WEBVTT - Women’s Final Four With Holly Rowe and Allison Feaster

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<v Speaker 1>What's up, guys.

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<v Speaker 2>It's West and Sophie.

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<v Speaker 1>If you've noticed, we are not an Indianapolis anymore.

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<v Speaker 3>You're Action Arizona for the Women's Final Four, and we

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<v Speaker 3>have some awesome guests. We have Holly Row and Alison

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<v Speaker 3>Feastar with us today.

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<v Speaker 4>checking in a lot from the Bracket. Some of the

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<v Speaker 2>Marriot Bomboy, we're game day.

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<v Speaker 4>He checks in William Show Me Something Podcast live from

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<v Speaker 4>Sophie's Phoenix Babies, Sylphe's Phoenix.

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<v Speaker 1>Here we are.

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<v Speaker 3>This is beautiful. First of all, who is outside? I'm

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<v Speaker 3>not even that sweaty, which is surprising.

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<v Speaker 2>We have fans over here to left. What's that fans?

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<v Speaker 2>And we're about to have some freaking awesome guests.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, Holly Roe is gonna show up.

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<v Speaker 3>Alison Feaster as his daughter is actually playing for you, Sehn.

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<v Speaker 3>The city is popping full of great energy for the

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<v Speaker 3>women's final four. Here Trophy cactuses the mural behind us.

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<v Speaker 4>The incredible and beautiful, magnificent mural behind us was created

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<v Speaker 4>by the renowned Phoenix based artist La Morena.

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<v Speaker 3>I love that, so she teamed up with Marriott Bonvoy,

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<v Speaker 3>j Ukraine O to Phoenix Travel and of course Women's

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<v Speaker 3>basketball beautiful.

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<v Speaker 2>The coloring is perfect, it's so phoenix y and I

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<v Speaker 2>love a cactus. The girls nails are painted.

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<v Speaker 4>It makes her set a little more extra special. But

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<v Speaker 4>here's Lo Morena with more him.

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<v Speaker 2>My name is listen to you know Hoos also known

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<v Speaker 2>as La Morena.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm a Phoenix based artist and I'm here with Marriott

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<v Speaker 5>Boh Boy. I love Arizona. I'm born and raised here.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm very proud of our Phoenix city. And so when

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<v Speaker 5>they come across this mural, I want them to first

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<v Speaker 5>be pulled in by the colors and then engage with

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<v Speaker 5>the elements that are across the mural. And I think

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<v Speaker 5>for little res girls seeing this, it means so much

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<v Speaker 5>to me because I'm giving them a mural that they

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<v Speaker 5>can see themselves in and see this journey a future

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<v Speaker 5>potential them that they can also to play women's college basketball.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm so excited for women's sports in general because we're

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<v Speaker 5>on the rise and we're getting so much noise and

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<v Speaker 5>excitement around women's sports. And now we're here, we are

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<v Speaker 5>with the Final four women's college basketball, and this is

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<v Speaker 5>the first time in Arizona history that we are hosting

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<v Speaker 5>them here in Phoenix, so it's a huge deal for us.

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<v Speaker 2>I hope little girls see themselves in this mureaum.

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<v Speaker 5>And know that it's possible to play in the Final

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<v Speaker 5>Four for women's college basketball.

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<v Speaker 2>So final four.

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<v Speaker 1>We have all one seeds.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, big dogs Ucla. We have Texas, we have Yukon,

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<v Speaker 3>we have South Carolina.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes we do. So.

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<v Speaker 3>I do think this year you do have the very

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<v Speaker 3>best top four teams in the nation. Sometimes you get

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<v Speaker 3>a little Cinderella story or an underdog. I think these

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<v Speaker 3>are the best, the best ones, and so it's gonna

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<v Speaker 3>be good.

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<v Speaker 2>Our first game is Yukon. South Carolina Yukon.

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<v Speaker 1>We've seen each other a zillion times, which is gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be like familiar foes.

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<v Speaker 3>I love this, and I think it's so funny because

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<v Speaker 3>in the W you have like your your.

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<v Speaker 2>Game Cocks, you have your Huskies, and they.

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<v Speaker 1>Go at it.

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<v Speaker 4>You could argue Don Staley and Gino are like an

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<v Speaker 4>iconic coaching rivalry at this point, you doo, But I

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<v Speaker 4>mean that's like, those are two very iconic women's basketball

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<v Speaker 4>coaches who I feel like see each other in March frequently.

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<v Speaker 4>It gives me like Bill Bilichick, I guess he's Tony

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<v Speaker 4>Dungee vibes in the in the two thousands.

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<v Speaker 1>That's pretty special.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, it's gonna be good.

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<v Speaker 3>And then you have Texas and Ucla, which honestly, I

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<v Speaker 3>think I'm not.

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<v Speaker 2>Gonna lie to you.

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<v Speaker 3>I thought Yukon is looking tough. They always look tough

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<v Speaker 3>this time of year. Just the experience Gino. He's just

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<v Speaker 3>a legend and is so so smart and pours into

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<v Speaker 3>his players like no other.

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<v Speaker 2>But again, I'm biased.

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<v Speaker 3>I want an SEC SEC team school to win, and

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<v Speaker 3>so I'm actually kind of pulling for Texas a little bit.

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<v Speaker 4>Was your freshman year the first year of SEC you

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<v Speaker 4>never played in the Big twelve?

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<v Speaker 2>No, I did it, but they were the year before.

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<v Speaker 2>So in twenty fourteen.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, they were, So you have good reason to be

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<v Speaker 4>an SEC fan thousand percent. This is game day. Also,

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<v Speaker 4>you can feel in the air, you can smell it.

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<v Speaker 4>Even so, who you got give me an expert analysis?

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<v Speaker 4>I know you have.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I truly do like all four programs. Yep, I

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<v Speaker 3>like players from all four teams. If you would have

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<v Speaker 3>asked me a little bit ago, I thought Yukon would

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<v Speaker 3>take it, and they and part of me still thinks

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<v Speaker 3>that they will take it. But a big portion of

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<v Speaker 3>me is thinking that Texas is speaking at the right time.

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<v Speaker 3>And I also went played against coach Schaeffer. His daughter

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<v Speaker 3>we played against and now she's an assistant coach. So

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<v Speaker 3>kind of a cool storyline there. But Texas is looking

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<v Speaker 3>pretty dang good.

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<v Speaker 4>So you think Texas wins today and they'll see either

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<v Speaker 4>yukonnor sc.

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<v Speaker 6>Yes, I do.

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<v Speaker 2>I think. I think that Yukon South Carolina game. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't even know who's gonna win that Yah Yukon. They

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<v Speaker 2>they are athletic, they have the IQ.

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<v Speaker 3>South Carolina is just so so athletic, and they have

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<v Speaker 3>the experience having Don Staley knowing you know what she knows,

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<v Speaker 3>and her being a player in the w playing overseas

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<v Speaker 3>forever long. She really knows how to pour into her kids,

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<v Speaker 3>and so that matchup I can't even predict.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, but it's gonna be fun, Sophie.

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<v Speaker 4>This pod will be dropping after we have crowned our

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<v Speaker 4>women's Final four champion. Well, can you look into this

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<v Speaker 4>camera for me and tell me who you got my

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<v Speaker 4>future self?

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<v Speaker 3>This has already happened. I think I almost just said Yukon.

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<v Speaker 3>Is that my gut feeling?

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<v Speaker 1>I thought you were gonna throw them You're gonna throw

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<v Speaker 1>them up.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going Texas, all right, everybody.

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<v Speaker 3>Our first guest today is one of the most respected

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<v Speaker 3>voices in sports broadcasting.

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<v Speaker 2>She is an award winning reporter covering college.

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<v Speaker 3>Basketball, football, softball, and some of the biggest moments in sports.

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<v Speaker 2>For over two decades.

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<v Speaker 4>You've seen her on the sidelines to the final four

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<v Speaker 4>college football playoff and countless championship games. She's known for

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<v Speaker 4>her insight, storytelling and connection with players.

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<v Speaker 1>Please welcome Holly Row everybody.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, thank you, She's a Betsy lady.

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<v Speaker 1>Everybody.

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<v Speaker 4>Before we hop into women's college basketball, I have a

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<v Speaker 4>question for you. You've done so many games for so long.

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<v Speaker 4>Do they all Are they all kind of a blur?

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<v Speaker 4>Or if I were to.

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<v Speaker 1>Call out a game, would you remember the moment?

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<v Speaker 7>I remember stories like I might not remember the score,

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<v Speaker 7>but I will remember the situation or something that happened,

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<v Speaker 7>or a story I told, like I it's locked in forever.

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<v Speaker 1>I hope.

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<v Speaker 4>Do you remember remember ninth grade? Oh god, well, you'd

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<v Speaker 4>have been seventh grade. I'd have been in ninth grade.

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<v Speaker 4>Missoo ku. Of course, Zire Taylor hit a shot back

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<v Speaker 4>of the ram and then it bounced into missoo Biku

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<v Speaker 4>to be Kansas.

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<v Speaker 7>And I did the postgame interviews. Fans rush the field,

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<v Speaker 7>and I asked him a question.

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<v Speaker 2>He goes I can't. That's really so.

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<v Speaker 4>I think everyone we watch on TV, we all have

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<v Speaker 4>moments that like were a part of our lives.

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<v Speaker 1>So we remember you from those moments.

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<v Speaker 4>And I remember obviously that game was so important, but

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<v Speaker 4>I remember you having to be like go celebrate. We

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<v Speaker 4>can't hear each other, and that to me is like

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<v Speaker 4>my Holly Row memory.

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<v Speaker 1>I love that so much, Yeah.

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<v Speaker 7>Because that is such an organic moment that we'll never

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<v Speaker 7>have again. You know, the Kumazoo rivalry was one of

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<v Speaker 7>my favorites ever. I know they've played again recently but

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<v Speaker 7>kind of broke it up for a while, but I

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<v Speaker 7>love that rivalry. One of my favorite games I've ever

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<v Speaker 7>covered in my life was the Kim English.

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<v Speaker 2>Eras that team.

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<v Speaker 7>I loved that team, and the game Atmazoo against Ku

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<v Speaker 7>like that was a wild one too.

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<v Speaker 4>I missed that when they left the Big Twelve, Like

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<v Speaker 4>those are like our childhood and so that was really special.

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<v Speaker 1>We are here to talk.

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<v Speaker 4>About women's college basketball, and obviously the women's college basketball

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<v Speaker 4>fandom has been growing like crazy the last few years,

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<v Speaker 4>and we're feeling it here in Phoenix. Obviously, we have

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<v Speaker 4>a lot of fans with.

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<v Speaker 1>Us right now.

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<v Speaker 4>Players are front and center, and fans have traveled all

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<v Speaker 4>over the world to come watch women's college basketball. What

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<v Speaker 4>are your thoughts just on the state of women's hoops

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<v Speaker 4>right now.

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<v Speaker 7>I think it's the best it's ever been, and I

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<v Speaker 7>think I'm an expert. I'm not saying that from a

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<v Speaker 7>cocky standpoint, but I've been covering college basketball for thirty years,

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<v Speaker 7>so when I say, I have watched this entire thing,

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<v Speaker 7>and I hope have been a proponent in pushing this

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<v Speaker 7>constant narrative. We've known forever that this is a really

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<v Speaker 7>good product, and I feel like the general public is

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<v Speaker 7>just now kind of catching up with us, and it

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<v Speaker 7>feels really good, you know. And I don't want to

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<v Speaker 7>have the attitude of like, well, we told you so.

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<v Speaker 7>I want to have the attitude of like, Yay, finally

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<v Speaker 7>you get to see what we've been loving for such

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<v Speaker 7>a long time.

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<v Speaker 2>So I think it's a really beautiful place.

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<v Speaker 7>And the thing I'm proud of is women like Sophie.

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<v Speaker 7>You know, the players that I get to cover, they're

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<v Speaker 7>not disappointing. They keep uping their game and leveling up

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<v Speaker 7>and getting better. The w is better than it's ever been.

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<v Speaker 7>College basketball is better than it's ever been. And that's

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<v Speaker 7>real credit to the athletes and the coaches.

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<v Speaker 3>So we know that you travel all the time, like

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<v Speaker 3>you'll be here today and then somehow you'll be in

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<v Speaker 3>like Europe tomorrow covering a sport that I don't know,

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<v Speaker 3>No one even knew what was going on, what sports

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<v Speaker 3>team or town or city. Has the fandom just grown

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<v Speaker 3>where you're like, wow, people need to know more about this,

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<v Speaker 3>I would say that.

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<v Speaker 7>So this is an obvious one because I'm talking to you.

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<v Speaker 7>But Indianapolis. So, Indianapolis is a really cool sports town

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<v Speaker 7>in that they have a lot of final fours there.

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<v Speaker 7>They have a lot of men's and women's college backup

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<v Speaker 7>basketball sports events there. But the WNBA and the excitement

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<v Speaker 7>behind the Indiana Fever has completely changed that city. And

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<v Speaker 7>I actually was doing some research with the Chamber of

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<v Speaker 7>Commerce last year about the impact of fans traveling from

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<v Speaker 7>out of state and coming in and it's hotel stays,

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<v Speaker 7>hotel rooms, flights, and so like, we are really changing

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<v Speaker 7>the face of Indianapolis right now.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a WNBA. It is palpable.

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<v Speaker 7>I mean we're talking millions and millions of dollars of

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<v Speaker 7>economic impact because of the Indiana fevers. So I'm really

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<v Speaker 7>proud for that team in that organization because they deserve it.

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<v Speaker 1>Love that it's all going to get a women's team as.

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<v Speaker 7>We used to have one. This is a sad story.

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<v Speaker 7>So I have been working in the w ever since

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<v Speaker 7>it started. I started out pulling cables for the Utah Stars.

