1 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:09,560 Hello everyone and welcome back as we're coming off a great 2 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:13,000 weekend of basketball here in Bloomington on the Crimson Cast 3 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:16,480 Women's Basketball Podcast as the Hoosiers advance to the 4 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:20,680 Sweet 16 for the third time in five years and fourth time in 5 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:23,720 program history. Indiana got started off with two 6 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:27,240 wins here in Bloomington and now are going to Albany, NY for the 7 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:30,240 next round. Amanda, it was a really crazy, 8 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:33,640 crazy week of basketball. Really fun, honestly covering it 9 00:00:34,480 --> 00:00:36,520 here in Bloomington. But yeah, how are you? 10 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:39,000 I'm doing well. I'm not going to lie. 11 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:42,000 I'm pretty tired after that crazy weekend of basketball 12 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:44,800 because it felt like I just lived at Assembly Hall for about 13 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:48,320 four days, which I think like most of us, most of us did. 14 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:51,240 We were there for a long time, but it was super enjoyable. 15 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:54,040 Super, super great basketball all around. 16 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:57,720 Really fun to be a part of. It was my last time in Assembly 17 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:01,760 Hall as a student reporter. So Needless to say, Monday night 18 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:05,840 I did not want to leave and hung around for longer than I 19 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:10,840 normally do because that was my last time in there as a college 20 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:13,880 student, which is I didn't think about it very much, which was 21 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:17,320 probably a good thing because I was more focused on, you know, 22 00:01:17,320 --> 00:01:19,120 the the reporting aspect of everything. 23 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:22,320 But yeah, it was. It was a great time, it was a 24 00:01:22,320 --> 00:01:25,360 great weekend and I'm very excited for this next coming 25 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:27,920 weekend where there's going to be even more good basketball. 26 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:29,840 Yeah, I think you're, I think you're right. 27 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:32,200 I mean, we were there four days in a row, right? 28 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:36,720 Because you have availability on the first day, Friday, Friday 29 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:39,240 and the game. On Saturday Availability Sunday. 30 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:40,480 Game on Monday. And then Monday. 31 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:41,440 Yeah. So, I guess. 32 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:44,960 And interspersed a little bit of baseball in there for me on. 33 00:01:44,960 --> 00:01:47,760 Friday so that. Friday was a crazy day. 34 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:51,560 Friday was a long day, but no, it was great. 35 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:55,000 I I live for this time of year. Honestly, I love, I love all 36 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,560 that kind of stuff and all the running around is kind of fun 37 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:00,440 sometimes so. Well, that's what we do as as 38 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:02,360 student journalists, student media, the. 39 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:04,680 Grind never stops. The grind never stops, but 40 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:07,520 anyway, we'll kick things off with the first game of the March 41 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:11,360 Madness tournament for Indiana. The Hoosiers won the opening 42 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:13,960 game in comfortable fashion. It was a close contest in the 43 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:16,320 first half, but then the Hoosiers were able to scrape up 44 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:21,400 everything in the second-half. Got to win 89 to 56 over 45 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:24,320 Fairfield. It was a really fast-paced start 46 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:27,200 to start this game. You know, at halftime it was 38 47 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:30,240 to 34. Indiana had a 34, not a 34 point 48 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:35,080 lead, a four point lead at the break, but then just sort of a 49 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:38,960 defensive halftime adjustment by Terry Moran and the coaching 50 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:42,360 staff kind of led to the team dominating in the second-half. 51 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:47,720 Indiana outscored the Stags 51 to 22 in the two quarters. 52 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:50,360 Obviously the biggest take away from that game. 53 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:52,920 Amanda, you wrote about it. It was the Sarah Scalia game. 54 00:02:52,920 --> 00:02:54,520 She had one of her better performances. 55 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:58,280 If not, you know, I don't want to say her best performance, 56 00:02:58,280 --> 00:02:59,400 right? Because I'm highlighting. 57 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:02,480 Maybe the most important. Maybe the most important is a 58 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:04,720 good way to put it. Definitely one of the best 59 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:09,360 performances as a Hoosier. 27 points, 4 rebounds, two assist, 60 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:14,440 Lethal from behind the arc. She also reached her 100th 3 61 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:17,560 pointer of the season. Chloe Moore McNeil, Yarding Gear 62 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:21,480 Zone and Mackenzie Holmes all each had thirteen points to help 63 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:24,400 the Hoosiers earn the victory in the opening round. 64 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:28,720 Fairfield's was 31 and one coming into the game. 65 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:31,320 Now we're 31 and two and obviously their season of is 66 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:35,480 over, but it's snacks snaps. A 29 game win streak for 67 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:39,360 Fairfield, but really good game, Really good win to start off the 68 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:41,760 tournament. It was it was fun. 69 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:45,440 It was fun right Leading again, bringing up the availability we 70 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:47,920 mentioned just sort of the pace. That was the biggest thing that 71 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:52,800 Indiana was talking about, how you know, Fairfield gets a lot 72 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:55,360 of their production from outside and and that's kind of what we 73 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:55,840 saw. Yeah. 74 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:58,360 Well, when we saw in the last few minutes of the second 75 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:01,560 quarter right before halftime came around, was when Indiana's 76 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:04,120 defense really stepped up and and locked in. 77 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:05,840 That first quarter was very back and forth. 78 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:08,440 It was very fast. Fairfield was controlling the 79 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:11,760 pace and Indiana was really kind of just trying to keep up is 80 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:14,840 what it looked like And then they kind of locked in towards 81 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:18,040 the towards as halftime kind of crept up on them And then 82 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:21,240 obviously you like you like you said carried through into the 83 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:24,480 second-half. Sarah Scalia came alive in that 84 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:28,240 third quarter and that meant everybody else came alive too. 85 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:31,040 And that was like you said, kind of what I wrote about is that 86 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:35,080 she is able to fuel everybody and give everybody so much 87 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:37,240 energy with the way that she plays. 88 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:40,920 And Fairfield was talking a little smack in her ear a little 89 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:44,560 bit and she got fired up by that and that. 90 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:47,520 That was the game kind of from from there on out. 91 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:50,160 And you mentioned her stats. And one thing that I wanted to 92 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:54,440 touch on is that defense almost never shows up on the stat 93 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:56,440 sheet. But her defense, like even in 94 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:58,640 that first half, she was up in people's faces. 