a correlation there's, but we saw UCLA pick

689
00:34:56,840 --> 00:35:00,719
Speaker 1: up a handful of shot clock violations they'd only done

690
00:35:00,719 --> 00:35:03,560
Speaker 1: twice all season, and then multiple times in the last game.

691
00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:07,400
Speaker 1: So you know, clock awareness and handling the pressure in

692
00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:10,040
Speaker 1: those moments that'll be big early in that game against Texas,

693
00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:11,920
Speaker 1: so they don't get out of rhythm. What are you

694
00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:14,239
Speaker 1: most excited about in general about heading to Phoenix? Can

695
00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:15,480
Speaker 1: be basketball or otherwise?

696
00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:18,759
Speaker 3: Wow. I mean, I'm most excited to get cocktails with

697
00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:21,919
Speaker 3: my good friend super Bird. That's what I'm most excited about.

698
00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:24,799
Speaker 3: That's that's first on my agenda on the off day.

699
00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:29,240
Speaker 3: But in addition to Negroni's with Sue I Am sounds

700
00:35:29,239 --> 00:35:32,480
Speaker 3: like a show. It definitely could be. Maybe maybe that'll

701
00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:38,080
Speaker 3: be the name of future podcast. I honestly like I am,

702
00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:42,960
Speaker 3: I'm really excited just to sit their court side, to

703
00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:46,760
Speaker 3: feel the atmosphere. Phoenix is a wonderful women's basketball town.

704
00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:49,200
Speaker 3: You know, the X factor the Mercury crowd has been

705
00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:54,439
Speaker 3: incredible for decades. I'm just excited to see how these

706
00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:56,880
Speaker 3: teams play out. Like what I want is close games,

707
00:35:56,920 --> 00:36:04,239
Speaker 3: like please, I know, yeah, and I do believe we

708
00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:07,160
Speaker 3: have four teams like you, you know, set the table for

709
00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:09,160
Speaker 3: off the top SRA. We have four teams who are

710
00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:13,480
Speaker 3: so clearly a tier above everybody else this year that

711
00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:18,360
Speaker 3: I do believe we are primed for some classic matchups

712
00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:21,600
Speaker 3: where there is not only genuine intrigue about who will win,

713
00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:24,040
Speaker 3: but where you're looking at these four teams and you're saying,

714
00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:27,200
Speaker 3: all four of these teams are natty worthy. You know,

715
00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:30,000
Speaker 3: That's not always how you feel going into a Final four, right,

716
00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:33,200
Speaker 3: There's usually like one team that you're like, I'm pretty

717
00:36:33,239 --> 00:36:35,400
Speaker 3: sure they're like they were good enough to get here,

718
00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:37,000
Speaker 3: but they're not good enough to win it. You know,

719
00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:40,680
Speaker 3: this year, I genuinely think all four teams are good

720
00:36:40,719 --> 00:36:42,879
Speaker 3: enough to win it, and so I'm excited to see

721
00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:45,800
Speaker 3: how it plays out because I think there's some real

722
00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:49,960
Speaker 3: intrigue and drama there and I'm just thirsty for some

723
00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:50,640
Speaker 3: close games.

724
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Speaker 2: Yeah, ditto.

725
00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:53,239
Speaker 1: Okay, before I let you go, I want to do

726
00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:55,680
Speaker 1: a quick speed round to pick your breat brain. And

727
00:36:55,719 --> 00:36:57,759
Speaker 1: these are tough questions for a speed round. I'm just

728
00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:00,279
Speaker 1: going to give you a buzzword and you just tell

729
00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:01,600
Speaker 1: me whatever comes to mind.

730
00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:03,320
Speaker 2: Take opinion question.

731
00:37:03,640 --> 00:37:06,200
Speaker 1: I really just want to be thinking going forward using

732
00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:09,239
Speaker 1: whatever's up there in your brain, maybe something I haven't

733
00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:14,120
Speaker 1: thought about. So let's go NC double a versus house payments.

734
00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:18,280
Speaker 3: NC double a versus house payments. Yeah.

