Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where we're getting custom Funko Pop figurines made of all our favorite people so that even when they aren't physically with us, they're still with us. It's Monday, March thirty first, and on today's show, Big Citrus will debrief on this weekend's NCAA Basketball tournament. Our takeaways from the Sweet sixteen and Elite Eight games, from broken noses to broken records, plus a whole bunch of weekend winners. I'm a Pageant Queen and Tater's Gonna Tate. We reveal the winner of our starch Madness Tournament. It's all coming up right after this. Welcome back slices. Happy Monday. Here's what you need to know today in March Madness News. Half the Final four is set after two excellent Elite Eight games yesterday. First up, Don Staley and the number one South Carolina Game Cocks faced Caro Lawson and her number two Duke Blue Devils. Y'all, did Duke really give sc all they could handle? It was a four point game at the intermission. Thanks to some great defense from Kara's kids. Duke even led by six at one point in the second half, but the game Cocks locked in down the stretch, making a late run and playing smothering defense to win at fifty four to fifty. They'll now head to the program's fifth straight Final four. Chloe Kits led sc with fourteen points and four rebounds, while Senaiah Fagan had twelve points, eight rebounds and three assists in the low scoring affair. Freshman Phenom Toby fourty eight pace Duke with eighteen points, six rebounds, and three blocks off the bench. Next up the game, Coxs will face the winner of number one Texas and number two TCU. That game takes place tonight at seven pm Eastern on ESPN, and of course, that one features Friend of the Show Madison Booker's Longhorns versus Hailey van Litz horned Frogs. If you like big bodies, banging in the low post and jaw dropping guard play, that one might just be everything you need, especially when it comes to Hailey van Lith. The Guard's redemption Tour is in full effect. Fiter for a rough season on LSU's roster last year, back thriving this year at TCU. She dropped twenty six points, nine rebounds, and four assists on Notre Dame in her last outing and shout out to the TCU team social media admin who called out by name a bunch of media folks who had Notre Dame upsetting the Frogs in that matchup. Friend of the show El Duncan and friend of mine but not a friend of the show because she hasn't come on yet. Megan Raupudo are among those catch and strays. Even former President Barack Obama got called out. It was all in good fun. We love TCU leaning into this moment and showing their swagger. We'll link to that post in our show notes. In Sunday second contest, the number one UCLA Bruins and star six to seven center Lauren Betts took the floor against the number three LSU Tigers. This was yet another back and forth contest and Bets ended up playing sparingly through the first three quarters after getting into early foul trouble, but in the fourth quarter, UCLA recovered from an over five minute scoring draft to escape with a seventy two to sixty five win, sending the program to its first ever NCAA Final four. And in case you didn't watch the postgame interview with Lauren Betts and Gabrielajkez, where their teammates stacked a bunch of the celebratory Final four hats on each of their heads. We'll link to it in the show notes. Those Bruins are a bunch of rascals, got it. Tip our hats to a couple LSU players, Sensational junior guard Flage Johnson, who posted twenty eight points in four assist and kept pushing until the last second, and senior Anissa Moro, who had fifteen points and seven rebounds and came back into the game after suffering a busted nose. Tough Moro now has the third most career rebounds in Division I history. Sure we'll be hearing her name called in a few weeks at the WNBA draft. The Bruins await the winner of number one USC and number two yukon tonight at nine pm Eastern, also on ESPN, and I am straight up licking my chops waiting for this game. These squads met in last year's Elite Eight and pagebackers in the Huskies emerged victorious over Juju Watkins and the Trojans. This year, the vibe obviously a little different, with Juju's unfortunate knee injury in the round of thirty. Time, we'll see how USC fares without her for a second straight game, and we'll see how they try to guard Beckers, who dropped a career high forty points on Oklahoma Saturday night. Head coach Gino Oriema set of Page after the game, quote that was as good of a game as I've seen her play the whole time that she's been here, and at the most important time. End quote. Speaking of Page, Beckers, she officially confirmed a friend at the show an ESPN analyst Rebecca Lobo on Friday, that she'll enter this year's WNBA draft. Now, this isn't necessarily a surprise. She hinted at this year being her last in college on multiple occasions throughout the season, but some folks did wonder if she would wait to enter the w until the league's new collective bargaining agreement was solidified. Turns out she's going to go ahead and declare. Per ESPN, Beckers is projected to go number one overall, a draft spot currently held by the Dallas Wings to the NWSL Where Got Them FC and US women's national team defender Tierna Davidson left Friday's nil nil draw with the Houston Dash with a non contact left leg injury, and who tore her right ACL in twenty twenty two, was seen walking on the pitch after Friday's game with her left leg in a brace. No official word on the injury yet, The team said she'd be evaluated upon their return to New Jersey. We're sending our best to Tierna. He'll fast tea elsewhere in the league. A big weekend for Ashley Hatch, who scored a brace that's two goals to lead the Washington Spirit over visiting BAFC to no. Hatch is just one goal away now from her fiftieth goal in a Spirit kit. With the next tally, she'll join an elite club of players who have scored fifty or more for one NWSL team. It's just Christine Sinclair, who had sixty six goals for the Portland Thorns, and Meghan Rapino, who put in fifty one for Seattle Rain. In tennis news, Arena Sablenka has added another trophy tour case. She won the Miami Open final on Saturday, defeating American Jessica Pagoula in straight sets. It's the first title of Sabelenka's career at this event, and a pivotal one she lost the previous two tournament finals she played in at the Australian Open and Indian Wells. Arena alluded to the agony of def feed in her post match remarks on court, and also made sure to give her opponent Goola some props. Take a listen.

Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where we're getting custom Funko Pop figurines made of all our favorite people so that even when they aren't physically with us, they're still with us. It's Monday, March thirty first, and on today's show, Big Citrus will debrief on this weekend's NCAA Basketball tournament. Our takeaways from the Sweet sixteen and Elite Eight games, from broken noses to broken records, plus a whole bunch of weekend winners. I'm a Pageant Queen and Tater's Gonna Tate. We reveal the winner of our starch Madness Tournament. It's all coming up right after this. Welcome back slices. Happy Monday. Here's what you need to know today in March Madness News. Half the Final four is set after two excellent Elite Eight games yesterday. First up, Don Staley and the number one South Carolina Game Cocks faced Caro Lawson and her number two Duke Blue Devils. Y'all, did Duke really give sc all they could handle? It was a four point game at the intermission. Thanks to some great defense from Kara's kids. Duke even led by six at one point in the second half, but the game Cocks locked in down the stretch, making a late run and playing smothering defense to win at fifty four to fifty. They'll now head to the program's fifth straight Final four. Chloe Kits led sc with fourteen points and four rebounds, while Senaiah Fagan had twelve points, eight rebounds and three assists in the low scoring affair. Freshman Phenom Toby fourty eight pace Duke with eighteen points, six rebounds, and three blocks off the bench. Next up the game, Coxs will face the winner of number one Texas and number two TCU. That game takes place tonight at seven pm Eastern on ESPN, and of course, that one features Friend of the Show Madison Booker's Longhorns versus Hailey van Litz horned Frogs. If you like big bodies, banging in the low post and jaw dropping guard play, that one might just be everything you need, especially when it comes to Hailey van Lith. The Guard's redemption Tour is in full effect. Fiter for a rough season on LSU's roster last year, back thriving this year at TCU. She dropped twenty six points, nine rebounds, and four assists on Notre Dame in her last outing and shout out to the TCU team social media admin who called out by name a bunch of media folks who had Notre Dame upsetting the Frogs in that matchup. Friend of the show El Duncan and friend of mine but not a friend of the show because she hasn't come on yet. Megan Raupudo are among those catch and strays. Even former President Barack Obama got called out. It was all in good fun. We love TCU leaning into this moment and showing their swagger. We'll link to that post in our show notes. In Sunday second contest, the number one UCLA Bruins and star six to seven center Lauren Betts took the floor against the number three LSU Tigers. This was yet another back and forth contest and Bets ended up playing sparingly through the first three quarters after getting into early foul trouble, but in the fourth quarter, UCLA recovered from an over five minute scoring draft to escape with a seventy two to sixty five win, sending the program to its first ever NCAA Final four. And in case you didn't watch the postgame interview with Lauren Betts and Gabrielajkez, where their teammates stacked a bunch of the celebratory Final four hats on each of their heads. We'll link to it in the show notes. Those Bruins are a bunch of rascals, got it. Tip our hats to a couple LSU players, Sensational junior guard Flage Johnson, who posted twenty eight points in four assist and kept pushing until the last second, and senior Anissa Moro, who had fifteen points and seven rebounds and came back into the game after suffering a busted nose. Tough Moro now has the third most career rebounds in Division I history. Sure we'll be hearing her name called in a few weeks at the WNBA draft. The Bruins await the winner of number one USC and number two yukon tonight at nine pm Eastern, also on ESPN, and I am straight up licking my chops waiting for this game. These squads met in last year's Elite Eight and pagebackers in the Huskies emerged victorious over Juju Watkins and the Trojans. This year, the vibe obviously a little different, with Juju's unfortunate knee injury in the round of thirty. Time, we'll see how USC fares without her for a second straight game, and we'll see how they try to guard Beckers, who dropped a career high forty points on Oklahoma Saturday night. Head coach Gino Oriema set of Page after the game, quote that was as good of a game as I've seen her play the whole time that she's been here, and at the most important time. End quote. Speaking of Page, Beckers, she officially confirmed a friend at the show an ESPN analyst Rebecca Lobo on Friday, that she'll enter this year's WNBA draft. Now, this isn't necessarily a surprise. She hinted at this year being her last in college on multiple occasions throughout the season, but some folks did wonder if she would wait to enter the w until the league's new collective bargaining agreement was solidified. Turns out she's going to go ahead and declare. Per ESPN, Beckers is projected to go number one overall, a draft spot currently held by the Dallas Wings to the NWSL Where Got Them FC and US women's national team defender Tierna Davidson left Friday's nil nil draw with the Houston Dash with a non contact left leg injury, and who tore her right ACL in twenty twenty two, was seen walking on the pitch after Friday's game with her left leg in a brace. No official word on the injury yet, The team said she'd be evaluated upon their return to New Jersey. We're sending our best to Tierna. He'll fast tea elsewhere in the league. A big weekend for Ashley Hatch, who scored a brace that's two goals to lead the Washington Spirit over visiting BAFC to no. Hatch is just one goal away now from her fiftieth goal in a Spirit kit. With the next tally, she'll join an elite club of players who have scored fifty or more for one NWSL team. It's just Christine Sinclair, who had sixty six goals for the Portland Thorns, and Meghan Rapino, who put in fifty one for Seattle Rain. In tennis news, Arena Sablenka has added another trophy tour case. She won the Miami Open final on Saturday, defeating American Jessica Pagoula in straight sets. It's the first title of Sabelenka's career at this event, and a pivotal one she lost the previous two tournament finals she played in at the Australian Open and Indian Wells. Arena alluded to the agony of def feed in her post match remarks on court, and also made sure to give her opponent Goola some props. Take a listen.

Yeah, first of all, Jess, I'm so sorry. For real, if I could share the trophy with someone, trophy, prize, money, points, everything, I would definitely share it with you. But yeah, I'm sorry for that.

Yeah, first of all, Jess, I'm so sorry. For real, if I could share the trophy with someone, trophy, prize, money, points, everything, I would definitely share it with you. But yeah, I'm sorry for that.

But you're an incredible player.

But you're an incredible player.

You always you always pushed me so hard to play my best.

You always you always pushed me so hard to play my best.

I mean, I don't know. You're a great player player.

I mean, I don't know. You're a great player player.

Congrats you and your team on an incredible couple of weeks. And yeah, I've always enjoy playing against you, and it's always great battles, great match is great level of tennis. And continue continue doing what are you're doing. And I'm pretty sure we're going to play many more finals. I'm not sure.

Congrats you and your team on an incredible couple of weeks. And yeah, I've always enjoy playing against you, and it's always great battles, great match is great level of tennis. And continue continue doing what are you're doing. And I'm pretty sure we're going to play many more finals. I'm not sure.

About the result because honestly, I don't want to lose in the finals. It sucks, I know, but.

About the result because honestly, I don't want to lose in the finals. It sucks, I know, but.

I always enjoy playing against you. You you're a really incredible person player.

I always enjoy playing against you. You you're a really incredible person player.

Thank you so much. Honestly, he love someone who tells it straight. Losing in the finals does suck to the slopes. Mikayla Schiffrin capped off a challenging season by winning the slalom at the World Cup Finals in Sun Valley, Idaho, extending her own record with her one hundred and first career World Cup victory. Schiffrin missed a good chunk of the season after a crash in November, and also dealt with post traumatic stress disorder in her return to competition. Because of that absence, it was Shiffrin's first time finishing outside the top three in the slalom World Cup standings since twenty sixteen, but of the sixth slaloms she entered, she won four, so still quite a successful year in hockey. There were two PWHL games over the weekend, with the Ottawa Charge defeating the Boston Fleet two to one on Saturday and the Minnesota Frost besting the Toronto Scepters five to two on Sunday. Speaking of the Scepters, two of their star players, Sarah Nurse and Natalie Spooner, popped up on My TV in last week's episode of Top Chef Love to see women's sports girlies on my favorite reality shows, and it was really cool. They actually made a little mini hockey rink in the middle of the Top Chef kit. It was super fun. Check it out in Figure Skating News. Actually, I'm gonna let my friend Maggie Hendrix, who's a writer at Yahoo Sports, take this one. She was posting about what she called one of the best stories of the year, so I was intrigued and I had to hear more.

Thank you so much. Honestly, he love someone who tells it straight. Losing in the finals does suck to the slopes. Mikayla Schiffrin capped off a challenging season by winning the slalom at the World Cup Finals in Sun Valley, Idaho, extending her own record with her one hundred and first career World Cup victory. Schiffrin missed a good chunk of the season after a crash in November, and also dealt with post traumatic stress disorder in her return to competition. Because of that absence, it was Shiffrin's first time finishing outside the top three in the slalom World Cup standings since twenty sixteen, but of the sixth slaloms she entered, she won four, so still quite a successful year in hockey. There were two PWHL games over the weekend, with the Ottawa Charge defeating the Boston Fleet two to one on Saturday and the Minnesota Frost besting the Toronto Scepters five to two on Sunday. Speaking of the Scepters, two of their star players, Sarah Nurse and Natalie Spooner, popped up on My TV in last week's episode of Top Chef Love to see women's sports girlies on my favorite reality shows, and it was really cool. They actually made a little mini hockey rink in the middle of the Top Chef kit. It was super fun. Check it out in Figure Skating News. Actually, I'm gonna let my friend Maggie Hendrix, who's a writer at Yahoo Sports, take this one. She was posting about what she called one of the best stories of the year, so I was intrigued and I had to hear more.

