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Speaker 1: What is your favorite logo three that you hit like

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Speaker 2: Okay, this is funny. I'll tell you this at Rutgers

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Speaker 2: which used to be called the Rack but it's now

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Speaker 2: Jersey Mike Arena. I told our people before the game,

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Speaker 2: I'm like, all right, if I make one from here, like,

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Speaker 2: can you guys tweet like our media people, I'm like,

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Speaker 2: can you tweet the Jersey Mikes and be like, hey,

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Speaker 2: like can she get free subs? Like for a year,

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Speaker 2: And I made one, but they wouldn't do it. So

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Speaker 2: that's like my favorite logo. Like I hit one from

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Speaker 2: Jersey Mike's logo on Rutgers floor. But obviously the Tiger

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Speaker 2: Hawk and Carver and that thing is huge, like so

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Speaker 2: it's like pretty easy to shoot on because it extends

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Speaker 2: so far. So those two Okay, but yeah, I think

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Speaker 2: Jersey Mikes should give me like an nil deal for

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Speaker 2: making it.

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Speaker 3: At Jersey Mikes, if you're listening to.

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Speaker 1: Do some free subs, let's go trying to get some

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Speaker 1: free subs or COLLEGEUS had a budget.

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Speaker 2: Thank you exactly.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to Sometimes I Hoop. I'm your host, Hayley Jones.

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Speaker 1: Quick humble brag Here I was number one player twenty

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Speaker 1: nineteen national champ most house standy players, thinal a four

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Speaker 1: preseason first Team All American.

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Speaker 3: But this is not about me.

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Speaker 1: I'm here with miss triple double raining Big Ten Player

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Speaker 1: of the Year as a sophomore, three time gold medalist,

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Speaker 1: first team All American, I need a breath here two

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Speaker 1: thousand plus points scores shaking things up this year and

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Speaker 1: holds the Big Ten record for most career triple doubles

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Speaker 1: men's or women's basketball. Iowa Hawkeye very own the one

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Speaker 1: and only Caitlin Clark. Thank you for having on the pond.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for having me on. I'm honored.

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Speaker 3: That was quite the intro. That was.

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Speaker 2: You're one of the best, though you could have kept

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Speaker 2: going with your own list.

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Speaker 1: Come on, ma'am, don't start with me, but I mean, okay,

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Speaker 1: let's hop right into it. You have been wrecking havoc

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Speaker 1: in the Big Ten. I know that scouts are just like,

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Speaker 1: what what do we do?

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Speaker 3: Other team? They're just watching film, like how do we

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Speaker 3: stop you?

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Speaker 1: Averaging thirty one points in these last four games, including

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Speaker 3: Ohio State and Maryland.

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Speaker 1: So what's his own big Like, how's the team been

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Speaker 1: how have you been. What's the mindset been like?

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Speaker 2: Honestly, like, we had a really hard beginning of the year,

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Speaker 2: had some really good teams. We played Yukon NC State

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Speaker 2: and you know, any road games really hard. So I

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Speaker 2: give a lot of credit to our coaches because I think,

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Speaker 2: you know, we were tested early on, and we know

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Speaker 2: how tough the Big Ten is, and you want to

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Speaker 2: be playing your best bass right now, and I really

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Speaker 3: We're hot.

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Speaker 2: Like you said, we won eight straight and two of

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Speaker 2: those against really really good teams. Beat Michigan at Michigan

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Speaker 2: and beat me around on our home court, want at

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Speaker 2: Ohio State. But yeah, I think the Big Ten is

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Speaker 2: one of the best conferences in the country, and you

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Speaker 2: really challenged every single night. But yeah, I mean I

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Speaker 2: love it. It's kind of weird now because I'm so

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Speaker 2: used to the girls who I'm going up against, I'm

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Speaker 2: used to the coaches I'm going up against. But I

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Speaker 2: I don't know if you feel the same, and you

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Speaker 2: kind of know what works what doesn't work, But yeah,

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Speaker 2: I feel like we are and the Big Ten Conference

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Speaker 3: No, I feel that it's weird being the Vets in

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Speaker 2: No, Yeah, I mean I love it and it's good

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Speaker 2: I think that's fun too. That's that gets the fans

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Speaker 3: Oh that'll be good.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, February twenty six, So no, it'll be fun. That's

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Speaker 1: Yeah, living for the big games, especially having a sold

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, no, it's gonna be crazy. I can't believe

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Speaker 2: I know what it sounds. It's awesome too, So it's

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Speaker 2: cool to see, you know. And we don't have professional

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Speaker 3: But what players have you seen within the Big Ten?

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Speaker 2: No, I think there's a lot in the Big Ten.

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Speaker 1: You know, just the talent level across the Big Ten

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Speaker 2: It's going to be crazy. And we were on the

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Speaker 2: We haven't always had those upsets in March Madness. It

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Speaker 1: We mentioned earlier made a little known about the Big

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Speaker 2: So I would love to say that I love Rotch

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Speaker 2: I don't, okay, I think we hear it. We have

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Speaker 1: I feel like the Big ten in recent years has

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Speaker 1: It happens, it happens. I see the Big ten argument,

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Speaker 2: But yeah, you know, the PAC twelve is really good too.

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Speaker 2: But I knew I loved basketball when I was pretty young,

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Speaker 1: I too love soccer. Soccer is like it's such such

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Speaker 2: Like soccer is really good, right, aren't they?

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Speaker 2: I'm pretty sure that's when we were in Argentina. Is

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Speaker 2: liked that. I wanted to go somewhere I could make

438
00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:50,360
Speaker 2: an impact. Pretty early, I didn't really want to sit

439
00:17:50,359 --> 00:17:52,040
Speaker 2: on the bench, and you know, obviously I was going

440
00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:53,280
Speaker 2: to have to earn that, but that's kind of what

441
00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:55,680
Speaker 2: she sold to me. And my visits here, I always

442
00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:58,280
Speaker 2: love the girls, I love the town, I love the coaches.

443
00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:00,560
Speaker 2: So it kind of just seemed like every then kind

444
00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:02,280
Speaker 2: of fell into place and like this is where I

445
00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:04,439
Speaker 2: should be. And you know, now that I'm here, I

446
00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:06,520
Speaker 2: know I definitely made the right decision and I've loved

447
00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:09,560
Speaker 2: every second. But like you said, recruiting is so long

448
00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:12,639
Speaker 2: and it's exhausting, and I kind of feel bad for

449
00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:14,240
Speaker 2: kids in high school because I would never kind of

450
00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:16,040
Speaker 2: want to go back to doing that again because it

451
00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:17,120
Speaker 2: was just so terrible.

452
00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:20,679
Speaker 1: For sure, the recruiting process is so long. It is

453
00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:23,359
Speaker 1: like I always felt so bad calling to say no.

454
00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:25,840
Speaker 1: Like I know it's a business, but I'm also like

455
00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:28,400
Speaker 1: I am so sorry, like you spend so much time

456
00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:30,080
Speaker 1: on me and I'm just not coming.

457
00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:33,280
Speaker 2: But like, ugh, I know, I feel like you develop

458
00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:35,840
Speaker 2: relationships with those coaches and like you do. You know,

459
00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:38,320
Speaker 2: it's kind of a weird part of your life. You're like, oh,

460
00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:40,800
Speaker 2: like I'm never going to talk to you again, thanks

461
00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:43,560
Speaker 2: for talking to me the past three years exactly. And

462
00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:44,439
Speaker 2: it's so weird.

463
00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:47,199
Speaker 1: But it's like you want it to go well because

464
00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:48,760
Speaker 1: you don't know if they're going to leave, if they're

465
00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:49,800
Speaker 1: going to go to a different school.

466
00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:52,080
Speaker 3: You could end up needing a job, like who.

467
00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:53,960
Speaker 1: Knows, So you want it to be you want it

468
00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:55,160
Speaker 1: to be a nice relationship.

469
00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:57,600
Speaker 3: It's an odd thing to strike a weird balance.