735
00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:19,440
Speaker 2: Are you with Geno?

736
00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:21,560
Speaker 1: That title nine's basically out the window at this point

737
00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:23,759
Speaker 1: because no one's doing that equitably.

738
00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:29,720
Speaker 3: You know what, I'm with Gino on on most things,

739
00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:32,799
Speaker 3: Like he I think he's like I think he The

740
00:37:32,840 --> 00:37:34,640
Speaker 3: first thing I think of when you say that, honestly,

741
00:37:34,760 --> 00:37:37,200
Speaker 3: is like what he was thinking about or what he

742
00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:39,240
Speaker 3: was talking about the other day with like just getting

743
00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:42,400
Speaker 3: teams more time and making sure they can shoot on

744
00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:44,440
Speaker 3: the hoops that they're going to be playing on and

745
00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:48,040
Speaker 3: the value of that. And I do think in general,

746
00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:51,480
Speaker 3: when these established coaches, and I know I'm kind of

747
00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:54,280
Speaker 3: going off from what you said, Yeah, when a Gino

748
00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:57,360
Speaker 3: says something, when a Dawn says something, right, when a

749
00:37:57,440 --> 00:38:00,520
Speaker 3: Kim Moultky says something, when a Corey Close says something,

750
00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:04,200
Speaker 3: when a Vick Schaeffer says something, I think our approach

751
00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:09,319
Speaker 3: needs to be curiosity instead of defensiveness. Before the NCAA, Okay,

752
00:38:09,560 --> 00:38:12,640
Speaker 3: and this goes for any governing body. If the central

753
00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:17,080
Speaker 3: figures that are lifting up your sport are collectively sharing

754
00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:21,200
Speaker 3: some sort of breathe, ince or complaint, instead of the

755
00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:24,359
Speaker 3: instinct being to be defensive, I think the instinct needs

756
00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:28,720
Speaker 3: to be to be curious. So if GINO is raising

757
00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:31,600
Speaker 3: red flags about what can happen to Title nine as

758
00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:34,080
Speaker 3: a result of the current system, I think we all

759
00:38:34,120 --> 00:38:37,480
Speaker 3: need to get real curious about, you know, what kind

760
00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:40,000
Speaker 3: of a problem that could be for the equity of

761
00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:44,200
Speaker 3: women's sports. And I hope that that curiosity is followed

762
00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:44,480
Speaker 3: up on.

763
00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:47,359
Speaker 1: You touched on the regional sites too, which you know

764
00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:49,280
Speaker 1: that's going to be in place for the next five seasons.

765
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:51,200
Speaker 1: That doesn't mean they can't still look into some of

766
00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:52,839
Speaker 1: the problems that have been created by the way they

767
00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:56,320
Speaker 1: currently have those two sites set up. As Gina was

768
00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:59,480
Speaker 1: complaining about, Okay, I always state transfers.

769
00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:04,120
Speaker 3: You know. I Bill Fenneley is like an all time

770
00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:09,560
Speaker 3: great coach, and I'm it was surprising to me because

771
00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:12,000
Speaker 3: I feel like he runs such a sturdy, stable program.

772
00:39:12,280 --> 00:39:16,560
Speaker 3: Hilton is an amazing place to play. That community loves

773
00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:20,400
Speaker 3: its team. You know, they've been selling out women's basketball games,

774
00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:25,200
Speaker 3: you know, long before it was in vogue. I don't know.

775
00:39:25,239 --> 00:39:27,440
Speaker 3: I wonder like, how much longer is Bill going to

776
00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:29,400
Speaker 3: do it? I have no knowledge about that, but is

777
00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:31,680
Speaker 3: there anything going on to that? I have no idea,

778
00:39:32,600 --> 00:39:37,520
Speaker 3: but I was genuinely surprised seeing that because I feel

779
00:39:37,520 --> 00:39:39,200
Speaker 3: like he does such a great job with that program.

780
00:39:39,239 --> 00:39:42,400
Speaker 3: But clearly this year there was something off, something was off.

