Logan Hackett
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As you've seen, the game has grown tremendously. And even in the post-Kaitlyn Clark era. But I just want to go through a quick timeline of what we've seen the past few years. 2021, the inequities and inequalities between the men's and women's tournament went absolutely viral. 2022, the women were finally allowed to use the term March Madness.
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And beforehand, it was just called the Women's Tournament. Absolutely hate that. In 2023, a record of 9.9 million people watched the women's final. And in 2024... 18.9 million watch, which was four more than the men's final.
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This year, the sky does actually seem like the limit, but one of the big conversations that came up while I was watching with my family, we're watching both the men's and the women's was about neutral sites. And if the women's tournament should move,
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to the neutral sites or are we just not going to follow the men and stick around personally i would love to see it as a neutral site tournament heading forward but as a player how does neutral sites affect the women's tournament or just like the general vibe of the game So when I was at UCLA, we were kind of good or whatever.
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To be honest, there's not much behind it other than the fact that your fan bases both have to travel. So maybe it would be like even keeled because especially in the first and second round tournaments, based on what we've seen this year, there have been humongous blowouts.
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So maybe it's a little bit like more for the team who would maybe be a 15, 13, honestly, any team between like 15 and 11 seed, some more motivation. Maybe we'd see some more upsets because the crowd isn't fully behind them. But with that said, I definitely see why the players would like it and why it is a great thing because from what we've seen on TV, the fan bases have been going strong.
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fit is a big thing in the W that's one of the worst things to see like especially towards the end of training camp when all the cuts are being made and you're like dang like you really thought that they'd fit in but it just didn't work and then it's kind of down to crunch time where it's like okay we have to find another team that works for them and that's kind of when it gets chaotic but speaking of expansion Ro you're on the Valkyries and this is their first season so with that
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the team has not played together. The team doesn't know each other. It's a very new team. So what are y'all doing to kind of mesh, gel together and just meet each other to begin with?
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It's on the way. It's on the way. I would absolutely love that. Well, Mo, thank you so much for joining us. It is always a pleasure and so much fun having you on. And y'all coming up, we have an exclusive interview with WNBA star Kalia Copper. We'll be right back. Thanks, y'all.
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I love that. Oh my goodness.
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Well, last time I said consistency, and I think I'm going to move it to this time because last time I actually changed it to finding power in patience. I feel like I've been doing that kind of the past six months, but the past month, especially kind of sitting in it and being patient and knowing that it's all going to work out rather than something going wrong or something not going my way.
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And I'm like, oh my gosh, how am I going to fix it? Because I do tend to do that. But this month or this season, I am going into consistency as I intended to, but it got a little derailed.
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Well, actually, positive vibes kind of back down to somber. Hearts are heavy in the women's basketball community right now, as Juju Watkins suffered a season-ending ACL tear in the game against Mississippi State on Monday. And this was the type of injury where the second she went down, everyone probably said the same swear word at the exact same time.
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I mean, it was just absolutely devastating, but... I think you can also kind of take this time to see how much support she has around her. Cause immediately every single social you can think of was absolutely flooded with prayers, support, good vibes. And it has put a damper on things, but with Juju being a sophomore, she still has two years to go.
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Don't know how long she'll take to recover, but how do y'all think it'll alter her career in the long run?
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And her going down is actually kind of ironic because I feel like the whole season we've, and even last year, we've been having the conversation. What can USC do without Juju? Is Juju a one-woman show or is there another team around her? And during the game against Mississippi State or after the game against Mississippi State, they pulled off a 37-point win.
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So they did show that they were capable of doing stuff. But next up, they have Katie State, who not only upset Kentucky in overtime, but we also saw to our point, Dexter, go off hitting eight clutch threes at every single point when it mattered in the game, whether they were down to or down three, it was actually insane. And then pair that with a Oakley and Sarita Sundell.
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Do y'all think that USC has what it takes to pull off the win in the sweet 16 and then even looking longer, can they still win a championship?