470
00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:00,359
Speaker 2: It is weird. And I think something else, like through

471
00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:02,480
Speaker 2: the recruiting process that I always thought was important is

472
00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:04,240
Speaker 2: like you never kind of want to decide too early.

473
00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:07,600
Speaker 2: I think, especially now, like coaching spots change all the time.

474
00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:09,520
Speaker 2: I think a lot like a ton of the schools

475
00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:12,480
Speaker 2: I got recruited by the head coach isn't even there anymore,

476
00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:15,720
Speaker 2: which is like so crazy to think about. But I'm happy,

477
00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:17,760
Speaker 2: like I'm here at the University of Iowa. I've loved

478
00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:20,280
Speaker 2: every single second, it's been so fun and I think

479
00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:22,520
Speaker 2: we can do some special stuff. So it's been good.

480
00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:26,560
Speaker 3: Coach Blutering, coach many beer. They stick it around so strong.

481
00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:31,080
Speaker 2: There's no doubt in that at all. Those two are solidified.

482
00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:32,440
Speaker 3: Yeah, they're not going.

483
00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:36,959
Speaker 1: But you know, kind of thinking back to your freshman year,

484
00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:42,120
Speaker 1: Iowa come out hot start, right, Were there any nerves

485
00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:45,280
Speaker 1: coming in your freshman year, big expectations, things.

486
00:19:45,119 --> 00:19:45,680
Speaker 3: You wanted to do.

487
00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:47,680
Speaker 1: What was the energy like moving into your first few

488
00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:48,760
Speaker 1: games coming out so hot.

489
00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:52,159
Speaker 2: Honestly, that feels like so long ago. It's so weird.

490
00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:54,719
Speaker 2: I'm sure you can say the same thing, but honestly

491
00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:56,480
Speaker 2: it was weird because it was COVID, so it was

492
00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:58,920
Speaker 2: like I would go and play in front of like

493
00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:01,960
Speaker 2: fifty people, So I like really didn't feel any like

494
00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:05,000
Speaker 2: pressure or like anything like that. And obviously, you know,

495
00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:07,400
Speaker 2: people here in the state knew who I was even

496
00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:09,840
Speaker 2: before I got here, So like, I think there was

497
00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:12,760
Speaker 2: kind of those expectations, but not really the expectations on

498
00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:15,680
Speaker 2: our team as much. Like I remember my freshman year,

499
00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:17,600
Speaker 2: we weren't even projected to make the tournament, and then

500
00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:19,480
Speaker 2: we would go on to make the sweet sixteen. So

501
00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:21,480
Speaker 2: I feel like, you know, we were kind of always

502
00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:23,199
Speaker 2: the people that you know, had o a chip on

503
00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:25,600
Speaker 2: our shoulder, which is completely the opposite now, like we're

504
00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:27,199
Speaker 2: the ones with the target on our back, we're the

505
00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:29,320
Speaker 2: ones people want to be. So it's kind of weird.

506
00:20:29,359 --> 00:20:31,480
Speaker 2: It's like a completely different dynamic than when I first

507
00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:34,040
Speaker 2: got here. But yeah, I mean obviously that feels like

508
00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:38,760
Speaker 2: sorry ago, But I never like was scared of anything,

509
00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:40,199
Speaker 2: and I think that was like kind of the thing

510
00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:41,960
Speaker 2: that helped me. Like I had a lot of confidence

511
00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:44,600
Speaker 2: in myself. The coaches had a lot of confidence in me.

512
00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:47,440
Speaker 2: Like I've started since day one at the point guard

513
00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:49,520
Speaker 2: spot and that's not really something that happens a lot.

514
00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:51,639
Speaker 2: And yeah, that is kind of a lot of pressure

515
00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:53,439
Speaker 2: for a freshman to be the point guard. You know,

516
00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:55,439
Speaker 2: the point guard, you're kind of the extension of the

517
00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:57,199
Speaker 2: coach on the court. You got to know what's going on,

518
00:20:57,280 --> 00:20:59,200
Speaker 2: you got to know the plays, you got to tell

519
00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:01,560
Speaker 2: people where to go. Oh so, but yeah, it was

520
00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:03,840
Speaker 2: weird because it was COVID, so like I never really

521
00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:05,920
Speaker 2: played in front of too many people, so there wasn't

522
00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:08,680
Speaker 2: like all the loud noise I had to deal with

523
00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:12,440
Speaker 2: screaming fans, the screaming other team fans. So like last

524
00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:13,800
Speaker 2: year when I played in front of a crowd for

525
00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:15,960
Speaker 2: the first time, I'm like, oh my gosh, this is awesome.

526
00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:18,600
Speaker 2: Like I feel like it helps me even more, Like

527
00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:20,640
Speaker 2: I was like, oh, yeah, all these people are screaming

528
00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:22,000
Speaker 2: for us, like this is great.

529
00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:26,240
Speaker 1: The COVID experience was like it's very hard to describe

530
00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:28,520
Speaker 1: because you're really playing because I know in the pack

531
00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:30,719
Speaker 1: it was like only your family got tickets.

532
00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:32,679
Speaker 3: So I was like, oh, this is sick playing in

533
00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:34,000
Speaker 3: the cul de sc It's whatever.

534
00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:36,080
Speaker 1: And then all of a sudden, like you get to

535
00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:38,919
Speaker 1: the tournament your next year and it's like, holy crap,

536
00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:41,040
Speaker 1: like why are there ten thousand people here?

537
00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:41,880
Speaker 3: What is going on?

538
00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:44,560
Speaker 1: But it's so much fun because you kind of had

539
00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:48,240
Speaker 1: that year to get acclimated to college basketball in a way.

540
00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:51,240
Speaker 3: But the COVID here was something crazy. I can't even

541
00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:52,919
Speaker 3: describe it to people whenever they asked about it.

542
00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:54,800
Speaker 2: Like I kind of came in at like a good time.

543
00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:56,560
Speaker 2: I kind of got like a free year to get

544
00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:59,199
Speaker 2: used to college basketball because technically I still have a

545
00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:01,960
Speaker 2: COVID year too, Like that was basically a free year.

546
00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:03,800
Speaker 2: For me to like play and I can still take

547
00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:05,919
Speaker 2: another year on top of that. So I think it

548
00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:07,920
Speaker 2: did help me kind of get used to college basketball

549
00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,880
Speaker 2: without like all the fans, all the noise, all the pressure.

550
00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:13,320
Speaker 2: Before like the next year, you know, it really got

551
00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:16,560
Speaker 2: it got loud. The attention on our team only increased.

552
00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:18,680
Speaker 2: So yeah, I think it was actually kind of nice

553
00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:19,720
Speaker 2: now that I think about.

554
00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:22,600
Speaker 3: It for sure. And I mean, speaking of your freshman year,

555
00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:25,880
Speaker 3: was there a game that was just tough? You look

556
00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:26,440
Speaker 3: back on it.

557
00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:28,119
Speaker 1: You look at the film and you're like, that's not

558
00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:31,600
Speaker 1: me that or like a film whose story you gotta

559
00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:32,760
Speaker 1: give me something. Yeah.

560
00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:36,160
Speaker 2: No, I vividly remember we went. It was my first

561
00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:38,240
Speaker 2: I think it was my first game ever on like

562
00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:41,520
Speaker 2: national TV. We played on the Big Ten network and

563
00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:43,879
Speaker 2: it was at Northwestern, and I think I had like

564
00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:46,280
Speaker 2: eight points. It was oh no, oh my gosh, I

565
00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:50,320
Speaker 2: played so bad. It was terrible. I'm still getting subbed out. Yeah.

566
00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:54,000
Speaker 2: At Northwestern, Veronica Burton obviously one of the best players

567
00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:56,239
Speaker 2: the leagues had in a really long time, and they

568
00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:59,040
Speaker 2: played like a really weird zone like defense, like she

569
00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:02,000
Speaker 2: basically would run around and create chaos get all these steals.