781
00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:45,760
Speaker 1: They started off so well and then it just fell apart.

782
00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:50,200
Speaker 1: And listen, Audie Crooks has been such an amazing person there,

783
00:39:50,239 --> 00:39:51,600
Speaker 1: not just player, so.

784
00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:52,680
Speaker 2: You'd hate to see or leave.

785
00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:55,800
Speaker 1: And yet I also would love to see Audie Crooks

786
00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:58,080
Speaker 1: in the way that Tanaia Latson got to her first

787
00:39:58,120 --> 00:40:01,640
Speaker 1: Sweet sixteen, first Elite eight, like a great player getting

788
00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:03,680
Speaker 1: to be on the highest stage. I want Audie to

789
00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:06,759
Speaker 1: be somewhere where the country can see her more regularly

790
00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:09,799
Speaker 1: and she can shine the way that she does at

791
00:40:09,840 --> 00:40:12,560
Speaker 1: Iowa State. But it's going to be tough with all

792
00:40:12,560 --> 00:40:15,960
Speaker 1: those transfers. Okay, w NBA's compressed off season.

793
00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:22,600
Speaker 3: A bomb cyclone of interest is So I remember talking

794
00:40:22,640 --> 00:40:26,600
Speaker 3: to talking a player at some point during the offseason,

795
00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:30,520
Speaker 3: and they were talking to me about like just you know, like, oh,

796
00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:33,160
Speaker 3: what's you know, what's going to happen timeline wise with everything,

797
00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:34,440
Speaker 3: And I was like, well, look, as long as you

798
00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:37,520
Speaker 3: guys get a CBA done in time, you're going to

799
00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:42,120
Speaker 3: have like this unbelievable run of just interesting things going

800
00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:45,440
Speaker 3: on in the world of women's basketball, from you know,

801
00:40:45,560 --> 00:40:48,960
Speaker 3: the CBA being signed, to selection Sunday to the tournament,

802
00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:52,799
Speaker 3: to expansion draft to free agency in Final four, you know,

803
00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:55,560
Speaker 3: w draft, start of the season. So I think I'm

804
00:40:55,600 --> 00:41:00,000
Speaker 3: just excited for the you know, the rush of dopamine

805
00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:03,160
Speaker 3: and that we're going to get every day thanks schedule.

806
00:41:02,800 --> 00:41:04,240
Speaker 2: Every day, a piece of news.

807
00:41:04,600 --> 00:41:08,520
Speaker 1: No sleep team, no sleep until especially for the GMS

808
00:41:08,520 --> 00:41:10,319
Speaker 1: of the teams that have like no players on their

809
00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:12,560
Speaker 1: roster as of right now, and our hustling.

810
00:41:13,120 --> 00:41:14,759
Speaker 2: Well, Ryan, it was so great to talk to you.

811
00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:16,839
Speaker 1: I would ask you how your brackets are doing. I

812
00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:18,600
Speaker 1: imagine you're not allowed to have them, So how are

813
00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:20,799
Speaker 1: your kids brackets doing that?

814
00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:23,160
Speaker 2: They definitely filled out for themselves.

815
00:41:23,640 --> 00:41:27,440
Speaker 3: They totally did. They're doing great. They felt pretty Yeah,

816
00:41:27,520 --> 00:41:30,080
Speaker 3: Evy my four and a half year old, she felt

817
00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:32,640
Speaker 3: pretty confident about all four one Saints, So she did

818
00:41:32,680 --> 00:41:33,200
Speaker 3: a great job.

819
00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:36,640
Speaker 1: Glad to hear it me too. Tell EVM with her. Ryan,

820
00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:38,640
Speaker 1: this was so great. Thanks for turning around so fast

821
00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:39,799
Speaker 1: after last night's game to.

822
00:41:39,719 --> 00:41:40,680
Speaker 2: Hang out with us.