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<v Speaker 7>I worked my way up to be the color analyst

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<v Speaker 7>for the Utah Stars.

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<v Speaker 2>First woman, by the way right first, Yes, Turle Blazer.

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<v Speaker 7>Yes, we had a really good team, Jennifer Az, Natalie Williams,

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<v Speaker 7>Margo d Dick, like some of the true greats in

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<v Speaker 7>the early w NBA. And then the team went to

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<v Speaker 7>San Antonio to the Star to San Antona Stars, and

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<v Speaker 7>it is now the Las Vegas Aces. So that is

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<v Speaker 7>our franchise. So I feel sad because I'm like, I,

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<v Speaker 7>we're just gonna have to love the Aces.

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<v Speaker 3>Then, you know, I was gonna say, so, deep down,

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<v Speaker 3>are you working the Aces whenever year?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't.

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<v Speaker 7>I don't because I want to be unbiased truth. But

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<v Speaker 7>I do have a soft spot in my heart for

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<v Speaker 7>them because that's my franchise. Yeah, and they're going to

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<v Speaker 7>bring back and have a reunion in the end of

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<v Speaker 7>July and I said to them, I'm like, you need

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<v Speaker 7>to bring the old broadcasters, like we were a part

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<v Speaker 7>of this when nobody really was paying attention.

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<v Speaker 2>So bring us back.

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<v Speaker 4>Seattle loss of SuperSonics, and I think that they're gonna

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<v Speaker 4>get another team.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think some cities and yeah, you just got hockey.

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<v Speaker 2>TEMs got a hockey at NHL.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, show there's always hope.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, there's hope. For sure, there's hope. But the aces

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<v Speaker 7>are close. I think a lot of fans go down there,

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<v Speaker 7>So I'm going to settle in for them right now

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<v Speaker 7>in my heart there the Utah Stars slash pass.

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<v Speaker 6>Good for you?

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<v Speaker 4>Is there a moment for you, Holly, that you feel

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<v Speaker 4>like clicked with women's basketball. It could be WNBA or college,

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<v Speaker 4>but something that you think really set things apart, Like obviously,

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<v Speaker 4>I think Caitlin's emergence is like a massive moment that

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<v Speaker 4>we'll look back and be like, this changed the sport forever.

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<v Speaker 1>But for you, is there something maybe earlier.

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<v Speaker 7>It's a different moment for me because I remember working

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<v Speaker 7>a game and to this day, I still believe it's

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<v Speaker 7>the best WNBA game I've ever worked in my life.

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<v Speaker 7>It was twenty sixteen Game five the LA Sparks at

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<v Speaker 7>Minnesota Links and neko Oguma Kay had to put back

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<v Speaker 7>basket to win the title for the LA Sparks. That's

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<v Speaker 7>series because if you look at the rosters of those

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<v Speaker 7>two series, they were like, I want to say, seven

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<v Speaker 7>Hall of Fame players in that series, so Cannis Parker,

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<v Speaker 7>neko Goomakay, Chelsea Gray, Alana Beard, and then from Minnesota

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<v Speaker 7>Rebecca Brunson, Lindsay Waylan, Maya Moore, Simona Augustus, Sylvia Fowls.

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<v Speaker 7>Like that's eight Hall of Fame maybe nine Hall of

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<v Speaker 7>Fame players in one series.

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<v Speaker 2>To me, that was the moment we really started to rise.

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<v Speaker 7>And yes, I will always give Caitlin her for hours

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<v Speaker 7>and credit because she did take it to a new level,

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<v Speaker 7>but we were rising before that too.

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<v Speaker 6>I like that.

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<v Speaker 3>So I have a question for you because I know

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<v Speaker 3>that the CBA has just gotten you know, kind of

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<v Speaker 3>I don't even know if it's in right, and yet

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<v Speaker 3>I have no idea.

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<v Speaker 2>I know something. It's April third today. There you go, Holly.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why you're the reporter and I'm just the athlete. Here.

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<v Speaker 3>On a real note, I feel like you kind of

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<v Speaker 3>hit on it with the family of like when they

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<v Speaker 3>do have that reunion, bring back the people who were

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<v Speaker 3>there from the very beginning. I think that you, Rebecca Ryan,

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<v Speaker 3>you guys have really been in it with us. And

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<v Speaker 3>I remember talking to you before the Ace's Finals. It

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<v Speaker 3>was like Indiana verse Ace, and I was like, what

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<v Speaker 3>should we Honestly, I'm.

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<v Speaker 2>Just going to be you guys.

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<v Speaker 3>Don't mean as being honest. I was like, how can

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<v Speaker 3>we do better with the refs? They are part of

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<v Speaker 3>our game, they are part of our family. They deserve

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<v Speaker 3>to get three more.

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<v Speaker 2>I no, no, I'm being for real.

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<v Speaker 3>Like they are part of our family, and I think

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<v Speaker 3>that we should be taking care of them. But you

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<v Speaker 3>guys have such great insight because you are in it

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<v Speaker 3>more than not more, but the same amount we are in.

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<v Speaker 3>I feel you could be a GM or an owner

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<v Speaker 3>or a coach by now.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't you kind of feel that way? Well, we are

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<v Speaker 2>invested for sure.

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<v Speaker 7>Yes, I think we were all Like you should see

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<v Speaker 7>our text chain for the last three months, like angsting

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<v Speaker 7>over the CBA and are we going to have a season, and.

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<v Speaker 2>Like we really is. It is a lifelong passion of mine.

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<v Speaker 7>So the refereeing is an issue, and we saw that

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<v Speaker 7>last season and it was a real issue last season.

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<v Speaker 7>And I think where we're at right now is the

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<v Speaker 7>problem is to become a ref at the highest levels,

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<v Speaker 7>you have to start out, probably in high school, probably

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<v Speaker 7>in a low college. So one of other ways I

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<v Speaker 7>think we could improve refereeing is to get more former

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<v Speaker 7>players who maybe didn't make it as a pro. I

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<v Speaker 7>think we need more former players. So I'll give you

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<v Speaker 7>an example. I covered a woman at the University of Utah,

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<v Speaker 7>one of the greatest three point shooters in NCAA history,

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<v Speaker 7>Julie Cromenhook. She has worked her way up to be

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<v Speaker 7>a high level college referee. Right now, we need to

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<v Speaker 7>be growing our own former athletes because they played the game,

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<v Speaker 7>they know how to officiate.

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<v Speaker 2>It a little differently.

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<v Speaker 7>I want us to be growing former players into that

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<v Speaker 7>referee ale And.

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<v Speaker 3>This is my brought up because we had such a

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<v Speaker 3>great conversation and I'm like, it's the inside because we

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<v Speaker 3>are not against them.

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<v Speaker 2>We want everyone to grow in our league.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's talk about this Final four though, Like what excites you,

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<v Speaker 3>what team do you think is peaking out the right time,

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<v Speaker 3>what players are peaking out the right time and kind

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<v Speaker 3>of give your insight on you just said like, hey,

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<v Speaker 3>we got to go because I have you know, walkin.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, I have coaches, rivals interviews right now, which isn't

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<v Speaker 7>a lot of stress. But yeah, here's who I think

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<v Speaker 7>is peaking is Texas. So if you would have asked

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<v Speaker 7>me three weeks ago who was going to win it all,

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<v Speaker 7>I said, Yukon and I believed that. I think they

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<v Speaker 7>were the best team in the country. They had the

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<v Speaker 7>best efficiency defensively, offensively, all those things they have not

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<v Speaker 7>quite hit on all still in the first couple of rounds.

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<v Speaker 7>Does that mean they're not still dominant? Probably not, but

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<v Speaker 7>they've got to figure a few things out and they're

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<v Speaker 7>going against a very athletic, physical South Carolina team. So

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<v Speaker 7>a player that I think is really blossoming and on

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<v Speaker 7>a really high trend right now is Raven Johnson. Yes, so,

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<v Speaker 7>I think Raven Johnson is one of the greatest stories

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<v Speaker 7>in all of college basketball right now because she stayed,

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<v Speaker 7>tore her acl, fought back a lot of online criticism.

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<v Speaker 7>Almost her mom shared with me that she almost quit

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<v Speaker 7>after all the online criticism she faced, and she has

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<v Speaker 7>all she's done is stay true, be resilient and show

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<v Speaker 7>up for her team. And she is the best version

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<v Speaker 7>of herself right now. And I'm loving that for Raven.

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<v Speaker 4>But Texas has momentum aside from like in the Weeds

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<v Speaker 4>college basketball. I'm curious if you have a moment and

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<v Speaker 4>this is more about Holly than it is teams or

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<v Speaker 4>other players, do you have a travel moment that you

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<v Speaker 4>all like remember forever that, whether that's some hotel was

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<v Speaker 4>booked and you didn't have anywhere to stay, or a

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<v Speaker 4>fight got delayed and you ended up in some random

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<v Speaker 4>city and had the best night.

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<v Speaker 7>Ever, how long do we have for this podcast? So,

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<v Speaker 7>like full disclosure, I am almost at four million.

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<v Speaker 2>Miles right now on one airline. But here's what I'll say.

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<v Speaker 7>So I know this is a Marriotte podcast, but one

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<v Speaker 7>of the reasons I really wanted to come on other

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<v Speaker 7>than you was I'm a.

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<v Speaker 2>Marriott girl, like I am.

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<v Speaker 7>And I'm not just saying this, I'm just I'm just

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<v Speaker 7>meeting you. But I love Marriott because I I really

0:16:26.200 --> 0:16:28.880
<v Speaker 7>I'm from Utah. It's a Utah company, and so I

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<v Speaker 7>have really tried to build points with one company. So

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<v Speaker 7>right now I almost have a million Marriott points right,

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<v Speaker 7>I am like one hotel night away from the top level.

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<v Speaker 7>So like when I tell you, I'm like psychotically.

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<v Speaker 2>Mary, where do you live? And like how like are

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<v Speaker 2>you how often are you there?

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<v Speaker 7>Probably like about a week a month maybe, So I

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<v Speaker 7>travel a lot because I'm covering so many sports. But

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<v Speaker 7>I would tell you that my travel memories that have

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<v Speaker 7>been really funny are three years ago, we were doing

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<v Speaker 7>we were getting ready to have our very first ever

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<v Speaker 7>college game day show on ESPN.

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<v Speaker 2>First whenever. There was a young woman playing.

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<v Speaker 7>Basketball that I thought was playing at such a high

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<v Speaker 7>level and nobody was giving her any attention.

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<v Speaker 2>And it was January.

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<v Speaker 7>So I did an NBA game in Utah, did a

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<v Speaker 7>red eye flight, and I slept on the floor at

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<v Speaker 7>the Atlanta airport.

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<v Speaker 2>I did that last night, Miami.

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<v Speaker 7>Oh there we go. And I had no pride. I

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<v Speaker 7>was like, I'm sleeping. I'm on the floor at the

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<v Speaker 7>airport so that I could get the seven am flight

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<v Speaker 7>to the location where I would do the interview with

0:17:32.440 --> 0:17:35.159
<v Speaker 7>this young woman. And I did the first ever feature

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<v Speaker 7>on her on first ever college game Day.

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<v Speaker 2>Three months later, Angel Reese went in championship.

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<v Speaker 7>That's awesome, So I'm really proud of that story because

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<v Speaker 7>I had to sacrifice. I slept on the floor for

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<v Speaker 7>the at the airport for Angel Reese because I believed

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<v Speaker 7>so deeply in her and nobody was talking about her

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<v Speaker 7>and I had the instinct and I was right. And

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<v Speaker 7>so I'm really proud of that story because I had

0:17:59.640 --> 0:18:02.480
<v Speaker 7>to sack to get there. I had to truly believe

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<v Speaker 7>in this young woman, and I'm proud of her. Three

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<v Speaker 7>months later, they won the national championship and I was like,

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<v Speaker 7>I was onto something here, Like I was so proud

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<v Speaker 7>of that.

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<v Speaker 2>Wait, can I ask where is it? Your mom? Is

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<v Speaker 2>your dad?

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<v Speaker 3>Like why how do you have such a gift of storytelling?

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<v Speaker 3>And like they're scouts in basketball they can tell a

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<v Speaker 3>young talent who has potential, you have that, But with

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<v Speaker 3>storytelling in the behind the scenes.

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<v Speaker 2>Who do you get that from him? Why is that?

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<v Speaker 2>Why are you so good at it?

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<v Speaker 7>I appreciate you saying that, but I think it's just

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<v Speaker 7>natural curiosity. Like I'm so curious about people, and I

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<v Speaker 7>just you know, like I'll see something or i'll hear

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<v Speaker 7>something and I'll be like, oh my gosh. So I

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<v Speaker 7>had a funny story that happened last weekend, we were

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<v Speaker 7>covering Michigan and we were out having a walk in

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<v Speaker 7>downtown Fort Worth and we stopped at this park to

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<v Speaker 7>watch the end of the Yukon Duke men's game. So

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<v Speaker 7>I'm with Cheney and Andrea and Christine and Rebecca was

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<v Speaker 7>there and we were like screaming in this park at

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<v Speaker 7>the end of that game, you know that shot. And

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<v Speaker 7>so this lady comes over to me and she's like, oh,

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<v Speaker 7>my gosh, we love your work.

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<v Speaker 2>My daughter plays for Michigan.

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<v Speaker 7>And so she ends up telling me this incredible story

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<v Speaker 7>about Brooke Courels Daniels, who is five seven and the

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<v Speaker 7>leading offensive rebounder on her team.

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<v Speaker 2>So like, how is she so good?