570
00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:05,560
Speaker 2: It was crazy, but like I couldn't make anything. It

571
00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:08,480
Speaker 2: was terrible, Like nobody was there and I kept getting

572
00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:10,359
Speaker 2: subbed out, and I remember like I would just go

573
00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:12,080
Speaker 2: sit like I would sit by myself because all the

574
00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:14,359
Speaker 2: seats were like spread out, like so I'm just sitting

575
00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:16,640
Speaker 2: like in the corner by myself, and I'm like, oh

576
00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:18,320
Speaker 2: my gosh, And like nobody could go to that game

577
00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:20,240
Speaker 2: because some people had different rules, so there was like

578
00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:22,199
Speaker 2: no people there at all. I'm like, I just know

579
00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:24,080
Speaker 2: my family's watching it on TV and they're like, what

580
00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:27,320
Speaker 2: is up with her tonight? But no, like that's like

581
00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:28,879
Speaker 2: I think that might be the only game in my

582
00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:32,120
Speaker 2: career I haven't scored over ten points. So wow, it's

583
00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:34,160
Speaker 2: like I vividly remember like that was like the worst

584
00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:35,800
Speaker 2: game of my career. And you know, like I was

585
00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:37,600
Speaker 2: a freshman, it was kind of destined to happen at

586
00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:40,320
Speaker 2: some point, but like that one kind of sticks with

587
00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:41,600
Speaker 2: me more than anything.

588
00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:43,359
Speaker 3: No, I feel like everybody has that game.

589
00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:46,480
Speaker 1: I know, and I know that Tara specifically, she's a

590
00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:49,359
Speaker 1: film girl, so like, oh yeah, we be locked in.

591
00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:51,199
Speaker 1: We'd be in the film room for an hour. We'

592
00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:53,520
Speaker 1: finna watch like okay, Hayley, what did you think about this?

593
00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:55,560
Speaker 3: Why did you do that? Did you see this? Did it?

594
00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:57,840
Speaker 3: I'm like, yes, ma'am, I'm so sorry.

595
00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:01,040
Speaker 2: I will do better, No, coach, it was the same way.

596
00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:03,400
Speaker 2: But like film never lies, so like I think it's

597
00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:04,840
Speaker 2: one of the best things you can do, is like

598
00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:08,199
Speaker 2: watch film and really learn. And we watched with our

599
00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:11,040
Speaker 2: position coaches more than as a team. We obviously we

600
00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:13,040
Speaker 2: watch a ton of film like of other teams together,

601
00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:16,159
Speaker 2: but not really like breakdown of yourself. But you know,

602
00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:18,879
Speaker 2: I love watching film, and honestly, I like I'll watch

603
00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:21,800
Speaker 2: film of our practices even just because like that doesn't

604
00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:23,760
Speaker 2: lie either, Like you can see the way you're moving

605
00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:27,080
Speaker 2: without the ball, how you're moving on defense, things like that.

606
00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:31,200
Speaker 2: So yeah, I mean we're we love film too, trust me,

607
00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:34,359
Speaker 2: maybe too much film At some point it's just a

608
00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:37,040
Speaker 2: thank Can we just play the game for sure.

609
00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:40,840
Speaker 1: Especially on the road film after every I'm like, oh gosh,

610
00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:44,440
Speaker 1: your freshman year was one for the books. Did you

611
00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:46,760
Speaker 1: come in knowing that you were going to dominate?

612
00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:49,240
Speaker 3: Like that were what was your meant to like going

613
00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:50,240
Speaker 3: into your freshman year?

614
00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:53,560
Speaker 2: Not that that's for sure. I did not think I

615
00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:55,520
Speaker 2: would be National Freshman of the Year obviously me and

616
00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:58,399
Speaker 2: paid to share the awards, so a huge honor and

617
00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:00,840
Speaker 2: a really big deal. And but like that was never

618
00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:02,800
Speaker 2: something I was like, Oh, starting the year, I'm like

619
00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:04,800
Speaker 2: got to be National Freshman of the Year. I just

620
00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:08,000
Speaker 2: gotta do it. Like that wasn't on my mind, like

621
00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:12,120
Speaker 2: it's gotta happen. Yeah, honestly, like never would have thought

622
00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:14,320
Speaker 2: of that. But I remember when Coach told me we

623
00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:16,400
Speaker 2: were in the bubble in San Antonio and she was like, Hey,

624
00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:18,879
Speaker 2: can you just like stop by my room really quick?

625
00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:20,400
Speaker 2: Like I just I just want to show you something.

626
00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:21,840
Speaker 2: I was like, oh, maybe she like wants to show

627
00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:24,159
Speaker 2: me a clip of film or like something that like

628
00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:26,000
Speaker 2: really quick, or like sometimes she'll like tell me like

629
00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,400
Speaker 2: something about the Scotty Report whatever. And like I get

630
00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:30,119
Speaker 2: in there and like all the coaches are just sitting

631
00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:32,119
Speaker 2: there and I'm like this is so weird, Like what

632
00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:34,240
Speaker 2: is happening? And like Coach Butter gets like a sweet

633
00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:36,600
Speaker 2: and everything, and they're all just like sitting there like Hi,

634
00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:40,400
Speaker 2: Like what when I do? I'm like, am I in trouble?

635
00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:43,960
Speaker 2: Like something bad happened? And they're like we just want

636
00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:45,840
Speaker 2: to tell you, like your National Freshman of the Year

637
00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:48,040
Speaker 2: and I was like, oh my gosh, like that's so cool,

638
00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:51,120
Speaker 2: and they all got pumped. But yeah, like I vividly

639
00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:53,000
Speaker 2: remember them telling that to me when we were in

640
00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:55,120
Speaker 2: San Antonio about the Bubble. So that was a cool

641
00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:57,200
Speaker 2: moment too, And obviously like that's really good for our

642
00:25:57,240 --> 00:26:00,479
Speaker 2: program too, because you know, when we have that on us,

643
00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:03,040
Speaker 2: it shines on our whole program, and that's that's really good.

644
00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:05,560
Speaker 2: So yeah, definitely a cool moment, but definitely not something

645
00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:06,879
Speaker 2: I was like, ah, gotta happen.

646
00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:10,000
Speaker 1: Yeah, you like needed our failure, Like you're like, oh,

647
00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:17,399
Speaker 1: that's amazing. Freshman year at the Bubble, you guys made noise,

648
00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:20,640
Speaker 1: right sweet six scene is oh yeah, Sweet sixteen is tough,

649
00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:24,200
Speaker 1: Like yeah, so, I mean you do that, then you

650
00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:28,600
Speaker 1: carry that momentum sophomore year. You crush it thousand points,

651
00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:31,040
Speaker 1: back to back, thirty point triple dubs and then that

652
00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:33,960
Speaker 1: great run that you had. So you kind of talked

653
00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:36,040
Speaker 1: about it a little bit as a team your mindset,

654
00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:38,480
Speaker 1: but what did you do over the summer to get

655
00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:40,640
Speaker 1: ready to have the season that you're having this year?

656
00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:42,399
Speaker 2: You know, it's kind of different for me, like I

657
00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:44,600
Speaker 2: wasn't really used to like having a summer to like

658
00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:46,760
Speaker 2: actually like really work on my game because usually like

659
00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:50,119
Speaker 2: I'm away like playing USA basketball or doing something like that,

660
00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:52,399
Speaker 2: or like it was COVID my freshman year coming in,

661
00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:53,720
Speaker 2: so it was like kind of different, Like you had

662
00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:55,800
Speaker 2: a bunch of rules you had to follow things like that.

663
00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:58,080
Speaker 2: But like, I think the biggest thing for me that

664
00:26:58,160 --> 00:26:59,840
Speaker 2: like I really focused on was like I wanted to

665
00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:02,320
Speaker 2: get stronger. Like I think that kind of hindered me

666
00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:05,800
Speaker 2: at points last years, just like people were physical with me.