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Well, I'm really keen to see what USC could do without Juju. But another game I'm super excited for is the Notre Dame versus TCU matchup. And both these teams are kind of on their own journeys, but Notre Dame is back to looking like their old self, kind of looking like how they did when they were on that 19-game win streak.
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And in round one and round two, they won by 50 and 20 points, respectively. They're starting to come together at the perfect time. But on the other side, TCU has been killing it. They're in their first ever Sweet 16 and they have veteran presence on their team with their starting five being three graduate students, one senior and a sophomore, Donovan Hunter, who's also killing it.
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So y'all, what are your thoughts on this game? I'm very actually interested to see because I personally think that TCU is going to pull off the upset, but I don't really know.
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for sure I absolutely cannot wait I mean another thing about TCU is they look hungry and I don't know what it is because obviously every team wants to win but they just have a different fight to them right now and they they have nothing to lose honestly but y'all I would love to talk about this so much more but unfortunately we have to toss to break so coming up most days with us to talk about the growth of the women's game and the impact of March Madness on the draft stocks so we'll be right back
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Okay, this is legit. Well, I'm not an expert, but just looking at this bracket, I feel like the most chaos and or potential upsets could come from the Birmingham three region. In the number one spot, you have Texas and then TCU on an incredible run with experienced players is in Arton, number two.
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And then you have Notre Dame in that three spot with their trio of guards, but they haven't really been doing great lately. So if there were to be a Cinderella story, do you think it would come from this region?
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the bell the bell is here logan is here in person we we've got pom-poms we've got confetti we've got we're ready to go we are absolutely ready and i'm ready for march madness literally cannot wait it is one of the most exciting times of the year other than christmas for some people but the bracket was set and there was some controversy i feel like these days we can't do much without having some controversy ucla texas usc and south carolina were named as number one seeds
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Yeah. Well, y'all, Jordan and Peter, thank you so much for joining us today. We have Yukon locked in. Apparently, I'm about to take everything you just said back to my brackets. But y'all, make sure to watch your show Underdogs on YouTube or wherever else you hear your podcasts. And coming up, we have a very special exclusive interview with the one and only D'Erica Hamby. We'll be right back.
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And UCLA is getting this for the first time. Great accomplishment for them, though some coaches had some things to say. Let's take a look.
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Get on in there. We'll be getting in there, right? Absolutely. I saw the $50,000. I had to look up the screen and make sure that said $50,000.
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Can we get to top news, hits, stories, headlines that you got for us? Yes, you're actually there for one of the biggest news stories. It got cloudy in New York. And we're not talking about the weather. We're talking about Natasha Cloud. She signed with New York Liberty in kind of like a sneak trade, like you never really expected it to happen.
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Breaking news!
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I love how happy you are for her. I think everyone was very perplexed a little bit, but also very happy with this move because Tosh, she just belongs in New York. She screams New York to me.
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You ain't tell me. I just seen you. But I want to keep it in New York, actually. There was... I'm not too happy about this. I don't think a lot of people are. But there was a 14-year-old who made history by becoming the youngest player to play in the NWSL. Her name is McKenna Whitcomb. Wow.
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And kind of shocking to think that there's some players who are like in their late 30s or even people who she'd look up to growing up and she's just coming into the league.
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There's a lot of discourse on it. But moving on, Issa Rae is rocking the A1. Oh, we love that.
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Yeah, two icons. And actually, speaking of two icons, the last quick hit we have is my Super Bowl, my Travis and Taylor, my Tom and Zendaya.
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ben shelton and trinity rodman hard launch oh broke the internet or at least broke my internet i was crashing out a little bit over it but also like absolutely in love with this couple it makes so much sense to me and i hope that they last forever and have athletic babies yes but i we ship them we are good luck to them and love is in the air it must mean spring is here or go cuffing season actually that's kind of like in the fall but
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I'm Logan Hackett.
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Bye.
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Yeah, I was when I saw Dawn Staley's comments, I immediately went to do my little notes or not even notes, but like analytics on all the schedules. And I actually have some interesting takeaways that I think validates what she was saying. South Carolina played 15 ranked games. Two of them came in the conference tournament. Their losses were to UConn, Texas and UCLA.