95 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:00,360 She was pesky. And that's one of the things 96 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:03,480 that I really like about her game that has evolved since 97 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:06,800 she's come to Indiana. Like, obviously we see all of 98 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:09,000 her offensive production and everything like that, but her 99 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,680 defense has become one of the biggest parts of her game. 100 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:14,160 Or even if she's not scoring a whole lot. 101 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:16,280 Like we saw this in the Oklahoma game, which we're going to talk 102 00:05:16,280 --> 00:05:19,400 about, or at least I I noticed it is that even when she wasn't 103 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:21,840 scoring, she was still like a part of everything because she 104 00:05:21,840 --> 00:05:25,160 was up there getting in people's faces up at like the top, on the 105 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:28,040 perimeter. And so she, she brings so much 106 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:29,680 to this team. And I've talked about it a lot, 107 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:34,040 but I I really, really enjoy writing about her because she's 108 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:37,800 one of those people that you don't really notice unless 109 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:40,320 you're looking sometimes where she's like she's on the court. 110 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:42,560 But if you really pay attention to how she plays her game and 111 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:45,520 you her facial expressions and how she interacts with her 112 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:48,840 teammates and everything like that, she's she's really, really 113 00:05:48,840 --> 00:05:51,880 interesting. And for me has become one of the 114 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:54,600 my favorite people on this team to to cover honestly. 115 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:58,440 Yeah, I mean I I don't remember at one point of the weekend I I 116 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:02,080 brought this up to you. I I'd assume it was after the 117 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:06,520 Fairfield game or during, but I mean if we go back to the first 118 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:09,880 episode, right, we said that Sarah had to be the the most 119 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:13,680 improved player on this team and and that's exactly what she has 120 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:15,800 been for this, for this team this season. 121 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:19,560 And I mean I think you said really well right there and not 122 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:23,360 just her shooting ability but like her overall game, right. 123 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:27,080 And and you know one of the things that we see that is just 124 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:29,400 the emotion, right. She comes over, transfers over 125 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:34,080 here and you know, is just a quiet player on the floor, 126 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:36,720 right? Not very, not very vocal, not 127 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:40,800 very emotional. Nobody really knew anything 128 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:44,080 about her except that she played basketball and shot 3 pointers. 129 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:46,040 Yeah. And I mean we've seen it these 130 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:49,200 what like the past two months just kind of that emotion 131 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:52,560 starting to to pour out from her, you know in the, in the. 132 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:54,640 Middle of the game. The first time that I noticed it 133 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:56,000 was when they were down in Florida. 134 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:58,640 And 'cause I was, I wrote, I wrote about it, I think when 135 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:01,440 they were playing Tennessee. And then from then on it's like 136 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:04,160 skyrocketed from that point. That was around Thanksgiving. 137 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:07,560 That was the end of November and and it has come out and like the 138 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:11,280 game against Iowa at home and and some really big time 139 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:13,840 moments. That that's the thing and and 140 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:17,960 you know you can say that a lot about this team this season as 141 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:20,320 we as we talking to Oklahoma. I'll touch on that later. 142 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:24,480 But just the big moments Sarah had, the team in general hasn't 143 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:29,080 really shield away from it in general, but Sarah specifically, 144 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:31,920 right. Sarah was the player to go for 145 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:34,560 Indiana in that game, right. You know eventually they pulled 146 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:38,200 away and and you know like everything, right, you you make 147 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:40,880 adjustments in the second-half was was pretty easy I would say 148 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:45,080 for Indiana. But yeah a lot of a lot of that 149 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:49,080 had to do with Sarah Scalia. You know a couple numbers. 150 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:55,920 Fairfield shot 31% from the field, 32% essentially 31.8 from 151 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:58,760 the field. They threw up 33 three pointers, 152 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:00,680 which is a. Lot of three-point shooting. 153 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:03,600 There was a lot. Indiana threw up 26 of their 154 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:06,280 own, which is a lot on its own. And. 155 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:09,240 Yeah, just trading shots. It kind of felt like as the game 156 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:15,040 was going that Fairfield was, you know, because Indiana was 157 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:17,200 kind of starting to pull away. You would they were kind of 158 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:19,880 thinking, OK, if we get a little bit of shots going from the 159 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:22,280 outside, let's just try to outscore them from the outside 160 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:24,760 and some. Desperation shots by the end of 161 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:26,160 it, for sure. Yeah, And it makes sense with 162 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:29,280 the type of team that that they hold, right? 163 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:31,640 But, you know, it was a really good season for them, really 164 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:35,000 good win for Indiana and a really fun game. 165 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:38,559 That kind of set the tone, set the pace for the upcoming game, 166 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:41,520 which was the second game obviously for Indiana as they 167 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:46,000 took on the fifth seed, Oklahoma Sooners, they won that 175 to 168 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:49,000 68. It was, I mean, the definition 169 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:51,440 of a nail biter. A comeback victory in the fourth 170 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:54,760 quarter for Indiana. A really emotional game like we 171 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:57,920 already touched on. But Indiana with the victory 172 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:00,440 clinches another Sweet 16 appearance. 173 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:04,240 It was 3029 at halftime. Oklahoma was leading by one. 174 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:08,800 And it it was weird because it was 2, two different halves, 175 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:14,400 essentially a lot, you know, not much offense in the first half. 176 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:17,760 The second quarter, yeah, the second quarter was not good for 177 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:20,800 either team. Either team struggled mightily 178 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:25,000 in those in that second quarter. The pace was incredible. 179 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,240 To start off the start off the game, it was, you know, 180 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:30,960 unbelievable. And, you know, shots weren't 181 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:34,200 necessarily falling. Another thing is the physicality 182 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:36,280 in that second quarter, we kind of started to see a lot. 183 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:38,360 We saw a good amount in the third quarter as well. 184 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:40,120 Yeah. Well, in the the first half, 185 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:43,120 compared to the second-half, the the way that the game was being 186 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:45,520 called, the first half allowed for a lot more physicality. 