667
00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:08,040
Speaker 2: That's like that was probably like the number one thing

668
00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:10,680
Speaker 2: on the Scotting report was like be physical with her,

669
00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:13,200
Speaker 2: like get up in her grill, hold her jersey, tug

670
00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:15,240
Speaker 2: on her arms, and like that's just not something the

671
00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:17,200
Speaker 2: ref's going to call every time just because they can't.

672
00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:19,280
Speaker 2: So I think it's like something I just accepted, Like

673
00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:21,359
Speaker 2: I wanted to get stronger, you know, I was just

674
00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:22,800
Speaker 2: going to accept that people were going to do that

675
00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:25,200
Speaker 2: to me, And so I took the weight room super seriously.

676
00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:28,240
Speaker 2: And obviously the consistency of being here all summer and

677
00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:30,040
Speaker 2: being able to be in there as much as I

678
00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:33,120
Speaker 2: was was huge for myself and I think that's really

679
00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:36,199
Speaker 2: like showed throughout you know, conference play especially, but obviously

680
00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:38,440
Speaker 2: earlier in the year too. Is you know, I feel

681
00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:40,280
Speaker 2: like I'm staying on my feet more when I'm finishing

682
00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:42,440
Speaker 2: around the rim, I'm able to absorb a lot more

683
00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:45,840
Speaker 2: contact things like that, So I think it's definitely paid off.

684
00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:47,440
Speaker 2: But that I would say that's like the number one

685
00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:49,920
Speaker 2: thing that I really wanted to work on, especially because

686
00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:51,520
Speaker 2: I was able to be here all summer. You know,

687
00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:53,879
Speaker 2: you know how it goes when you're away with you say, Basshall,

688
00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:55,639
Speaker 2: It's not like you're in the weave refronting. You just

689
00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:56,520
Speaker 2: don't do that.

690
00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:57,600
Speaker 3: Like, yeah, do that.

691
00:27:57,640 --> 00:28:00,640
Speaker 2: You don't have set aside time to go and weights

692
00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:02,640
Speaker 2: with each other. You just don't you have time. We're

693
00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:05,160
Speaker 2: to have two a day practices, but you're not lift

694
00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:06,280
Speaker 2: each other.

695
00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:10,439
Speaker 1: Oh yeah you got time for lifts, run film practice,

696
00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:12,080
Speaker 1: you got time for it all in the summer.

697
00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:12,400
Speaker 3: Yeah.

698
00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:14,119
Speaker 2: Yeah.

699
00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:15,960
Speaker 1: I had root awaken my freshman year. I came in

700
00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,440
Speaker 1: and I had to guard DJNA firstday of practice.

701
00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:21,200
Speaker 2: And I'm like, I'm sure that was really fun.

702
00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:23,600
Speaker 1: I tried to I wasn't even trying to take a charge,

703
00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:25,440
Speaker 1: and I flew with feet, I'm like, what do I

704
00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:28,280
Speaker 1: expected to do? But like it does make a difference,

705
00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:31,919
Speaker 1: especially driving in the lane, like getting knocked by especially

706
00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:33,760
Speaker 1: in the big ten you have some big girls in there,

707
00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:35,600
Speaker 1: like you got to finish that contact.

708
00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:37,879
Speaker 3: So it's it's definitely big.

709
00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:41,840
Speaker 1: But just being a tall guard, like yourself, what is

710
00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:44,600
Speaker 1: the best part of being a tall guard and what

711
00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:47,479
Speaker 1: is the worst part? Because for me, I hate when

712
00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:49,080
Speaker 1: little guards be up in my grill, pick me up,

713
00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:52,240
Speaker 1: full court, get off me. But like I'm also like, oh,

714
00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:54,360
Speaker 1: once I get down there, passed away, go post up,

715
00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:56,040
Speaker 1: like there's girls and cons.

716
00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:58,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think the biggest thing for me is almost

717
00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:01,000
Speaker 2: like you know, I'm I'm six foot and I'm a

718
00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:03,480
Speaker 2: point guard. Like I think it makes it easier for

719
00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:05,760
Speaker 2: me to pass the ball, Like I can just see

720
00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:07,600
Speaker 2: a lot of different angles that probably a lot of

721
00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:11,000
Speaker 2: traditional shorter point guards can't really see. And that's why

722
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:12,560
Speaker 2: I think I'm able to throw a lot of passes

723
00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:15,000
Speaker 2: that you know, maybe other people won't throw, just because

724
00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:16,680
Speaker 2: you know, I have a good two or three inches

725
00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:19,760
Speaker 2: more than the traditional point guard. And I think that

726
00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:22,080
Speaker 2: also kind of goes along with like I'm able to

727
00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:24,120
Speaker 2: get my shot off in a lot of different ways,

728
00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:26,400
Speaker 2: just because you know, I'm taller. So it's like the

729
00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:27,800
Speaker 2: other team kind of has to pick. Are you going

730
00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:30,280
Speaker 2: to pick a taller, like a little slower defender to

731
00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:32,440
Speaker 2: put on me? You're gonna go with somebody shorter, faster?

732
00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:35,760
Speaker 2: You know, sometimes people would try like the long athletic grouse.

733
00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:40,120
Speaker 2: So I've certainly seen it all, but I would agree

734
00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:42,880
Speaker 2: I think getting picked up full court that's never fun.

735
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:46,080
Speaker 2: You never want to be guarded ninety four feet, especially

736
00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:47,840
Speaker 2: when they can move their feet well and keep you

737
00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:50,640
Speaker 2: in front. That's never too fun as a point guard.

738
00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:51,600
Speaker 3: No, I got you.

739
00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:53,800
Speaker 1: I mean you kind of mentioned it, like I feel

740
00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:56,920
Speaker 1: like you're such a great facilitator and people always like, oh,

741
00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:59,000
Speaker 1: you know, you got your local three, you got this,

742
00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:02,040
Speaker 1: and that they're list goes on. But like the way

743
00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:05,000
Speaker 1: that you're able to facilitate the floor, and it's nice

744
00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:08,000
Speaker 1: having somebody like Monica down there obviously, but like you

745
00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:10,760
Speaker 1: still got your shooters on the corners, coming off screens,

746
00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:14,440
Speaker 1: doing all this. What really clicked for you this year

747
00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:17,200
Speaker 1: when it comes to your vision on the court, getting

748
00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:18,240
Speaker 1: teammates involved.

749
00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:20,840
Speaker 3: Is it like the game slowing down for you?

750
00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:23,120
Speaker 1: Was it in the film room, like we talked about

751
00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:25,520
Speaker 1: what we're kind of those things that really been clicking

752
00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:26,200
Speaker 1: for you this season.

753
00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:29,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think like understanding when and when not to

754
00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:31,600
Speaker 2: make a pass, I think has been a huge thing

755
00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:34,600
Speaker 2: for me. And obviously eliminating my turnovers was also a focus,

756
00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:36,080
Speaker 2: just because they were kind of high in my first

757
00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:38,040
Speaker 2: two years here. And as you know, like I'm a

758
00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:39,960
Speaker 2: risky player, Like that's just how I play. You know,

759
00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:41,880
Speaker 2: I'm going to try to make some flashy plays or

760
00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:43,600
Speaker 2: I'm going to try to make passes that maybe are

761
00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:46,120
Speaker 2: a little risky, So I think, but I think understanding

762
00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:47,520
Speaker 2: when you need that and when you don't, I think

763
00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:50,160
Speaker 2: that's kind of the game management kind of thing. But yeah,

764
00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:53,200
Speaker 2: I think our transitional offense definitely allows me to be

765
00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:55,680
Speaker 2: a facilitator. You know, we want to push the ball

766
00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:57,800
Speaker 2: as much as we can in transition, like that's our

767
00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:00,480
Speaker 2: best offense. We're better in transition. We are in the

768
00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:02,960
Speaker 2: quarter court and that's kind of just been our bread

769
00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:05,280
Speaker 2: and butter. And when we get stops on defense, it's

770
00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:07,400
Speaker 2: so hard to get back. And you know, we found

771
00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:09,320
Speaker 2: out a lot this year that people kind of have

772
00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:11,720
Speaker 2: almost stopped crashing on us. As much because they're just

773
00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:14,280
Speaker 2: starting to send Oh when they just send like four

774
00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:17,240
Speaker 2: people back in transition because they're so terrified that we're

775
00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:21,280
Speaker 2: going to run on them. It's it's annoying, honestly, it is.

