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Speaker 1: Welcome to good Game with Sarah Spain, where we've been

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Speaker 1: saying six to seven our whole lives. As in six

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Speaker 1: Welcome It's, Monday october twenty, seventh and on today's show

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Speaker 1: will be getting you ready for the start of college hoop,

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Speaker 1: season which tips off a week from. Today we'll chat

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Speaker 1: With Emily adams of The Hartford current about the highlights

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Speaker 1: Of yukon's championship, offseason the huskies chances of repeating and

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Speaker 1: creating new, peaks a race reaching new, heights and a

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Speaker 1: coach MAKING wnba. History it's all coming up right after.

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Speaker 1: This Welcome. Backslaicays here's what you need to know. Today

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Speaker 1: let's start with soccer and THE us women's national team's

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Speaker 1: friendly series Against. Portugal after THE us Opened friendly number

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Speaker 1: one with a two to one loss last, third marking

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Speaker 1: the team's first loss To portugal in twelve contests all,

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Speaker 1: On sunday In. Connecticut Olivia moultrie led the way with

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Speaker 1: two goals in the first ten, minutes including one just

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Speaker 1: forty five seconds into the, contest With Sam, coffee adding

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Speaker 1: of the, contest THE us women's national team also honored

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Speaker 1: longtime Goalkeeper Alissa, nayor who announced her retirement from the

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Speaker 1: international scene last. Year, nayor who grew up In, connecticut

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Speaker 1: said she had more than one hundred and fifty family

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Speaker 1: and friends in, attendance including Twelve Chicago stars. Teammates While

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Speaker 1: nahor hasn't yet announced plans to step away from THE,

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Speaker 1: nwsl she also hasn't yet announced plans to keep playing.

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Speaker 1: Either her current contract With chicago runs through the end

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Speaker 1: of this, season and when asked about her future plans On,

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Speaker 1: Sunday nahor, said, Quote i'll make a decision at the

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Speaker 1: end of the year end. Quote more soccer. NEWS us

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Speaker 1: women's national team Forward Lynn biandolo announced On saturday that

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Speaker 1: she and her Husband marley are expecting their first. Child

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Speaker 1: in an instant video Of lynn And marley cuddling with a,

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Speaker 1: Onesie biondola included the caption quote to our little. Blessing

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Speaker 1: Embarrassing end. QUOTE us Coach Emma hayes expressed her delight

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Speaker 1: Over biandola's, news telling reporters at a press conference On, saturday,

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Speaker 1: and if she so chooses to continue playing her, career

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Speaker 1: we will support. That whether she wants to compete to

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Speaker 1: come back for A World, cup you'd have to Ask

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Speaker 1: lynn those. Questions end. Quote as part of the same press,

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Speaker 1: Conference hayes SAID Us soccer is currently working to create

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Speaker 1: a quote unquote pre and post pregnancy protocol FOR us

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Speaker 1: women's national team players that will support players and help

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Speaker 1: them return to soccer safely after. Baby to THE nwsl

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Speaker 1: and back to The Chicago Color Neutral. Stars they've announced

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Speaker 1: that they've re signed Defender Sam stobb to a multi

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Speaker 1: year contract extension that will run through twenty twenty. Nine,

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Speaker 1: stob who is drafted by The Washington spirit in twenty,

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Speaker 1: twenty four season was cut short when she sustained a

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Speaker 1: twenty five. Season to alpine, skiing you know winter is

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Speaker 1: The World cup season got underway over the weekend in Sold, In,

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Speaker 1: austria with a giant slalom race won by host nation

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Speaker 1: Switzerland's lara Gute birami placing. Third, Meantime American Mikayla, schiffrin

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Speaker 1: her best finish in a giant slalom in twenty one,

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Speaker 1: with the giant slalom event of Late you might remember

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Speaker 1: during A World cup race In vermont Last, November schiffrin

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Speaker 1: fourth place finish In austria this past, Weekend schiffern wrote

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Speaker 1: what's The point With Mikayla, schiffrin which will debut On

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Speaker 1: Mountain to THE, wnba where The New York liberty have

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Speaker 1: gained a few, investors including friend of the Show Robin,

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Speaker 1: roberts but the team have also lost an assistant. Coach

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Speaker 1: after one season with The, Libs Sonya, ramen is Headed

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Speaker 1: the new head coach of The Seattle. Storm ramen is

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Speaker 1: the first person Of indian descent to be A wnba head.