Here's Maggie Friday Night, US figure skater Alyssa Lou won the World Championship in figure skating. It was the first time a US woman had won the World championship since two thousand and six. Alisa Lou scored her personal best, but this is one of my favorite sports stories of the year. To figure that out, we have to go back to a much earlier time in Alyssa's life, when she was five years old and being well, let's be honest, pushed into skating by her father. She kept being the youngest skater to win things as she was moving up the ranks, and then she was the youngest skater to throw a triple axel and the youngest skater to throw a quad jump, and she won nationals in twenty nineteen, was too young to go to the World Championships. In twenty twenty she won nationals again, but obviously it was twenty twenty and we all know what happened there. In twenty twenty two, for the Beijing Olympics, she made the team. She placed eighth. She won World bronze a month later. It seemed like there was a ton more in her future, but then, at the age of eighteen, she retired. She walked away from the sport. She announced on Instagram that she had met her goals and was moving on with her life. Her coach said she felt she had kept up her side of the bargain with her father and the skating community in general, which was always to go to the Olympics and be the skater everyone wanted her to be. It was shocking at the time because it had been twenty years since a US woman hadn't tried for another Olympics after they skated in an Olympics, and then on March first, twenty twenty four, just over a year ago, she announced she was coming back to the ice Alyssa Lou competed well in the various tournaments in skating events that they had coming up to the US Championships, but she wasn't like blowing anybody away. It still felt like a warm up season. But she made the World Championships team, and on Friday night, while wearing gold and skating to MacArthur Park by Donna Summer at the World Championships in Boston, she skated free. She skated for herself. She hit every jump and every move on the ice just seemed like a declaration of freedom. The pressure of the world was off her shoulders and it showed in her smile on the ice. Going from being just a student at UCLA to being a world champion in one year is incredibly impressive. But what really makes us the best story in sports right now is that Alisa excelled when she was skating for herself.

Here's Maggie Friday Night, US figure skater Alyssa Lou won the World Championship in figure skating. It was the first time a US woman had won the World championship since two thousand and six. Alisa Lou scored her personal best, but this is one of my favorite sports stories of the year. To figure that out, we have to go back to a much earlier time in Alyssa's life, when she was five years old and being well, let's be honest, pushed into skating by her father. She kept being the youngest skater to win things as she was moving up the ranks, and then she was the youngest skater to throw a triple axel and the youngest skater to throw a quad jump, and she won nationals in twenty nineteen, was too young to go to the World Championships. In twenty twenty she won nationals again, but obviously it was twenty twenty and we all know what happened there. In twenty twenty two, for the Beijing Olympics, she made the team. She placed eighth. She won World bronze a month later. It seemed like there was a ton more in her future, but then, at the age of eighteen, she retired. She walked away from the sport. She announced on Instagram that she had met her goals and was moving on with her life. Her coach said she felt she had kept up her side of the bargain with her father and the skating community in general, which was always to go to the Olympics and be the skater everyone wanted her to be. It was shocking at the time because it had been twenty years since a US woman hadn't tried for another Olympics after they skated in an Olympics, and then on March first, twenty twenty four, just over a year ago, she announced she was coming back to the ice Alyssa Lou competed well in the various tournaments in skating events that they had coming up to the US Championships, but she wasn't like blowing anybody away. It still felt like a warm up season. But she made the World Championships team, and on Friday night, while wearing gold and skating to MacArthur Park by Donna Summer at the World Championships in Boston, she skated free. She skated for herself. She hit every jump and every move on the ice just seemed like a declaration of freedom. The pressure of the world was off her shoulders and it showed in her smile on the ice. Going from being just a student at UCLA to being a world champion in one year is incredibly impressive. But what really makes us the best story in sports right now is that Alisa excelled when she was skating for herself.

That story honestly reminds me of what we saw from Simone Biles and the rest of the US gymnast at the Paris Olympics, competing with joy and freedom in a sport that is so often associated with stress and rigidity. So I don't know, certainly some lessons to be learned from watching women find great success when they're able to compete with joy Slices. It's not just any Monday, it's International Transgender Day of Visibility. I want to quickly share a message from Slice Erica that I really loved. She wrote us in part in your interview with CC Telfer, there's a conversation about visibility. I work for a state health department in HIV work that affects trans people, among others, and come from a family of activists and have activist kids. I've been thinking so much this week about visibility and feeling so miserable about feeling scared to be visible, and due to the COVID Funds clawback, we spent this week at my job firing people. Anyway, this conversation about visibility helped me think about sharing the responsibility of visibility and handing it between each other. Maybe sometimes it's not the right time for one of us to be visible, but we can hand it around and manifest that we can be wayfully present instead of miserably scared like they want us to be. End quote, Yes, Erica, I love the idea of passing around visibility and taking turns standing out and standing up when it feels safe and meaningful. So from our team, a good game to all our trans friends out there. We see you, we honor you, and we know the work doesn't end with you. It takes all of us. Okay, got to take a quick break when we come back. Page Hayley Madison and the rest of the stars who caught our eye this weekend in the Ncaattorney Welcome Back slices. Hope you cleared out your schedules to watch basketball all weekend like we did, because it was a freaking blast. Oh my god, I am so glad that this tournament has not disappointed. We had such high expectations beginning with the very first game of this season, looking ahead to what it might be like down the stretch, and these teams are coming through, these players are coming through, these games are coming through. It has just been so much fun. Mish. I want to talk Sweet Sixteen first. I know we had some takeaways from those games. It feels like once you've gotten to the Elite eight, you kind of forget about those Sweet Sixteen games, but don't. I don't want to ignore them, because we saw some awesome shit in there. And I want to start with Maryland versus South Carolina, and I mainly just want to shout out Maryland for the effort that they put in. This is a team coming off a double overtime win that they looked tired at the beginning of, not to mention the end of. So I was really convinced that they would show up against the South Carolina team and just not be able to put in an effort through all four quarters, and instead they gave SC all they could handle. That was a fun game.

That story honestly reminds me of what we saw from Simone Biles and the rest of the US gymnast at the Paris Olympics, competing with joy and freedom in a sport that is so often associated with stress and rigidity. So I don't know, certainly some lessons to be learned from watching women find great success when they're able to compete with joy Slices. It's not just any Monday, it's International Transgender Day of Visibility. I want to quickly share a message from Slice Erica that I really loved. She wrote us in part in your interview with CC Telfer, there's a conversation about visibility. I work for a state health department in HIV work that affects trans people, among others, and come from a family of activists and have activist kids. I've been thinking so much this week about visibility and feeling so miserable about feeling scared to be visible, and due to the COVID Funds clawback, we spent this week at my job firing people. Anyway, this conversation about visibility helped me think about sharing the responsibility of visibility and handing it between each other. Maybe sometimes it's not the right time for one of us to be visible, but we can hand it around and manifest that we can be wayfully present instead of miserably scared like they want us to be. End quote, Yes, Erica, I love the idea of passing around visibility and taking turns standing out and standing up when it feels safe and meaningful. So from our team, a good game to all our trans friends out there. We see you, we honor you, and we know the work doesn't end with you. It takes all of us. Okay, got to take a quick break when we come back. Page Hayley Madison and the rest of the stars who caught our eye this weekend in the Ncaattorney Welcome Back slices. Hope you cleared out your schedules to watch basketball all weekend like we did, because it was a freaking blast. Oh my god, I am so glad that this tournament has not disappointed. We had such high expectations beginning with the very first game of this season, looking ahead to what it might be like down the stretch, and these teams are coming through, these players are coming through, these games are coming through. It has just been so much fun. Mish. I want to talk Sweet Sixteen first. I know we had some takeaways from those games. It feels like once you've gotten to the Elite eight, you kind of forget about those Sweet Sixteen games, but don't. I don't want to ignore them, because we saw some awesome shit in there. And I want to start with Maryland versus South Carolina, and I mainly just want to shout out Maryland for the effort that they put in. This is a team coming off a double overtime win that they looked tired at the beginning of, not to mention the end of. So I was really convinced that they would show up against the South Carolina team and just not be able to put in an effort through all four quarters, and instead they gave SC all they could handle. That was a fun game.

It was really fun, and not just that double overtime game against Alabama before, but also I was at the Norfolk State game in the first round where Norfolk State gave them all they could handle, really too, so they were pretty worn down by the.

It was really fun, and not just that double overtime game against Alabama before, but also I was at the Norfolk State game in the first round where Norfolk State gave them all they could handle, really too, so they were pretty worn down by the.

Time they got to South Carolina.

Time they got to South Carolina.

Like you said, but I got a tip my hat specifically to Sarah Tbasu. She only had twelve points in that game against SC, but I mean from the first round to the round of thirty two to them getting knocked out, she was just.