776
00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:24,120
Speaker 2: But I get it. Our transition is probably one of

777
00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:26,360
Speaker 2: the best in the country, if not the best. You know,

778
00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:28,400
Speaker 2: we allow any guard to bring the ball up. You know,

779
00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:31,440
Speaker 2: we want to outlet it really quick. Our shooter spot

780
00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:33,520
Speaker 2: up four or five, run first, one down, run to

781
00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:36,080
Speaker 2: the block, so you know, I think that. But also

782
00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:38,280
Speaker 2: we run the read and react offense, so like you

783
00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:40,960
Speaker 2: can't scout that, Like that's not something you can scout.

784
00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:43,000
Speaker 2: So I think it makes it hard for people to

785
00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:45,320
Speaker 2: defend us because you can't just go over like, oh,

786
00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:47,680
Speaker 2: they're going to screen there, or they're gonna flare screen there,

787
00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:50,120
Speaker 2: They're gonna ball screen there, like a lot of teams do.

788
00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:52,400
Speaker 2: So I think that allows me to be creative within

789
00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:54,280
Speaker 2: our offense and find a lot of different ways to

790
00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:56,760
Speaker 2: get mo on the ball or get the shooters the ball.

791
00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:58,960
Speaker 2: So I think there's definitely that element to it as well.

792
00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:01,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, you guys have a lot of different weapons,

793
00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:04,560
Speaker 1: and I feel like just from what people say or

794
00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:06,480
Speaker 1: commentators or this, and that they really get caught up

795
00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:08,320
Speaker 1: in like, Okay, you have to stop Kaitlyn and Monica,

796
00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:10,240
Speaker 1: But then you think about the other pieces that you

797
00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:10,960
Speaker 1: have around you.

798
00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:14,120
Speaker 3: It makes it so much easier to space the floor.

799
00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:16,880
Speaker 1: And like, like you said, that transition offense, that's the

800
00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:19,600
Speaker 1: best place to play. Transition is my favorite area. It's

801
00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:21,840
Speaker 1: the open court. You can push yourself, you can hit

802
00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:24,440
Speaker 1: your teammates, you can hit your people. Yeah, Like it's

803
00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:27,240
Speaker 1: hard to stop, especially with an offense that moves that much.

804
00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:29,120
Speaker 3: There's no way to scout it.

805
00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:31,200
Speaker 2: And I think that's why we've had so much success

806
00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:33,560
Speaker 2: of late. We've had a lot of people step up,

807
00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:35,840
Speaker 2: and it's been from game to game it's changed. We've

808
00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:37,840
Speaker 2: had people come off the bench and contribute a lot.

809
00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:40,840
Speaker 2: So I think you know that, like obviously, you guys

810
00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:43,120
Speaker 2: you got balance all across. You can go like twelve

811
00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:46,440
Speaker 2: deep and still be getting bunckets on everybody. But you know,

812
00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:47,840
Speaker 2: I think that kind of takes a good team to

813
00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:50,440
Speaker 2: a great team is when you have that balance and

814
00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:53,000
Speaker 2: a lot of different people contributing one hundred percent.

815
00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:54,720
Speaker 1: I mean, I know, I hate it when we play

816
00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:57,520
Speaker 1: a team that's deep because it's like, Okay, pick your poison.

817
00:32:57,560 --> 00:32:59,000
Speaker 3: You're gonna have to let her get this shot this

818
00:32:59,040 --> 00:32:59,240
Speaker 3: and that.

819
00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:01,600
Speaker 1: You're like, oh, okay, her threes aren't that good of

820
00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:03,440
Speaker 1: a percentage. All of a sudden, she got four threes

821
00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:04,760
Speaker 1: in the first half, and I'm.

822
00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:08,960
Speaker 2: Like, okay, I swear about the scouts. Coach. Oh, she

823
00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:11,720
Speaker 2: can't shoot. She can't shoot, Like we're sagging off this game.

824
00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:15,320
Speaker 2: And I'm like, it never fails that. Somehow the person

825
00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:19,080
Speaker 2: that can't shoot always scores. Like it just doesn't make sense.

826
00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:21,760
Speaker 2: But that always happens to us every time.

827
00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:23,880
Speaker 1: It's like we come into that first media timeout and

828
00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:25,680
Speaker 1: we're like, so throw the scout out the window.

829
00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:28,720
Speaker 2: Yeah I do. We're like, whose scout was this? Come on,

830
00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:29,720
Speaker 2: don't even watch.

831
00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:32,600
Speaker 3: The film exactly. I'm like, I don't care how many

832
00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:35,480
Speaker 3: games you watched. That was an awful scout. Like you lied.

833
00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:38,720
Speaker 3: I don't like the numbers lie, the numbers lie. I'm

834
00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:39,320
Speaker 3: not hearing it.

835
00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:43,000
Speaker 1: I Mean, we talked a bit about your facilitating, but

836
00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:46,440
Speaker 1: it's not to take anything away from your scoring. Like

837
00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:49,560
Speaker 1: who else is pulling up two steps cross half court?

838
00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:50,880
Speaker 3: Bang? Give me that?

839
00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:51,440
Speaker 1: Do this?

840
00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:52,200
Speaker 3: Whatever?

841
00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:56,000
Speaker 1: But like My question is is there ever like a

842
00:33:56,040 --> 00:33:57,960
Speaker 1: heat check, because it seems like the heat check is

843
00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:00,560
Speaker 1: burst out of the game. It's just like come out,

844
00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:02,640
Speaker 1: come out, how we feel it today, and if it's

845
00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:04,800
Speaker 1: about how we're ready to roll. If it's not, we're

846
00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:05,680
Speaker 1: still rolling.

847
00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:09,240
Speaker 2: That's true, honestly. Like if I start the game off

848
00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:11,680
Speaker 2: hot and like I hit a three, like oh my,

849
00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:14,640
Speaker 2: like they're going up, and like my teammates know I

850
00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:16,719
Speaker 2: just hit a couple threes or something like that, like

851
00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:19,960
Speaker 2: watch out because it's transition threes going up, and you

852
00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:22,000
Speaker 2: can just tell, like if you just look at me,

853
00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:24,680
Speaker 2: like you know what's going up. Like there was one

854
00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:27,520
Speaker 2: when we were playing who were we. I think it

855
00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:31,319
Speaker 2: was Nebraska, like two saturdays ago. I had just made

856
00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:33,719
Speaker 2: like a couple threes in transition and like I got

857
00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:35,000
Speaker 2: the ball and I kid you not. I was like

858
00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:38,000
Speaker 2: a step and a half past half court and I

859
00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:39,880
Speaker 2: shot it. And after I shot it, I go, wow,

860
00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:42,080
Speaker 2: that was just dumb and insane. Why would I ever

861
00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:44,160
Speaker 2: shoot that? It was so short it didn't go in. Yeah,

862
00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:46,960
Speaker 2: but we're like oh, Like I'm like running back and

863
00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:48,440
Speaker 2: like I look at the people court side and I

864
00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:53,200
Speaker 2: go wow, that was insane and they just started dying laughing. Yeah.

865
00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:56,200
Speaker 1: I mean two steps past half court, it's like, oh well,

866
00:34:56,360 --> 00:35:00,720
Speaker 1: but it's like that mentality where it's next play, know whatever.

867
00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:03,160
Speaker 1: And I think that's where targets pressure with me because

868
00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:04,560
Speaker 1: similar to you, I'm.