823
00:41:41,080 --> 00:41:43,919
Speaker 3: Yeah. No, thank you Sarah for like all you're doing

824
00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:45,840
Speaker 3: in First of all, you're just great at what you do,

825
00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:47,759
Speaker 3: regardless of what you cover. But it's so nice to

826
00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:50,759
Speaker 3: have a to have like this kind of platform, a

827
00:41:50,840 --> 00:41:53,600
Speaker 3: program for women's sports and what you've built in her building.

828
00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:55,359
Speaker 3: So thank you for having me. I appreciate it.

829
00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:57,200
Speaker 1: I appreciate you saying that we waited too long to

830
00:41:57,239 --> 00:41:58,560
Speaker 1: get you on, but now you're in.

831
00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:00,000
Speaker 2: The fam, so you'll be back.

832
00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:01,600
Speaker 3: Yes, a good.

833
00:42:04,160 --> 00:42:06,400
Speaker 1: Thanks again to Ryan for the great chat. We have

834
00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:08,640
Speaker 1: to take another break when we come back. We unveiled

835
00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:11,400
Speaker 1: the bracket challenge within the bracket.

836
00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:21,720
Speaker 2: Challenge, stick around, Welcome back slices.

837
00:42:21,760 --> 00:42:23,719
Speaker 1: We love that you're listening, but you know we want

838
00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:25,040
Speaker 1: you to get in the game every day too.

839
00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:27,040
Speaker 2: So here's our good game play of the day.

840
00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:29,920
Speaker 1: Well, you've already made your plays and you put them

841
00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:32,759
Speaker 1: into our March sliceness bracket. So let's see who's hanging

842
00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:34,440
Speaker 1: out at the top heading into this weekend.

843
00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:36,879
Speaker 2: We've got raw Pick one still in the lead.

844
00:42:37,120 --> 00:42:39,680
Speaker 1: That's Super Slice Aaron Racho and everyone how it's done

845
00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:42,440
Speaker 1: with eleven hundred and ninety points right behind her with

846
00:42:42,480 --> 00:42:46,120
Speaker 1: eleven seventy it's Coach Burn and Steph jam One's picks

847
00:42:46,239 --> 00:42:48,040
Speaker 1: two rolls right off.

848
00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:51,920
Speaker 2: The tongue just a few slots down. Who's that? Oh,

849
00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:52,360
Speaker 2: it's me.

850
00:42:52,800 --> 00:42:55,520
Speaker 1: Good game With Sarah Spain sitting in a tie for sixth,

851
00:42:55,800 --> 00:42:58,480
Speaker 1: not too shabby. We won't know the big winner and

852
00:42:58,600 --> 00:43:01,600
Speaker 1: prize getter till Sunday's national title game, but I can

853
00:43:01,719 --> 00:43:05,440
Speaker 1: announce a different winner today. Producer Bianca pointed out how

854
00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:07,719
Speaker 1: many clever names we've gotten our bracket challenge. So I

855
00:43:07,760 --> 00:43:10,640
Speaker 1: decided to rummage around in my prize closet and find

856
00:43:10,680 --> 00:43:13,680
Speaker 1: something good for the best name of the bunch. First,

857
00:43:13,719 --> 00:43:15,320
Speaker 1: I got a shout out the bracket called hoops and

858
00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:17,440
Speaker 1: gay shit. We do appreciate you being on brand, but

859
00:43:17,719 --> 00:43:20,280
Speaker 1: I'm afraid there were just a few even better names.

860
00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:23,480
Speaker 1: We'll go top ten to acknowledge the near winners that

861
00:43:23,520 --> 00:43:25,759
Speaker 1: are also deserving of some love before getting to the

862
00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:26,360
Speaker 1: true winner.

863
00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:27,800
Speaker 2: Drum roll please.

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Speaker 1: Number ten Ai Sucks Booty. Number nine, Mom Jean's number two.

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Speaker 1: Number eight Tortured Teachers Department. We love a Taylor Swift

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Speaker 1: rough Number seven, deranged loaf of cheese. Number six, go away.

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Speaker 1: Kim Geaux mentioned that one before, We love it.

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Speaker 2: Number five Johnson and Johnson No tears.