187 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:48,200 I think whereas down the stretch in the third and fourth 188 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:50,080 quarters, the whistles might have been blowing a little bit 189 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:52,080 more. Yeah, that was I was I was going 190 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:54,040 to bring that up. There was a bit more free flow 191 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:55,760 in the first half and then similar to. 192 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:57,760 The Fairfield game. Yeah, yeah. 193 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:01,800 But I think there was a certain point where in the in the 194 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:05,920 second-half of Oklahoma, Indiana, it was kind of like, 195 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:08,120 all right, like, you know, there was, there was a good amount of 196 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:12,480 free throws being free throws, fouls being called that wasn't 197 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:15,160 necessarily being called in the first half and there was a few 198 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:20,960 people pointing that out online. But you know, regardless, yeah, 199 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:24,040 the the story of the game, if we're looking at it in general, 200 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:26,440 was Mackenzie Holmes in that fourth quarter. 201 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:29,680 Holmes won that fourth quarter for Indiana. 202 00:10:29,680 --> 00:10:33,600 Pretty much just put the team on their shoulders and closed out 203 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:35,680 the victory for a little bit of a late run. 204 00:10:35,680 --> 00:10:39,000 And you know, that was it was one of the more fun games this 205 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:42,920 year, one of my favorite games. I've gotten the cover so far. 206 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:45,320 As a student, I bet you agree you know, wholeheartedly. 207 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:48,600 But yeah, yeah, I mean, what did you a lot to unpack in this one, 208 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:49,480 but so. Much. 209 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:51,240 There's no, you're you're absolutely right. 210 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:52,920 There's so much to unpack. I feel like I could talk about 211 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:55,520 this game for a very, very long time. 212 00:10:56,280 --> 00:11:00,280 I was nervous just sitting there not knowing what was going to 213 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:03,520 happen on either end. Oklahoma is a really, really, 214 00:11:03,560 --> 00:11:04,880 really good. Basketball team. 215 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:07,160 So fun to watch. So, so good. 216 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:09,880 And they controlled the first half. 217 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:11,440 They were, they were hitting shots. 218 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:13,440 I mean they controlled it really up until that fourth quarter to 219 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:17,040 be perfectly honest with like hitting three pointers, playing 220 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:19,280 in the post, being physical literally everywhere. 221 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:22,560 They were just playing better than Indiana to a certain 222 00:11:22,560 --> 00:11:25,600 extent. Indiana looked lost and that was 223 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:29,080 we don't see that too much. Terry Moran was very emotional 224 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:33,240 on the sidelines and and on the bench, which you know when you 225 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:36,160 obviously it's a very big game and everybody cares a lot about 226 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:39,000 it And so that was not necessarily unexpected with the 227 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:42,480 way that Indiana was playing. There were there were a lot of 228 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:45,600 emotions and there was one point that I'll I'll admit that I 229 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:48,960 wondered if because usually Indiana plays very emotionally 230 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:52,400 and it works in their favor and I wondered for a little bit if 231 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:56,040 they were playing with too much emotion which is which is hard 232 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:59,040 because it was obviously a very big game because it's the last 233 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:00,720 game in Assembly Hall for the seniors. 234 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:03,960 You don't want to be stuck in the same position that you were 235 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:06,000 in last year with the Miami game. 236 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:09,280 So there was like everything a lot of it a lot of stuff were 237 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:13,320 was on their minds but they were able to I think kind of refocus 238 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:15,840 in that fourth quarter. And Mackenzie Holmes the the 239 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:19,560 thing with Mackenzie Holmes like she was not having a great game 240 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:24,440 excuse me in the first in the 1st 3/4 just shots were rolling 241 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:26,160 off the rim. She wasn't necessarily getting 242 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:28,480 great touches because of Oklahoma's defense, which was 243 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:32,240 very, very good. Sarah Scalia was kind of taken 244 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:34,720 out of it from an offensive standpoint for most of the game 245 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:37,400 in yard. And because of the defense on 246 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:41,000 the perimeter, which I wasn't necessarily expecting, I thought 247 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:43,360 that they would be able to get a little bit more going for Sarah. 248 00:12:43,680 --> 00:12:46,600 And they kind of did towards the end in terms of like she got 249 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:48,280 fouls and she went to the free throw line. 250 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:52,160 But that was about it. But Mackenzie, she there was 251 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:55,240 looking back on it and obviously this is different if they would 252 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:56,760 have lost. But looking back, there was no 253 00:12:56,760 --> 00:13:00,040 way she was going to let them lose that game realistically. 254 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:02,400 Like she was going to do everything in her power to win 255 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:06,240 it and she did and she was part of there was a 10 O run in the 256 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:09,040 final two minutes of the fourth quarter that was basically just 257 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:12,520 her. And I think at that point, you 258 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:14,680 and I were talking about this coming out in the third quarter. 259 00:13:14,680 --> 00:13:18,080 Both teams looked really tired. And then I think Oklahoma picked 260 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:20,920 it up and got their energy back and then they dropped off again 261 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:22,560 and towards the end of the fourth quarter. 262 00:13:22,560 --> 00:13:25,360 And then Indiana picked it up because by the end of it, like 263 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:28,800 Mackenzie was getting the ball in the post and going up for 264 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:31,560 like any old layup and didn't really have a whole lot of 265 00:13:31,560 --> 00:13:34,440 competition down there in those last few minutes. 266 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:36,960 And then they were drawing fouls and they were making their free 267 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:38,560 throws. And then, you know, by the end 268 00:13:38,560 --> 00:13:43,240 of 7568 is not in the, in the last 30 seconds it was not you 269 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:46,320 kind of, you could feel where it was going because that's just 270 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:48,560 kind of how that kind of game goes. 271 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:53,960 But man, there, Oh my gosh, like the crowd, the energy, it was 272 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:55,880 loud. It was really, really loud in 273 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:59,920 there. It was the the fact that the 274 00:13:59,920 --> 00:14:02,080 seniors could win their last game. 275 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:06,240 Mackenzie led the whole team up into the student section, just 276 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:09,480 like she did two years ago when Indiana beat Princeton to go to 277 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:12,800 the Sweet 16. That it was a whole kind of full 278 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:16,960 circle moment, if you will, and also just really nice to see 279 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:18,720 that they were able to do that for their seniors. 280 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:21,640 And Grace Burger was there and and they talked about it. 281 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:25,320 They're like having Grace there. When they lost last year in her 282 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:28,680 last game, I'd like part of it. Like they kind of did it for her 283 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:30,600 too. So I think it was just, it was 284 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:34,400 very emotional. It was a great, great, amazing 285 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:35,920 basketball game. Very stressful. 