869
00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:06,120
Speaker 3: Very much high risk khy reward.

870
00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:09,640
Speaker 1: Let's throw it again, and that if I throw it

871
00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:12,840
Speaker 1: past a cam and let's say like mishandles it whatever.

872
00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:15,239
Speaker 1: Instead of being like Okay, I'm never throwing in the

873
00:35:15,239 --> 00:35:18,480
Speaker 1: ball game, I'm like, right, sure, yeah, Tar is like okay, Haley,

874
00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:20,400
Speaker 1: like it's time I said no, no, no, Cam, a

875
00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:24,880
Speaker 1: little higher, a little lower, a little harder, Let's do

876
00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:28,239
Speaker 1: it again, because that looks great. So I mean I

877
00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:30,160
Speaker 1: love the high risk ky reward, and I think that

878
00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:32,759
Speaker 1: you being the type of player where you're able to

879
00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:35,680
Speaker 1: score at will obviously, but it's also you having the

880
00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:39,160
Speaker 1: understanding of like being selfless and find the hot hand.

881
00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:40,719
Speaker 1: And if that's not you want to give a night

882
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:43,520
Speaker 1: it rarely is. But if that's not you on a night,

883
00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:45,960
Speaker 1: then it's like, Okay, let me find Gabby on the wing,

884
00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:47,839
Speaker 1: let me find Monik inside, like let me do all

885
00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:50,839
Speaker 1: these different things because it's a mindset where it's like

886
00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:53,440
Speaker 1: you want to win more than anything else, because, like

887
00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:56,120
Speaker 1: you said, that's been a competitive nature since you were young.

888
00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:58,360
Speaker 2: And I think that comes like also with like my

889
00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:01,680
Speaker 2: maturity of understanding the you know, maybe my freshman and

890
00:36:01,719 --> 00:36:03,880
Speaker 2: sophomore year, like I have off nights like man like

891
00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:06,120
Speaker 2: I just sometimes would like kind of lose my cool,

892
00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:08,360
Speaker 2: like kind of just you get in your head like

893
00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:10,200
Speaker 2: you're mad, like you're like why are these shots going down?

894
00:36:10,239 --> 00:36:12,359
Speaker 2: Like you put in so much time, but being able

895
00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:14,680
Speaker 2: to understand, like to think you're gonna shoot great and

896
00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:17,000
Speaker 2: that many consecutive games is a crazy thought.

897
00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:22,040
Speaker 1: Okay, So now moving off the court for a quick moment,

898
00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:24,799
Speaker 1: we're going to talk about NIO. How did you kind

899
00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:27,880
Speaker 1: of take the process? Did you find an agency, did

900
00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:29,960
Speaker 1: you do it on your own? Did you kind of

901
00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:32,359
Speaker 1: take your time with it? What was your perspective going

902
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:32,839
Speaker 1: into things?

903
00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:34,759
Speaker 3: What did you want? Did you want to make NIO

904
00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:35,480
Speaker 3: big for you?

905
00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:35,680
Speaker 1: Like?

906
00:36:35,719 --> 00:36:38,359
Speaker 3: What were what was the mentality moving into it?

907
00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:41,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, honestly, like I was more like kind of figuring

908
00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:44,000
Speaker 2: out all what it was at first. And I still

909
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:47,080
Speaker 2: don't really have an agent that works for me. I'll

910
00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:49,120
Speaker 2: probably like get one closer as I get ready and

911
00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:51,960
Speaker 2: prepare for the WNBA. Yeah, I'm sure you know how

912
00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:53,680
Speaker 2: that goes. Like it's a process. You've got to find

913
00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:55,960
Speaker 2: the right one for you. There's so many different options.

914
00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:59,080
Speaker 2: But obviously my family has been a huge help. My

915
00:36:59,120 --> 00:37:01,560
Speaker 2: mom's done a ton for me. She actually retired from

916
00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:03,440
Speaker 2: working just a couple of years before, like I got

917
00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:06,480
Speaker 2: to college, so she's been like my right hand woman,

918
00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:09,840
Speaker 2: and she was like in the professional business world, so

919
00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:11,200
Speaker 2: like she knows how a lot of that stuff goes.

920
00:37:11,239 --> 00:37:13,759
Speaker 2: Obviously anil's a lot different, but like, yeah, at least

921
00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:16,640
Speaker 2: she has some experience in that. But you know, she's

922
00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:19,680
Speaker 2: been awesome, and I think, you know, I've been busy

923
00:37:19,719 --> 00:37:21,720
Speaker 2: with so much stuff, and it's nice to have somebody

924
00:37:21,760 --> 00:37:23,719
Speaker 2: that you know, you can really trust to be able

925
00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:26,319
Speaker 2: to lean on and help you with. But you know,

926
00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:28,040
Speaker 2: obviously there's a lot of people in my corner that

927
00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:30,640
Speaker 2: helped me with a lot of different things. And obviously,

928
00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:33,880
Speaker 2: your play on the court definitely determines how NIL is

929
00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:36,279
Speaker 2: for you. But also at the same time, like it

930
00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:39,160
Speaker 2: gets super big right during the heart of your season,

931
00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:41,279
Speaker 2: which is really difficult too, because like that's when you

932
00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:43,680
Speaker 2: have the most visibility on you, but like that's when

933
00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:46,040
Speaker 2: you're the busiest, So it's being able to balance those two.

934
00:37:46,719 --> 00:37:49,080
Speaker 2: But you know, obviously being able to sign with Nike

935
00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:53,359
Speaker 2: as you know, super cool. Obviously. You know I grew

936
00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:56,120
Speaker 2: up admiring a ton of Nike athletes like those were

937
00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:59,080
Speaker 2: my role models, those were my idols. And now being

938
00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:00,879
Speaker 2: able to like be a part and be one of them,

939
00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:03,080
Speaker 2: I think is super cool and kind of takes you

940
00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:03,880
Speaker 2: back for a second.

941
00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:07,120
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean my mom is my mama, jer and yeah,

942
00:38:07,239 --> 00:38:08,240
Speaker 1: just she is like exactly.

943
00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:09,600
Speaker 3: Yeah.

944
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:12,960
Speaker 1: So it's like it's so nice being able to have

945
00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:15,239
Speaker 1: this person as you navigate through this new part of

946
00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:17,719
Speaker 1: your life into this professional world. But it's also the

947
00:38:17,719 --> 00:38:20,399
Speaker 1: person that you trust most, and it's like there's never

948
00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:22,759
Speaker 1: going to be any type of ill will behind any

949
00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:26,239
Speaker 1: of the decisions being made for you, which I really appreciate.

950
00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:28,840
Speaker 1: And you mentioned Nike, Like the Nike deal was crazy.

951
00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:31,399
Speaker 1: Like when my people reach out to me about it, I.

952
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:33,279
Speaker 3: Was like me, what.

953
00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:35,719
Speaker 2: Real?

954
00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:40,520
Speaker 1: But I mean just doing something like that is so special.

955
00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:42,960
Speaker 1: Like you said, greats that you look up to, Like

956
00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:47,000
Speaker 1: you mentioned our icons Serena Williams, Nike, Right, it's just

957
00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:49,920
Speaker 1: such it really is a take of a stepback moment,

958
00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:51,799
Speaker 1: but just.

959
00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:53,520
Speaker 3: Kind of moving through this nil space.

960
00:38:53,960 --> 00:38:57,440
Speaker 1: What has been the best advice you've received or best

961
00:38:57,719 --> 00:39:00,160
Speaker 1: advice you could give out to our listeners?