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<v Speaker 7>Why is your daughter such a crazy offensive rebounder at

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<v Speaker 7>five to seven? And she's like, well, her brother is

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<v Speaker 7>six seven, and here's video of them playing in the driveway,

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<v Speaker 7>and so we use that in our broadcast. That happened

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<v Speaker 7>because we were walking down the street in the park, right.

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<v Speaker 7>So those are the kind of things that I live for.

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<v Speaker 7>Of like you just naturally curiously following.

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<v Speaker 3>Can I also give you some props because I think

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<v Speaker 3>that you do stories and you find people that everyday

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<v Speaker 3>people can.

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<v Speaker 2>Relate to and you give them hope that, like just

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit of hope that maybe they could do

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<v Speaker 2>that one day.

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<v Speaker 3>Doesn't matter what they look like, where they're from, how

0:19:45.640 --> 0:19:48.640
<v Speaker 3>tall they are, how much they weigh. Like that that

0:19:48.680 --> 0:19:51.480
<v Speaker 3>gives a five to seven guard hope that, like, hey,

0:19:51.600 --> 0:19:54.000
<v Speaker 3>I could go be the leading rebounder in the nation.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what I mean.

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<v Speaker 7>I can be the leading offensive rebounder on an Elite

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<v Speaker 7>eight team.

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<v Speaker 2>That's insane. But yeah, I think that we live.

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<v Speaker 7>I love all the I'm the hopeful storyteller, Like I

0:20:04.760 --> 0:20:08.200
<v Speaker 7>just want hope and encouragement and happiness. Like I don't

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<v Speaker 7>love doing the hard stories.

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<v Speaker 4>This is a little slight pivot, but you've got some

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<v Speaker 4>kicks on today. Yeah. The basketball fashion world, ye is

0:20:16.040 --> 0:20:18.160
<v Speaker 4>ever changing? Do you feel like you have to keep

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<v Speaker 4>up with the the fashion?

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<v Speaker 1>No, I don't know what.

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<v Speaker 4>It's always growing and I feel like shoes are such

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<v Speaker 4>a big part of it.

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<v Speaker 1>And obviously I can tell you know what's going on.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well here's what I will say.

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<v Speaker 7>So back in twenty twenty, I was in the WNBA

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<v Speaker 7>bubble and I remember calling my boss and saying, hey,

0:20:37.440 --> 0:20:39.719
<v Speaker 7>you know, like the fits are a thing like they

0:20:39.800 --> 0:20:41.639
<v Speaker 7>keep coming in and we're doing tunnel fits and we

0:20:41.720 --> 0:20:42.760
<v Speaker 7>don't ever broadcast it.

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<v Speaker 2>We're not showing it on TV.

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<v Speaker 7>And my producer was literally like, I don't understand what

0:20:47.280 --> 0:20:47.879
<v Speaker 7>you're saying to me.

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<v Speaker 2>What is a fit?

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<v Speaker 7>So I had to explain to her or what a

0:20:50.440 --> 0:20:53.200
<v Speaker 7>fit was, and so like, I'm I take a teeny

0:20:53.240 --> 0:20:55.520
<v Speaker 7>bit of pride in that, Like I was the first

0:20:55.520 --> 0:20:58.320
<v Speaker 7>one that got tunnel fits on TV in the bubble,

0:20:58.880 --> 0:21:00.040
<v Speaker 7>like maybe we were doing.

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<v Speaker 2>Before in games, but I don't really remember it.

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<v Speaker 3>HOLLI I was walking in in like pajama's sweats. Now

0:21:06.160 --> 0:21:09.520
<v Speaker 3>you can see people's like style, who they are personally

0:21:09.880 --> 0:21:12.320
<v Speaker 3>of like walking in, you know, like she can be feisty.

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<v Speaker 7>I love it personalizes players. I think it personalizes players

0:21:16.520 --> 0:21:19.760
<v Speaker 7>and it really showcases whatever your vibe is. You get

0:21:19.760 --> 0:21:21.920
<v Speaker 7>to be really personal with it. And I like it

0:21:22.119 --> 0:21:24.840
<v Speaker 7>because it elevates fandom and I love it for the

0:21:24.840 --> 0:21:26.920
<v Speaker 7>fans and I think it's fun for you guys.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 7>I know some players are like, Okay, now this is

0:21:29.119 --> 0:21:31.240
<v Speaker 7>a hassle because it's a whole thing, but you can

0:21:31.240 --> 0:21:32.520
<v Speaker 7>do it or you don't have to do it. And

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<v Speaker 7>I think it's very personal, and I really love it

0:21:34.720 --> 0:21:37.880
<v Speaker 7>because it shows personality and it's like I do think

0:21:37.920 --> 0:21:41.560
<v Speaker 7>that the w is where fashion and culture, you know,

0:21:41.680 --> 0:21:43.600
<v Speaker 7>it's intersectional, and so I really like.

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<v Speaker 4>That, Ollie, how do you see travel impacting sports as

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<v Speaker 4>we know it?

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<v Speaker 1>Right now?

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<v Speaker 7>My niece is a young basketball player, and so it's

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<v Speaker 7>really my first relative that has wanted to be a

0:21:53.880 --> 0:21:56.720
<v Speaker 7>college basketball player. So I'm pouring everything into her, Like

0:21:56.760 --> 0:21:59.879
<v Speaker 7>I'm trying to sponsor her teams, and she's in you

0:22:00.480 --> 0:22:01.680
<v Speaker 7>and she's here at the Final four.

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<v Speaker 2>Her team has a tournament.

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<v Speaker 7>Oh really, So like I will always like donate points

0:22:05.840 --> 0:22:08.080
<v Speaker 7>so they can get hotel rooms for free. So I'm

0:22:08.119 --> 0:22:10.600
<v Speaker 7>like staying in my Marriott so i can get points

0:22:10.600 --> 0:22:12.480
<v Speaker 7>so then I can give them to my niece. I'm

0:22:12.520 --> 0:22:15.440
<v Speaker 7>really trying to give back that way with my Marriot points,

0:22:15.480 --> 0:22:16.680
<v Speaker 7>and I think it's really special.

0:22:16.880 --> 0:22:19.240
<v Speaker 2>I've done that for them at the WNBA All Star Game.

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<v Speaker 7>And then one other cool thing we're doing with our

0:22:21.240 --> 0:22:23.399
<v Speaker 7>Merriot points right now is my son and I started

0:22:23.440 --> 0:22:27.720
<v Speaker 7>a foundation, Joyous, So we are doing the Joyous Foundation

0:22:27.920 --> 0:22:30.080
<v Speaker 7>where we are just like I was in the depths

0:22:30.080 --> 0:22:33.000
<v Speaker 7>of stage four cancer. You know, it was a really

0:22:33.040 --> 0:22:35.400
<v Speaker 7>scary dark place, and so we're trying to figure out

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<v Speaker 7>how can we help people going through cancer find joy

0:22:38.359 --> 0:22:40.959
<v Speaker 7>during this really scary time of their life. And so

0:22:41.160 --> 0:22:44.760
<v Speaker 7>we are also using my Marriot points to bring cancer patients.

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<v Speaker 7>So we have a woman that we've brought here. I've

0:22:47.359 --> 0:22:50.520
<v Speaker 7>got her staying at a Sheraton right here to using

0:22:50.560 --> 0:22:53.200
<v Speaker 7>my points so that we can bring her to a

0:22:53.240 --> 0:22:56.240
<v Speaker 7>South Carolina game. She's a three time ovarian cancer survivor.

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<v Speaker 7>But what's brought her joy is watching the South Carolina

0:22:59.320 --> 0:23:01.080
<v Speaker 7>game Cocks play and she will get to see them

0:23:01.080 --> 0:23:01.720
<v Speaker 7>play in person.

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<v Speaker 2>That is.

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<v Speaker 3>Do that That's incredible.

0:23:08.160 --> 0:23:10.560
<v Speaker 4>I was reading you you kept a joy journal as

0:23:10.560 --> 0:23:12.840
<v Speaker 4>you were going through treatment and stuff, and that I

0:23:12.880 --> 0:23:16.760
<v Speaker 4>feel like little things like that we often don't. It

0:23:16.840 --> 0:23:19.440
<v Speaker 4>seems maybe like fleeing in the moment, but I'm sure

0:23:19.440 --> 0:23:21.880
<v Speaker 4>that's something that you look back on and like that

0:23:22.000 --> 0:23:25.000
<v Speaker 4>was very powerful and like kept you positive through so

0:23:25.080 --> 0:23:26.320
<v Speaker 4>many dark moments.

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<v Speaker 7>It's it's really true because when you're in cancer, you

0:23:28.880 --> 0:23:31.480
<v Speaker 7>can't control anything, Like I can't control what's happening in

0:23:31.520 --> 0:23:34.720
<v Speaker 7>my body and I'm having another spread and another surgery

0:23:34.760 --> 0:23:37.919
<v Speaker 7>and another bad scan, and it's really stressful, and so

0:23:38.160 --> 0:23:40.280
<v Speaker 7>during that time, I was like, I can't control what's

0:23:40.320 --> 0:23:43.000
<v Speaker 7>happening to me, but I can control if I'm.

0:23:42.960 --> 0:23:44.120
<v Speaker 2>Joyful every single day.

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<v Speaker 7>And so I still keep my joy journal and I

0:23:47.520 --> 0:23:49.560
<v Speaker 7>will write down these things that bring me joy.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'll give you an example.

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<v Speaker 7>I wrote down last year at the w NBA Draft,

0:23:53.920 --> 0:23:57.239
<v Speaker 7>this player for Yukon that had played at Princeton transferred in.

0:23:57.920 --> 0:23:59.920
<v Speaker 7>I just believed in her so much, and so during

0:24:00.240 --> 0:24:03.320
<v Speaker 7>the draft I said, I think Caitlyn Chen should go

0:24:03.480 --> 0:24:05.720
<v Speaker 7>up and sit in the front row where the Yukon team,

0:24:05.760 --> 0:24:07.960
<v Speaker 7>like they were all there watching their other Yukon friends,

0:24:08.000 --> 0:24:11.000
<v Speaker 7>Paige Becker's get drafted, and I just had this instinct

0:24:11.040 --> 0:24:13.119
<v Speaker 7>and I said to one of her teammates, tell Caitlyn

0:24:13.200 --> 0:24:14.679
<v Speaker 7>to go sit in that front row right now. And

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<v Speaker 7>like literally two minutes later, she got drafted to the Valkyries.

0:24:19.080 --> 0:24:19.840
<v Speaker 2>She has played for.

0:24:19.800 --> 0:24:23.000
<v Speaker 7>The valkyriese has been an unbelievable player in the WNBA.

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<v Speaker 7>So that went in my joy journal because that brought

0:24:25.600 --> 0:24:26.840
<v Speaker 7>me so much happiness.

0:24:26.920 --> 0:24:29.239
<v Speaker 2>So that's that's kind of what I want us to do.

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<v Speaker 7>Is if you're not experiencing joy every day, what are

0:24:32.560 --> 0:24:33.040
<v Speaker 7>you doing?

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<v Speaker 2>So that's kind of where we're trying to get to.

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<v Speaker 3>Speaking of joy, I know, I just landed here in Phoenix,

0:24:38.480 --> 0:24:40.320
<v Speaker 3>but I've lived out here for seven eight years.

0:24:40.359 --> 0:24:43.360
<v Speaker 2>Now. I feel like women's basketball has.

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<v Speaker 3>Kind of taken over downtown Phoenix a little bit. I

0:24:45.960 --> 0:24:47.080
<v Speaker 3>love feeling that vide No.

0:24:47.240 --> 0:24:50.040
<v Speaker 7>We literally said when we landed, like what a great

0:24:50.080 --> 0:24:54.639
<v Speaker 7>spot for the final four. There's billboards everywhere, There're signs everywhere, like,

0:24:54.720 --> 0:24:57.520
<v Speaker 7>I love it because we want to feel like this

0:24:57.600 --> 0:24:59.800
<v Speaker 7>is a big event in big time. And I really

0:24:59.840 --> 0:25:02.920
<v Speaker 7>am proud of sponsors. There's more money than there's ever

0:25:02.960 --> 0:25:06.240
<v Speaker 7>been with sponsorships, like this opportunity you're getting, Sophie. We

0:25:06.280 --> 0:25:08.480
<v Speaker 7>didn't used to have these, and so I'm really proud

0:25:08.520 --> 0:25:12.480
<v Speaker 7>of how brands have gotten behind women's sports and the fans.

0:25:12.480 --> 0:25:14.640
<v Speaker 7>You guys have always been here. You are so tried

0:25:14.680 --> 0:25:17.960
<v Speaker 7>and true and we are literally nothing without you. But

0:25:18.160 --> 0:25:20.560
<v Speaker 7>what I love is the money that is flowing into

0:25:20.600 --> 0:25:24.119
<v Speaker 7>our sport. Women deserve it, and we're finally seeing it

0:25:24.119 --> 0:25:24.960
<v Speaker 7>payback for us.

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<v Speaker 3>I think I was in the league at the perfect

0:25:26.680 --> 0:25:28.919
<v Speaker 3>time because I was in it when we were still

0:25:29.000 --> 0:25:31.720
<v Speaker 3>like it was rough, and now I'm kind of getting

0:25:31.760 --> 0:25:35.320
<v Speaker 3>to see the positive impact of how awesome the WNBA

0:25:35.400 --> 0:25:37.320
<v Speaker 3>can be not only on our lives but for the

0:25:37.320 --> 0:25:40.440
<v Speaker 3>next generation. And I feel like when companies truly get.

0:25:40.240 --> 0:25:44.160
<v Speaker 2>To meet you or Asia or Angel.

0:25:43.920 --> 0:25:47.119
<v Speaker 3>Caitlin Cameron, like all these people, they see how awesome

0:25:47.200 --> 0:25:49.680
<v Speaker 3>us women really are outside of basketball and.