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Speaker 1: assistant with The Memphis, grizzlies speaking of The. Storm french

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Speaker 1: Phenom Dominique, malonga fresh off A Wnba All Rookie team

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Speaker 1: season With, seattle has withdrawn from her off season contract

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Speaker 1: With turkish Team Fenor. Botch she signed a three year

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Speaker 1: media post On october, Twentieth Fenor boche announced That malonga

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Speaker 1: quote unilaterally terminated her professional player contract with our club

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Speaker 1: without any just. Cause we inform the public that we

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Speaker 1: will exercise all our legal rights to seek compensation for

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Speaker 1: any material and moral damages incurred by our club during this.

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Speaker 1: Process end. Quote. Now a few days, Earlier maloga had

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Speaker 1: some of you were wondering why it wasn't In turkey

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Speaker 1: yet end. Quote per friend of the, Show Annie constable

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Speaker 1: Of Front Office, sports The turkish team could try to

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Speaker 1: claiming that she violated the terms so for contract rights costable.

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Speaker 1: Quote if the season tips off In, may as it

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Speaker 1: malana about six months to rectify any potential dispute and

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Speaker 1: where the course for the twenty twenty Six tour De

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Speaker 1: a record total distance of eleven hundred and seventy five,

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Speaker 1: fixed in the sporting. Landscape the new dates separate to

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Speaker 1: the men prove. It end quote To Golf australia upset

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Speaker 1: THE us to win the LPGA's International Crown team event On,

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Speaker 1: sunday With OSSI's Minj lee And Hannah green winning their

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Speaker 1: singles matches Over Americans Angel yin And You Let Me, know. Respectively,

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Speaker 1: meantime The World, team featuring the top ranked athletes whose

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Speaker 1: to the world of. Running Kenya's Ruth Chepin, geedditch world

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Speaker 1: three years after she tested positive for a banned diuretic In.

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Speaker 1: Leader in her initial interview back In, April Cheppin geeddich

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Speaker 1: first to Super Slices megan And kristen out In San

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Speaker 1: Luis obispo for hosting me at Cal poly On friday

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Speaker 1: and kicking off my weekend just. Right thanks for spreading

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Speaker 1: to recognize the Legendary Misty, copeland who took her final

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Speaker 1: company's fall. Gala ballet may not be a, sport But

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Speaker 1: her long list of, endorsements including an award winning campaign

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Speaker 1: a speech at the gala Honoring, Copeland Oprah winfrey, said,

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Speaker 1: Quote misty didn't just perform, ballet she changed. It she

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Speaker 1: gets to. Lead end. Quote congrats on changing the, Game. Misty,

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Speaker 1: a quick. Break when we come, back rings and, repeats

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Speaker 1: Show she covers yukon women's basketball and The Connecticut's son

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Speaker 1: Back i'm very jellyfish that you got to feed girafts

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Speaker 1: now last time you were, on we chatted mostly about

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Speaker 1: your pro, Beat The Connecticut, sun but today you're here

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Speaker 1: to talk all Things yukon and the start of THE

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Speaker 1: ncaa basketball. Season The huskies are opening up the season

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Speaker 1: as the preseason number one for the thirteenth time in program,

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Speaker 1: history coming off their TWELFTH ncaa. Championship, now of, course

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Speaker 1: they lost Superstar Page beckers to the, pros but they're

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Speaker 1: bringing back super Senior Azy, fudd sophomore Sensation Sarah, strong

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Speaker 1: and they're looking to defend their. Titles so before we

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Speaker 1: get to this, SEASON i kind of want to wrap

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Speaker 1: up last year's season and their title because the team

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Speaker 1: recently got their. Rings so tell us about the bling

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Speaker 3: Bling, yeah we got to see the rings up. Close,

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Speaker 2: Today they're. Heavy that was my first.

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Speaker 2: Expected but it's really. Cool the seniors got to help design.

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Speaker 3: Them so they've got lots of like fun little things on.

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Speaker 3: There they've got their little The power Of friendship like

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Speaker 1: Ever it's such a time, capsule like thirty years from

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Speaker 3: Cracks me, up but yeah It's and then they they've

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Speaker 3: Pendant it's got like a little chain ring and there's

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Speaker 2: Something so they're really. Cool they did a really good

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Speaker 3: Them it was the first Time i've ever like seeing

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Speaker 1: Impressed the basketball from the title.