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The lowest ranked team they played was Tennessee at 18. But the average ranking of the ranked teams was 9.1. Yeah. Whereas you look at USC, the average ranking of their 11 ranked games was 11.2. Texas 9.9, which hot take. I don't think Texas should get a number one seed.
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Yeah. And honestly, I agree with her. yeah but we do have to move on to unraveled which yesterday we had such a fun night attending and we saw the rose lift the trophy oh where's my thing congratulations team rose it was interesting though because if you don't know unraveled the fourth quarter is determined by a winning score and this winning score was reached with a free throw.
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It was me.
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Look at me.
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You know what, at one point she got hot. She was shooting from three and I was like, no way, this is going to be insane. The winning score is gonna be met with a Chelsea Gray three. 62 was the number. I was so excited for it and it didn't happen. But go on about Chelsea Gray.
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And I want to backtrack just a tiny bit quickly, because you were at the semifinals and the whole year it was Lunar Owls, Luna, what do you who? Everything. And they got upset. What was that like?
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So both sides of the court.
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Well, y'all coming up, we're looking at the March Madness bracket from a bit of a different lens. We have Peter Keating and Jordan Brenner, the host of the underdog show coming on and I'm very excited to see what they have to say. So we'll be right back.
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All right. For those who may not know who you are and what you do, can you just kind of give a rundown?
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Yeah, I cannot wait to hear y'all's takes. But I want to start with the Spokane 1 region. You have UCLA as the number one top seed. It was their first time getting that overall number one. And they're actually going for their first ever Final Four appearance, which
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I don't know why I thought that they've been in the final four before, but just on paper, their side or their region does look quite easy. If there were to be a challenge, where do you think that would happen?
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All righty. We had another crazy weekend in college basketball with the conference tournaments going on. And to be honest, I felt like Elmo in that GIF or GIF when he's like engulfed in flames. I kind of love all the chaos. But I want to start with the big 10. First of all, we saw Caitlin Clark absolutely jacked. Caitlin, I need your routine, A. But B, is it serious?
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Yeah, what is going on? I am jealous. I am shocked. Like, that is something I would... long for. We also saw a rematch between USC and UCLA. I mean, I feel like they're meeting all the time, but this was for the Big Ten tournament title, and it was UCLA who quite literally took the crown at this time. It was crazy to see their defense and the adjustments that they made.
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All right.
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Shout out to Lauren Betts as well. But USC only made four baskets in the final 12 minutes, which is so unexpected. I mean, I feel like this was very much a statement game for them. But with March Madness coming up very quickly, what are each team's expectations heading into it?
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I'm good. Honestly, I feel like I woke up the other day and it's like, okay, it's a new month. I got on a whole vitamin regime. I'm feeling absolutely amazing and very excited for what's to come in sports. How about you?
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Short answer is yes. Long answer is yes with some more behind it. Let me explain. I think these teams are the top. The only other team that I see coming in is Kansas City, possibly. I think it'll definitely be a repeat of last season. With that said, towards the end of last season, Washington went down with a whole bunch of injuries. And for the most part this year, they're healthy.
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They're still missing a few key players here and there. We don't have full health in Trinity yet. Croy is still out. But the play that we saw from them, chef's kiss, absolutely amazing. And I do want to take a moment to also shout out the internationals because that's kind of what got Orlando through their season last year. You had Barbara Banda and Marta leading the way.
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And they have a new Zambian player. Her name is Prisca, Prisca Chilufa. And I think she's going to be an absolute star. Watching her play was really special. She didn't score anything, but I was like, oh my God, go Prisca! And then on the other side, you had Washington with their player, Rebecca Bernal.
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And the second she came in, the game completely changed for them and they pretty much secured the win. So other teams do have international pickups, but I don't think they're as strong. And I don't think that they can overcome both Washington and Orlando this year. With that said, I don't think Orlando can go undefeated.