Like you said, but I got a tip my hat specifically to Sarah Tbasu. She only had twelve points in that game against SC, but I mean from the first round to the round of thirty two to them getting knocked out, she was just.

The spark plug.

The spark plug.

And I love it because she also went to VCU first before she went to Maryland, and William and Mary got to play against her, so I got to see her first hand. Up close, Yeah, up close, and she's really that good, and so I just I know she's just going to continue to have an amazing basketball career generally speaking. And then I got a shout out our front of the show now Brenda Freeze, which is crazy to say because we mentioned on that episode with her how big a fan I was of those Maryland teams growing up.

And I love it because she also went to VCU first before she went to Maryland, and William and Mary got to play against her, so I got to see her first hand. Up close, Yeah, up close, and she's really that good, and so I just I know she's just going to continue to have an amazing basketball career generally speaking. And then I got a shout out our front of the show now Brenda Freeze, which is crazy to say because we mentioned on that episode with her how big a fan I was of those Maryland teams growing up.

But now as an adult, now that I see.

But now as an adult, now that I see.

And frankly have experienced what good coaching and bad coaching can look like, you have seen it from the outside in as well, she deserves all the flowers, like right now, She's been really good for a very long time up in College Park.

And frankly have experienced what good coaching and bad coaching can look like, you have seen it from the outside in as well, she deserves all the flowers, like right now, She's been really good for a very long time up in College Park.

She hasn't. We talked on that show about them being these like clutch kids. Yeah, at her sect they won the title that they know how to handle clutch time, and we talked about you mentioned that first game they won by one point. You mentioned that second game they want to double overtime, so that's and then this sc game coming down to the stretch. I mean, I feel bad for their fans. They got put through it in this turn. Friend of the show, Klaion Konnigan was at my house for that double overtime game just we could not stay on the couch, just jumping, screaming, yelling, and by the time it got to a third straight, like nail Bier, I was like, are y'all okay over there? I don't think you are the Maryland fans, but shout out to Maryland for really making them work for that. Speaking of work, Lauren Betts against old miss jo just putting in work fifteen of sixteen from the field that's unrual thirty one points and ten boards. I know we can't say enough about her as an unguardable piece of that UCLA team. That is the matchup I look at in every single game, I go, who's gonna stop bets? Nobody? Okay, USCLA is gonna win. But in that game in particular, the efficiency of fifteen of sixteen from the field is out of control.

She hasn't. We talked on that show about them being these like clutch kids. Yeah, at her sect they won the title that they know how to handle clutch time, and we talked about you mentioned that first game they won by one point. You mentioned that second game they want to double overtime, so that's and then this sc game coming down to the stretch. I mean, I feel bad for their fans. They got put through it in this turn. Friend of the show, Klaion Konnigan was at my house for that double overtime game just we could not stay on the couch, just jumping, screaming, yelling, and by the time it got to a third straight, like nail Bier, I was like, are y'all okay over there? I don't think you are the Maryland fans, but shout out to Maryland for really making them work for that. Speaking of work, Lauren Betts against old miss jo just putting in work fifteen of sixteen from the field that's unrual thirty one points and ten boards. I know we can't say enough about her as an unguardable piece of that UCLA team. That is the matchup I look at in every single game, I go, who's gonna stop bets? Nobody? Okay, USCLA is gonna win. But in that game in particular, the efficiency of fifteen of sixteen from the field is out of control.

That like doesn't happen no ever. I mean, there are people who have perfect games. That's an anomaly in itself. But she's just and also, folks, she's six seven. That doesn't mean people are not really putting strategy into defending her. It's literally the main thing that they're doing when they're prepping for these games, they're hitting her, you know what I mean, trying to trap her, give her no.

That like doesn't happen no ever. I mean, there are people who have perfect games. That's an anomaly in itself. But she's just and also, folks, she's six seven. That doesn't mean people are not really putting strategy into defending her. It's literally the main thing that they're doing when they're prepping for these games, they're hitting her, you know what I mean, trying to trap her, give her no.

State guardinger, double teaminger, bumping her, all of it. So she's I mean, she's really that good.

State guardinger, double teaminger, bumping her, all of it. So she's I mean, she's really that good.

And what I love is she's also not afraid to like be fiery as a big I think a lot of big sometimes they get they don't get the benefit of the whistle from the officials, and when you're a little bit more aggressive, they tend to target you. But she's like, you know what, I'm gonna do what I do and I'm gonna do it how I do it.

And what I love is she's also not afraid to like be fiery as a big I think a lot of big sometimes they get they don't get the benefit of the whistle from the officials, and when you're a little bit more aggressive, they tend to target you. But she's like, you know what, I'm gonna do what I do and I'm gonna do it how I do it.

I love it. I love Laura bets Uh speaking of attitude, swagger, being aggressive, bringing it Hailey. Motherfuck, holy shit. That was so much fun that that TCU Notre Dame game was by far my favorite game of this tournament. There were a lot of tight games, there were a lot of close games. To me, there were Alabama. Yeah, and here's why, Marylyn Alabama in terms of like back and forth the whole time, stressful. That takes the cake for sure. But for me, other than down the stretch when Notre Dame started missing too many shots for most of that Notre Dame TCU game, I thought that was the highest level of basketball, the most beautiful basketball from start to finish. Again, other than that stretch where Notre Dame couldn't hit the broad side of a barn, but before that, beautiful guard play, gorgeous, fast, efficient, there was no downtime. It wasn't sitting in a half court offense setting stuff up. It was just back and forth with not a lot of misses, not a lot of you know, bad plays, not a lot of turnovers. It was just good freakin' basketball. And ultimately, I think what we saw, I mean, Hayley van Lyth was a huge part of it. Twenty six points, nine boards and absolutely clutch at every turn. Speaking of turn, the play where suddenly the shot clocks running out, she's behind the arc, she does a full three sixty and it's like, oh, I gotta shoot it, and then just drains a three. Like just beautiful to watch. But also I think what it really did was expose I think some of the weaknesses that Notre Dame has been able to get away with when their guards are hitting every one of those shots that they started to struggle with. They're not big enough. Olivia Miles wasn't fully healthy. If They're not absolutely clutch on those shots, regardless of oil. Great their defense can be, regardless of oul skilled a lot of their players are. They just are not dynamic enough in both the post and the guards to compete with teams that are. I mean, Sarah, that's a damn good analysis.

I love it. I love Laura bets Uh speaking of attitude, swagger, being aggressive, bringing it Hailey. Motherfuck, holy shit. That was so much fun that that TCU Notre Dame game was by far my favorite game of this tournament. There were a lot of tight games, there were a lot of close games. To me, there were Alabama. Yeah, and here's why, Marylyn Alabama in terms of like back and forth the whole time, stressful. That takes the cake for sure. But for me, other than down the stretch when Notre Dame started missing too many shots for most of that Notre Dame TCU game, I thought that was the highest level of basketball, the most beautiful basketball from start to finish. Again, other than that stretch where Notre Dame couldn't hit the broad side of a barn, but before that, beautiful guard play, gorgeous, fast, efficient, there was no downtime. It wasn't sitting in a half court offense setting stuff up. It was just back and forth with not a lot of misses, not a lot of you know, bad plays, not a lot of turnovers. It was just good freakin' basketball. And ultimately, I think what we saw, I mean, Hayley van Lyth was a huge part of it. Twenty six points, nine boards and absolutely clutch at every turn. Speaking of turn, the play where suddenly the shot clocks running out, she's behind the arc, she does a full three sixty and it's like, oh, I gotta shoot it, and then just drains a three. Like just beautiful to watch. But also I think what it really did was expose I think some of the weaknesses that Notre Dame has been able to get away with when their guards are hitting every one of those shots that they started to struggle with. They're not big enough. Olivia Miles wasn't fully healthy. If They're not absolutely clutch on those shots, regardless of oil. Great their defense can be, regardless of oul skilled a lot of their players are. They just are not dynamic enough in both the post and the guards to compete with teams that are. I mean, Sarah, that's a damn good analysis.