286 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:38,360 But it was. It was a really, really good 287 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:39,560 one. Yeah, to go. 288 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:42,560 But well I want to touch on the emotion here in a little bit 289 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:46,520 because that's kind of what I wrote about sort of Indiana 290 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:53,800 finally, not finally, but kind of getting that discussed of 291 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:58,640 last year off their back, right they they Terry opened up a 292 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:01,960 little bit to my question actually I was, I was really 293 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:07,720 happy the answer that I got from Terry about just what this game 294 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:09,680 meant considering their loss last year. 295 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:13,640 But briefly, I mean just the fourth quarter again to about 296 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:15,360 Mackenzie Holmes, it was really incredible. 297 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:20,160 I mean she 12 of her 29 points came in that quarter and. 298 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:22,160 On five O 6 shooting. Five O 6 shooting? 299 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:24,280 Yeah, correct. And I mean, she was active the 300 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:26,480 entire day. I mean, she took 23 field goals. 301 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:28,720 But Mackenzie just kind of lit up. 302 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:31,640 I mean, you mentioned the 10 O run there to finish out the 303 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:36,640 game. Indiana also outscored them 15 304 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:42,120 to 4 in the final 2 1/2 minutes. 241 if we want to be exact. 305 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:44,440 But well, 41 seconds is kind of a lot. 306 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:46,040 Yeah, I mean, I'm near 3 minutes. 307 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:47,640 Yeah, round round it up a little bit more. 308 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:51,280 Yeah, so Indiana, just completely, when it mattered 309 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:53,880 most, played their best basketball. 310 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:55,440 That's in in the clutch. Moment. 311 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:57,720 Yeah, that's one thing about this team that I think you and I 312 00:15:57,720 --> 00:15:59,960 were talking about for the most part. 313 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:03,160 Granted, you can point to to some of their losses like the 314 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:07,960 Stanford and the Iowa and the Ohio State, but overall this 315 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:11,360 team comes through when they have to and they will pull 316 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:15,800 whatever they have to do to get a win, which has been impressive 317 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:20,160 to watch because they like this was not a perfect game by any 318 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:22,440 means, by any means. Here's the thing, They did not 319 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:23,960 shoot well throughout the entire. 320 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:28,640 I mean 38% is low for this Indiana team, extremely low 321 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:31,600 considering they've been you know, around the edge of 50% 322 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:34,480 from the field the entire year. And I mean three for 16 from 323 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:37,560 319% is not great no matter who you are. 324 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:39,520 Right. But we we've seen throughout the 325 00:16:39,520 --> 00:16:44,800 season, if they really want to win, they can for all accounts 326 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:47,400 and purposes, like for the most part they can figure out how to 327 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:49,400 make it work and that's what they did this time. 328 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:51,080 Yeah. I think one of the things that 329 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:56,680 you really saw on in that game against Oklahoma was sort of the 330 00:16:57,440 --> 00:17:04,520 the how disciplined this team is and really how well the message 331 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:08,000 that Terry tries to preach to this group is installed in their 332 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:09,040 brains. That's kind of what we saw. 333 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:13,040 And you know, because they very easily could have lost, I mean 334 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:15,200 look, I mean to be honest I thought I didn't think they were 335 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:17,960 going to win at half. I I didn't, I didn't think they 336 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:21,160 were going to be able to do it at half, you know, it was 337 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:23,920 obviously just a one point deficit at the break. 338 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:25,000 It felt like so much more, though. 339 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:27,440 Yeah, it it felt like Oklahoma was. 340 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:30,040 It was controlling things in the first. 341 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:33,080 Half they were 100%. They were, I guess. 342 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:37,440 But again, it goes back to just kind of the awful second quarter 343 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:40,920 that both teams had. Neither team really had an 344 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:42,800 advantage. Neither team was particularly 345 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:47,440 playing good basketball. It was just kind of a lot of 346 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:49,720 misses. And it was, as the game got on, 347 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:52,560 it was like, OK, well, who's going to take advantage of the 348 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:56,040 moment and who's going to collapse under the pressure, 349 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:57,680 Right? Oklahoma kind of did. 350 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:00,360 See, I don't know if I would say they they collapsed. 351 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:02,760 Maybe collapses, I think. Collapses is a little bit too 352 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:05,240 strong, but they faltered where Indiana didn't. 353 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:09,840 Yeah, it it's it's just, you know, this is kind of what I've 354 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:12,600 been touching on. I touched on a lot this past 355 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:16,080 weekend. Asking Terry was just kind of 356 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:21,600 the how, how do you go about the mental aspect of playing in 357 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:23,840 March, right? Everybody wants to look at the 358 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:27,000 XS and those. But I, you know it when it comes 359 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:30,520 down to winning in March, I mean, there's how many games of 360 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:33,040 the tournament do we see come down to the last two 361 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:35,640 possessions, last three possessions or or, you know, 362 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:38,360 there's two minutes left and you got to make a play right? 363 00:18:38,360 --> 00:18:40,840 You know, I think the mental aspect of March is extremely 364 00:18:40,840 --> 00:18:43,040 valuable and and I kept asking Terry about that. 365 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:44,320 That's what I really wanted to know. 366 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:48,520 And funny enough it worked out in my favor that you know, 367 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:50,920 everything I've been asking about the entire weekend kind of 368 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:54,560 culminated culminated in into into what game you're laughing 369 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:59,480 because I mispronounced that culminated culminated into into 370 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:01,640 this game. But yeah, it's look, I mean it 371 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:05,200 was it was a game with a lot of emotion but just the mental 372 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:08,600 aspect of it, of Indiana's, what really stuck out to me. 373 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:11,480 It's kind of that's. I mean, that's what I wrote 374 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:13,040 about. Yeah, when going off with that, 375 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:16,160 it was whoever wanted it more and Indiana wanted it more. 376 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:21,080 So they willed themselves to a win and it Mackenzie didn't want 377 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:24,200 to leave, shouldn't didn't want to have a loss, and so she 378 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:26,800 didn't let her team lose. Yeah. 379 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:33,360 And and to get back to the sort of this kind of closing the 380 00:19:33,360 --> 00:19:37,160 chapter of of last year's loss. Yeah, I mean, that's out the 381 00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:39,720 window now. Yeah, of course, of course, 382 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:41,880 right. And I mean, look, even even at 383 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:44,040 the beginning of the season, it was out the window, right, A 384 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:46,680 little bit I would say just because like, I mean I I don't 385 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:50,680 think it's ever healthy for you know, teams to look back on, on 386 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:54,440 on any of the losses. No, but they talked about it in 387 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:56,240 Media Day. They did talk about it in media 388 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:58,800 day, but you know, it was really, really never a point of 389 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:03,400 conversation throughout the season. 