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technically they're not undefeated because they just lost but i do think that they'll be at the top once again you know one day you're at the top of the league the next day someone's right on your tail but with that actually a few weeks ago i sat down with kelly o'hara to preview the season and talk about what teams will be top contenders and who's looking good so take a look
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We are here with Kelly O'Hara to answer some quick questions that I am very curious about. So starting off at the end of your cell, who do you think is the new front runner this season?
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Yeah, I think Orlando, I'm not sure how much movement they had, but it didn't seem like a lot whatsoever compared to other teams. And they were insane last year. What was it like to play against them or just to know that you had a game coming up against them, especially when it kind of was getting down to the wire?
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With the players leaving and coming in, where do you see them going? Do you think it's a championship run or are they going to be up there real close? Could make a run, but it's not for sure.
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Yeah, I had y'all in, I was doing power rankings for the NWSL last year and y'all were constantly in like the top four or five. A lot of the times it did not move, but it sounds like you're saying they're going to be like that again. So is there anything specific that like fans should look out for in 2025? If you can share.
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That was my one thing last year. Like it was like one nil or like two one. And I just kept on saying, I want them to score. Please get the goal differential up. Like defense is so good. But like even just a few more goals a game. And it did get there towards the end of the season, I will say. But yeah, for that first little bit, I was like, Oh my gosh, please. Like you have the talent to score.
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create it's a strong culture in the team because you you feel like okay I'm not gonna be like on pins and needle every game we need one goal like I know the goals are gonna come yeah and you've been in the league for a while and even nationally you've been able to see everything evolve and see the athletes then and the athletes now with the new CBA agreement what has it been like to actually watch that and kind of see everything start to work out
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But before you go, you executive produced a film called Ripe last year. And I just want to know, is there any new movies you're producing in your future?
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Well, Kelly, thank you so much for joining us. Really appreciate it.
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It's such like a signature move. But before we go, I want to hit the story. Talk about it. I've been seeing it everywhere. Post went viral stating that quote, WNBA star Angel Reese believes WNBA players should be getting paid like NBA players.
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And Angel actually made her own saying, I love how y'all have selective hearing. I said, I'm hearing if they don't give us what we want, we're sitting out. And that's the truth. I never said anything about the NBA. Of course, like, oh, I hate this whole conversation. I hate that we're always having this.
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But on the Unapologetically Angel podcast, it was her and Dejane sitting down and they were discussing the salaries and how the upcoming rookie class might actually make more than them due to the new CBA agreement that might get signed. So, I mean, we could possibly see a protest. I'm not too sure.
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But what do you think about just the act of WNBA players potentially sitting out to fight for more pay for what they deserve?
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It reminds me of when the U.S. Women's National Team was fighting for equal pay and they had to do everything themselves. Like they had to bring in the numbers, they had to fight for many, many years and they finally achieved it. And now, I mean, they're the most thriving nation in soccer and they're truly getting paid what they deserve.
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There is still work to be done in some places, but they really had to spearhead that movement because the league or the federation wasn't going to do it for them.
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Yeah, and to go with that point, the stat on it was they shot 22.2% from the field in the second half, which is just atrocious. Especially, as you said, getting down to crunch time. This is a game that you want to win. You want to complete the three-peat. You know how much animosity is behind it with some...
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things that you've seen online, but very shocking to see that on the UCLA side, good for them because their only losses are to USC. They denied the three-peat, I guess you'd say, but heading into March, that's a very good look to have on your resume.
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It kind of feels like it. It's like, wait, am I adulting right now? Like, is this what it looks like? Yes, yes. Did you say vitamin regime? Yeah, I spent crazy amounts or amount of times researching vitamins. And I hate to say it, but they are working really well. You know what? I'm so excited for what's coming up for us.