0:25:49.600 --> 0:25:50.280
<v Speaker 2>They pour in.

0:25:50.480 --> 0:25:52.680
<v Speaker 3>But I think the most important thing to me is

0:25:52.880 --> 0:25:54.920
<v Speaker 3>you see these little girls out here, like we're making

0:25:54.920 --> 0:25:56.960
<v Speaker 3>it better for them, and so when they're in lot

0:25:56.960 --> 0:25:59.439
<v Speaker 3>of seats, they're gonna be probably doing what the men

0:25:59.480 --> 0:26:02.439
<v Speaker 3>are doing. And that's like you were a trailblazer for that,

0:26:02.520 --> 0:26:04.640
<v Speaker 3>and so it's so cool for you kind of full

0:26:04.640 --> 0:26:06.520
<v Speaker 3>circle to be on this show when you've been around

0:26:06.560 --> 0:26:07.320
<v Speaker 3>this entire time.

0:26:07.400 --> 0:26:09.640
<v Speaker 7>Yeah, what I love for these young women is there

0:26:09.640 --> 0:26:11.679
<v Speaker 7>are so many more opportunities. So I'm going to tell

0:26:11.680 --> 0:26:14.959
<v Speaker 7>you one quick story. The last time that Yukon right now,

0:26:14.960 --> 0:26:17.359
<v Speaker 7>they're on a fifty four game winning streak. The last

0:26:17.359 --> 0:26:20.520
<v Speaker 7>time Yukon was on a long winning streak, they were

0:26:20.520 --> 0:26:23.320
<v Speaker 7>on a one hundred and eleven game winning streak and

0:26:23.359 --> 0:26:25.760
<v Speaker 7>the team that beat them was coached by Vick Schaeffer

0:26:26.000 --> 0:26:29.040
<v Speaker 7>with a little tiny player that's five to four named

0:26:29.040 --> 0:26:32.000
<v Speaker 7>Morgan william I remember, and Morgan william rises up and

0:26:32.080 --> 0:26:34.639
<v Speaker 7>hits this shot to end at Yukon's one hundred and

0:26:34.680 --> 0:26:35.680
<v Speaker 7>eleven game winning streak.

0:26:35.760 --> 0:26:40.840
<v Speaker 2>What school was that, Mississippi State? Yeah, college era, Yeah,

0:26:40.880 --> 0:26:42.080
<v Speaker 2>that show.

0:26:42.119 --> 0:26:44.800
<v Speaker 7>And so she rises up hits this shot over a

0:26:45.240 --> 0:26:47.960
<v Speaker 7>Gabby Williams coming out to block it. And when I

0:26:48.000 --> 0:26:50.480
<v Speaker 7>went to do the postgame interview with Morgan, I said,

0:26:50.560 --> 0:26:52.440
<v Speaker 7>what did you see when you rose up to take

0:26:52.440 --> 0:26:52.919
<v Speaker 7>that shot?

0:26:53.000 --> 0:26:55.760
<v Speaker 2>And she said opportunity And.

0:26:56.160 --> 0:26:58.320
<v Speaker 7>Still to this day makes me want to cry and

0:26:58.359 --> 0:27:01.040
<v Speaker 7>give me chills because all we ever, I'm gonna cry

0:27:01.119 --> 0:27:04.520
<v Speaker 7>right now, all we have ever asked is opportunities for

0:27:04.600 --> 0:27:07.320
<v Speaker 7>these little girls, for women, and so now that women

0:27:07.359 --> 0:27:10.360
<v Speaker 7>are getting them, I just feel so so proud and grateful.

0:27:10.520 --> 0:27:14.080
<v Speaker 1>I got yeah, it's okay.

0:27:14.000 --> 0:27:15.320
<v Speaker 2>Right, yeah yeah.

0:27:15.440 --> 0:27:18.080
<v Speaker 4>I think what's also really admirable is you've been in

0:27:18.359 --> 0:27:21.040
<v Speaker 4>men's the highest level of men's sports spaces for a

0:27:21.080 --> 0:27:24.560
<v Speaker 4>long time, and you still made the active decision to

0:27:24.800 --> 0:27:26.960
<v Speaker 4>give back to women's sports when you very much could

0:27:27.000 --> 0:27:30.280
<v Speaker 4>have taken more money or more opportunities to continue doing

0:27:30.640 --> 0:27:32.440
<v Speaker 4>higher level men's sports. And I just think it's really

0:27:32.440 --> 0:27:35.800
<v Speaker 4>admirable that you never left like what you cared about

0:27:35.800 --> 0:27:38.439
<v Speaker 4>and giving back to women and highlighting women. And so

0:27:39.680 --> 0:27:42.320
<v Speaker 4>I think you deserve so much credit for like always

0:27:42.359 --> 0:27:45.240
<v Speaker 4>staying true and I think getting to see you do

0:27:45.320 --> 0:27:47.359
<v Speaker 4>that has been very cool. But I am curious how

0:27:47.720 --> 0:27:50.720
<v Speaker 4>continuing to cover women's sports and I guess watching it

0:27:50.760 --> 0:27:52.719
<v Speaker 4>evolve and having like some skin in the game this

0:27:52.760 --> 0:27:56.200
<v Speaker 4>whole time, how has that changed you personally or as

0:27:56.240 --> 0:27:57.280
<v Speaker 4>a journalist yourself.

0:27:57.359 --> 0:28:00.119
<v Speaker 2>Well, since I'm already crying out, yeah, that's sure. Oh

0:28:00.119 --> 0:28:02.199
<v Speaker 2>my god, I'm really proud of that.

0:28:02.640 --> 0:28:05.960
<v Speaker 7>I'm grateful that you even noticed that because in my era,

0:28:06.480 --> 0:28:08.879
<v Speaker 7>you know, there would be a lot of sports casters

0:28:08.880 --> 0:28:11.000
<v Speaker 7>and young reporters and they would start out on women's

0:28:11.040 --> 0:28:13.359
<v Speaker 7>sports and then when they hit the big time, they

0:28:13.400 --> 0:28:16.000
<v Speaker 7>would go on to the men's sports. And I am

0:28:16.280 --> 0:28:18.679
<v Speaker 7>very proud I have never done that because I believe

0:28:18.680 --> 0:28:21.240
<v Speaker 7>the big time is women's sports, and so I have

0:28:21.359 --> 0:28:23.960
<v Speaker 7>really sacrificed. You know, I will do a college football

0:28:24.000 --> 0:28:26.960
<v Speaker 7>game and I will be in an SEC city at midnight,

0:28:27.040 --> 0:28:29.200
<v Speaker 7>and then I will be at a tip off at

0:28:29.240 --> 0:28:32.720
<v Speaker 7>noon in Indianapolis for WNBA game and by and I

0:28:32.800 --> 0:28:35.800
<v Speaker 7>got there by driving through the night by myself, Like

0:28:35.880 --> 0:28:38.560
<v Speaker 7>I have gotten there by really truly being committed to

0:28:38.560 --> 0:28:39.320
<v Speaker 7>women's sports.

0:28:40.040 --> 0:28:40.959
<v Speaker 2>But it's more than that.

0:28:41.040 --> 0:28:43.600
<v Speaker 7>It's like I'm that little girl that wished I had

0:28:43.600 --> 0:28:45.920
<v Speaker 7>these opportunities, you know, like I played every sport growing

0:28:46.000 --> 0:28:49.840
<v Speaker 7>up in basketball in high school, but I didn't have

0:28:49.880 --> 0:28:52.240
<v Speaker 7>the opportunities in college that people have. And so really,

0:28:52.280 --> 0:28:54.600
<v Speaker 7>I am that little girl that I am covering these

0:28:54.640 --> 0:28:57.560
<v Speaker 7>sports for. So I keep doing it because that's who

0:28:57.600 --> 0:29:00.520
<v Speaker 7>I am, and I love it, but should be more

0:29:00.520 --> 0:29:01.600
<v Speaker 7>than I've ever changed it.

0:29:02.480 --> 0:29:04.600
<v Speaker 3>That is not true, Holly is true.

0:29:05.280 --> 0:29:06.840
<v Speaker 2>This is supposed to be a happy podcast.

0:29:11.560 --> 0:29:13.280
<v Speaker 4>All right, guys, real quick, we're gonna do the perfect

0:29:13.320 --> 0:29:15.520
<v Speaker 4>travel play. Okay, we're drawing it up late. Second time

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<v Speaker 4>out to have a board of the fifty US states here.

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<v Speaker 4>Actually no Hawaii and Alaska, so we got the continental

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<v Speaker 4>forty eight and we're gonna jar a perfect road trip. Okay,

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<v Speaker 4>four cities, mark them down. It could be about sports,

0:29:26.360 --> 0:29:28.800
<v Speaker 4>it could be sight seeing related, it could be about food.

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<v Speaker 1>You let me know. Safety seconds, let's get into it. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>you're excited. You want to go first.

0:29:34.400 --> 0:29:36.800
<v Speaker 2>I'm excited about mine because mine is super specific. Can

0:29:36.840 --> 0:29:38.640
<v Speaker 2>I go first? Yeah? Okay, I'm ready, all right, so

0:29:38.720 --> 0:29:39.200
<v Speaker 2>here I am.

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<v Speaker 7>I am starting here for the SEC Softball tournament in Lexington, Kentucky.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I'm driving up.

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<v Speaker 7>In the through the night doing the semifinals, driving up

0:29:49.000 --> 0:29:52.200
<v Speaker 7>through the night for the season opener WNBA game Dallas

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<v Speaker 7>at Indiana.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh Okay.

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<v Speaker 7>Then I am that's to Oklahoma City for the Women's

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<v Speaker 7>College world S. Then I'm going to Salt Lake City,

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<v Speaker 7>Utah for the very first ever AUSL Pro Softball debut

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<v Speaker 7>for the Utah Talents, before I take a vacation to

0:30:11.800 --> 0:30:12.960
<v Speaker 7>Italy and New York.

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<v Speaker 2>So that is a very important era.

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<v Speaker 7>And this is a true story and I didn't even

0:30:18.400 --> 0:30:20.040
<v Speaker 7>know I was doing this. I am staying in only

0:30:20.080 --> 0:30:22.920
<v Speaker 7>Marriott properties in Italy. I'm going to the Lake Como. Addition,

0:30:23.400 --> 0:30:25.560
<v Speaker 7>the Saint Regis in Florence and the Saint Regions.

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<v Speaker 2>Everyone can.

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<v Speaker 1>I gave a shout out to landlocked states. The coast.

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<v Speaker 4>Guys, coast are overrated. I know people only care about

0:30:32.360 --> 0:30:35.800
<v Speaker 4>the coast, but I still am from Missouri and everyone

0:30:35.840 --> 0:30:36.240
<v Speaker 4>knows it.

0:30:36.400 --> 0:30:38.480
<v Speaker 2>You know, coasts are not overrated.

0:30:38.520 --> 0:30:40.880
<v Speaker 4>I love California, but I'm just saying you a lot

0:30:40.920 --> 0:30:43.720
<v Speaker 4>of people would do Florida, California and that's a very

0:30:43.880 --> 0:30:45.160
<v Speaker 4>I'm all sports central.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, here we got sports. Here's mine, guys. Okay.

0:30:48.640 --> 0:30:50.960
<v Speaker 4>I started in Seattle because I was singing Pacific Coast

0:30:51.040 --> 0:30:53.440
<v Speaker 4>Highway because it's a great road trip. But then I

0:30:53.520 --> 0:30:56.280
<v Speaker 4>realized I'm not gonna get a lot of sports in

0:30:56.720 --> 0:31:00.000
<v Speaker 4>on the coast of Oregon in northern California. But Seattle's

0:31:00.040 --> 0:31:01.920
<v Speaker 4>good sports city. So we're gonna start there. We're gonna

0:31:02.000 --> 0:31:05.640
<v Speaker 4>drive through Lake Cordelane and end up in Bozeman, Montana

0:31:06.040 --> 0:31:08.160
<v Speaker 4>for a little Montana State podcast football game.

0:31:08.440 --> 0:31:10.720
<v Speaker 1>That's where you boy went to undergrad.

0:31:11.080 --> 0:31:13.240
<v Speaker 4>Then we're gonna drive straight down through the Rockies to

0:31:13.440 --> 0:31:15.680
<v Speaker 4>Holly's hometown, Salt Lake City.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's go also a reality TV capital of the world.

0:31:18.640 --> 0:31:19.760
<v Speaker 1>People don't know about it.

0:31:19.760 --> 0:31:20.360
<v Speaker 2>I have details.

0:31:20.640 --> 0:31:23.960
<v Speaker 7>My hairstylist does the hair for the Real Housewives.

0:31:25.440 --> 0:31:25.840
<v Speaker 1>Some thoughts.

0:31:25.840 --> 0:31:27.760
<v Speaker 2>Can we have another hour and we can retails? I

0:31:27.800 --> 0:31:28.360
<v Speaker 2>have details.

0:31:28.360 --> 0:31:30.800
<v Speaker 1>We can watch NHL hockey and yes.

0:31:31.840 --> 0:31:34.560
<v Speaker 2>Yes ausl Utah Talents and check.

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<v Speaker 4>In with Holly if she's got any time off. And

0:31:35.880 --> 0:31:38.200
<v Speaker 4>then we're gonna go one of the worst drives imaginable.

0:31:38.560 --> 0:31:42.360
<v Speaker 4>I seventy straight through Colorado and Kansas to Kansas City.

0:31:42.360 --> 0:31:45.920
<v Speaker 4>We're gonna get some barbecue and watch the Chiefs revamp,

0:31:46.120 --> 0:31:48.000
<v Speaker 4>revamp their dynasty.