962
00:39:01,360 --> 00:39:03,799
Speaker 2: Ask questions like that's the biggest thing, Like if you

963
00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:06,319
Speaker 2: don't understand something like you can always ask. Obviously that

964
00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:08,480
Speaker 2: goes for a lot of things in life. But I

965
00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:11,319
Speaker 2: think also like partnering with companies that truly align with

966
00:39:11,360 --> 00:39:14,200
Speaker 2: your values and like what you're passionate about. Don't just

967
00:39:14,239 --> 00:39:17,080
Speaker 2: do something because they offer you money or something like

968
00:39:17,160 --> 00:39:20,120
Speaker 2: that or clothes or car, you know, really be passionate

969
00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:21,840
Speaker 2: about it and make sure you know it aligns with

970
00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:24,640
Speaker 2: what you're true to as well. I think that's super

971
00:39:24,680 --> 00:39:27,160
Speaker 2: important and that's been something for me. You know, I

972
00:39:27,160 --> 00:39:29,239
Speaker 2: want to align with companies that understand the time of

973
00:39:29,320 --> 00:39:31,160
Speaker 2: student athlete and that I don't have all day to

974
00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:34,359
Speaker 2: sit there and you know, shoot a commercial or you know,

975
00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:37,120
Speaker 2: post on Instagram, post on Twitter and do things like that.

976
00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:39,319
Speaker 2: So I think those are kind of the biggest things

977
00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:41,319
Speaker 2: that I've definitely learned and that I would say are

978
00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:42,440
Speaker 2: kind of the most important.

979
00:39:42,719 --> 00:39:45,600
Speaker 1: No, for sure, I think being authentic right, like you're

980
00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:49,680
Speaker 1: picking brands that you want to work with, messages.

981
00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:50,279
Speaker 3: That you believe in.

982
00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:51,920
Speaker 1: I know for me, a lot of it was learning

983
00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:54,120
Speaker 1: to say no to a lot of opportunities too. It's

984
00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:56,920
Speaker 1: like you don't have to jump on everything, and it's

985
00:39:57,160 --> 00:40:00,440
Speaker 1: doing your research. It's what is this company believe in?

986
00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:03,080
Speaker 1: What are their messages, how do they operate? Do they

987
00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:04,640
Speaker 1: really want you to be a partner or are you

988
00:40:04,760 --> 00:40:05,759
Speaker 1: just like a face.

989
00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:08,759
Speaker 2: Right, yeah, you just post quick to Instagram posts and like.

990
00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:10,479
Speaker 3: Yeah, no, for sure.

991
00:40:10,640 --> 00:40:13,600
Speaker 1: It's like, I'm not interested in signing these cash grab deals.

992
00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:16,000
Speaker 1: You want to create relationship with brands, like you said,

993
00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:19,640
Speaker 1: moving into your professional careers, it's your brand, and it's

994
00:40:19,880 --> 00:40:21,960
Speaker 1: it's weird to think that, Like I used to look

995
00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:24,560
Speaker 1: up to these college players as rule models, and now

996
00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:26,840
Speaker 1: I'm like, oh my god, kids look up to me.

997
00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:29,480
Speaker 2: Exactly. It's weird because you feel like you're just that

998
00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:32,560
Speaker 2: little kid still exactly, but really, like that's the shoes

999
00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:33,319
Speaker 2: that you're in now.

1000
00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:36,839
Speaker 1: Yeah, So it's it's definitely odd now that I'm here

1001
00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:37,480
Speaker 1: and it's like.

1002
00:40:38,320 --> 00:40:39,480
Speaker 3: Okay, I'm a role model.

1003
00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:42,359
Speaker 1: I'm still figuring out stuff myself, Like when's the day

1004
00:40:42,400 --> 00:40:44,480
Speaker 1: when I don't call my mom when I have a question,

1005
00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:48,840
Speaker 1: never like oh, like I mean I have a slight inconvenience,

1006
00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:51,640
Speaker 1: I'm like, Mom, I don't know how to do this form.

1007
00:40:53,239 --> 00:40:57,800
Speaker 1: It's crazy. But Niel has been so much fun.

1008
00:40:58,040 --> 00:40:59,920
Speaker 2: It has It's been awesome, and it's been cool to

1009
00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:02,480
Speaker 2: see people give back too, Like I think that's also

1010
00:41:02,520 --> 00:41:05,160
Speaker 2: another you know, cool thing, whether it's like they're giving

1011
00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:07,920
Speaker 2: a charity, they're hosting a certain event, or you know,

1012
00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:10,520
Speaker 2: they're holding a camp back in their hometown where the

1013
00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:12,759
Speaker 2: kids are coming and get being able to work out.

1014
00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:14,120
Speaker 2: So I think there's been like a lot of really

1015
00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:15,479
Speaker 2: cool stuff with it as.

1016
00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:17,960
Speaker 1: Well, hundred percent, And just like growing the women's game,

1017
00:41:18,040 --> 00:41:19,800
Speaker 1: I feel like women's basketball's been on the forefront of

1018
00:41:19,840 --> 00:41:22,440
Speaker 1: a lot of nil and absolutely seeing these big brands

1019
00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:24,080
Speaker 1: that want to work with people like for us like

1020
00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:26,799
Speaker 1: Nike or I know there's some Adidas athletes or this,

1021
00:41:26,920 --> 00:41:30,279
Speaker 1: that and the third. Just the type of brands that

1022
00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:33,640
Speaker 1: women's basketball players are aligning themselves with just proves how

1023
00:41:33,719 --> 00:41:35,480
Speaker 1: much value that we bring.

1024
00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:39,080
Speaker 3: Which I feel like is just so great.

1025
00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:41,320
Speaker 1: Like when I see people post, I feel like a

1026
00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:43,280
Speaker 1: lot of us know each other from USA or EIBL

1027
00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:44,960
Speaker 1: or when I see.

1028
00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:47,879
Speaker 3: Somebody post a deal, I'm like commenting. I'm like, oh

1029
00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:49,680
Speaker 3: my god, I send it to my mom. I'm like,

1030
00:41:49,719 --> 00:41:52,960
Speaker 3: look at her go I'll be here clapping from a distance,

1031
00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:54,360
Speaker 3: like it is so exciting.

1032
00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:57,880
Speaker 2: Women's basketball players are usually like the ones on the

1033
00:41:57,880 --> 00:42:00,440
Speaker 2: forefront of a lot of really big campaigns. That's you know,

1034
00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:01,920
Speaker 2: it's super cool to see. And like you said, I

1035
00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:04,080
Speaker 2: think that's going to help people, you know, want to

1036
00:42:04,120 --> 00:42:05,439
Speaker 2: tune in and watch us even more.

1037
00:42:05,960 --> 00:42:07,680
Speaker 3: Okay, last segment here.

1038
00:42:08,120 --> 00:42:10,960
Speaker 1: It's gonna be called our vibe check, and it is

1039
00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:14,200
Speaker 1: rapid fire questions. In the past, our guests have not

1040
00:42:14,239 --> 00:42:16,960
Speaker 1: been too good, So I hope that I'm scared you're

1041
00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:19,520
Speaker 1: gonna I believe it's it's nothing too crazy.

1042
00:42:20,080 --> 00:42:20,440
Speaker 3: Here we go.

1043
00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:21,799
Speaker 2: Are you ready? Yeah?

1044
00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:23,680
Speaker 3: What is the drill you never want to see on

1045
00:42:23,719 --> 00:42:24,439
Speaker 3: your practice plan?

1046
00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:28,480
Speaker 2: Oh, coach k layups terrible? Oh my god, what's that?

1047
00:42:29,520 --> 00:42:32,760
Speaker 2: You basically like just run back and forth full court,

1048
00:42:32,880 --> 00:42:35,520
Speaker 2: like trying to make as many layups as you can

1049
00:42:35,680 --> 00:42:37,520
Speaker 2: in two minutes, and like, I don't even know what

1050
00:42:37,560 --> 00:42:39,799
Speaker 2: the goal is, but basically I know our goal is

1051
00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:42,799
Speaker 2: like insane, and Coach Booter just has made it way

1052
00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:45,640
Speaker 2: too hard. Because like we rarely ever complete the drill

1053
00:42:45,800 --> 00:42:47,440
Speaker 2: and like if you're exhausted, so if we have to

1054
00:42:47,520 --> 00:42:49,920
Speaker 2: keep doing it again, like it's even more impossible. And

1055
00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:53,000
Speaker 2: if you miss, like you get subtracted points from like

1056
00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:55,239
Speaker 2: how many you've made, so like you can literally never

1057
00:42:55,239 --> 00:42:57,480
Speaker 2: miss a layup in two minutes and you're sprinting full court,

1058
00:42:57,480 --> 00:43:00,920
Speaker 2: full speed every single person, Like it's wild. It's always

1059
00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:02,640
Speaker 2: like we always like go up to our managers and

1060
00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:04,960
Speaker 2: we're like, uh, what's the warm up drill to day?