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is south carolina like finding their their top gear at the right time or did texas peak too soon too early in the season i honestly think it's a mixture of both it's kind of a crazy year for south carolina because in the past they've never really had to flip that switch and be like okay it's go time they've been go from the very start whereas this year you saw them take losses early you there's people who are questioning okay is this going to be a championship winning team
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and there's more people who doubted them than before which they thrive off of so them flipping this switch in the sec tournament showing how truly dominant they are i mean it's a master class i i was watching it and i was like they they have a very good shot at winning the natty now which that was the first time i've thought about that on the other hand all of texas's stats were trash absolutely trash they weren't getting anywhere in this game i mean 29.6 from field goal range and 12.5 from three point
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What are you doing with that, especially against a team like South Carolina?
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That is a very good point. But actually, to that point, their offense was cooking. And I don't think we've seen as much of a dominant performance as they showed in the SEC. And bringing that into March with that on your back, I think it's scary hours for them. Scary hours. Yeah.
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Well, now flipping it over to the ACC, head coach Carol Lawson led Duke to their first ACC tournament championship since 2013. I absolutely love this. If y'all don't know who Carol Lawson is, please go look her up. Please go look up her pregame talks on YouTube. She is absolutely amazing. But on their way to the final, they upset NC State and Notre Dame, which...
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I, some people would say they didn't expect to be honest. I was in Orlando. I called up somebody who could bet here because of the Ontario betting laws and not break any rules. And I said, Duke is going to be Notre Dame. It just looks like that. They seem very inconsistent to me. It's just, I don't know. I have thoughts on this, but I want to start.
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Afterwards. I was like, wait, yes. Like Duke money line, Duke spread. I love it. But I want to start with Duke. How big is this win for them? And Carol Lawson. Huge, huge.
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And on the flip side, should we be worried about Notre Dame or should Notre Dame be worried about Notre Dame heading into the tournament?
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All I have to say to that is thoughts and prayers, quite literally. But the Unrivaled is also in their crunch time. All the basketball is heating up. We absolutely love to see it. But shout out to Steph Curry, who was just named as the latest investor. Steph Curry, you are Unrivaled.
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Oh, I need to tap in.
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Yeah. And with that, the seedings are locked in for playoffs with the Lunar Owls clinching the number one seed. Then we have Rose at number two, Laces in three, and then Vinyl secured the fourth seed on Monday night. So. The Lunar Owls are heavy fan favorites. They have been fan favorites for pretty much the whole season.
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But if there were to be somebody to take them down, who do you think that would be?
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Not gonna lie, while you're talking about Jackie, I had to do a little Google search on how old she is, because she's playing like a vet, but then she has the young look to her, and honestly, it's the perfect age. She's 27. Wow.
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Maybe. I might actually have to DM her and be like, hey, you have the D3K2? Anyways. All right. Coming up, Roz sits down with WNBA and unrivaled guard Jordan Canada. I'm very excited for that one, so we'll be right back.
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I am absolutely ready. And I want to start with Kaitlyn Clark because she honestly, she had a pretty quiet offseason, didn't play in any games or leagues, as a matter of fact. And there weren't a lot of headlines. But with the WNBA season on the horizon, of course, the headlines are back because... Teams are already moving their games against the fever to larger venues.
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You ready, Logan? Roz, it was so crazy this week. I mean, I think we had 11 upsets, if I'm not mistaken. College Hoops as a whole is just like, this March Madness is going to be absolute madness, and I cannot wait. But one of those games was Juju and USC taking down UCLA for the second game in a row.
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And with that, they won their first conference title since the Lisa Leslie era in 1994, which is, again, crazy to think about. Big numbers don't make sense in my brain, but that's That's a pretty good era and pretty long ago. Now, there were so many things I was impressed with in this game and there were so many viral clippable moments and things that I love.
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But what kind of statement do you think USC is making to other teams going into a March Madness that is about to be chaotic?
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And then a fever preseason game at Iowa sold out in 40 minutes. Mind you, that's 15,000 seats. And I actually saw some people saying that there might have been a little inside access because when they went to get the tickets, they were completely sold out already.