0:31:48.040 --> 0:31:51.520
<v Speaker 3>Well, your guys is this is very Sophie driven. Okay,

0:31:51.880 --> 0:31:53.360
<v Speaker 3>so they didn't put on here. I don't know if

0:31:53.360 --> 0:31:55.720
<v Speaker 3>you guys can see fans, but I'm starting in Hawaii.

0:31:56.240 --> 0:31:58.760
<v Speaker 2>Oh you should have thought there. We should have thought

0:31:58.800 --> 0:32:01.240
<v Speaker 2>it out. Yeah, So I'm gonna go their little island life.

0:32:01.280 --> 0:32:02.480
<v Speaker 2>That's right up my alley.

0:32:02.840 --> 0:32:05.360
<v Speaker 3>I'm going to go straight up to Columbia, Missouri to

0:32:05.360 --> 0:32:07.840
<v Speaker 3>get some booches and some barbecue. That's where I'm from,

0:32:07.920 --> 0:32:11.320
<v Speaker 3>where my family's at. I'm going to Nashville to you know,

0:32:11.480 --> 0:32:13.760
<v Speaker 3>listen to some country music, maybe mee a cowboy or two,

0:32:14.280 --> 0:32:16.440
<v Speaker 3>and then I am going straight down to Florida to

0:32:16.440 --> 0:32:16.840
<v Speaker 3>get a tan.

0:32:17.120 --> 0:32:20.600
<v Speaker 1>Okay, any sports are you avoiding sports?

0:32:21.080 --> 0:32:21.520
<v Speaker 2>Time off?

0:32:21.680 --> 0:32:21.960
<v Speaker 1>Okay?

0:32:22.040 --> 0:32:23.880
<v Speaker 7>That tells you how our brains are different. Like from

0:32:23.920 --> 0:32:26.200
<v Speaker 7>my time off, I'm like, I'm going to all the sports.

0:32:26.240 --> 0:32:28.840
<v Speaker 2>You know, I'm hitting family and beaches.

0:32:28.920 --> 0:32:31.640
<v Speaker 1>I've been Nashville drive a lot of times. It's not bad.

0:32:32.080 --> 0:32:35.440
<v Speaker 7>Speaking of which, I was doing a speaking engagement years

0:32:35.440 --> 0:32:38.280
<v Speaker 7>ago and I was in Columbia and these two women

0:32:38.320 --> 0:32:40.440
<v Speaker 7>came up to me and really bent my ear for

0:32:40.480 --> 0:32:41.240
<v Speaker 7>like thirty minutes.

0:32:41.280 --> 0:32:45.280
<v Speaker 2>And it was your mom and maybe your grandma. Oh,

0:32:45.360 --> 0:32:47.960
<v Speaker 2>I don't know them. They were sending me pictures of

0:32:47.960 --> 0:32:50.280
<v Speaker 2>when they used to play. They were so cute and

0:32:50.400 --> 0:32:51.960
<v Speaker 2>know I was upsts and I love them very much.

0:32:52.960 --> 0:32:56.000
<v Speaker 4>The University of Missouri women's basketball team at one point

0:32:56.080 --> 0:32:57.880
<v Speaker 4>had four starters from our high school.

0:32:57.960 --> 0:33:01.160
<v Speaker 2>Oh my gosh, that's amazing. Freshman year, it was fun.

0:33:02.240 --> 0:33:03.640
<v Speaker 2>We got in Nashville. I thought we were going to

0:33:03.680 --> 0:33:05.240
<v Speaker 2>get a team. I was so hopeful we were getting

0:33:05.240 --> 0:33:06.080
<v Speaker 2>a team in Nashville.

0:33:06.400 --> 0:33:08.920
<v Speaker 7>I feel like it could still happen because Kennith Parker

0:33:09.000 --> 0:33:12.400
<v Speaker 7>had a group put together there, and I was literally like,

0:33:12.440 --> 0:33:14.360
<v Speaker 7>if she gets a group, then I'm going to retire

0:33:14.480 --> 0:33:16.080
<v Speaker 7>and work on that team.

0:33:16.400 --> 0:33:19.000
<v Speaker 2>But I think that, you know, we'll have more expansion.

0:33:19.040 --> 0:33:21.240
<v Speaker 7>I think Kathy has said that they want more expansion

0:33:21.320 --> 0:33:24.240
<v Speaker 7>by twenty twenty eight, so I think we'd see more there.

0:33:24.360 --> 0:33:27.000
<v Speaker 1>Come on, before we go. You had one more story.

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<v Speaker 6>For us on a landge.

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<v Speaker 7>Okay, so we were talking about travel and hotels and everything.

0:33:30.920 --> 0:33:33.800
<v Speaker 7>So my son and I love to travel together, and

0:33:33.840 --> 0:33:36.040
<v Speaker 7>we went to the Olympics. You know, he's thirty. Now

0:33:36.120 --> 0:33:38.000
<v Speaker 7>I talk about him like he's twelve, but he's thirty.

0:33:38.680 --> 0:33:41.520
<v Speaker 7>We talk about the Olympics. So I am a huge

0:33:41.520 --> 0:33:43.320
<v Speaker 7>fan of the Olympics. So we went to the Paris

0:33:43.360 --> 0:33:45.440
<v Speaker 7>Olympics just as fans, and we had the time of

0:33:45.440 --> 0:33:47.800
<v Speaker 7>our lives. And we got to go to Team USA

0:33:47.920 --> 0:33:51.680
<v Speaker 7>women's gold medal basketball game and be there when Stewie

0:33:51.800 --> 0:33:54.479
<v Speaker 7>and Asia and Chelsea Gray and be there with all

0:33:54.520 --> 0:33:55.320
<v Speaker 7>them at the celebration.

0:33:55.440 --> 0:33:56.840
<v Speaker 2>You just got to enjoy it. We just got to

0:33:56.920 --> 0:33:57.160
<v Speaker 2>enjoy it.

0:33:57.240 --> 0:33:59.360
<v Speaker 7>We were just fans, Like I was painting my face red,

0:33:59.360 --> 0:34:01.560
<v Speaker 7>white and blue, just being a fan, not a reporter.

0:34:02.160 --> 0:34:05.800
<v Speaker 2>So I really do like travel for love.

0:34:05.680 --> 0:34:08.279
<v Speaker 7>Of sports, and I've been all over the world and

0:34:08.400 --> 0:34:10.959
<v Speaker 7>really using sports as kind of my lifeline for life.

0:34:11.000 --> 0:34:13.120
<v Speaker 2>Wait, what makes a good hotel room to you? Okay,

0:34:13.160 --> 0:34:13.640
<v Speaker 2>so to me?

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<v Speaker 7>So right now, I'm super in love with the Additions

0:34:17.200 --> 0:34:19.920
<v Speaker 7>on the Marriott brand because you walk into the lobby

0:34:19.960 --> 0:34:22.080
<v Speaker 7>and there's a feeling. So one of my favorite hotels

0:34:22.120 --> 0:34:24.960
<v Speaker 7>is the Addition Miami. It's Miami Beach and you walk

0:34:25.000 --> 0:34:27.840
<v Speaker 7>in and it's like cream and wood and plants, and

0:34:27.880 --> 0:34:31.640
<v Speaker 7>it's very natural and elegant. So I'm really picky about

0:34:31.640 --> 0:34:33.919
<v Speaker 7>hotels because I stay in hotels more than I stay

0:34:33.920 --> 0:34:35.319
<v Speaker 7>at my own home, So.

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<v Speaker 2>I am very picky.

0:34:36.440 --> 0:34:38.480
<v Speaker 7>But I would say the Marriott Editions are my favorite

0:34:38.480 --> 0:34:40.719
<v Speaker 7>brand right now because there is a feeling when you

0:34:40.760 --> 0:34:43.120
<v Speaker 7>walk in the door. So I'm really excited to go

0:34:43.160 --> 0:34:44.640
<v Speaker 7>to the one in Lake Como. I think it's going

0:34:44.719 --> 0:34:45.400
<v Speaker 7>to be gorgeous.

0:34:45.440 --> 0:34:47.000
<v Speaker 1>So lake Como, Italy awesome.

0:34:47.120 --> 0:34:50.120
<v Speaker 7>Then I also just stayed at the Saint Regis in Chicago.

0:34:50.480 --> 0:34:53.319
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I'm a stunny Have you ever stayed there? Oh

0:34:53.360 --> 0:34:53.680
<v Speaker 2>my god.

0:34:53.760 --> 0:34:57.280
<v Speaker 4>It's nice that despite how much you do travel for work,

0:34:57.800 --> 0:34:59.759
<v Speaker 4>that you can still find time to, like because when

0:34:59.800 --> 0:35:03.520
<v Speaker 4>you're airport not by choice always, it's it's a daunting

0:35:03.680 --> 0:35:06.160
<v Speaker 4>idea to want to book your own plane tickets.

0:35:06.480 --> 0:35:07.480
<v Speaker 1>But it's good that you're.

0:35:07.360 --> 0:35:09.879
<v Speaker 4>Still finding time to like visit places that you want

0:35:09.920 --> 0:35:10.160
<v Speaker 4>to see.

0:35:10.200 --> 0:35:12.399
<v Speaker 7>Yeah. The second I don't have a game, I book

0:35:12.400 --> 0:35:14.719
<v Speaker 7>a flight. So I'm like, I'm like, oh god, I

0:35:14.719 --> 0:35:15.759
<v Speaker 7>can finally do something I want.

0:35:15.880 --> 0:35:17.120
<v Speaker 2>Let me book a flight to this game.

0:35:17.440 --> 0:35:18.320
<v Speaker 1>You're not a homebody.

0:35:18.520 --> 0:35:22.680
<v Speaker 2>No, is your son in sports? He's not. He's an actor. Really, Yeah,

0:35:22.680 --> 0:35:23.240
<v Speaker 2>he's an actor.

0:35:23.280 --> 0:35:26.600
<v Speaker 7>He was actually in the Kurt Warner movie American Underdog.

0:35:26.640 --> 0:35:29.279
<v Speaker 2>Did you ever watch that movie? Son is in that movie?

0:35:29.800 --> 0:35:31.239
<v Speaker 1>Okay? Yes, Where does he live?

0:35:31.640 --> 0:35:32.040
<v Speaker 2>New York?

0:35:32.120 --> 0:35:33.479
<v Speaker 1>He lives in New York, New York City? Okay.

0:35:33.560 --> 0:35:33.840
<v Speaker 6>Nice.

0:35:34.000 --> 0:35:36.000
<v Speaker 1>Have you lived in any other state that isn't Utah?

0:35:36.239 --> 0:35:38.640
<v Speaker 7>Have you? I lived in LA when I was doing

0:35:38.760 --> 0:35:40.880
<v Speaker 7>my cancer treatment. I was getting treated at the UCLA

0:35:40.960 --> 0:35:43.000
<v Speaker 7>Medical Center. So I lived in LA for four years,

0:35:43.320 --> 0:35:44.879
<v Speaker 7>and then I lived in New York for four years.

0:35:45.520 --> 0:35:48.000
<v Speaker 1>So you're the best guys.

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<v Speaker 4>We for the first time on this podcast laughed and cried,

0:35:52.080 --> 0:35:55.680
<v Speaker 4>Oh my gosh, and so that that feels good.

0:35:55.840 --> 0:35:57.000
<v Speaker 1>No, that's so awesome.

0:35:57.840 --> 0:36:01.120
<v Speaker 4>And it's nice to ask someone questions and let someone

0:36:01.160 --> 0:36:04.320
<v Speaker 4>share their story who is often sharing other people's stories,

0:36:04.840 --> 0:36:06.280
<v Speaker 4>and so like, that's so cool.

0:36:06.320 --> 0:36:08.719
<v Speaker 1>And we thank you very much. And you're going right

0:36:08.719 --> 0:36:09.520
<v Speaker 1>back to work after this.

0:36:09.640 --> 0:36:12.440
<v Speaker 7>I'm going to work right this minute. I'm formulating my

0:36:12.520 --> 0:36:15.360
<v Speaker 7>questions right now. The arrival interviews for coach Don Staley

0:36:15.400 --> 0:36:16.320
<v Speaker 7>and Gina Oriama.

0:36:16.880 --> 0:36:18.160
<v Speaker 2>So I'm excited.

0:36:18.160 --> 0:36:19.920
<v Speaker 7>I think we're going to get two really good games.

0:36:20.160 --> 0:36:22.359
<v Speaker 7>I will be really surprised if these aren't two very

0:36:22.360 --> 0:36:23.120
<v Speaker 7>competitive games.

0:36:23.160 --> 0:36:24.200
<v Speaker 2>I think we have the four.

0:36:24.000 --> 0:36:27.239
<v Speaker 7>Best teams in the country. So I'm really excited, and

0:36:27.400 --> 0:36:29.000
<v Speaker 7>I just want to compliment you guys, because I really

0:36:29.080 --> 0:36:30.799
<v Speaker 7>enjoy your show. I watch your show and I think

0:36:30.840 --> 0:36:32.759
<v Speaker 7>it's so fun. But in my head I've been like,

0:36:32.800 --> 0:36:34.560
<v Speaker 7>who the hell is this guy and why is he

0:36:34.640 --> 0:36:35.520
<v Speaker 7>on with Sophie.

0:36:35.360 --> 0:36:38.080
<v Speaker 2>High school friends. Yeah, but you do a good job,

0:36:38.160 --> 0:36:41.600
<v Speaker 2>and do you like you really know work for Complex.

0:36:43.160 --> 0:36:45.680
<v Speaker 4>And so I've been doing interviews and producing and stuff

0:36:45.680 --> 0:36:46.200
<v Speaker 4>for a long time.