1061
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:06,760
Speaker 2: Please don't be coach k labs.

1062
00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:11,040
Speaker 1: Like please god, no, yeah, gosh, okay, are you gonna

1063
00:43:11,040 --> 00:43:13,360
Speaker 1: go for a game winning shot or a game winning steal?

1064
00:43:14,120 --> 00:43:15,239
Speaker 2: Game winning shot? Come on?

1065
00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:18,120
Speaker 3: Now, I know I know. Off the course sneakers, what's

1066
00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:18,600
Speaker 3: your go to?

1067
00:43:19,080 --> 00:43:22,000
Speaker 2: Oh, dun clothes, got to those are my go to it?

1068
00:43:22,480 --> 00:43:24,160
Speaker 3: Love it okay? And one a three pointer?

1069
00:43:25,160 --> 00:43:26,040
Speaker 2: Three pointer? Come on?

1070
00:43:27,239 --> 00:43:28,360
Speaker 3: Toughest place to play?

1071
00:43:29,080 --> 00:43:33,120
Speaker 2: Ooh that is a good one. Well, we played at

1072
00:43:33,360 --> 00:43:36,440
Speaker 2: Duke last year. That was tough. I didn't realize like

1073
00:43:36,560 --> 00:43:38,560
Speaker 2: it wasn't like it was like pretty full. It wasn't

1074
00:43:38,600 --> 00:43:42,840
Speaker 2: like anything like crazy crazy, but like, oh my gosh,

1075
00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:45,319
Speaker 2: those people are loud and like it's small, so like

1076
00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:47,200
Speaker 2: it gets even louder than you would think. And the

1077
00:43:47,280 --> 00:43:50,360
Speaker 2: band's loud, but no, Cameron in door was awesome. I

1078
00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:51,480
Speaker 2: would probably say there.

1079
00:43:51,640 --> 00:43:53,720
Speaker 3: Yeah, old gym's get loud for some odd reason.

1080
00:43:54,080 --> 00:43:54,480
Speaker 2: Crazy.

1081
00:43:54,560 --> 00:43:56,479
Speaker 3: What's your go to trash talk line?

1082
00:43:58,320 --> 00:44:01,680
Speaker 2: Oh man, don't try to. I don't want to talk trash.

1083
00:44:01,800 --> 00:44:05,280
Speaker 2: That's my I usually try not to. Honestly, more than anything,

1084
00:44:05,280 --> 00:44:09,759
Speaker 2: I'm usually just celebrating my team are like myself. Oh man,

1085
00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:10,480
Speaker 2: that's tough.

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00:44:11,320 --> 00:44:15,040
Speaker 3: Maybe just like you'd be giving the shrug talk either.

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Speaker 2: The three to the crowd a lot. I like to

1088
00:44:18,120 --> 00:44:20,359
Speaker 2: hype the crowd. I hype up the crowd a lot.

1089
00:44:20,520 --> 00:44:22,640
Speaker 2: We're more at home. They love it. They get so loud.

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00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:24,480
Speaker 2: But honestly, like I don't really say too much of

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00:44:24,520 --> 00:44:27,200
Speaker 2: the other team. Okay, try to say something to me

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00:44:27,280 --> 00:44:28,120
Speaker 2: like obviously I when.

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00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:32,880
Speaker 1: Respond yeah, get the crowd going, Yeah, I got course, Okay.

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Speaker 3: Ice pack or ice bath, neither hot tub.

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00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:41,320
Speaker 2: My trainer would laugh at this question because there was

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00:44:41,360 --> 00:44:42,880
Speaker 2: a phase in the summer where I was in the

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00:44:42,920 --> 00:44:45,000
Speaker 2: cold tub every single day. But like now I just

1098
00:44:45,040 --> 00:44:46,640
Speaker 2: can't do it, like I'm always in the hot tub.

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00:44:46,680 --> 00:44:49,560
Speaker 2: But if I had to pick. I'm going Ice Pack.

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Speaker 3: Okay, what is the school with the best facilities.

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00:44:54,120 --> 00:44:56,960
Speaker 2: University of Iowa, duh. But if I have to pick

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Speaker 2: something other than that, oh man, I'll pick somebody in

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00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:03,600
Speaker 2: the Big ten. I'm gonna say Michigan. Like. I love

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00:45:03,640 --> 00:45:06,879
Speaker 2: their arena, their campus is awesome. Obviously, I haven't really

1105
00:45:06,920 --> 00:45:09,239
Speaker 2: seen like their practice him or like weight room, but

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00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:11,239
Speaker 2: I just got a vibe that it's awesome. And they're

1107
00:45:11,239 --> 00:45:14,319
Speaker 2: a Jordan school. They're a Jordan school, Like, I feel

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00:45:14,320 --> 00:45:16,480
Speaker 2: like they got cool shoes, cool stuff. They kind of

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00:45:16,520 --> 00:45:19,200
Speaker 2: have a cool like equipment room with that, obviously, so

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Speaker 2: I'm just I'm.

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Speaker 3: Not share with them for sure. In the pack, it's

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Speaker 3: organ like they got Ye.

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Speaker 2: That's an easy answer. And when I visited Orgon, like,

1114
00:45:27,360 --> 00:45:30,040
Speaker 2: I saw all that and was like that definitely would

1115
00:45:30,120 --> 00:45:31,920
Speaker 2: make make a kid want to go there, But you

1116
00:45:31,960 --> 00:45:34,600
Speaker 2: gotta look past that. But no, it's definitely cool, especially

1117
00:45:34,640 --> 00:45:36,200
Speaker 2: the room with like all the shoes of like.

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Speaker 3: Ever crazy unreal crazy.

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Speaker 1: Okay, And then last vibe check question, what is your

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Speaker 1: best impersonation of coach Blueter.

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00:45:44,239 --> 00:45:48,480
Speaker 2: Oh, definitely, she's always like beautiful, beautiful, like she always

1122
00:45:48,520 --> 00:45:50,799
Speaker 2: says that, or but like if I could show you,

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00:45:51,120 --> 00:45:53,239
Speaker 2: she like loves stomping the ground with her foot, like

1124
00:45:53,280 --> 00:45:56,560
Speaker 2: if something goes wrong, like pounding the ground with her foot,

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00:45:56,719 --> 00:45:58,400
Speaker 2: and like she talks about it when she used to

1126
00:45:58,480 --> 00:46:00,239
Speaker 2: like dress up, when they used to dress up for

1127
00:46:00,320 --> 00:46:02,440
Speaker 2: every game, like in her heels, she said, like it

1128
00:46:02,480 --> 00:46:05,560
Speaker 2: would hurt so bad the next day her foot. So

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Speaker 2: I would definitely go to stop or the beautiful. And

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Speaker 2: she's always wanted to like point out an assist, Like

1131
00:46:10,200 --> 00:46:12,840
Speaker 2: she loves to celebrate the assists more than the basket.

1132
00:46:12,880 --> 00:46:14,759
Speaker 2: And that's kind of what we pride ourselves in. So

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Speaker 2: I would say those two things more than anything.

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Speaker 1: Kaitlin, this has been amazing. Thank you so much for

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Speaker 1: being on the podcast.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for having me on.

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Speaker 1: I've had a lot of fun, of course, and we

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Speaker 1: will be back every week with a new guest following

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Speaker 1: the latest on women's hoops.

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