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Absolutely. I was thinking of other players who had the Caitlin Clark effect. And I, for some reason, I keep on forgetting that Juju was a sophomore and everything that she's done and kind of led this team. And even the fact that she's on billboards and all over Nike ads that you see, I mean, that is so incredibly cool. But in that game,
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you saw usc kind of come around her i do want to shout out avery howell she had back-to-back threes from the exact same spot with like seven minutes left in the fourth absolutely nailed them and the back half of that game was really telling because juju put up 23 in the first half and then the second she put up seven so that's oh gosh i'm really bad at math but
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I think 27 points for the rest of the team to get in that back half. And Avery Howell's a freshman, not to mention. So knocking those down late, great for you.
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Now, another shocking thing that I saw, which doesn't really sit right with me, is the fact that we have co-champions. In the SEC, it was Texas and South Carolina. And then in the ACC, we had Notre Dame and NC State. Now, sharing the title is kind of odd, but in the SEC, they had to do a coin flip for who gets the number one seed. It ended up being South Carolina, but...
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I really don't think that this should be a thing anymore. Roz, do you agree?
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not insider trading right like maybe it was just for iowa people i'm not too sure but everyone wants to see caitlyn clark the caitlyn clark effect is back and i'm really keen for her to go into her second season so do you think that she'll meet the moment or i mean i don't really know what else she could do other than meet the moment but what do you think will happen with her
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oh my gosh i'm so excited but the drama of it all it's actually going to be chaotic i like i already have everything in my calendar i'm like i'm going to be sat nobody text me nobody call me nobody disturb me this is time for college basketball we will be set
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yes on the weekend we also saw athletes Unlimited come to an end and we had players like Maddie seagrass Odyssey Sims Crystal Bradford and Maya Caldwell who had great seasons finishing one two three four so I actually when I was watching Crystal um one of the days that I went to athletes Unlimited she stood out to me I think it was three minutes into the game and I was already Googling like Crystal Bradford team
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And I was shocked to see that she wasn't on a WNBA team. She did sign with the Aces, I believe a training camp contract the day after. But looking ahead to the W, what should we expect from these players this season?
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I believe they also just re-signed to be in Nashville for the next few seasons. Correct. Nashville is loving women's basketball. I was in the lounge at one point and there were two women speaking about how they just love to have this here and be able to watch women's hoops on a daily or weekly basis. And they are pushing for a W team.
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But just basketball in general is thriving in Nashville and we love to see it.
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What jersey are you coppin'? I feel like I have an unpopular opinion on this, but Chicago has like a liquid metal on black type of look. And I absolutely love it. Black is my color. So like that is a jersey that I would wear on a daily basis. But I honestly think a lot of these teams nailed it. They are so fun and they tell a story.
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about the city or even the state that the team is in I also want to shout out um to Seattle Seattle's jersey beautiful it has like a little sun coming in and then San Diego love their water look that they have going on yeah I really like Nike has done a nice job of storytelling through the jerseys um and I think that just only increases fandom you know and pride I hate to say it y'all but we have to take a break when we come back Roz gives her DraftKings pick of the week so stay tuned
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You got me so hyped up. I'm here like, okay, yes, I'm about to get to my calendar. I know, I know.
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We had a sad moment. Naomi Gurma had her start at Chelsea and it was all eyes were on her. Everyone was super excited and then she got injured. So wishing her well. I don't think it's super bad, but awful to get injured in your first start at Chelsea.
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Exactly. But we also saw a WNBA and NWSL crossover, which is super cool. Sabrina Unescu joined Bay FC as an investor and commercial advisor. I don't really know what a commercial advisor does, but it sounds like a very big role. Yes, it sounds perhaps like a paid role. Go, Sabrina! And actually with Sabrina, we have Serena, which I'm so excited about.
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She was announced as an owner of the Toronto Tempo and she'll actually have a hand in like making the jerseys and merch collaboration, which I cannot wait. It was honestly a shock for everyone. I have no clue how it didn't get leaked, but Serena is in Toronto. Yeah.
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And last one, which we also love to see. Wow, we're all just killing it this week. Brie Clark landed the Biles one.