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Speaker 2: Game, yes, yeah the one they went, with that's.

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Speaker 1: Awesome. Yeah we got to see Obviously page back with

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Speaker 1: her old teammates because The tiktoks were coming fast and.

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Speaker 1: Furious after getting used to my feed being all Kk

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Speaker 1: arnold and Easy fud dancing, Together paige found her way

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Speaker 1: back into the. Mix we also saw That page became

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Speaker 1: THAT i just love them rolling out the shot of

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Speaker 1: all the dudes that are on the practice team For,

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Speaker 3: Pagebackers, yeah as soon AS i saw, that my my

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Speaker 3: first impression was just, like what a relief for those poor,

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Speaker 1: Them you mentioned the power of. FRIENDSHIP i feel like

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Speaker 1: power of like. Secrecy we were so impressed last year

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Speaker 1: with The yukon team not talking about not revealing the

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Speaker 1: big secret Of asy And page, together and now this

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Speaker 1: we're gonna have to figure out what they're bonding over

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Speaker 1: being able to like protect and hold sacred for the

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Speaker 1: the torch to Asy. Fud what have you heard About

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Speaker 1: asy maturing and sort of taking over as leader of

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Speaker 3: Year, yeah it's, interesting like her kind of stepping into

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Speaker 3: something That gino has talked about, too is just that you,

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Speaker 2: It you, know we.

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Speaker 3: Talk they put an exhibition, today and you're starting to

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Speaker 1: To, YEAH i want to talk about the exhibition and

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Speaker 1: what's expected of this, season but before, THAT i want

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Speaker 1: to ask if there are any other big sort of

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Speaker 1: here on The iHeart Women's Sports. NETWORK i just saw

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Speaker 1: promo For yukon cameos On Hell's. Kitchen it seems like

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Speaker 1: what stood out to you from this?

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Speaker 3: Offseason, yeah it was, COOL i, mean, honestly like a

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Speaker 3: now but they had the entire team, there including Like Kaden,

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Speaker 3: Them they had you, know all the like super seniors

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Speaker 3: think the podcast For asy has been really cool to

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Speaker 2: Just like much more, confident much more eddies with.

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Speaker 3: It it's been really LIKE i think it's really kind

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Speaker 2: Now so that's been a cool one to.

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Speaker 1: See, yeah fun around and find. Out for those of

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Speaker 1: you who are not yet, subscribed That's easy's podcast here

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Speaker 1: on The iHeart Women's Sports. Network, okay let's get to that.

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Speaker 1: Exhibition you're talking to us right after the team second exhibition.

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Speaker 1: Game they won one hundred and five to thirty nine

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Speaker 1: Against Southern, connecticut not exactly a close. One what are

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Speaker 3: You, honestly the biggest surprise me so far has been

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Speaker 3: how good they. Look LIKE i, THINK i, LIKE i

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Speaker 3: one because you're seeing it on such like an intimate,

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Speaker 2: Time you're talking about like what they need to work,

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Speaker 3: look like Without page just in terms of again like

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Speaker 3: they have you, know five, Newcomers, YEAH i would say

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Speaker 2: Rotation so it's just like a lot of pieces.

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Speaker 3: To put, together but it's looked it's looked a lot more,

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Speaker 3: THAN i expected it. To Like Sarah, williams who came

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Speaker 3: Like Kaylie, heckel is a transfer in FROM usc looked

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Speaker 3: Exhibition so it's just cool kind of seeing them like

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Speaker 3: at this, point you, know it's obviously like it still

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Speaker 2: Moments, yeah BUT i, Yeah i've just been.

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Speaker 3: Really surprised just sort of how how quickly they've been

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Speaker 1: Contender, again you mentioned a couple of the new faces

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Speaker 3: Freshmen Blanca quinonez is probably the biggest sort of question

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Speaker 2: Like she just is so.

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00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:08,640
Speaker 3: Athletic she has such a good basketball since he's talked about.

427
00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:10,919
Speaker 3: That she makes plays that just like a freshman doesn't

428
00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:14,119
Speaker 3: Make you can tell this is someone who has played

429
00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:16,640
Speaker 3: a lot of basketball and like at a very high

430
00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:21,360
Speaker 3: level already at eighteen years. Old SO i think once she's,

431
00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:25,600
Speaker 3: comfortable once she's adjusted to like THE ncaa roughing and stuff,

432
00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:28,360
Speaker 3: LIKE i think she is one, who like when we're

433
00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:31,840
Speaker 3: in Like February March, april is going to be a,

434
00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:33,679
Speaker 3: huge huge difference, maker.