Like truly, that's so surprised me.

Like truly, that's so surprised me.

You're even doing this as long as I've been alive. Oh shit, oh boy, now you're just slowing up on side from taking a hole. We I'm crying. Wow.

You're even doing this as long as I've been alive. Oh shit, oh boy, now you're just slowing up on side from taking a hole. We I'm crying. Wow.

But I say it that way because you literally took the words out of my mouth. I have it here in my notes. It was beautiful basketball, right, Speaking specifically about Haley van Lyth, She's one of those players. As a player, my claim to fame was I never shut up. I put my body on the line, and I worked harder than everybody else, point blank period.

But I say it that way because you literally took the words out of my mouth. I have it here in my notes. It was beautiful basketball, right, Speaking specifically about Haley van Lyth, She's one of those players. As a player, my claim to fame was I never shut up. I put my body on the line, and I worked harder than everybody else, point blank period.

Like I'm not the most athletically familiar. Yeah, you know, doesn't shut up, put her body on the line, and goundn't do anything to win. I feel you on that one.

Like I'm not the most athletically familiar. Yeah, you know, doesn't shut up, put her body on the line, and goundn't do anything to win. I feel you on that one.

Yeah, But it was just like I don't jump the highest, I don't run the fastest. I gotta be smarter and I gotta you know work hard, and Haley van Lyth I put her in that same category.

Yeah, But it was just like I don't jump the highest, I don't run the fastest. I gotta be smarter and I gotta you know work hard, and Haley van Lyth I put her in that same category.

She is just one of those.

She is just one of those.

Players, and you she doesn't post a lot about it, but I remember when she was getting into college. I would always see the videos of her working out, and it's like, you're doing this at a different level than most people are. So I have to give her those props. And I was one of those people that last season was wondering about her draft stock. I'm gonna be one hundred percent honest with you, but she has come back with.

Players, and you she doesn't post a lot about it, but I remember when she was getting into college. I would always see the videos of her working out, and it's like, you're doing this at a different level than most people are. So I have to give her those props. And I was one of those people that last season was wondering about her draft stock. I'm gonna be one hundred percent honest with you, but she has come back with.

The vengeance and it's fun. It's nice to see a player as talented as that get back into a groove because clearly LSU is not a fit unless and I'm not a fan of Kim Maulki, but I'm also not going to speak out a turn and assume that I know anything about what happened with that dynamic. I'm not going to say Kim Malky's a trash coach and she's the reason that Vanlyth wasn't any good. Obviously it wasn't a fit. No one knows other than who's involved whose fault that is. But it's just nice to see her go somewhere, especially like TCU where number one, they had to get players to try out from the regular school population just to feel the team last year, but also where Van Lith got dogged for taking a paycheck and told don't you want to go somewhere that can compete, And all she did was bring a third different team to the Elite eight. The only player to ever do that. Yeah, the only player to ever do that.

The vengeance and it's fun. It's nice to see a player as talented as that get back into a groove because clearly LSU is not a fit unless and I'm not a fan of Kim Maulki, but I'm also not going to speak out a turn and assume that I know anything about what happened with that dynamic. I'm not going to say Kim Malky's a trash coach and she's the reason that Vanlyth wasn't any good. Obviously it wasn't a fit. No one knows other than who's involved whose fault that is. But it's just nice to see her go somewhere, especially like TCU where number one, they had to get players to try out from the regular school population just to feel the team last year, but also where Van Lith got dogged for taking a paycheck and told don't you want to go somewhere that can compete, And all she did was bring a third different team to the Elite eight. The only player to ever do that. Yeah, the only player to ever do that.

So I want to talk WNBA transition though, because, like you were saying me, her WNBA draft stock last year not looking good. At this point, she's for sure going to get drafted, But I'm curious if you think she's going to be playing this season, is she going to be able to hang onto as well?

So I want to talk WNBA transition though, because, like you were saying me, her WNBA draft stock last year not looking good. At this point, she's for sure going to get drafted, But I'm curious if you think she's going to be playing this season, is she going to be able to hang onto as well?

I think it depends on where she goes out.

I think it depends on where she goes out.

It depends on where she goes because you look at what the WNBA looks like right now. You've got the New York Liberties of the world, who've got a roster full of people you're not You're not cracking that one, you know what I mean. And then you got the Golden State Doctries who are about to come into their inaugural season.

It depends on where she goes because you look at what the WNBA looks like right now. You've got the New York Liberties of the world, who've got a roster full of people you're not You're not cracking that one, you know what I mean. And then you got the Golden State Doctries who are about to come into their inaugural season.

That roster still looks a little, it looks incomplete. It looks very incomplete, and it's surprising to me that they haven't been able to recruit more people to be the beginning of something great with that kind of funding, with the investment, with the excitement, with the ticket buyers, with the Steph Curry connection that's only going to be there for another year or two. Knowing how invested he is and helping promote that, that's I'm shocked. It's it's concerning, for sure.

That roster still looks a little, it looks incomplete. It looks very incomplete, and it's surprising to me that they haven't been able to recruit more people to be the beginning of something great with that kind of funding, with the investment, with the excitement, with the ticket buyers, with the Steph Curry connection that's only going to be there for another year or two. Knowing how invested he is and helping promote that, that's I'm shocked. It's it's concerning, for sure.

Quick shout out to Sugar Rogers former William and Mary assistant who now just got the assistant job at Golden State.

Quick shout out to Sugar Rogers former William and Mary assistant who now just got the assistant job at Golden State.

Maybe that's the difference, I think the difference.

Maybe that's the difference, I think the difference.

But yeah, I mean you look at them, you look at Connecticut. Do we need to say more?

But yeah, I mean you look at them, you look at Connecticut. Do we need to say more?

You know? So there are spots Marina Maybury could use ad teammates. Yeah, just one, just one, just one would be good. No. I think it's interesting Alan, You know, size wise, she will have to figure out how to compete against bigger, stronger, faster without being athletically physically a big player. But can't measure a heart, meche, You can't measure a heart.

You know? So there are spots Marina Maybury could use ad teammates. Yeah, just one, just one, just one would be good. No. I think it's interesting Alan, You know, size wise, she will have to figure out how to compete against bigger, stronger, faster without being athletically physically a big player. But can't measure a heart, meche, You can't measure a heart.

You also got to think about the international experience she now has. A lot of people have been talking about that on the interwebs the last few days watching her hoop because that three on three I think it changed her game in a lot of ways.

You also got to think about the international experience she now has. A lot of people have been talking about that on the interwebs the last few days watching her hoop because that three on three I think it changed her game in a lot of ways.

So we'll see, but I got faith in her. Misha. Any last takeaways from the Sweet sixteen, just that as a.

So we'll see, but I got faith in her. Misha. Any last takeaways from the Sweet sixteen, just that as a.

Person who grew up watching a lot of ACC basketball, I was just talking about Maryland they used to be in the ACC.

Person who grew up watching a lot of ACC basketball, I was just talking about Maryland they used to be in the ACC.

The Duke UNC matchup in the Sweet sixteen.

The Duke UNC matchup in the Sweet sixteen.

I thought it was going to be more like those regular season matchups between those two teams. I thought it was gonna be a little bit more offensively, you know, on that side, a little bit better. But honestly, in lost and said it after the game, she didn't expect it to be. She thought it was gonna be gritty, it was gonna be, uh, you know, scrappy, and it was. So I was just kind of sad because I wanted that as the first time those two teams met in the tournament to be.

I thought it was going to be more like those regular season matchups between those two teams. I thought it was gonna be a little bit more offensively, you know, on that side, a little bit better. But honestly, in lost and said it after the game, she didn't expect it to be. She thought it was gonna be gritty, it was gonna be, uh, you know, scrappy, and it was. So I was just kind of sad because I wanted that as the first time those two teams met in the tournament to be.