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Speaker 1: They of course have South Carolina and Tessa and ravend

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Speaker 1: Johnson going all the way.

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Speaker 2: Number four exactly how I drew it up. That one

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Speaker 2: made me giggle. Guse yeah.

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Speaker 1: Number three chalk me like a hurricane. Chalk of course,

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Speaker 1: when the top seeds advance, that's clever. One haven't seen

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Speaker 1: that one before. Number two Nacho the Goat shouts shouts

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Speaker 1: to that listener for recognizing the real MVP of this show.

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Speaker 1: The goat who wore Dinah Tarassi's jersey at her bench

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Speaker 1: dedication ceremony. I miss Nacho I need to get myself

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Speaker 1: a goat and the winner. Number one. Seeded Rivalry just

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Speaker 1: a great combination of two things we love, bracket challenges

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Speaker 1: and heated rivalry.

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Speaker 2: It's very clever. We love it.

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Speaker 1: You are the champion, and if you are the proud

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Speaker 1: owner of the seated Rivalry bracket, shoot me a message

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Speaker 1: good game at wondermediatnetwork dot com so I can't grab

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Speaker 1: your address and send you your prize. Hopefully, whoever you

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Speaker 1: are Seated Rivalry, you're listening to this episode. Oh I've

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Speaker 1: got one more bracket update too. Our show remains in

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Speaker 1: first place in the Welcome to the Party bracket, and

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Speaker 1: I don't imagine we'll be looking back or down at

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Speaker 1: our competition anytime soon. You know, if you ain't the

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Speaker 1: lead dog, the Scenery and Ever and those other podcasts

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Speaker 1: have been looking at her butts since day one. Beating

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Speaker 1: Sue Bird, Meghan Rappino, Abby Wambach, Julie Foudy, Sam Muis,

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Speaker 1: Kristin Press, Hobin Heath and Moore in sports adjacent competition.

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Speaker 2: It feels really nice, feels right. Have ever mentioned how

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Speaker 2: much I like winning stuff?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 2: We always love to hear from you.

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Speaker 1: Slices so hit us up on email Good game at

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Speaker 1: wondermedianetwork dot com or leave us a voicemail at eight

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Speaker 1: seven two two oh four fifty seventy, and don't.

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Speaker 2: Forget to subscribe. Rate and review.

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Speaker 1: It's easy watch. March Sliceness is a family affair. Rating

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Speaker 1: two out of six members of the Hillier family are

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Speaker 1: neck and neck. Review producer Bianca and producer Bianca's dad

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Speaker 1: are tied in our March Sliceness Bracket challenge. Now it's

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Speaker 1: Bianca's second bracket, which she wants folks to know she

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Speaker 1: filled out based on everything but basketball. She has Ohio

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Speaker 1: State beating Vermont in the finals because she loves Vermont

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Speaker 1: and she's from Ohio hence the six one four in

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Speaker 1: her racket name. And her dad, who is an animal

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Speaker 1: skin doctor, has a bracket appropriately and literally called animal

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Speaker 1: skin Doc. They're sitting tied in two hundred and ninety

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Speaker 1: first place with six hundred thirty points. Better luck next year,

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Speaker 1: you two, but also cute. Now it's your turn, y'all,

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Speaker 1: Rate and review. Thanks for listening, see you tomorrow. Good game, Ryan,

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Speaker 1: Good game, Evy for listening to your dad's picks. Wink

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Speaker 1: wink you anyone who sends us an email saying there's

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Speaker 1: no March thirty second, it.

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Speaker 2: Was an April fool's joke, y'all.

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

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Speaker 1: production in partnership with Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment. You

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Speaker 1: can find us on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or

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Speaker 1: wherever you get your podcasts. Production by Wonder Media Network,

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Speaker 1: our producers are Alex Azzi and Bianca Hillier. Our executive

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

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Speaker 1: Our editors are Emily Rudder, Lucy Jones, Britney Martinez, and

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Speaker 1: Gianna Palmer. Production assistants from Avery Loftus and I'm Your

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Speaker 1: Host sarahir Spain