435
00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:37,240
Speaker 1: Somebody who makes plays that freshman. Shouldn't Was Sarah strong

436
00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:39,600
Speaker 1: last year pretty much all season? Long what are the

437
00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:42,280
Speaker 1: expectations for her in her sophomore.

438
00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:44,439
Speaker 2: SEASON i, MEAN i think they've kind of been.

439
00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:46,960
Speaker 3: Said you, know she's the youngest player on THE Apl

440
00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:49,920
Speaker 3: american team to, Start she's the preseason biggiest player of the.

441
00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:54,159
Speaker 3: YEAR i think it's, just you, know you look at

442
00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:57,520
Speaker 3: What sarah did last year and you kind of don't like.

443
00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:00,960
Speaker 3: UNDERSTAND i feel LIKE i can't comprehend how it can be, better.

444
00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:03,320
Speaker 1: Especially watching her. LIVE i don't know why if there

445
00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:06,080
Speaker 1: was something about seeing it live that you're, like how

446
00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:08,160
Speaker 1: how is this a freshman doing?

447
00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:10,159
Speaker 2: This she's just, Different she's just.

448
00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:14,080
Speaker 3: Special AND i think it's been really interesting this year

449
00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:17,120
Speaker 3: to HEAR i, mean really everybody talk about like she's,

450
00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:18,440
Speaker 3: better like she has come back.

451
00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:19,240
Speaker 2: Better you can see.

452
00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:22,200
Speaker 3: It you can see it physically, honestly like she looks

453
00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:24,760
Speaker 3: like she's in better. Shape she looks again just on the,

454
00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:27,520
Speaker 3: floor like looks more, comfortable looks more, confident looks like

455
00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:31,080
Speaker 3: she is sort of just more like willing to assert.

456
00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:33,800
Speaker 3: Herself and she's also she's playing.

457
00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:36,479
Speaker 2: More in her true position this. Year she's playing more

458
00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:36,880
Speaker 2: of a three.

459
00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:40,520
Speaker 3: Four last, year she was playing center a lot because you,

460
00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:43,560
Speaker 3: know uh New kut didn't have like their best lineup

461
00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:47,719
Speaker 3: was a small lineup by a pretty comfortable. Margin and she,

462
00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:50,600
Speaker 3: obviously you, know there were benefits to having her be

463
00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:53,359
Speaker 3: undersized at center because she's so, athletic she moves so,

464
00:22:53,359 --> 00:22:55,280
Speaker 3: well she can do so many, things and so you,

465
00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:58,760
Speaker 3: know true post players had trouble guarding. That but now

466
00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:00,199
Speaker 3: we're getting to see her kind of get into her

467
00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:03,280
Speaker 3: guard bag a little, bit you, know like she's shooting

468
00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:04,880
Speaker 3: from the outside a little bit more than she got

469
00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:07,440
Speaker 3: to last. Year she's, passing you, know a little bit

470
00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:11,320
Speaker 3: more than she got to last. Year so, it's, YEAH

471
00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:14,159
Speaker 3: i just the ceiling is so astronomical with.

472
00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:16,040
Speaker 1: Her do you think that's where gonna where we're going

473
00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:18,760
Speaker 1: to see. Her do they have more of a presence

474
00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:20,480
Speaker 1: of bigs that you think they're going to go with

475
00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:23,000
Speaker 1: that lineup more often where she's a kind of a guard.

476
00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:27,560
Speaker 3: Forward, yeah IT'S i Mean Sarah williams helps a huge

477
00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:28,040
Speaker 3: amount with.

478
00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:30,200
Speaker 2: That she's a you, know Former Big Ten Defensive player

479
00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:30,320
Speaker 2: of The.

480
00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:33,840
Speaker 3: Year is really like she is very much that like true,

481
00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:35,600
Speaker 3: post like wants to get the ball in the, paint

482
00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:37,400
Speaker 3: that sort of like you, know throw it to.

483
00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:38,439
Speaker 2: Me, offense back them.