Oh my god, three overtimes, But you know, it happens. It happens. I love me some Karen lawsome, but she does interviews like she's trying to convince you never to talk to her again. Like that is definitely not what she's using to recruit players. Like you hear some other coaches and you're like, man, I want to run through a wall for that coach. I absolutely would go play for her and carry like. But all right, you know what car on the recruiting trip. You know what Carrot does. She saves that for them huddles in practice, She's not using those slips for promotion or recruitment. Clearly she does the work on the recruiting trip and in the locker room. But it's just funny. She's like, get me the out of here. I need to get back to coaching. Okay, let's talk about the games that we watched on Sunday, the first two games to decide the final four participants. I have to get props to Duke because I said earlier, I just haven't followed them as closely all year as some of the other teams. And I think part of that is because they have a bunch of players that get the job done. It's not the one superstar, it's not the standout whose name you hear over and over. It's a bunch of players showing up and getting it done. I think what we saw down the stretch was just not great execution. They it was a bad final shot from Jackson that she airballed. It wasn't a terrible shot to take, but it just that there was plenty of time on the clock to set something up better. The Duke players lining up for a free throw for some reason when instead it was an inbound play for South Carolina after a timeout, they lined up as if there was a free throw happening. That's just where's your head at in the game at that point. And then I think Bree hauled down the stretch really saved herself. Her offensive fowl when they were up to with just about thirty seconds to play could have been a killer if Duke had been able to take advantage, but instead she got a board on the air ball and then she forced the turnover on the inbounds on the play, so she got herself back into the mindset to be the person she needed to be for that last couple of seconds, which was which was huge for them. But yeah, I think Duke really stuck in it and had a great start to the second half, and then execution just failed up down the stretch.

Oh my god, three overtimes, But you know, it happens. It happens. I love me some Karen lawsome, but she does interviews like she's trying to convince you never to talk to her again. Like that is definitely not what she's using to recruit players. Like you hear some other coaches and you're like, man, I want to run through a wall for that coach. I absolutely would go play for her and carry like. But all right, you know what car on the recruiting trip. You know what Carrot does. She saves that for them huddles in practice, She's not using those slips for promotion or recruitment. Clearly she does the work on the recruiting trip and in the locker room. But it's just funny. She's like, get me the out of here. I need to get back to coaching. Okay, let's talk about the games that we watched on Sunday, the first two games to decide the final four participants. I have to get props to Duke because I said earlier, I just haven't followed them as closely all year as some of the other teams. And I think part of that is because they have a bunch of players that get the job done. It's not the one superstar, it's not the standout whose name you hear over and over. It's a bunch of players showing up and getting it done. I think what we saw down the stretch was just not great execution. They it was a bad final shot from Jackson that she airballed. It wasn't a terrible shot to take, but it just that there was plenty of time on the clock to set something up better. The Duke players lining up for a free throw for some reason when instead it was an inbound play for South Carolina after a timeout, they lined up as if there was a free throw happening. That's just where's your head at in the game at that point. And then I think Bree hauled down the stretch really saved herself. Her offensive fowl when they were up to with just about thirty seconds to play could have been a killer if Duke had been able to take advantage, but instead she got a board on the air ball and then she forced the turnover on the inbounds on the play, so she got herself back into the mindset to be the person she needed to be for that last couple of seconds, which was which was huge for them. But yeah, I think Duke really stuck in it and had a great start to the second half, and then execution just failed up down the stretch.

And I think with this group, it's the thing that's been their achilles heel all season. Frankly, like they could always rely on that defense because the defense is gonna be what is gonna be. It's Kara Losson running the show. But to me, they've also got a lot of defensive minded individual players, which is really hard when at the end of the day, you need somebody who's gonna go get your bucket. Like the most elite of the elite teams that are still left in the tournament, they got somebody or a couple of somebodies who can just go get you a bucket.

And I think with this group, it's the thing that's been their achilles heel all season. Frankly, like they could always rely on that defense because the defense is gonna be what is gonna be. It's Kara Losson running the show. But to me, they've also got a lot of defensive minded individual players, which is really hard when at the end of the day, you need somebody who's gonna go get your bucket. Like the most elite of the elite teams that are still left in the tournament, they got somebody or a couple of somebodies who can just go get you a bucket.

So it's tough.

So it's tough.

Ashton Jackson, Aluchia Kanawa, Toby Flournier, they're gonna be good.

Ashton Jackson, Aluchia Kanawa, Toby Flournier, they're gonna be good.

They're gonna be good. Yeah, Toby as a freshman to have the ovaries to show up the way she did today. Now the mound to the ground, cat to the mat, she brought it eighteen points six boards, came off the bench and was a spark in a million different ways and is going to be a very good player for that team going forward. Really impressive as a freshman. All right, So we know that sc is headed back fifth straight Final four for South Carolina, and on ESPN, they showed a list of the coaches who have done that and other than Gino, who's done it twice, it is it like fourteenth straight or something gross like that. It was just a who's who Muffett McGraw, Tara Vanderveer, Don Staley like Helvalus. So congrats to sc on getting back to the final four second game that we watched yesterday. Man, it was another one that you just were waiting to see how a team would be able to show up, either as a complete team or if a superstar was going to step up, especially with UCLA. When Lauren Betts got in foul trouble early, LSU had an opportunity to re take advantage, and at first when she went out, it seemed like Kim Molki was gonna send Anissa Morrole repeatedly into the paint to take advantage, and she only did a couple of times and they got away from that and it allowed UCLA to stay up and be effective even with Bets on the bench. I was kind of surprised by that, meiche I thought they were going to try to pound it inside a lot more while she was sid Yeah, I don't know what was up with that.

They're gonna be good. Yeah, Toby as a freshman to have the ovaries to show up the way she did today. Now the mound to the ground, cat to the mat, she brought it eighteen points six boards, came off the bench and was a spark in a million different ways and is going to be a very good player for that team going forward. Really impressive as a freshman. All right, So we know that sc is headed back fifth straight Final four for South Carolina, and on ESPN, they showed a list of the coaches who have done that and other than Gino, who's done it twice, it is it like fourteenth straight or something gross like that. It was just a who's who Muffett McGraw, Tara Vanderveer, Don Staley like Helvalus. So congrats to sc on getting back to the final four second game that we watched yesterday. Man, it was another one that you just were waiting to see how a team would be able to show up, either as a complete team or if a superstar was going to step up, especially with UCLA. When Lauren Betts got in foul trouble early, LSU had an opportunity to re take advantage, and at first when she went out, it seemed like Kim Molki was gonna send Anissa Morrole repeatedly into the paint to take advantage, and she only did a couple of times and they got away from that and it allowed UCLA to stay up and be effective even with Bets on the bench. I was kind of surprised by that, meiche I thought they were going to try to pound it inside a lot more while she was sid Yeah, I don't know what was up with that.

You mentioned it though, that was and this is very surprising to me, Lauren Betts as a big the.

You mentioned it though, that was and this is very surprising to me, Lauren Betts as a big the.

First time in her whole career.

First time in her whole career.

She had picked up two fouls. In the first one which is is nuts and.

She had picked up two fouls. In the first one which is is nuts and.

The first one was garbage. By the way, Flage tried to board around her arm and she got called on it.

The first one was garbage. By the way, Flage tried to board around her arm and she got called on it.

So what it was is Kim Molk told them before that game. This is not direct quotes. Okay, people, I wasn't actually in the locker room.

So what it was is Kim Molk told them before that game. This is not direct quotes. Okay, people, I wasn't actually in the locker room.

I didn't call him.

I didn't call him.

I didn't call him. She didn't send me the text messages of the game plan. Okay, but I guarantee you what she said in that locker room before the game is, I don't care what you gotta do get her in foul trouble.

I didn't call him. She didn't send me the text messages of the game plan. Okay, but I guarantee you what she said in that locker room before the game is, I don't care what you gotta do get her in foul trouble.