0:36:46.840 --> 0:36:48.879
<v Speaker 2>He's very good at Your show is so fun, it's

0:36:48.960 --> 0:36:51.040
<v Speaker 2>so cute. But this is my first time I've gotten

0:36:51.040 --> 0:36:53.160
<v Speaker 2>to interact with you. So I will say I'm proud

0:36:53.200 --> 0:36:54.279
<v Speaker 2>of you. You're doing a great job.

0:36:54.400 --> 0:36:56.760
<v Speaker 4>I appreciate that. And you're part of my childhood core memories,

0:36:56.760 --> 0:36:57.840
<v Speaker 4>all the MISERI games.

0:36:57.600 --> 0:36:59.920
<v Speaker 2>So that's like all of our love that that I'm

0:37:00.120 --> 0:37:00.879
<v Speaker 2>your childhood course.

0:37:01.440 --> 0:37:02.279
<v Speaker 1>Thank you for coming, guys.

0:37:08.320 --> 0:37:11.040
<v Speaker 4>Alison Feuster has played and traveled over the world and

0:37:11.120 --> 0:37:13.920
<v Speaker 4>is a lifelong athlete. She's an executive for the Boston

0:37:13.960 --> 0:37:17.520
<v Speaker 4>Celtics and the mother of an NCAA star athlete, and

0:37:17.560 --> 0:37:20.080
<v Speaker 4>an advocate for the power of sports. She was a

0:37:20.080 --> 0:37:22.279
<v Speaker 4>part of the first sixteen seed to beat a one seed.

0:37:22.280 --> 0:37:23.640
<v Speaker 4>I knew you beat a one seedos.

0:37:23.640 --> 0:37:25.239
<v Speaker 6>I'm sure if it was the first one actually only

0:37:25.280 --> 0:37:26.200
<v Speaker 6>on the women's side.

0:37:26.400 --> 0:37:29.680
<v Speaker 4>Incredible, only incredible when Harvard beat Stanford, what was it,

0:37:29.800 --> 0:37:33.080
<v Speaker 4>nineteen ninety nine, ninety eight. She went on to play

0:37:33.080 --> 0:37:35.319
<v Speaker 4>in the WNBA for the Sparks, the Charlotte Sting, and

0:37:35.360 --> 0:37:36.160
<v Speaker 4>the Indiana Fever.

0:37:36.239 --> 0:37:36.799
<v Speaker 2>Come right now.

0:37:37.000 --> 0:37:39.000
<v Speaker 3>Now she's here with us in Phoenix for the twenty

0:37:39.040 --> 0:37:42.719
<v Speaker 3>twenty six NCAAA Women's Championship where her daughter, which is

0:37:42.840 --> 0:37:46.200
<v Speaker 3>absolutely amazing, full circle moment, Sarah Strong, who was just

0:37:46.280 --> 0:37:49.200
<v Speaker 3>named the AP Player of the Year as a sophomore

0:37:49.680 --> 0:37:50.280
<v Speaker 3>at Ukon.

0:37:51.000 --> 0:37:53.720
<v Speaker 2>That is crazy, absolutely insane.

0:37:53.760 --> 0:37:55.000
<v Speaker 4>But I do have to say one thing. I keep

0:37:55.000 --> 0:37:57.480
<v Speaker 4>having nuggets before we hop into everything. I covered the

0:37:57.520 --> 0:38:01.200
<v Speaker 4>McDonald's All American Game in Houston would have been two

0:38:01.280 --> 0:38:05.240
<v Speaker 4>years ago. Yeah, Sarah, So we did like fun social

0:38:05.280 --> 0:38:06.960
<v Speaker 4>content and stuff with her. So I actually get to

0:38:07.080 --> 0:38:09.000
<v Speaker 4>hang out and meet Sarah two years ago. Did you

0:38:09.120 --> 0:38:11.480
<v Speaker 4>in the moment when you guys were the first sixteen

0:38:11.520 --> 0:38:13.680
<v Speaker 4>to win, did it just feel like I mean, obviously

0:38:13.840 --> 0:38:15.720
<v Speaker 4>it's a tournament win, it's a bigger win than normal,

0:38:16.000 --> 0:38:17.640
<v Speaker 4>But did you know in the moment, like what you

0:38:17.760 --> 0:38:19.560
<v Speaker 4>had done or was it like, oh, big win, let's move,

0:38:19.640 --> 0:38:20.359
<v Speaker 4>let's keep it moving.

0:38:20.560 --> 0:38:22.120
<v Speaker 6>I think we were cognizant.

0:38:22.160 --> 0:38:26.080
<v Speaker 8>I think the grainy, you know, barely color video that

0:38:26.120 --> 0:38:28.400
<v Speaker 8>they show every year during the tournament. You know, you

0:38:28.400 --> 0:38:31.560
<v Speaker 8>can see my teammates just losing it. We knew it

0:38:31.960 --> 0:38:36.320
<v Speaker 8>that it would reverberate almost thirty years later. No, because

0:38:36.440 --> 0:38:39.040
<v Speaker 8>it's just not hasn't been known the women's side, and

0:38:39.040 --> 0:38:41.799
<v Speaker 8>it's just done twice in the man why humans, So

0:38:41.880 --> 0:38:42.920
<v Speaker 8>it's not there the.

0:38:42.880 --> 0:38:45.560
<v Speaker 3>Women's side, there's not even there's such a huge difference

0:38:45.600 --> 0:38:47.759
<v Speaker 3>between a one seed and a two seed, like.

0:38:48.000 --> 0:38:50.160
<v Speaker 2>I mean, that's his historic history.

0:38:50.400 --> 0:38:53.760
<v Speaker 3>You don't see a lot of upsets or cinerell of stories.

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<v Speaker 6>Not on the side.

0:38:55.000 --> 0:38:58.000
<v Speaker 8>You still selection Sunday, we were given a sixteen seed.

0:38:58.080 --> 0:38:59.919
<v Speaker 6>We had we thought we were much better.

0:39:00.040 --> 0:39:01.680
<v Speaker 8>We found out we were going to go play at Stanford,

0:39:01.680 --> 0:39:03.520
<v Speaker 8>which is number one seed, so we were going in

0:39:03.520 --> 0:39:05.200
<v Speaker 8>with a chip on our shoulder. They had a fifty

0:39:05.320 --> 0:39:09.480
<v Speaker 8>something game win streak, and we prepared these play cards.

0:39:09.520 --> 0:39:11.720
<v Speaker 8>So because it was so loud, and I think because

0:39:11.719 --> 0:39:15.080
<v Speaker 8>of the earthquake, there's some type of system where the

0:39:15.320 --> 0:39:18.840
<v Speaker 8>it's just some type of shock system, so it's really loud.

0:39:18.840 --> 0:39:21.080
<v Speaker 6>You can feel the court shake.

0:39:21.400 --> 0:39:23.600
<v Speaker 8>I was a nation's leading scorer at the time, so

0:39:23.640 --> 0:39:26.520
<v Speaker 8>there wasn't a ton of respect for Harvard player lead

0:39:26.560 --> 0:39:28.799
<v Speaker 8>the nation and scoring. And I will say this in

0:39:28.840 --> 0:39:31.520
<v Speaker 8>all fairness, Stanford did have two they were missing two starters.

0:39:32.400 --> 0:39:35.200
<v Speaker 8>It only doesn't matter because you got to play the

0:39:35.239 --> 0:39:39.839
<v Speaker 8>game one percent. We just chopped away at it and won.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm probably I'm hitting YouTube when I get to the host.

0:39:42.600 --> 0:39:44.080
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I want to know.

0:39:44.280 --> 0:39:45.719
<v Speaker 3>Was it you and then just like a bunch of

0:39:45.760 --> 0:39:47.200
<v Speaker 3>other people or did you have some studs on your

0:39:47.239 --> 0:39:47.800
<v Speaker 3>team too.

0:39:47.640 --> 0:39:50.080
<v Speaker 6>That were like, could you know our college coach?

0:39:50.160 --> 0:39:51.920
<v Speaker 2>And I'm not even trying to be disrespectful, I just

0:39:51.960 --> 0:39:52.319
<v Speaker 2>want to.

0:39:52.520 --> 0:39:55.200
<v Speaker 8>A college coach set the stage at the beginning of

0:39:55.239 --> 0:39:57.560
<v Speaker 8>the year, act as if your role on the team

0:39:57.680 --> 0:40:00.600
<v Speaker 8>is the most important role, and each and every person

0:40:00.719 --> 0:40:02.600
<v Speaker 8>knew what she was supposed to do on the court.

0:40:03.280 --> 0:40:05.920
<v Speaker 8>I just happened to, you know, want to be the

0:40:05.920 --> 0:40:07.800
<v Speaker 8>best player on the team and score the most points.

0:40:07.800 --> 0:40:09.960
<v Speaker 8>But my teammates, they knew what they were supposed to

0:40:10.040 --> 0:40:12.719
<v Speaker 8>do and they did. One of my teammates hit a

0:40:12.800 --> 0:40:15.880
<v Speaker 8>three pointer to seal the wins. So people were confident,

0:40:16.320 --> 0:40:17.520
<v Speaker 8>you know what they had to do.

0:40:17.680 --> 0:40:20.200
<v Speaker 2>You're saying that, and like, that's what we're trying to

0:40:20.200 --> 0:40:20.759
<v Speaker 2>get in the.

0:40:20.840 --> 0:40:24.200
<v Speaker 3>War that the championship team say the same exact thing,

0:40:24.280 --> 0:40:26.560
<v Speaker 3>and it's absolutely know your role, own your role, and

0:40:26.600 --> 0:40:29.319
<v Speaker 3>that even if it's getting two boards a game, own that,

0:40:29.560 --> 0:40:31.040
<v Speaker 3>you know what I mean, the team needs that and

0:40:31.080 --> 0:40:32.880
<v Speaker 3>so I absolutely love that it is.

0:40:33.000 --> 0:40:35.840
<v Speaker 4>I wonder what the difference, like the feeling between that

0:40:36.000 --> 0:40:38.279
<v Speaker 4>win versus if Sarah win didn't chap.

0:40:38.520 --> 0:40:39.840
<v Speaker 1>I mean, they're both like very euphouric.

0:40:40.080 --> 0:40:41.200
<v Speaker 6>Give me Sarah's wink.

0:40:41.640 --> 0:40:43.480
<v Speaker 8>Yeah, you know, so we want the Celtics one in

0:40:43.520 --> 0:40:44.279
<v Speaker 8>twenty twenty four.

0:40:44.760 --> 0:40:47.840
<v Speaker 6>I was elated, you know, all all the things.

0:40:47.840 --> 0:40:51.080
<v Speaker 8>And then when they won last year and Tampa, yeah, yeah,

0:40:51.120 --> 0:40:52.040
<v Speaker 8>there's nothing like that.

0:40:52.040 --> 0:40:54.000
<v Speaker 6>That's yeah, yeah, it was so great.

0:40:54.200 --> 0:40:56.400
<v Speaker 2>First of all, you're All Star one year for the

0:40:56.480 --> 0:40:58.040
<v Speaker 2>w R. Yeah yeah, heck yeah you are.

0:40:58.239 --> 0:41:03.040
<v Speaker 3>So you played at the highest level college pros and

0:41:03.080 --> 0:41:04.960
<v Speaker 3>now I was just asking you, I feel like, probably

0:41:05.000 --> 0:41:07.399
<v Speaker 3>the most anxious you're ever going to be is being

0:41:07.400 --> 0:41:10.239
<v Speaker 3>a mom on the sideline watching your baby girl do

0:41:10.320 --> 0:41:12.839
<v Speaker 3>her thing on the biggest level of college hoops. Like,

0:41:13.160 --> 0:41:15.600
<v Speaker 3>what are you truly feeling like being on this side

0:41:15.640 --> 0:41:16.360
<v Speaker 3>of it, what did.

0:41:16.239 --> 0:41:17.839
<v Speaker 1>You not know then?

0:41:18.160 --> 0:41:22.160
<v Speaker 8>Beyond nerves like it's zero control on the game, on

0:41:22.200 --> 0:41:25.719
<v Speaker 8>the outcome, whatsoever. I think we parents like to think

0:41:25.760 --> 0:41:28.520
<v Speaker 8>that we have some magic word that we can say

0:41:28.560 --> 0:41:29.880
<v Speaker 8>to activate.

0:41:29.400 --> 0:41:32.960
<v Speaker 6>Something and our children but no powerless yea.

0:41:34.120 --> 0:41:38.120
<v Speaker 8>And also positively optimistic that they're going to put their

0:41:38.120 --> 0:41:40.200
<v Speaker 8>best foot forward. The best team is going to win today,

0:41:40.680 --> 0:41:42.759
<v Speaker 8>and so that's really all you can hope for. That's

0:41:42.800 --> 0:41:45.319
<v Speaker 8>easier said than done. I'm already sweating bullets thinking about it.

0:41:45.480 --> 0:41:50.439
<v Speaker 8>Just trusting every step of the process we get caught

0:41:50.480 --> 0:41:52.920
<v Speaker 8>up and hoping that we make the right decisions along

0:41:52.920 --> 0:41:54.759
<v Speaker 8>the way. And you know, I know Geno and the

0:41:54.800 --> 0:41:55.400
<v Speaker 8>staff habit.

0:41:55.600 --> 0:41:58.759
<v Speaker 4>So as someone who's been involved with sports almost your

0:41:58.760 --> 0:42:01.080
<v Speaker 4>whole life, do you do you find it hard to

0:42:01.560 --> 0:42:03.399
<v Speaker 4>let go a little bit in moments like this because

0:42:03.440 --> 0:42:04.839
<v Speaker 4>obviously you do know what you're talking about.

0:42:04.840 --> 0:42:06.520
<v Speaker 1>You've been in these moments absolutely.

0:42:06.840 --> 0:42:07.160
<v Speaker 6>Is it?