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in competition this week and there's actually a video of her seeing i believe it was simone's reaction to her landing it and it's the cutest thing she's like oh my god she knows who i am i was freaking out but landing the balls one is insane i want to be a gymnast in my next life yeah me too i would love to just be excellent like all these athletes i'd love to be excellent like you logan
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Oh my, especially given the players that she has around her. I mean, we talked about it, I believe a few episodes ago, but I think the fever can really do something special and they are set up to do something special rather than last year. It was all eyes on Caitlin, maybe her connection with the Leah Boston and some other players coming in. Now you have the team around her.
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So if they're double teaming Caitlin or Caitlin's the main focus, other people are popping off. And I think it could honestly be a historic year for the fever.
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I honestly don't think so. And I've been thinking about this a ton recently, and it brought me back to a few years ago, or maybe it was last year before, I'm not too sure. I was in the back, like the depths of hell in Adelaide, Australia, doing some like wine tour I did not want to be on.
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And there were these a group of guys, maybe in their 20s, they were talking about Caitlin Clarke, like she was all the way in the boonies of Australia. So I don't think it can honestly happen. I think it's because her staple is literally a logo three. which we have not really seen that often. I mean, hitting a logo three is huge for any player, but she was doing it back to back to back games.
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And that was her trademark. What other player can you say has that type of trademark? And that's where kind of the star and all the eyes on her came from. And especially considering it's kind of how she built her demographic, her fan base, everything. I really I don't see it. Do you?
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absolutely but actually with you mentioning angel i want to touch on the rose game against the laces which was definitely the one to watch on monday i mean they were picked to finish last and the rose clinched the playoff spot with their win so you made a prediction back in episode one which i want to bring up just for a second Who do you think is winning this year? Who's the 2025 champs?
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keep her off the glass all of that you know combined i think makes them a championship contender damn that was so absolutely on point and actually i think my answer to that question was the laces so here we are your answer was obviously a lot better and more well-rounded you have quite literally predicted the future but as of now what is so dangerous about both of these teams heading into the playoffs
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actually with your mention of lexi hall that is the biggest star in my eyes i mean you have the connection between chelsea and angel which is absolutely incredible like i hope one day they can end up on a team together because that would be absolutely insane but with having those star players you need a key role player and someone to hold it down and lexi hall has been doing an amazing job at that i mean you look at the stat sheet and it doesn't really reflect there and she's not necessarily hitting all her shots i think she does have to work on her three point
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But she is holding it down on defense and one of the hardest workers that I've seen. And with that, I'm actually really curious to see how she brings that into the W with the fever and having Caitlyn to kind of after guard around.
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You know what? One of the teams that absolutely was not impressing me whatsoever was the mist at the beginning of the season. They started two and seven and just were not looking good. We were even questioning like what is going on with this team, but now it does not look like they're slowing down after going on a three game win streak.
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So with that, like the other teams, do you think they're coming together at the perfect time? Yeah.
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you had a conspiracy a few episodes ago with fee and Stewie and them like manipulating things imagine if this is just the manipulation like maybe they wanted to start not so good at the beginning of the year maybe they'll come back and win it all who knows if they do it might add to that I mean this is we are literally just living in their world at this point and I'm like this eating popcorn
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But y'all, coming up, Roz sits down with WNBA and unrivaled guard Brittany Sykes, aka Slim. And I know y'all are going to love it. So we'll be right back.
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And y'all, as always, we love y'all so much. We appreciate you for rocking with us and please do not forget to subscribe, comment, follow all the socials, literally click every button you can because new episodes drop every Wednesday and we want y'all to be the first on it. Alrighty. Well, the final four is officially set and we have UConn, South Carolina, UCLA, and Texas.
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So I want to start with UCLA, who booked their first ever trip to the Final Four after a pretty crazy Elite Eight game against LSU. And props to Kim Mulkey because she had a game plan and she stuck to it by getting Lauren Betts in early foul trouble. And I think Lauren was out for, what, a quarter, a little bit more than that.
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And I don't think anyone expected the rest of the team to play around her and step up. Tamia Gardner had 15 points. Gabby Hawkins, 18 points with eight rebounds, shooting four of five from three. And they really proved themselves in this game. So Roz, how did you see UCLA perform without bets?