I don't care how you gotta flop. And I agree if they find you Flage, don't worry about it.

I don't care how you gotta flop. And I agree if they find you Flage, don't worry about it.

It's not coming up to it and Alice coming out my paycheck, you know what I'm saying. So, but I was very surprised ls you didn't capitalize anymore. I think they've still got a really young group in a lot of ways, and I think that had a lot to do with it. In the same way that not the same way that Duke struggles offensively at times, but in a similar way. Sometimes ls you just some goes out of whack and I'm not sure what it is.

It's not coming up to it and Alice coming out my paycheck, you know what I'm saying. So, but I was very surprised ls you didn't capitalize anymore. I think they've still got a really young group in a lot of ways, and I think that had a lot to do with it. In the same way that not the same way that Duke struggles offensively at times, but in a similar way. Sometimes ls you just some goes out of whack and I'm not sure what it is.

I was also very surprised down the stretch. I love me some, Kaylen Gilbert, I do.

I was also very surprised down the stretch. I love me some, Kaylen Gilbert, I do.

And when you're when you were watching that game, you heard Ryan Ruko say it himself, why why are.

And when you're when you were watching that game, you heard Ryan Ruko say it himself, why why are.

The three shots in one possession? I love you?

The three shots in one possession? I love you?

Who's but she's hit She's hit shots, you know what I mean? She has hit shots, But I think in that situation, the vibes just did not feel good on those and that surprised me as well. Anissa fighting through the busted nose, I mean.

Who's but she's hit She's hit shots, you know what I mean? She has hit shots, But I think in that situation, the vibes just did not feel good on those and that surprised me as well. Anissa fighting through the busted nose, I mean.

Her nose looked pretty good though, so hopefully it's not too serious that someone who got her nose broken in a field hockey game bled all over the field and had to be taken off the field in an ambulance because it was so it's still crooked, like the fact that she went back in that hurts so much. The stinging is like the worst pain in the world, and I couldn't believe it wasn't bleeding anymore. So I don't know what they've shoved up there. When they took her back. But major props are going back in Yeah, for sure.

Her nose looked pretty good though, so hopefully it's not too serious that someone who got her nose broken in a field hockey game bled all over the field and had to be taken off the field in an ambulance because it was so it's still crooked, like the fact that she went back in that hurts so much. The stinging is like the worst pain in the world, and I couldn't believe it wasn't bleeding anymore. So I don't know what they've shoved up there. When they took her back. But major props are going back in Yeah, for sure.

But I gotta give it. I gotta give a round to the Tigers though, I mean, Mikayla Williams, Samiah Smith. They had a lot of people do some wonderful things.

But I gotta give it. I gotta give a round to the Tigers though, I mean, Mikayla Williams, Samiah Smith. They had a lot of people do some wonderful things.

It was was insane on defense and offense, would not stop. She took a bunch of hits too. I mean, yeah, I mean, I think the key is you got to give UCLA props for figuring out how to get it done without the key to their game plan. Yeah, there was a stat that UCLA since January one, with Lauren Betts on the bench, they're a minus three and with her in the game, they're a plus three twenty Oh my god, what okay? And then in this game with her on the bench at least heading into the half, without her playing all of the second quarter, you say it was still a plus Like that's that's wild remarkable for them to be able to do that in the moment. And Gardner and Hawkes nine of thirteen from three they made nine of the ten made threes on the day. The rest of the team was one for eleven from beyond the arc. Seeing hawkas who has been a great piece, but knew she needed to step up not only rebounding in place of Lauren Betts, but I think doubling up her average and scoring in this game. Like when you see that, that's like, that's a team. We're gonna talk Lauren Betts and we're gonna say that she's the most important piece, because she is. But what they did without her tells you that they have a whole lot more going on this scene, especially becau keiky Rice gott in foul trouble too. Yeah.

It was was insane on defense and offense, would not stop. She took a bunch of hits too. I mean, yeah, I mean, I think the key is you got to give UCLA props for figuring out how to get it done without the key to their game plan. Yeah, there was a stat that UCLA since January one, with Lauren Betts on the bench, they're a minus three and with her in the game, they're a plus three twenty Oh my god, what okay? And then in this game with her on the bench at least heading into the half, without her playing all of the second quarter, you say it was still a plus Like that's that's wild remarkable for them to be able to do that in the moment. And Gardner and Hawkes nine of thirteen from three they made nine of the ten made threes on the day. The rest of the team was one for eleven from beyond the arc. Seeing hawkas who has been a great piece, but knew she needed to step up not only rebounding in place of Lauren Betts, but I think doubling up her average and scoring in this game. Like when you see that, that's like, that's a team. We're gonna talk Lauren Betts and we're gonna say that she's the most important piece, because she is. But what they did without her tells you that they have a whole lot more going on this scene, especially becau keiky Rice gott in foul trouble too. Yeah.

Yeah, that was the part where I got scared when she came out of the game and they started to look a little disjointed offensively in that second half. But they figured it out, Like you said, shout out to me A Gardner, shout out Gabriella Hakez, everybody on that squad just gutting it out straight like that.

Yeah, that was the part where I got scared when she came out of the game and they started to look a little disjointed offensively in that second half. But they figured it out, Like you said, shout out to me A Gardner, shout out Gabriella Hakez, everybody on that squad just gutting it out straight like that.

So UCLA also moves on to the final four, and then we've got two more games tonight to decide the other pair of teams that will make it. I am so excited. We'll be talking about the final four teams a getting you ready for all those games later this week. All right, we got to take a break. When we come back, we crown a starch Madness champion and USC women's basketball tugs at my heart strings. It's next Welcome back slices. Hope y'all had a great weekend. I sure did. Not. Only did I get to dress up for a drop dead gorgeous themed fortieth birthday party. Shout out Glenn, Happy birthday, you pageant loving bitch. And if you guys haven't seen that movie, this was the first time I saw it. I never watched it back in the day. It has aged poorly, but kind of in the best possible way. It's still it's still hilarious and super edgy. But after the pageant madness, I also got to indulge in three straight days of outstanding hoops matchups and four giant plates of starch filled goodness. That's right. On Friday, I cooked up a storm all day, making each of the final four recipes of our starch Madness Tournament twice baked sweet potatoes, funeral potatoes, tacos to Papa, and potato lot keys or lotkas. We say lot keys round here now. Technically in the bracket it didn't say sweet potatoes, but I was like, wanting this mix of rusted and Yukon gold and sweet potatoes. So I made an executive decision, and let me tell you, it was a good one, because twice baked sweet potatoes are delicious. Okay, So here's the bracket setup. First of all, the right side of the bracket was an easy choice. Potato lot keys absolutely dominated the tacos, and I think that's because I prefer a chunky potato filling to the mashed potato type filling that the Tacos to Papa recipe called for. So that was an easy one potato lot keys for the win. Choosing a winner on the left side of the bracket was far tougher. Funeral potatoes versus the twice baked sweet potato. This was hands down the better region. It honestly felt like Yukon versus usc meeting way too early and ultimately in a very very difficult decision, funeral potatoes beat twice baked sweet potato. And then when all the votes were tabulated funeral potatoes versus potato lot key, the votes being just mine and my husband Brad's, I tried to get more people to come over and help us eep and said, I ate a ridiculous amount of funeral potatoes. The winner was drum roll please, funeral potatoes. I guess you probably shouldn't be surprised. A cheesy hash brown cast role with the cornflake crust that's midwestern, is y'all and damn delicious. So thank you to whoever submitted that recipe. Honestly, give it a go for your next party or picnic or something. Don't wait for a funeral to whip this one up. Nobody needs to die for you to eat this magic. Congrats to all the recipes, but mostly congrats to me because I got to cook them and eat them all. We will link to the visuals so you can judge my cooking and my silently to yourself because I don't need to hear your judgment. We love that you're listening, but we want to get you in the game every day too, So here's our good game play of the day. Check out the videos made by content creator coach Jackie j aka j cubed hacks on TikTok and Instagram. For years, she's been making hilarious videos about women's college hoops coaches, breaking down their hairstyles, fits, arm movements, stances, strides and more to get to the bottom of the very important question, is she gay or does she just coach women's basketball. They're funny while never being mean spirited. And while those are the videos, they got me hooked on coach Jackie Jay. She does other women's sports focus posts too, including a recent video about the things that she would do if it meant she could magically heal Juju Watkins, here's a little bit of that one.