0:42:07.200 --> 0:42:09.480
<v Speaker 4>Is it hard to tell yourself like, let Gino in

0:42:09.520 --> 0:42:12.160
<v Speaker 4>the staff handle it, or do you it's easy to

0:42:12.160 --> 0:42:13.880
<v Speaker 4>just hey.

0:42:13.800 --> 0:42:15.960
<v Speaker 2>You know, I know Stone who.

0:42:15.760 --> 0:42:16.480
<v Speaker 1>Knows what's going on.

0:42:16.600 --> 0:42:18.640
<v Speaker 8>And as a mom, like I think we've gotten to

0:42:18.680 --> 0:42:22.640
<v Speaker 8>a point this season especially and looking back at last season,

0:42:22.760 --> 0:42:24.080
<v Speaker 8>like she her phone.

0:42:23.840 --> 0:42:25.800
<v Speaker 6>Was off before the before the Final four.

0:42:25.640 --> 0:42:28.200
<v Speaker 8>And we couldn't get to her anyway, and that and

0:42:28.280 --> 0:42:30.520
<v Speaker 8>when we when she came out and to see her

0:42:30.600 --> 0:42:34.640
<v Speaker 8>with that level of focus and just preparedness, like, yeah,

0:42:34.719 --> 0:42:35.520
<v Speaker 8>they know what they're doing.

0:42:35.560 --> 0:42:39.040
<v Speaker 6>So I'm definitely not one to push up on Geno

0:42:39.160 --> 0:42:39.480
<v Speaker 6>like that.

0:42:39.520 --> 0:42:41.759
<v Speaker 3>You've been around the game forever, still are with the

0:42:41.760 --> 0:42:44.960
<v Speaker 3>Boston Celtics, which is huge not only for just being

0:42:44.960 --> 0:42:47.439
<v Speaker 3>in the NBA, but as a woman trailblazing for people

0:42:47.440 --> 0:42:49.200
<v Speaker 3>who might want to do that when they're done. What

0:42:49.239 --> 0:42:53.080
<v Speaker 3>do you kind of see in this generation of players

0:42:53.120 --> 0:42:56.440
<v Speaker 3>that maybe you didn't see when you were playing, And like,

0:42:56.520 --> 0:42:59.759
<v Speaker 3>what excites you about even the next generation after Sarah's.

0:42:59.440 --> 0:43:03.320
<v Speaker 8>Done with I'm excited about this next generation and I

0:43:03.360 --> 0:43:06.000
<v Speaker 8>can tell you even the generation that's that's killing it now,

0:43:06.080 --> 0:43:08.480
<v Speaker 8>you guys, and I include you in there because you're

0:43:08.600 --> 0:43:11.239
<v Speaker 8>you know, you're an active player multi hyphenates, if I

0:43:11.239 --> 0:43:14.279
<v Speaker 8>can use that phrase. You guys are so good at

0:43:14.320 --> 0:43:18.719
<v Speaker 8>so many things, mastering the on court stuff, you are

0:43:19.200 --> 0:43:22.759
<v Speaker 8>getting exposure to all types of things off the court,

0:43:22.840 --> 0:43:25.600
<v Speaker 8>just building out that professional profile, so to speak, and

0:43:25.640 --> 0:43:27.760
<v Speaker 8>you can do many things, and I think the younger

0:43:27.800 --> 0:43:30.880
<v Speaker 8>generation is learning that in real time from you guys,

0:43:30.920 --> 0:43:32.320
<v Speaker 8>and yeah, you're just ready.

0:43:32.320 --> 0:43:34.200
<v Speaker 3>Well, I think it shows it's always been there. I

0:43:34.239 --> 0:43:37.920
<v Speaker 3>think maybe it's just the platform, the opportunity, right. Social

0:43:37.920 --> 0:43:39.719
<v Speaker 3>media is a good thing, could be a bad thing,

0:43:39.800 --> 0:43:41.719
<v Speaker 3>but I think that's helped bring a lot of opportunity

0:43:41.719 --> 0:43:44.080
<v Speaker 3>and eyes to our sport. But I think you were

0:43:44.120 --> 0:43:46.799
<v Speaker 3>walking proof that the resume of us being more than

0:43:46.840 --> 0:43:48.040
<v Speaker 3>just an athlete have always been there.

0:43:48.080 --> 0:43:50.400
<v Speaker 8>Yeah, it's a different type of hustle, Like we definitely

0:43:50.440 --> 0:43:52.520
<v Speaker 8>had to hustle back in the day to get what

0:43:52.560 --> 0:43:54.760
<v Speaker 8>you guys are now getting very well deserved.

0:43:54.920 --> 0:43:58.000
<v Speaker 4>Obviously we've talked we've talked a lot of women's basketball

0:43:58.080 --> 0:44:02.160
<v Speaker 4>and women like players and people involved in the WNBA.

0:44:02.200 --> 0:44:05.360
<v Speaker 4>But as someone who's in the NBA, what do you

0:44:05.480 --> 0:44:08.520
<v Speaker 4>feel like your trailblazing is someone who you aren't in

0:44:08.560 --> 0:44:09.160
<v Speaker 4>a women's field.

0:44:09.160 --> 0:44:10.320
<v Speaker 1>You're in a men's field.

0:44:10.880 --> 0:44:13.160
<v Speaker 4>But being a woman in such like a high level,

0:44:13.600 --> 0:44:16.759
<v Speaker 4>male centered like office, what are you most proud of

0:44:16.800 --> 0:44:18.120
<v Speaker 4>as far as being a woman in that space?

0:44:18.160 --> 0:44:19.400
<v Speaker 8>And this is not this I say this with the

0:44:19.480 --> 0:44:22.520
<v Speaker 8>utmost humility, Like if you're in a role like I am,

0:44:22.680 --> 0:44:26.840
<v Speaker 8>if you're in a space that's male dominated and do

0:44:26.840 --> 0:44:29.800
<v Speaker 8>you have some influence, you have to leverage that influence

0:44:29.840 --> 0:44:34.600
<v Speaker 8>to open doors and provide exposure to the underrepresented. And

0:44:34.640 --> 0:44:38.240
<v Speaker 8>I'm really proud that I embraced that role. I want

0:44:38.600 --> 0:44:41.440
<v Speaker 8>young women, young girls to know that there is a

0:44:41.520 --> 0:44:45.760
<v Speaker 8>place in men's sports for them. Yeah, because there's certainly

0:44:45.800 --> 0:44:48.480
<v Speaker 8>a lot of men and women's professional sports, so we

0:44:48.520 --> 0:44:52.280
<v Speaker 8>want to make sure that there is just that exposure.

0:44:52.520 --> 0:44:55.359
<v Speaker 3>Everyone is focused on Sarah, right, But I think once

0:44:55.400 --> 0:44:57.520
<v Speaker 3>you're in it, you realize that it takes a village

0:44:57.560 --> 0:44:59.920
<v Speaker 3>in a community, in a small circle, some big st

0:45:00.040 --> 0:45:02.920
<v Speaker 3>but mainly a small circle of really getting her to

0:45:02.960 --> 0:45:04.239
<v Speaker 3>where she's at.

0:45:04.680 --> 0:45:06.680
<v Speaker 2>And I think I'm just wanting.

0:45:06.360 --> 0:45:08.480
<v Speaker 3>This isn't a question, this is just me showing appreciation

0:45:08.560 --> 0:45:11.120
<v Speaker 3>that as an athlete, I just want to say thank

0:45:11.160 --> 0:45:14.480
<v Speaker 3>you for pouring into women's sports, thank you for pouring

0:45:14.520 --> 0:45:16.160
<v Speaker 3>into Sarah to show her what.

0:45:16.080 --> 0:45:16.840
<v Speaker 2>It can really be like.

0:45:16.880 --> 0:45:18.840
<v Speaker 3>Because I do think that you know, the kids and

0:45:18.840 --> 0:45:20.280
<v Speaker 3>the athlete, they get all the credit.

0:45:20.120 --> 0:45:22.719
<v Speaker 2>But the parents do so so much. And it's expensive.

0:45:23.160 --> 0:45:26.520
<v Speaker 3>It's expensive to go and travel on the au circuits.

0:45:26.600 --> 0:45:29.399
<v Speaker 3>It's expensive to travel to every game to be here

0:45:29.400 --> 0:45:31.560
<v Speaker 3>in support. Because you say, you know, oh, her phone's off.

0:45:31.560 --> 0:45:33.359
<v Speaker 3>She doesn't need to know. You bring her a certain

0:45:33.360 --> 0:45:35.000
<v Speaker 3>comfort when she looks up in the stands and she

0:45:35.080 --> 0:45:36.239
<v Speaker 3>makes eye contact with you.

0:45:36.480 --> 0:45:37.360
<v Speaker 2>I just want to say.

0:45:37.239 --> 0:45:41.120
<v Speaker 3>Thank you from a child perspective, from an athlete perspective

0:45:41.200 --> 0:45:43.840
<v Speaker 3>of supportive, awesome parents that pour into your children.

0:45:43.960 --> 0:45:46.040
<v Speaker 8>When I went to work with the Celtics, she stayed

0:45:46.080 --> 0:45:48.520
<v Speaker 8>back in North Carolina with her dad. She wore the

0:45:48.600 --> 0:45:52.759
<v Speaker 8>tires off his car going to tournament to pick up

0:45:52.760 --> 0:45:57.120
<v Speaker 8>her friends basketball's in the back. And this past Christmas

0:45:57.160 --> 0:46:00.120
<v Speaker 8>she bought him a car as a way to say

0:46:00.160 --> 0:46:00.520
<v Speaker 8>thank you.

0:46:01.080 --> 0:46:04.000
<v Speaker 6>Yeah, yeah, yeah it was. It was pretty moving. Love that.

0:46:04.440 --> 0:46:07.200
<v Speaker 3>Speaking of travel, did you have any rituals when you

0:46:07.239 --> 0:46:12.600
<v Speaker 3>traveled back in the day, either here or yeah, tell.

0:46:12.480 --> 0:46:12.960
<v Speaker 6>Me about that.

0:46:13.000 --> 0:46:16.160
<v Speaker 8>I've always been one to kind of delve into the

0:46:16.200 --> 0:46:21.200
<v Speaker 8>culture wherever I am and sitting outside on terrassa having

0:46:21.200 --> 0:46:26.560
<v Speaker 8>a drink with friends, we need.

0:46:27.960 --> 0:46:28.560
<v Speaker 1>Where did you play?

0:46:29.040 --> 0:46:32.160
<v Speaker 6>I played in France six years in France, nine in.

0:46:32.120 --> 0:46:35.320
<v Speaker 8>Spain, one, Italy, one, Portugal. Sarah is also a naturalized

0:46:35.360 --> 0:46:37.640
<v Speaker 8>French citizen. Well she has it by birth, but her

0:46:37.680 --> 0:46:41.200
<v Speaker 8>dad and I are naturalized. So yeah, having played there

0:46:41.200 --> 0:46:42.799
<v Speaker 8>for so long, Oh that's amazing.

0:46:42.960 --> 0:46:45.320
<v Speaker 4>Did your connections with the Celtics come from playing or

0:46:45.360 --> 0:46:47.120
<v Speaker 4>going to school in Boston or.

0:46:47.120 --> 0:46:49.560
<v Speaker 8>The kind disorda a little bit. When I at forty,

0:46:49.600 --> 0:46:51.520
<v Speaker 8>I was like, it's time to retire what you played

0:46:51.560 --> 0:46:52.120
<v Speaker 8>till you were forty?

0:46:52.200 --> 0:46:52.400
<v Speaker 1>I did.

0:46:52.400 --> 0:46:53.240
<v Speaker 6>I was playing overseas.

0:46:53.280 --> 0:46:55.799
<v Speaker 8>I was, you know, it's didn't know what I wanted

0:46:55.800 --> 0:46:58.920
<v Speaker 8>to do and just kept playing, working, hustling.

0:46:58.640 --> 0:47:00.160
<v Speaker 6>Until I figured it out out.

0:47:00.600 --> 0:47:03.439
<v Speaker 8>There was a program for former players at the NBA

0:47:03.560 --> 0:47:06.359
<v Speaker 8>League office. It was called the Basket Operations Associates Program

0:47:06.440 --> 0:47:08.919
<v Speaker 8>or something like that. The first cool heart were six

0:47:09.000 --> 0:47:12.760
<v Speaker 8>of us, me, Stacey Lovelace of former Purdue boiler Maker,

0:47:12.920 --> 0:47:18.400
<v Speaker 8>Ryan Cardinal, Drew Goodens, Corey mcgetty, and Troy Murphy. I

0:47:18.400 --> 0:47:20.160
<v Speaker 8>want to say it was the last guy, but yeah,

0:47:20.440 --> 0:47:22.879
<v Speaker 8>that's how I met Danny Ainge and Brad Stevens through

0:47:22.880 --> 0:47:23.400
<v Speaker 8>that program.

0:47:23.600 --> 0:47:26.160
<v Speaker 1>Was education growing up like a big part of like

0:47:26.239 --> 0:47:27.480
<v Speaker 1>all of Yeah, it was.

0:47:27.560 --> 0:47:29.600
<v Speaker 6>It was the only, really the only motivation.

0:47:29.800 --> 0:47:33.879
<v Speaker 8>My mom was a single parent raising four kids, and yeah,

0:47:34.000 --> 0:47:35.960
<v Speaker 8>education was the way to get a good job and

0:47:36.040 --> 0:47:39.560
<v Speaker 8>make money to help the family. And that's why I

0:47:39.680 --> 0:47:42.080
<v Speaker 8>chose to forego the scholarship and go to Harvard.

0:47:42.160 --> 0:47:44.480
<v Speaker 4>Really yeah, because the IVY you cannot do it.

0:47:45.360 --> 0:47:46.239
<v Speaker 6>Athletic scholarships.