484
00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:41,400
Speaker 3: Down, yeah she's looked like a really consistent, scorer which

485
00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:44,240
Speaker 3: is what they've really lacked in the post. Players you,

486
00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:47,480
Speaker 3: know With Ice brady And Genel alfie last, year you

487
00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:50,359
Speaker 3: know they're both like pretty good, defenders pretty like solid,

488
00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:53,760
Speaker 3: presences but they just, aren't like they just never looked

489
00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:57,919
Speaker 3: super confident. Scoring and SO i think having someone like,

490
00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:00,919
Speaker 3: that who can you, know you have that default button of,

491
00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:02,439
Speaker 3: okay well if we don't know what to, do just

492
00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:04,080
Speaker 3: like throw it over the prop To sarah and hope

493
00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:07,560
Speaker 3: she you, know can can get it. In that Opens

494
00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:10,879
Speaker 3: sarah up for just like a world of other. Opportunities

495
00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:12,840
Speaker 3: we're gonna have to go by last names with these.

496
00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:15,600
Speaker 3: TWO i can already tell for this season it's. Tough you're,

497
00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:18,880
Speaker 3: Like sarah doing this is really gonna help. Others sarah doing.

498
00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:20,159
Speaker 2: This so we already have a tough time with.

499
00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:23,159
Speaker 3: It and, yeah Like jenna's coming off of she was

500
00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:25,480
Speaker 3: coming off an achilles tarra last, year so you, know

501
00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:27,480
Speaker 3: she's one where you kind of hope she takes a

502
00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:29,560
Speaker 3: little bit of a leap this. Year same thing With.

503
00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:31,560
Speaker 3: Ice now this is her last, year was her like

504
00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:35,400
Speaker 3: first full year off like not having been, injured having

505
00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:37,960
Speaker 3: like a healthy off season. Everything so you know those

506
00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:41,080
Speaker 3: two as, well you kind of hope can take another

507
00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:45,000
Speaker 3: step and be able to sort of add something alongside,

508
00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:45,879
Speaker 3: that and you can.

509
00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:47,520
Speaker 2: Run you, know you can Run ice.

510
00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:50,119
Speaker 3: As the, Four Sarah williams as the, Five Sarah strong

511
00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:52,920
Speaker 3: is the, three and that's a humongous lineup that you're.

512
00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:54,880
Speaker 2: Running so it's just. Cool it's.

513
00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:57,040
Speaker 3: Cool they have a lot of pieces to play with this,

514
00:24:57,119 --> 00:24:59,439
Speaker 3: year which has not been the case for a.

515
00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:03,199
Speaker 1: While let's talk about the season opener Versus. Louisville this

516
00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:05,960
Speaker 1: is for The Armed forces. Classic why did it move

517
00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,800
Speaker 1: From germany to THE Us Naval. Academy my understanding of

518
00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:11,960
Speaker 1: international relations is limited at this point because WHENEVER i

519
00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,240
Speaker 1: opened the, NEWS i want to. Die SO i haven't

520
00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:17,080
Speaker 1: really been paying attention to international events when it relates

521
00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:19,720
Speaker 1: to women's. Basketball so what's going on.

522
00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:21,119
Speaker 2: There, yeah it's been kind of.

523
00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:25,919
Speaker 3: Crazy the government shut, down and it didn't occur to

524
00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:28,439
Speaker 3: me until about a week and a half ago that

525
00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:30,639
Speaker 3: that was going to be something that would be an

526
00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:35,320
Speaker 3: issue for the college basketball. Season but they were supposed

527
00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:38,359
Speaker 3: to play In germany on The Ramstein Air. Base the

528
00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:40,520
Speaker 3: air base is a you, know like A us military

529
00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:45,400
Speaker 3: base In. Germany it is you, know effectively closed right.

530
00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:48,040
Speaker 2: Now they're you, know operating at like super reduced.

531
00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:53,359
Speaker 3: Capacity they stopped communicating WITH, espn who's the organizing the,

532
00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:56,680
Speaker 3: classic and so it you, know we kind of got

533
00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:58,920
Speaker 3: down to this point where it was, Like, OKAY espn

534
00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:00,720
Speaker 3: has to kind of ship all there's stuff out.

535
00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:01,560
Speaker 1: THERE i make a.

536
00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:03,240
Speaker 3: Call they have to like build a court on this

537
00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:06,120
Speaker 3: air base and, everything and so they had. To, yeah

538
00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:09,160
Speaker 3: they you, know the government has not. Reopened there's sort

539
00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:10,600
Speaker 3: of no indication that it's.

540
00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:15,679
Speaker 2: Going to so they had to you, know figure figure

541
00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:17,600
Speaker 2: something out on the. Fly so we're going to The Naval.