390 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:06,720 But you know, it was, it was something that, you know, 391 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:10,560 Indiana had to had to overcome, right. 392 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:12,480 They had to overcome. And I'm trying. 393 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:13,920 I'm pulling up my article right now. 394 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:19,880 To find the exact quote of of Terry so so ask answering my 395 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:22,760 question. Terry goes, I try not to go down 396 00:20:22,760 --> 00:20:25,480 the rabbit hole yesterday with you guys in terms of did it 397 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:27,560 still bother us on how things went last year. 398 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:30,520 Obviously talking about the loss to Miami but it did bother us. 399 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:34,080 It really has if they gave some, if this gave them some extra 400 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:35,840 motivation that were very well could have. 401 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:39,320 You know, I selfishly wanted Mackenzie, Sarah and Ariel to 402 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:41,760 win their last game in the Hall, but to be able to do it on the 403 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:44,480 trip to the Sweet 16 makes it even sweeter. 404 00:20:45,360 --> 00:20:49,600 Look, I mean she, you know, she gave me a good answer, but I 405 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:53,920 think those few words kind of tell you a lot, a lot more than 406 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:57,200 you needed to know. I mean this team or last year's 407 00:20:57,200 --> 00:21:01,840 team was extremely upset with themselves on on how they lost. 408 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:05,040 You know last year they were obviously the ones he last year 409 00:21:05,360 --> 00:21:08,200 best season in program history. You know it. 410 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:09,120 It was. It was. 411 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:13,560 And it wasn't a good game. And Miami, yeah, you know, 412 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:17,080 Indiana, Indiana didn't play. You know, it just wasn't. 413 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:20,240 And and you know, this kind of closes it, right. 414 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:24,800 You're kind of, you kind of, you kind of are finally able to, you 415 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:26,800 know, just take a step back and be like, all right, you know, 416 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:28,880 we, you know, we close that chapter. 417 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:32,160 We close, close it. And and I mean, again, Grace was 418 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:34,160 there, right, Which is a cool little touch. 419 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:38,040 And you know, Mackenzie, I think one of the biggest moments of 420 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:41,600 the day, Again, shout out to the social media team over at 421 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:45,360 Indiana whether when they're breaking down the huddle after 422 00:21:45,360 --> 00:21:48,480 the victory and you just hear in the background, the camera was 423 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:50,440 pointed up at Terry. It's on Twitter, It's on 424 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:51,920 Instagram if you guys want to go find it. 425 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:56,120 But the camera was kind of down, pointed up at Terry. 426 00:21:56,120 --> 00:21:59,000 And you just hear Mackenzie say, can we run through the student 427 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:00,960 section? Terry takes like 1/2 a second 428 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,800 pause and smiles and says of course. 429 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:07,200 And then the camera pans over and you know Mackenzie is is 430 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:10,240 running off into the studio section celebrating, celebrating 431 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:13,120 the win and and there was a lot of emotion, a lot of a lot of 432 00:22:13,120 --> 00:22:17,120 teams of joy from this team. And again, it it, it was just a 433 00:22:17,120 --> 00:22:21,480 very good ending to to, you know, the first round, first, 434 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:24,560 first, second round. Yeah, no, it was, it was great. 435 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:27,040 It was. I was a little surprised that 436 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:30,280 there wasn't more emotion when the game ended, honestly, 437 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:34,640 because I noticed when Sydney, Sydney Parish made those two 438 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:37,680 free throws towards the end and everybody came off the bench. 439 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:40,200 There was a time out right after and Mackenzie went up to her and 440 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:41,560 gave her a big hug and was like, I love you. 441 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:44,800 She she had tears in her eyes in that moment and there was like a 442 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:46,440 minute left. I was like, oh, here we go. 443 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:49,360 But then she was fine for the like, she came back in and it 444 00:22:49,360 --> 00:22:52,440 was like nothing like she wasn't she was just playing any old 445 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:57,120 game and then obviously later on got got more emotional about it. 446 00:22:57,120 --> 00:23:00,160 But no, it was just, it was a really, really good way for 447 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:04,240 everybody to close out this, this season at Assembly Hall. 448 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:08,640 I mean you finished undefeated at home and but it's like I said 449 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:14,000 I think last week that even just getting out of the second round 450 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:17,040 and winning at home and even making it to the Sweet 16, 451 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:19,280 regardless of who you play, which we know who they play, 452 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:23,200 that's a win. Because you like that is a 453 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:27,040 moment that this game for the seniors is something that is 454 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:29,240 like you can't ever take that away from them. 455 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:33,560 And so I think, like I said last week, that no matter what now 456 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:38,960 you can look back and say like, OK, this was a good, it was a 457 00:23:39,120 --> 00:23:42,360 good tournament, it was a good run, Whatever happens, happens. 458 00:23:42,360 --> 00:23:45,800 But at least we wanted Assembly Hall and we did it in this way 459 00:23:46,120 --> 00:23:48,040 and we got to experience all of this all together. 460 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:51,120 Yeah, I mean, and you got to remember, Indiana would have 461 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:55,960 been undefeated at home last year if they won the Miami game, 462 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:57,400 right? And and that's something that 463 00:23:57,400 --> 00:24:02,080 Indiana has consistently prided itself on these past couple 464 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:03,640 years. It's like we're not losing at 465 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:07,040 home and Indiana did that all the way up until the Miami game 466 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:08,880 last year. But yeah, I mean, it was a 467 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:11,240 really good win, Really, really good win it. 468 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:15,480 It was a super, super interesting night. 469 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:18,960 Just seeing it all right. And and one thing I want to 470 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:22,640 bring up that I thought was really interesting that that I 471 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:25,640 talked to Sidney and and Chloe a little bit before. 472 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:28,280 This was after the Fairfield game, but we touched on it again 473 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:31,960 after the Oklahoma game. Is everybody on the team feels 474 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:35,000 like this year they're just a lot more connected than they 475 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:36,800 were last year. And granted last year you had a 476 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:41,680 lot of new faces on this team and you know it was a it was a 477 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:45,680 new roster pretty much. But it it it's just the 478 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:50,520 connectiveness of this team. You see that now and and and I I 479 00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:52,880 thought it was really curious or interesting that they brought 480 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:56,240 that up because you know it's not about comparing right? 