So UCLA also moves on to the final four, and then we've got two more games tonight to decide the other pair of teams that will make it. I am so excited. We'll be talking about the final four teams a getting you ready for all those games later this week. All right, we got to take a break. When we come back, we crown a starch Madness champion and USC women's basketball tugs at my heart strings. It's next Welcome back slices. Hope y'all had a great weekend. I sure did. Not. Only did I get to dress up for a drop dead gorgeous themed fortieth birthday party. Shout out Glenn, Happy birthday, you pageant loving bitch. And if you guys haven't seen that movie, this was the first time I saw it. I never watched it back in the day. It has aged poorly, but kind of in the best possible way. It's still it's still hilarious and super edgy. But after the pageant madness, I also got to indulge in three straight days of outstanding hoops matchups and four giant plates of starch filled goodness. That's right. On Friday, I cooked up a storm all day, making each of the final four recipes of our starch Madness Tournament twice baked sweet potatoes, funeral potatoes, tacos to Papa, and potato lot keys or lotkas. We say lot keys round here now. Technically in the bracket it didn't say sweet potatoes, but I was like, wanting this mix of rusted and Yukon gold and sweet potatoes. So I made an executive decision, and let me tell you, it was a good one, because twice baked sweet potatoes are delicious. Okay, So here's the bracket setup. First of all, the right side of the bracket was an easy choice. Potato lot keys absolutely dominated the tacos, and I think that's because I prefer a chunky potato filling to the mashed potato type filling that the Tacos to Papa recipe called for. So that was an easy one potato lot keys for the win. Choosing a winner on the left side of the bracket was far tougher. Funeral potatoes versus the twice baked sweet potato. This was hands down the better region. It honestly felt like Yukon versus usc meeting way too early and ultimately in a very very difficult decision, funeral potatoes beat twice baked sweet potato. And then when all the votes were tabulated funeral potatoes versus potato lot key, the votes being just mine and my husband Brad's, I tried to get more people to come over and help us eep and said, I ate a ridiculous amount of funeral potatoes. The winner was drum roll please, funeral potatoes. I guess you probably shouldn't be surprised. A cheesy hash brown cast role with the cornflake crust that's midwestern, is y'all and damn delicious. So thank you to whoever submitted that recipe. Honestly, give it a go for your next party or picnic or something. Don't wait for a funeral to whip this one up. Nobody needs to die for you to eat this magic. Congrats to all the recipes, but mostly congrats to me because I got to cook them and eat them all. We will link to the visuals so you can judge my cooking and my silently to yourself because I don't need to hear your judgment. We love that you're listening, but we want to get you in the game every day too, So here's our good game play of the day. Check out the videos made by content creator coach Jackie j aka j cubed hacks on TikTok and Instagram. For years, she's been making hilarious videos about women's college hoops coaches, breaking down their hairstyles, fits, arm movements, stances, strides and more to get to the bottom of the very important question, is she gay or does she just coach women's basketball. They're funny while never being mean spirited. And while those are the videos, they got me hooked on coach Jackie Jay. She does other women's sports focus posts too, including a recent video about the things that she would do if it meant she could magically heal Juju Watkins, here's a little bit of that one.

Use single ply toilet paper for the rest of my life. Drink a whole cup of the spoiled milk that is currently in my fridge. Talk to a man on purpose. Oh about men's March badness? Yeah, that one's extra bad. You're bringing them on.

Use single ply toilet paper for the rest of my life. Drink a whole cup of the spoiled milk that is currently in my fridge. Talk to a man on purpose. Oh about men's March badness? Yeah, that one's extra bad. You're bringing them on.

Sports Rap Battle.

Sports Rap Battle.

Flage Johnson on National TV up Accumuliation similarly challenge the feast a Collier to one on one, also on National TV. Anything for Juju Watch a whole season of Drag Race with Kim Ulk. Just feel like that would be really really hard to sit through.

Flage Johnson on National TV up Accumuliation similarly challenge the feast a Collier to one on one, also on National TV. Anything for Juju Watch a whole season of Drag Race with Kim Ulk. Just feel like that would be really really hard to sit through.

Follow her. You won't regret it. We always love to hear from you. To hit us up on email. Good game at wondermedianetwork dot com. I know we mentioned that the email is changing, but going back to the old one good game at wondermediaetwork dot com and don't forget to subscribe, rate and review, y'all. It's real easy watch USC women's basketball having Juju Watkins Funko pops on the bench, rating twelve out of twelve Team Era points review y'all, this almost broke me. Watkins was not able to travel with the team to Spokane because of her acl injury, So what did the team do? Bring a bunch of mini Jujus on the trip in Funko pop form. Now, if you don't know, Funko pops are these like little figurines with huge heads and little bodies. They're pretty highly sought after collectibles for kids and adults alike. In fact, my husband Brad and I were gifted ourselves in Funco pop form this past Christmas. We'll put a link to the post from the USC squad so you can get a good look at jujus. This is just truly an adorable way for the Trojans to let their teammate know that they love her and that her presence is felt even in her absence. Between this and the T shirts they wore with her face on, it man. The kids are all right Now, it's your turn, rate and review. Thanks for listening. See you tomorrow when we chat with the winningest head basketball coach in IVY League history, the Fantastic Kathy Delaney Smith. Good Game, South Carolina and UCLA Good Game, Mikayla Schiffer and Alssa lou Busted noses Ouch. Good Game with Sarah Spain is an iHeart women's sports production in partnership with Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment. You can find us on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Production by Wonder Media Network, our producers are Alex Azzie and Misha Jones. Our executive producers are Christina Everett, Jesse Katz, Jenny Kaplan, and Emily Rudder. Our editors are Emily Rutter, Britney Martinez and Grace Lynch. Our associate producer is Lucy Jones and I'm your host Sarah Spain

Follow her. You won't regret it. We always love to hear from you. To hit us up on email. Good game at wondermedianetwork dot com. I know we mentioned that the email is changing, but going back to the old one good game at wondermediaetwork dot com and don't forget to subscribe, rate and review, y'all. It's real easy watch USC women's basketball having Juju Watkins Funko pops on the bench, rating twelve out of twelve Team Era points review y'all, this almost broke me. Watkins was not able to travel with the team to Spokane because of her acl injury, So what did the team do? Bring a bunch of mini Jujus on the trip in Funko pop form. Now, if you don't know, Funko pops are these like little figurines with huge heads and little bodies. They're pretty highly sought after collectibles for kids and adults alike. In fact, my husband Brad and I were gifted ourselves in Funco pop form this past Christmas. We'll put a link to the post from the USC squad so you can get a good look at jujus. This is just truly an adorable way for the Trojans to let their teammate know that they love her and that her presence is felt even in her absence. Between this and the T shirts they wore with her face on, it man. The kids are all right Now, it's your turn, rate and review. Thanks for listening. See you tomorrow when we chat with the winningest head basketball coach in IVY League history, the Fantastic Kathy Delaney Smith. Good Game, South Carolina and UCLA Good Game, Mikayla Schiffer and Alssa lou Busted noses Ouch. Good Game with Sarah Spain is an iHeart women's sports production in partnership with Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment. You can find us on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Production by Wonder Media Network, our producers are Alex Azzie and Misha Jones. Our executive producers are Christina Everett, Jesse Katz, Jenny Kaplan, and Emily Rudder. Our editors are Emily Rutter, Britney Martinez and Grace Lynch. Our associate producer is Lucy Jones and I'm your host Sarah Spain