542
00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:21,160
Speaker 3: Academy now we found that out three four days ago,

543
00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:26,399
Speaker 3: now so for, You but, yeah it's you, know The

544
00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:30,080
Speaker 3: Naval academy is super, Beautiful LIKE i love that, campus

545
00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:33,800
Speaker 3: So i'm excited to go down. There but, yeah it's

546
00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:36,199
Speaker 3: it's been a, real a real weird couple of.

547
00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:40,480
Speaker 1: WEEKS i, BET i bet FOR espn and everyone involved.

548
00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:43,639
Speaker 1: TOO i bet Maybe gino's. Happy he's, like let's just

549
00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:45,600
Speaker 1: get rid of the jet, lag get rid of having

550
00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:47,840
Speaker 1: to take them. All although there's something about team bonding

551
00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:50,199
Speaker 1: that happens when you take those big trips together to other.

552
00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:53,000
Speaker 1: Countries so, yeah maybe he'll create some of that same

553
00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:56,200
Speaker 1: camaraderie through their travels to the naval. Base speaking Of,

554
00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:58,800
Speaker 1: genome he's still at. It you, know he was on

555
00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:01,359
Speaker 1: with us last season and kind of ahead of the,

556
00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:04,400
Speaker 1: tournament and he hinted to us that he both thought

557
00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:08,320
Speaker 1: about and probably should have retired After Brianna stewart graduated

558
00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:11,359
Speaker 1: four titles in a row Like live in The. Dream

559
00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:14,280
Speaker 1: but that he's still. Around how could he possibly not

560
00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:16,520
Speaker 1: stick around with someone Like Sarah strong and it feels

561
00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:18,840
Speaker 1: like there will always be another player that he gets

562
00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:21,240
Speaker 1: excited about that keeps him. Going what do you think

563
00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:24,399
Speaker 1: it is that motivates him to keep coming back and wanting.

564
00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:26,800
Speaker 2: MORE i don't, know it's it's funny to hear him

565
00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:27,240
Speaker 2: talk about.

566
00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:28,719
Speaker 3: It and he talked about a little bit Of Biggies

567
00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:31,439
Speaker 3: Media day a couple of days ago and was, LIKE

568
00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:33,120
Speaker 3: i DON'T i don't have an answer for this question

569
00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:37,040
Speaker 3: anymore BECAUSE i don't. KNOW i just, LIKE i just

570
00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:40,720
Speaker 3: think he he hasn't stopped feeling the, itch AND i

571
00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:43,520
Speaker 3: think he's just kind of riding that until it goes.

572
00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:46,000
Speaker 3: Away and it, hasn't and so you, know it's like

573
00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:49,560
Speaker 3: they're still, Winning they're still able to recruit at a

574
00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:52,800
Speaker 3: really high. Level he's been able to adjust to the

575
00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:56,600
Speaker 3: new era super. Well you, know he's kept his whole

576
00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:59,840
Speaker 3: staff together basically the whole time that he's been. There,

577
00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:03,159
Speaker 3: Know Chris daley obviously has been his right hand the

578
00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:06,280
Speaker 3: entire forty, years but like even right, now you, Know

579
00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:09,200
Speaker 3: Jamelle elliott And Tanya cardoza were both on his staff,

580
00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:11,719
Speaker 3: previously have been back on his staff for several. Years

581
00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:14,840
Speaker 3: Morgan valley played At yukon is now on. Staff like

582
00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:18,000
Speaker 3: it just is this you, know like little bubble of

583
00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:21,560
Speaker 3: like he's just kind of kept it that way for

584
00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:23,720
Speaker 3: as long as he's been doing, it and it's just

585
00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:26,040
Speaker 3: kind of, like you, know if HE'S i think it's

586
00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:28,680
Speaker 3: just if he's still having fun with, it it's like why,

587
00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:29,520
Speaker 3: not you, know and.

588
00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:31,639
Speaker 1: He's able to stay relating to the. Players how do

589
00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:34,080
Speaker 1: you think he does? That it's like a non creepy

590
00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:36,639
Speaker 1: version of the dazed and confused line of LIKE i

591
00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:38,880
Speaker 1: keep getting older and they stay the same, Age like

592
00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:42,040
Speaker 1: how does he manage to keep you, know finding a

593
00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:44,640
Speaker 1: way to connect as generational changes?