481 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:59,120 You know oh this team is connected more than this team, 482 00:24:59,120 --> 00:25:01,680 right? And when in terms of years, but 483 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,600 I don't know, I I I was just very interested when they 484 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:09,680 brought that up to me. I've yeah, I always thought that 485 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:12,840 this was one of the most connected teams from the from 486 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:16,080 the get go based off of their their summer trip and how I 487 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:17,360 remember talking to Sydney about it. 488 00:25:17,360 --> 00:25:19,120 Yeah, that's a good point. We can go back to the grease. 489 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:23,680 And media day that they were all just very close and I think they 490 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:25,200 immediately all clicked with each other. 491 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:28,160 So to hear them, to hear them talk about it, especially at 492 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:32,520 this point, was was not surprising for me at all. 493 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:37,640 Well, I I I asked Sydney about it and Sydney was talking about 494 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:40,480 she just said like the way she was saying it with her 495 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:45,040 expression and and her tone of her voice was like this year's 496 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:48,520 group is more connected than I could ever imagine right? 497 00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:53,000 As somebody from the outside and you know that's that's right. 498 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:55,800 And it's just like, I mean, I don't know it it was just 499 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:59,640 something the way she expressed herself to me about how 500 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:02,000 connected this team is. Really. 501 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:03,320 Obviously this team is connected, right. 502 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:05,360 You know, they've been playing the an entire season together 503 00:26:05,360 --> 00:26:08,040 and they spend 99% of their time together. 504 00:26:08,120 --> 00:26:10,160 But it it I, I think that's when it hit me. 505 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:15,440 I was like Dang, I was like this team really there, there 506 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:18,520 there's, you know, very few teams that are connected in this 507 00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:21,880 way, right? This team right now cares about 508 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:26,720 scoring points as a collective. They're not caring about, you 509 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:28,880 know, am I going to score 10 today? 510 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:31,040 Am I going to do this today? Am I going to, you know, 511 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:33,640 whatever it may be individual achievements. 512 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:36,600 No. This team is is really just 513 00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:39,640 focus on one goal and and and trying to score as many points 514 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:43,880 obviously to get the win. So yeah, no, this team has gone 515 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:46,880 through a lot of crap this year. So there's been something. 516 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:48,800 Perfectly like they they have. Struggled. 517 00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:52,280 They well, yeah. But I would say they've gone 518 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:54,840 through more this year than they did last year of course, because 519 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:58,080 you think about it too. This team is the team that had 520 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:01,160 to regroup after that loss. It wasn't that team because that 521 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:03,760 season was over. They've multiple people have 522 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:05,040 gotten hurt. They've had some really 523 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:07,000 difficult losses early in the season. 524 00:27:07,360 --> 00:27:12,280 They've been questioned by the media, by fans, by national 525 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:14,760 people of you know where they are. 526 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:16,320 They really that tough. Are they really that good? 527 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:19,160 Mackenzie talked about it post game after Oklahoma that they 528 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:21,400 were. They proved some people wrong 529 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:25,480 and coming together and and winning these games and even 530 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:28,280 being a four seed. So they've they've dealt with a 531 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:31,680 lot and that brings people together obviously when there's 532 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:35,320 adversity and I think that's what set this group apart from 533 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:38,040 from past years is that there's there's been a lot that they've 534 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:41,160 had to deal with and work through as a group. 535 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:44,600 Yeah. Well anyway Indiana gets the 536 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:48,960 first two wins, gets a win over Fairfield and gets a win over 537 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:53,440 Oklahoma and and now we, we talk about the game that you probably 538 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:56,000 listen to or click this podcast for. 539 00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:59,520 You know, Indiana takes on. It's it's you. 540 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:02,160 Want to sound a little bit more? Exciting, I know I it's it 541 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:06,080 scares me to say, but Indiana. Indiana takes on the best team 542 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:08,920 in women's college basketball, the number one overall seed in 543 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:11,360 the entire tournament, the South Carolina Gamecocks. 544 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:16,520 The Gamecocks led by Don Staley are a perfect 34 and O34 win 545 00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:19,400 streak coming into this game and are looking for another 546 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:21,920 championship to add under their belt. 547 00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:26,240 They've they've got two in this in the past couple years, 2017 548 00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:28,680 and 2022. It's going to be a tough 549 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:30,360 matchup. Honestly, there's no other way 550 00:28:30,360 --> 00:28:33,640 to put it but S South Carolina is the best team and has been 551 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:36,360 the best team in the country the entire season. 552 00:28:36,360 --> 00:28:38,320 There's not many flaws to this team. 553 00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:42,280 Indiana's going to play have to play near perfect to come out 554 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:45,840 with the victory. Just a few crazy stats that I 555 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:48,720 was sort of looking at heading into this one. 556 00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:52,800 Obviously I just mentioned the Gamecocks have only won lost one 557 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:56,800 game the past two seasons. That was last year in the Final 558 00:28:56,800 --> 00:29:01,720 Four against Iowa. Catch this, this, this was it 559 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:06,000 was baffling to me. Since the 2122 season, they are 560 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:10,400 106 and three. If you take away the COVID year 561 00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:17,120 and include their season from 19 and 20, they are 139 and four. 562 00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:22,520 That is think about that for a second. 563 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,200 Think about that for a second. And the reason I say take out 564 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:27,600 the COVID year because they I was like I don't have the number 565 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:30,160 right here, I should have put it, but they were like 26 and 566 00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:33,960 and like 5 or 26 and five, yeah, 26 and five, I got it right 567 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:36,280 there on the button. I've got it pulled up. 568 00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:40,760 So, but you know, that was the COVID year every everything was 569 00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:42,360 weird. So I mean 20. 570 00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:44,520 Six and five is like very. Respectable, great. 571 00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:45,720 Yeah. I mean that's still, that's 572 00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:47,040 still a great record, but I mean that's. 573 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:50,720 What, 9 losses in the last five years or something? 574 00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:51,920 Yeah, that's. Crazy. 575 00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:56,000 That's That's insane. Talk about consistent winning 576 00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:58,240 within a program. I mean I don't know. 577 00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:02,640 You know we we've obviously seen it historically with with UConn. 