0:47:46.280 --> 0:47:48.200
<v Speaker 1>Athletic scholarships you had to.

0:47:48.800 --> 0:47:54.000
<v Speaker 4>I lived with Harvard football guys my first two years

0:47:54.040 --> 0:47:55.520
<v Speaker 4>in New York, and so I learned a lot about

0:47:55.520 --> 0:47:59.239
<v Speaker 4>the IVY League sports. We asked Holly this earlier, is

0:47:59.280 --> 0:48:02.560
<v Speaker 4>there a community right now and it can be w

0:48:02.960 --> 0:48:07.360
<v Speaker 4>or college basketball that you think embraces women's sports like

0:48:07.360 --> 0:48:09.480
<v Speaker 4>more than anywhere else, or some somewhere underrated that.

0:48:09.480 --> 0:48:12.640
<v Speaker 2>You're like, this great question for like someone who's it could.

0:48:12.440 --> 0:48:13.000
<v Speaker 1>Even be in Europe.

0:48:13.080 --> 0:48:16.680
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, like somewhere where you're like, they they love women's basketball.

0:48:16.239 --> 0:48:16.640
<v Speaker 6>You know what.

0:48:16.840 --> 0:48:19.200
<v Speaker 8>So I was working with men like the NBA players.

0:48:19.400 --> 0:48:22.000
<v Speaker 8>I'm around the guys all the time that they love

0:48:22.040 --> 0:48:24.040
<v Speaker 8>the game. And I also want to shout out like

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<v Speaker 8>the players who use their platform, like Kevin Durant who's

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<v Speaker 8>always you know, repping and uplifting and watching the sport.

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<v Speaker 8>You know, Kobe, May you rest in peace with the

0:48:35.520 --> 0:48:38.160
<v Speaker 8>jert with the orange sweatshirt like that. That was a

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<v Speaker 8>watershed moment for for the for the game, and so yeah,

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<v Speaker 8>I would, I would call out the NBA players.

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<v Speaker 1>That's awesome. Actually that's a really good answer.

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<v Speaker 3>You know what's funny And I know you clearly just

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<v Speaker 3>said this, but to piggyback off that we know that

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<v Speaker 3>those guys support us.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, you're behind the scenes with those guys, but

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<v Speaker 4>you also have played yourself. What do you feel like

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<v Speaker 4>you have seen change the most in the women's game since,

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<v Speaker 4>like you played to now.

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<v Speaker 8>The amount of resources available, I think that's the obvious thing,

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<v Speaker 8>but I the amount of I mean, the women today are.

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<v Speaker 6>Just they don't have to work two jobs. You know,

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<v Speaker 6>you can dedicate your livelihood.

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<v Speaker 8>Your livelihood is basketball and being a professional and honing

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<v Speaker 8>your craft.

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<v Speaker 2>What is something you have.

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<v Speaker 3>Like told Sarah in order to like help her, Like

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<v Speaker 3>what's what's your pieces of advice to her?

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<v Speaker 8>Because you've been in her shoes. I tell her she

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<v Speaker 8>has to trust like the work that she puts in.

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<v Speaker 8>If you're in any role, you you might your confidence might,

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<v Speaker 8>you know, waiver at times. You have to trust that

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<v Speaker 8>the little daily deposits that you put in over many many,

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<v Speaker 8>many many years, Like she knows how to do it.

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<v Speaker 8>That's where you get your confidence from. And also, you know,

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<v Speaker 8>she's a she's a whole amazing person. If the basketball

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<v Speaker 8>were not there.

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<v Speaker 4>You've lived overseas, went to school in Boston in Boston now, yes,

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<v Speaker 4>grew up in South Carolina.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought we were going to get a W team

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<v Speaker 2>in Boston.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, we're close close. Keep our fingers crossed basketball aside.

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<v Speaker 4>Do you guys as a family find like travel, vacations

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<v Speaker 4>whatever it exploring the country, the world like an important

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<v Speaker 4>part of growing as a person.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, we travel a lot.

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<v Speaker 8>Last year we went back to Spain for like a

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<v Speaker 8>four day trip, Sarah, my husband, my mom, you know,

0:50:13.440 --> 0:50:15.799
<v Speaker 8>in tow We also went to the British Virgin Islands.

0:50:15.840 --> 0:50:17.080
<v Speaker 6>My husband from the Virgin Islands.

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<v Speaker 2>I just got back from there, like this morning.

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<v Speaker 6>Amazing St.

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<v Speaker 2>Thomas Saint John.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, my husband's from Thomas.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh really yeah, spent eleven days there the past two weeks.

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<v Speaker 8>That's amazing. So we do like travel is a big

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<v Speaker 8>part of it.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I mean I think like everyone has their own reasons,

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<v Speaker 4>But for me, I just think, yeah, from a young age,

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<v Speaker 4>learning that people are different than you, like not everything

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<v Speaker 4>is the way it is in your hometown and your

0:50:39.560 --> 0:50:43.239
<v Speaker 4>family is so important. I'm just curious what lessons you

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<v Speaker 4>think you learn being all over the place, and then

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<v Speaker 4>also like getting to expose you know, Sarah to different

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<v Speaker 4>places as well.

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<v Speaker 3>She yes, I don't even know if she knows this,

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<v Speaker 3>but she has such an advantage of being able to

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<v Speaker 3>already explore Europe in different cultures or like bringing all

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<v Speaker 3>the good of each culture and like creating your like

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<v Speaker 3>yourself and.

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<v Speaker 6>You know, that's so true, that's so true. You make

0:51:02.480 --> 0:51:02.959
<v Speaker 6>a good point.

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<v Speaker 8>I think that's one of the that's a skill, like

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<v Speaker 8>being able to go to a country that the foreign

0:51:10.360 --> 0:51:15.120
<v Speaker 8>country and figure out the language, make friends. It's like

0:51:15.160 --> 0:51:18.080
<v Speaker 8>a survival skill that I'm I'm it was hard, you know,

0:51:18.120 --> 0:51:20.719
<v Speaker 8>growing up and having to change schools every couple of years.

0:51:20.960 --> 0:51:23.440
<v Speaker 8>But at the same time, that's that's what allows her

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<v Speaker 8>to probably play and not look like she feels pressure

0:51:26.640 --> 0:51:29.480
<v Speaker 8>or out of source because she's been under pressure and

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<v Speaker 8>in adversity in other situations.

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<v Speaker 6>So I think that's one of the things.

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<v Speaker 8>That's one of the amazing things about traveling and living abroad.

0:51:37.160 --> 0:51:39.360
<v Speaker 8>You get a chance to you can't speak the language,

0:51:39.360 --> 0:51:41.799
<v Speaker 8>you have to find another way to communicate to find

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<v Speaker 8>common ground.

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<v Speaker 2>Two part question. First one, are you a hotel snob?

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<v Speaker 6>Absolutely? Absolutely, the NBA does not.

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<v Speaker 8>Oh gosh, there's nothing like being at a nice hotel, peaceful,

0:51:55.960 --> 0:51:57.480
<v Speaker 8>the fragrance, all the things.

0:51:57.600 --> 0:51:57.799
<v Speaker 6>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Wait, so that was my second part.

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<v Speaker 3>Amazing what megs and you have to go into detail

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<v Speaker 3>here what makes a great hotel room?

0:52:04.200 --> 0:52:06.360
<v Speaker 8>The bed, you guys saw it with the bed, the comforter,

0:52:07.040 --> 0:52:08.719
<v Speaker 8>the sheets, properly tucked up.

0:52:11.560 --> 0:52:13.040
<v Speaker 6>Amnities in the bathroom.

0:52:13.400 --> 0:52:14.400
<v Speaker 2>But you do get kind.

0:52:14.239 --> 0:52:16.520
<v Speaker 3>Of bougie though, because now you have people like checking

0:52:16.800 --> 0:52:17.560
<v Speaker 3>on you at night.

0:52:17.600 --> 0:52:19.359
<v Speaker 2>Hey, do you need a little do you want your

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<v Speaker 2>fire on.

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<v Speaker 7>It?

0:52:22.520 --> 0:52:25.480
<v Speaker 2>But what what are you excited.

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<v Speaker 3>To see from like a basketball perspective from UCLA, from

0:52:29.239 --> 0:52:32.719
<v Speaker 3>South Carolina, from Texas, because we know, we know what.

0:52:32.640 --> 0:52:33.400
<v Speaker 6>You see from Yukon.

0:52:33.480 --> 0:52:34.279
<v Speaker 2>Everyone sees that, you.

0:52:34.280 --> 0:52:34.640
<v Speaker 1>Know what I mean.

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<v Speaker 8>It's incredible to have four number one seats. This is

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<v Speaker 8>going to be a crazy final four. I am excited

0:52:40.719 --> 0:52:44.439
<v Speaker 8>to see all the seniors who are who have one

0:52:44.480 --> 0:52:48.240
<v Speaker 8>more shot at at a national title. Lauren Bed's Kiki Rice.

0:52:48.560 --> 0:52:50.160
<v Speaker 8>I mean I think they have six seniors that you

0:52:50.160 --> 0:52:50.360
<v Speaker 8>know with.

0:52:50.440 --> 0:52:50.880
<v Speaker 5>U C l A.

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<v Speaker 4>That's the sad part. That's the other side too. Yeah,

0:52:54.000 --> 0:52:56.759
<v Speaker 4>when it's over and it's so it's so heartbreaking.

0:52:56.920 --> 0:53:00.360
<v Speaker 8>Yeah, Madison Booker, how tough is she? And Roy Harmon

0:53:00.520 --> 0:53:03.879
<v Speaker 8>like that Texas team is stacked and they're and they're

0:53:03.920 --> 0:53:06.280
<v Speaker 8>due as well. And then you turn to South Carolina

0:53:06.280 --> 0:53:08.319
<v Speaker 8>and I mean Donald is a former teammate of mine.

0:53:08.360 --> 0:53:12.040
<v Speaker 8>She's probably one of the teammate I I admire the most.

0:53:12.160 --> 0:53:15.560
<v Speaker 8>And yeah, here we go again against against against South Carolina.

0:53:15.640 --> 0:53:17.399
<v Speaker 6>So it's gonna be a great, great final four.

0:53:17.480 --> 0:53:20.360
<v Speaker 4>We were talking earlier about that the Geno Don Staley

0:53:20.440 --> 0:53:24.200
<v Speaker 4>matchup is kind of an iconic march. Rather like that's

0:53:24.200 --> 0:53:26.800
<v Speaker 4>almost equally the storyline or as an important of a

0:53:26.800 --> 0:53:28.400
<v Speaker 4>storyline is like the team's playing because.

0:53:28.239 --> 0:53:30.680
<v Speaker 1>Those two have seen each other so much and are

0:53:30.719 --> 0:53:31.440
<v Speaker 1>so storied.

0:53:31.480 --> 0:53:35.040
<v Speaker 3>Like if you had to give advice to parents or

0:53:35.120 --> 0:53:39.640
<v Speaker 3>players in this situation of where college sports are today,

0:53:40.080 --> 0:53:42.719
<v Speaker 3>what advice would you would you give these kids that

0:53:42.960 --> 0:53:45.280
<v Speaker 3>you know, maybe they are freshmen and they're not getting

0:53:46.000 --> 0:53:47.400
<v Speaker 3>the stardom that they thought they would?

0:53:47.400 --> 0:53:49.040
<v Speaker 2>Like, what what's it mean to say?

0:53:49.040 --> 0:53:49.920
<v Speaker 1>What's it mean to maybe go?

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<v Speaker 8>Yeah, you know, that's that's a tough one and I

0:53:52.400 --> 0:53:54.400
<v Speaker 8>think it, And let me just say at the outset,

0:53:54.440 --> 0:53:57.120
<v Speaker 8>it depends on the family and the player the situation.

0:53:57.760 --> 0:53:59.000
<v Speaker 6>Each situation is unique.

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<v Speaker 8>I would say, though, that there's something to be said

0:54:02.080 --> 0:54:03.399
<v Speaker 8>about figuring it out.

0:54:03.960 --> 0:54:05.960
<v Speaker 6>Figuring it out like you you did.

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<v Speaker 8>Hopefully you did the research required when you made the

0:54:09.320 --> 0:54:12.359
<v Speaker 8>decision to go to a school, that you have some

0:54:12.520 --> 0:54:14.960
<v Speaker 8>semblance of confidence that you can work your way to

0:54:15.000 --> 0:54:16.560
<v Speaker 8>a point where you need to work to.

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<v Speaker 3>I just feel like you have such an underdog mentality

0:54:20.160 --> 0:54:23.280
<v Speaker 3>and I think so many people lack that quality.

0:54:23.400 --> 0:54:26.399
<v Speaker 4>Your story's so dope and how diverse, but it all

0:54:26.440 --> 0:54:28.000
<v Speaker 4>comes back to ball.

0:54:28.160 --> 0:54:31.520
<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Yeah, but Harvard, you got like Europe. It's all.

0:54:31.600 --> 0:54:33.520
<v Speaker 4>It's all very cool and it fits like what we're

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<v Speaker 4>trying to cover today, and so we think, thank you

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<v Speaker 4>for pulling up.

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<v Speaker 6>Thank you guys for having me.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah it was sick. Thank you, Holy freaking Molly, that

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<v Speaker 1>was awesome. No, that actually so great.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, So thank you to Holly, Thank you to Alison.

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<v Speaker 2>We cried, cried, and we laughed, laugh, cry, We did

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<v Speaker 2>all the emotions.

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<v Speaker 3>And then a huge shout out to Merrit bon boy

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<v Speaker 3>for being here in Phoenick.

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<v Speaker 2>What's on?

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<v Speaker 2>Amazing, amazing. You guys' team is amazing. The set was awesome.

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