594
00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:47,440
Speaker 3: Happen, yeah, say it's a, Lot LIKE i think that really,

595
00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:50,280
Speaker 3: Is like one of the most impressive things about his

596
00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:53,840
Speaker 3: whole tenure is that he has adjusted so. Smoothly, really

597
00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:57,120
Speaker 3: it seems like to this, ERA i think one of

598
00:28:57,160 --> 00:29:00,920
Speaker 3: the things that makes him unique and him and AND

599
00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:04,600
Speaker 3: cd kind of unique as a pair is they're really

600
00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:08,200
Speaker 3: really excellent at identifying the kids who fit with. Them,

601
00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:12,360
Speaker 3: LIKE i think that is sort of an incredibly underrated.

602
00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:15,320
Speaker 3: Skill you, know they don't they very rarely have players transfer.

603
00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:16,280
Speaker 2: Out you, know.

604
00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:19,440
Speaker 3: They've never lost a starter or like a key contributor

605
00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:19,960
Speaker 3: to the portal.

606
00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:22,560
Speaker 2: Ever so it's just.

607
00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:26,960
Speaker 1: Was pre transfer portal and very early in.

608
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:30,800
Speaker 3: That but it's, yeah it's you, know it's just like

609
00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:34,080
Speaker 3: they they know what works for, them and they they

610
00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:36,480
Speaker 3: have this sense for identifying the kind of kids that

611
00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:39,240
Speaker 3: are gonna fit with their, system are, gonna you, know

612
00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:43,200
Speaker 3: get The yukon, culture are gonna kind of buy into

613
00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:44,400
Speaker 3: what they're, doing.

614
00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:46,080
Speaker 2: And and it just it keeps.

615
00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:50,160
Speaker 3: Working so it's, YEAH i think that sort of like

616
00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:53,320
Speaker 3: not even talent, evaluation but like ability to like evaluate

617
00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:56,880
Speaker 3: personalities and like figure out who character you know together

618
00:29:56,960 --> 00:30:00,400
Speaker 3: who fits with. Them it's it's a really really like

619
00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:02,640
Speaker 3: impressive and like underrated skill to.

620
00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:06,120
Speaker 1: Me, yeah let's look at the rest of THE. NCAA

621
00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:08,560
Speaker 1: i know your beat Is, yukon but you're obviously looking

622
00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:11,840
Speaker 1: around to the rest of the women's college basketball scene

623
00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:14,400
Speaker 1: to see who might provide them with the biggest challenge

624
00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:16,440
Speaker 1: as they look to try to repeat his Champions, so

625
00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:18,920
Speaker 1: which teams very early in this stand out to.

626
00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:22,680
Speaker 3: YOU i, MEAN i think you, know you always kind

627
00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:26,520
Speaker 3: of have to go back To South. CAROLINA i think

628
00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:29,080
Speaker 3: you know they it kind Of South carolina is one

629
00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:31,480
Speaker 3: of those teams where and very much in The yukon vein,

630
00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:33,840
Speaker 3: NOW i think where it kind of doesn't matter who's

631
00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:35,480
Speaker 3: on the, team you're just assuming they're going to be

632
00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:38,800
Speaker 3: in the final. Four you, KNOW i think they have

633
00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:41,880
Speaker 3: a really good group this, year even you, know Losing

634
00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:44,560
Speaker 3: Chloe kits was a really, big big blow for them

635
00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:47,880
Speaker 3: TO i believe she has AN acl tear and so

636
00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:51,280
Speaker 3: that was a, real a real heartbreaker for. Them but you,

637
00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:55,280
Speaker 3: know The Joyce EDWARDS i think is. Phenomenal SHE'S i

638
00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:57,240
Speaker 3: think she was number two To sarah in their. Class

639
00:30:58,000 --> 00:30:59,640
Speaker 3: they're kind of similar in some, Way LIKE i think

640
00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:01,920
Speaker 3: she's a really cool player who has a really high.

641
00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:04,960
Speaker 3: Ceiling they have like some veterans back With Raymon johnson's

642
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Speaker 3: like a veteran point, guard brought in a couple of good.

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Speaker 2: Transfers so, YEAH i, think, Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Tonaya latson in that, System like you've seen what she

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Speaker 1: can do as a score at a school that's not

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Speaker 1: going to. Contend seeing What don might be able to

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Speaker 1: do with her to make her a more well rounded

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Speaker 1: player that isn't just about putting the ball in the

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Speaker 1: basket and playing within the. System, Like i'm really excited for.