578 00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:06,160 But I think this is another like this is, this is a different 579 00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:09,960 level, this is a different level of dominance that we've seen 580 00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:11,360 from Carolina. South Carolina. 581 00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:14,800 I keep saying Carolina, but South Carolina over the past 582 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:17,280 couple seasons. But so the Gamecocks, obviously 583 00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:20,520 the number one seed in the tournament, won their first two 584 00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:25,440 tournament games by a combined score of 97 points, won their 585 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:29,000 first game by 52 points, and then won their second game 586 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:31,840 against North Carolina by 47 points. 587 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:35,400 How do you pronounce that? That's cool that they that. 588 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:37,600 Presbyterian. Presbyterian OK, thank you. 589 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:41,080 They beat them by 50. I didn't want to say I was. 590 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:43,160 I was reading my notes and I was like, oh goodness. 591 00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:48,760 But the interesting thing about I was reading up on this after 592 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:52,680 the North Carolina victory that they had against the Tar Heels. 593 00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:56,400 Don Staley referred to that and I quote as their best 594 00:30:56,400 --> 00:31:00,680 performance in a long time. Well, so when your bench scores 595 00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:02,320 51 points. That's the thing. 596 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:04,760 There. You go, there you go. 597 00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:11,120 I was about to say, look I it's it's going to be an interesting 598 00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:14,040 match. Up right is how well will 599 00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:18,760 Indiana be able to do what they do best is feed into the post 600 00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:24,280 and then Kick It Out. But really, I mean the the size, 601 00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:31,120 the athleticism, the talent on on South Carolina is vast. 602 00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:33,480 It it's you're talking about. Encompassing. 603 00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:34,680 You're talking about. Yeah. 604 00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:38,480 You're talking about a program that has very little flaws right 605 00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:42,520 now, a program that is arguably playing their best basketball 606 00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:45,160 right now of the season, which is what you want to do this time 607 00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:47,000 of year, right. If you're if you're fighting for 608 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:51,680 a national championship, you know in in Amanda, you obviously 609 00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:54,120 know how how I feel about this because like you said we just 610 00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:57,280 spent all weekend together and you know we've been around the 611 00:31:57,280 --> 00:31:58,760 games. But I I just think it's going to 612 00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:03,000 be very hard for Indiana to to pull out the victory in this. 613 00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:07,680 I mean, yeah, there's no, there's no sugar coating it. 614 00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:11,480 That South Carolina is majorly favored for good reason. 615 00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:16,200 The the thing, the interesting thing about this matchup is that 616 00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:21,120 on paper, from a statistical standpoint and like a gameplay 617 00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:23,560 standpoint, if you you can't do this. 618 00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:26,840 But if you take out like the athleticism and the the 619 00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:29,120 chemistry and the connectedness and everything and you just look 620 00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:31,200 at like from a basketball standpoint. 621 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:35,120 These are two of the top teams in the country in both perimeter 622 00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:38,560 and post play. Because Indiana, they're both in 623 00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:39,920 the top three and three-point percentage. 624 00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:44,440 Indiana is shooting 39.6% S Carolina is shooting 39.75% 625 00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:47,400 according to the NCAA stats that I looked up earlier. 626 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:51,040 Also, let me mention two of the best defensive teams in the 627 00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:54,240 country I. Was you beat me to it that in 628 00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:57,240 three-point shooting post play when you have Mackenzie Holmes 629 00:32:57,240 --> 00:33:02,920 and then you have Camila Cardoso and then like defensively, like 630 00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:04,520 these are two teams that are very. 631 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:10,120 Good at what they do. They I, they match up well in a 632 00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:12,680 way because they're both so good. 633 00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:15,000 And you know, like I don't really know. 634 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:18,000 I don't know how to put it into words because they they match up 635 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:19,920 well and then they don't. When you kind of think about it 636 00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:23,800 in terms of how aggressive South Carolina can be and how much 637 00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:28,480 more physical and a dominant they have proven themselves to 638 00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:33,200 be in a lot of aspects. But it's it's interesting 639 00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:37,240 because both of these teams have the capabilities of being very, 640 00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:42,200 very skilled and very like efficient in both their scoring 641 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:45,560 and their defense. And so I do agree that Indiana 642 00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:48,280 is going to have to play near perfect and South Carolina is 643 00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:50,920 going to have to struggle in one way or another. 644 00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:57,200 And South Carolina to me has no real viable flaws, which is like 645 00:33:57,200 --> 00:34:00,480 to be perfectly honest, like there's a reason that nobody's 646 00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:02,960 figured out how to beat them. It's because they're really kind 647 00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:06,360 of, they're unbeatable because you have people who can play 648 00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:09,800 every which way and you can't just play bully in the post 649 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:11,639 anymore because they can go shoot 3 pointers. 650 00:34:11,639 --> 00:34:13,960 Whereas that wasn't the case maybe a couple years ago when 651 00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:17,120 people were beating them. They have talent in literally 652 00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:19,760 every aspect and then they have a bench who can outscore teams 653 00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:25,400 like fully 100% and that that to me, I think the bench is the 654 00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:28,719 best part about South Carolina's game this season right now, 655 00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:32,360 because you need a strong bench, especially in the tournament and 656 00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:35,480 they have it, whereas we've talked about Indiana's problems 657 00:34:35,639 --> 00:34:38,880 with their bench. So it's going to be, it's going 658 00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:41,000 to be interesting. As of right now, South 659 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:43,320 Carolina's favored by 16 1/2 points. 660 00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:45,480 I think that's pretty fair. I think that's pretty accurate. 661 00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:48,719 The initial line jumped was at 15 and it's jumped up a little 662 00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:49,080 bit. Yeah. 663 00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:54,040 And so we'll, we'll see. It's going to be, it's going to 664 00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:55,719 be something I'm really excited for it. 665 00:34:55,719 --> 00:35:00,280 I think it it's it's March, you never know what's going to 666 00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:04,640 happen. It's going to, I think, I think 667 00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:07,240 some people are expecting it to be a complete and total blowout. 668 00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:08,840 I don't think that's going to happen. 669 00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:12,640 I think if it happens, it'll come in the last, like in the 670 00:35:12,640 --> 00:35:14,640 last quarter in the last little bit. 671 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:19,240 I honestly don't see it like I see it being a game in the first 672 00:35:19,240 --> 00:35:23,080 half. See, I do fear that it's going 673 00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:26,440 to be a little bit of blowout and and here's the reason why I 674 00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:30,160 think Indiana's injuries is is really going to come and bite 675 00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:31,520 them here in this game. I mean it's. 676 00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:34,280 This is all or nothing. Fair. 677 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:39,760 But I mean we Sydney had a had a good weekend. 