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Thank you.
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Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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It also takes a lot to get back in the game and play like you have zero fouls. I mean, she was probably being safe on some plays, but a lot of those blocks that she went up for just plays where she was on the ball by herself going for charges like she was playing fearless. And I absolutely love that because I think a scared Lauren Betts would not have helped this team.
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Thank you very much.
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Thank you. Thank you.
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But she really stepped up when she needed to, as she has been all season. But that's an excellent point. Yeah, another team that we've been seeing be dominant is UConn. And they're taking on UCLA. I am so scared for this game. But they are appearing in their record 24th Final Four after beating USA. And this game, I feel like it did go as everyone expected it to go.
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Yeah, and that's exactly what I was thinking is maybe we'll see a difference inside of Krishan that we have not been able to see her. She could tell her story in a different way. I think Angel is actually a great person to get that out of her. But the last one we have is Alex Morgan finally gave birth to her baby. She had a little baby boy named him Enzo.
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For some reason, I feel like she was pregnant forever. But I'm very happy that she now has baby Enzo to go with baby Charlie. Well, Charlie's not so much a baby anymore, but... I love it.
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But what we also did not expect to see was Sarah Strong stepping up to the level that she did. She was absolutely shining with 22 points and 17 rebounds.
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I do feel like every time I opened Instagram, there's at least one person who's getting engaged, married, baby. You just said it all.
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We're going to be locked into sports.
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17 rebounds that is so crazy but she tied a maya more record and while watching her i was actually thinking this is a little mini maya more in the making we'd love to see it but on top of that we also have march page backers who came in with 31 points after dropping 40 in the sweet 16. so what do these two need to do for you can't you continue their level of dominance to the finals
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Yes, absolutely. With you saying March Madness, actually last night falling asleep, Ryan Rucos, you bet, was just playing him. You bet, you bet.
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And shout out to Caitlyn Chen, who also took charge of that stage. She is great in March Madness. She was great with Princeton. But this game, she really popped her stuff. I'm going to say, I'm not going to swear. Trying really hard not to swear these days. But she gave him 15 points and amazing.
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I want to see her shot chart because that's probably insane. But I, a big thing I also noticed is when she's off balance, she's drained. Like it's not a mess. It's pretty much a guaranteed make. And that's very hard to do. I mean, I'm not a basketball pro myself, but I can only imagine with the top defense on you. I mean, your own one foot pretty much falling over. Very impressive.
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She's peaking perfectly for the W. And I really hope that she can go and get that ring because it would just be so poetic for her. But focusing in on the Final Four matchup, UCLA versus UConn. Roz, what do you expect to see from this game?
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I would like to see AZ step up a little bit more as well. And then actually on the flip side, Kiki Rice. And I think if both teams have both those players firing, I don't know, it would go to overtime, maybe double overtime. It's going to be a very close game.
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But I want to move to the other side of the bracket. We have South Carolina and Texas. And South Carolina has been giving me heart palpitations. I think they've been giving everyone heart palpitations because their past two games have been super close. But even with that, they've been able to pull out the win with the last one being a four-point win over Duke.
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To be honest, I kind of think that Duke lost that game for themselves. But do you think that this is sustainable or does South Carolina need to step things up?
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And that right there is why she's one of the greatest coaches of all time. But Roz, real quick, I have 20 seconds left on this clock. Everyone is screaming at me. What do you think this game is going to come down to?
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That was a great, fast answer. Thank you so much. We did it! Coming up for Ross, it's down with WNBA legend Lisa Leslie, and it's going to be a great one. So we'll be right back.
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I don't think it is to give. What up? It's Logan. It's your boy. Reasons why you should pick me for this competition. I am from Des Moines, Iowa, so I fulfilled Dan's need to constantly throw Des Moines, Iowa into a conversation for no reason. I am the winner of the inaugural Iowa PFPI. I can give you a looks like at any time. For example, Mike McDaniel looks like Sid from Toy Story.
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Looks like he grew up and got his life together. And I got a song about Smitty ready to go.