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Speaker 1: HER i think SOMETIMES i can be a little cynical

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Speaker 1: leave WHERE i am and find a better. Situation the

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Speaker 1: grass is always greener kind of. Thing but there's something

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Speaker 1: to be said for a player like that that can

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Speaker 1: just go off at any, time, anywhere and seeing what

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Speaker 1: happens when you put them with a really fantastic coach

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Speaker 1: in a system that. Works that's going to be.

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Speaker 3: Cool, yeah the other and the, other you, KNOW ucla

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Speaker 3: is another one you kind of expect to see back

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Speaker 3: in the final four that the.

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Speaker 1: Bets i'm so excited JUST i don't know if you've

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Speaker 1: had a chance to see any of the interviews that

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Speaker 1: was like some real anger, about, like you, Know lauren

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Speaker 1: know her sister's, school and now they're together and, there and,

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Speaker 1: LIKE i think it's gonna be such a job For

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Speaker 1: corey close in the best possible way to get the

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Speaker 1: best out of them while also having to manage the

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Speaker 1: realities of very unique. Relationship like that's gonna be such

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Speaker 1: a cool story this.

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Speaker 2: Year, yeah AND i Love i'm a huge fan Of.

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Speaker 3: Lauren i'm really excited to kind of see what what

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Speaker 3: this year looks like for her and then On yukon's,

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Speaker 3: SCHEDULE i Think tennessee is their biggest game of the,

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Speaker 3: year which is really, Exciting like the rivalry is very

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Speaker 3: much feels like it's.

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Speaker 2: Back i'm really high On tennessee this.

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Speaker 3: YEAR i like them a. LOT i obviously saw them

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Speaker 3: Beat yukon last, year so that colors things a little.

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Speaker 3: Bit but, YEAH i, think you, know the addition Of

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Speaker 3: Jenia barker is awesome for.

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Speaker 2: THEM i think they have a really good core.

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Speaker 3: RETURNING i, saw you, Know Talasia COOPER i think is

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Speaker 3: poised to have a really like breakout year with. THEM

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Speaker 3: i saw her a little bit WHEN i was working

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Speaker 3: At South carolina when she was a freshman, there and

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Speaker 3: she's just so like unique in her athleticism and the

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Speaker 3: way that she. Plays SO i think they're gonna be

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Speaker 3: a really really fun game here In, hartford and hopefully

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Speaker 3: it'll be the first top ten matchup.

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Speaker 2: In the series, LIKELY i think hopefully in a.

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Speaker 3: While SO i think that's that's sort of the one

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Speaker 3: THAT i Think yukon has has circled the.

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Speaker 1: Most, yeah they won't tell you that every game matters whatever's,

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Speaker 1: next but we Know they've got them secretly. Circled i'm

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Speaker 1: just so excited for this. Season last question for, you

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Speaker 1: advance of months from now when we look back at this.

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Speaker 1: Interview who's your final four for the for this part

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Speaker 1: but who you?

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Speaker 3: GOT i haven't had to do this, yet, OKAY i

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Speaker 3: mean so, well pencil In yukon Of South. CAROLINA i

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Speaker 3: think those are the, two And i'm gonna PUT ucla

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Speaker 3: there as. WELL i JUST i think they they have

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Speaker 3: a really unique combination of things that are going to

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Speaker 3: get them. There the fourth one is really where that's

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Speaker 3: the one that's the most up in the air to,

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Speaker 3: me you, KNOW i think like a lot of people

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Speaker 3: Have texas. PENCILED i really LIKE lsu this, Year, OKAY

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Speaker 3: i like, that you, Know Flaje, Johnson Mikayla, Williams, Malaysia

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Speaker 3: Full Wiley.

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Speaker 2: TRIO i THINK i Think i'll give them my.

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Speaker 3: Fourth, okay so we're not going to repeat final For

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Speaker 3: we'll go To, Yukon South, carolina U, CLA.

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Speaker 2: LSU i think that'll be that'll give us a fun

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Speaker 2: group In.

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Speaker 1: PHOENIX i love. It i'm so. Excited you just got

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Speaker 1: me so pumped for the. Season thank you so much

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Speaker 1: for the. Insight thanks so much for the excellent reporting

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Speaker 1: from behind the. Scenes we'll definitely be checking back in

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Speaker 1: with you during the season for more Good Yukon.

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