678 00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:42,440 She played really well, but there were times throughout the 679 00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:46,760 game where I was watching her and I was like, man, her like 680 00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:51,400 she's she's a step slower and it's not because she like she's 681 00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:55,040 it's just the injury that she had suffered earlier, right? 682 00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:56,080 Now that it's that's. True. 683 00:35:56,080 --> 00:35:59,280 And that's a that's a big deal. And you know, McKenzie, look, 684 00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:01,000 McKenzie literally looked looked fine. 685 00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:04,680 McKenzie looked fine. Yeah but then you look at the 686 00:36:04,720 --> 00:36:07,160 you know if you take away the Sidney injury it goes back to 687 00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:09,680 the depth of this team and and that's kind of what I've been 688 00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:14,440 saying about this March this tournament that this team its 689 00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:17,920 major flaw is that they don't really have a bench to go to. 690 00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:23,680 And you know fair you're you're, you can play your starting 535 691 00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:26,560 plus minutes in this game. You're probably going to see 692 00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:28,080 that from this Indiana group and. 693 00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:32,800 I would be surprised. If we didn't you're also it goes 694 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:37,400 back to the strength of of this Carolina South Carolina team in 695 00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:39,560 March and it's it's the bench right. 696 00:36:39,560 --> 00:36:42,840 It's just top to bottom they have people that can play the 697 00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:47,360 entire, the entire time. And another thing is just this 698 00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:50,960 team has for the past couple years Don Staley has been has 699 00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:54,600 done an incredible job of recruiting tall athletic 700 00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:57,080 players. South Carolina is the tallest 701 00:36:57,080 --> 00:36:58,600 team in the country right? I don't. 702 00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:01,640 I don't know if, like, literally they're the tallest team in the 703 00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:04,600 country. But I say that knowing everybody 704 00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:07,720 on their team oversizes. Indiana and Indiana's got a team 705 00:37:07,720 --> 00:37:10,520 that has, like, decent size. But. 706 00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:14,320 Not short, you know, Mackenzie's a little bit of a smaller post 707 00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:17,160 player, but I mean then you have Yarden and Sydney who are right 708 00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:22,240 there and and Sarah's a good size for for A2, right? 709 00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:25,000 But that's the biggest things for me. 710 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:28,960 It is the athleticism and the size that South Carolina holds 711 00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:31,760 and just the depth that they have, right. 712 00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:35,320 And it's two things that Indiana doesn't have and and so for me, 713 00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:37,280 it's a little bit difficult. I'm, you know, obviously 714 00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:40,920 Indiana's a very talented team, a team that does a lot of things 715 00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:44,440 extremely well. But I think that South Carolina 716 00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:49,160 does what Indiana does as well, a lot better. 717 00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:52,160 Not saying that Indiana doesn't do it well, right, Obviously. 718 00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:53,880 But. What does Carolina does 719 00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:55,400 everything better than every team. 720 00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:57,800 That's why they are what they are. 721 00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:00,640 But I think I want to touch on this. 722 00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:05,160 I think it is neat. It's kind of like a full circle 723 00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:07,320 moment. When Mackenzie Holmes was a 724 00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:12,400 freshman, Indiana played South Carolina in 2019 and beat beat 725 00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:14,800 them and that was when Aaliyah Boston was on the team. 726 00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:18,800 And I was looking back at an article that I wrote after the 727 00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:21,680 main game When I wrote about Mackenzie and her brother Cam 728 00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:25,960 and that game when she was a freshman and she scored, she 729 00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:28,760 played for 16 minutes, came off the bench, scored eight points 730 00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:32,040 and had six rebounds against Aaliyah Boston, who is obviously 731 00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:36,840 now WNBA Rookie of the Year. And that was the first time that 732 00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:40,480 Cam was like, Oh my God, my sister's really good and like, 733 00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:43,040 Oh my God, she's actually going to be very successful. 734 00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:47,000 And so I think that when you think about a game like this, 735 00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:50,640 it's also, it's another very emotional one because it it's 736 00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:54,240 going to, in theory, a lot, going to be a last for people. 737 00:38:54,240 --> 00:38:57,520 It's going to be a big moment for a lot of people regardless 738 00:38:57,520 --> 00:38:59,320 because you've got a team in the Sweet 16. 739 00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:02,720 And I think it's just one more part for Mackenzie and her 740 00:39:02,720 --> 00:39:05,440 family that it's just like an it's another full circle moment 741 00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:09,040 where you know you have a brother watching his sister play 742 00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:11,520 as a freshman, realizing how good she is. 743 00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:15,760 And then you have him watching her play four years later, 744 00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:18,680 knowing how good she is and knowing everything that that 745 00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:21,200 she's accomplished. And I just think that's cool. 746 00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:24,480 And I think that it's something to keep in mind that no matter 747 00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:29,240 how the game goes and no matter how how things play out and pan 748 00:39:29,240 --> 00:39:32,880 out, that there's still a lot of good that will will kind of come 749 00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:34,920 out of this game in a way because it's going to. 750 00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:38,600 It gives a lot of people, you know, it'll bring up memories. 751 00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:43,200 It'll be maybe like a sort of sense of like closure in a way 752 00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:45,640 because, you know, you made it to the Sweet 16, you're playing 753 00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:49,520 the top team in the country and and there's a lot that'll that 754 00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:52,160 goes into that. And it's it's a testament to how 755 00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:54,920 good that Indiana has been for the last few years that they've 756 00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:58,560 gotten to this point and are in conversations like this, I 757 00:39:58,560 --> 00:40:01,400 think. Yeah, I mean, you know, you not 758 00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:05,120 every season is is, you know, unless, you know, if you don't 759 00:40:05,120 --> 00:40:08,400 win the national championship, which is probably more than 760 00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:12,000 likely for 99% of the teams across the country, right. 761 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:14,840 That doesn't mean your season's a failure not, Oh my God, no. 762 00:40:14,840 --> 00:40:17,720 I mean this season especially. If you lose to a dynasty. 763 00:40:18,280 --> 00:40:19,400 Like South? Carolina. 764 00:40:19,720 --> 00:40:22,840 This, this season is is has been a really good season for 765 00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:25,160 Indiana. And look, it's it's, I don't 766 00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:28,600 want to keep talking in the sense that like you know, we're 767 00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:30,040 predicting that the season is over. 768 00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:31,040 Ahead of. Ourselves, Yeah. 769 00:40:31,040 --> 00:40:33,640 I don't want to get too ahead of ourselves, but it is really 770 00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:35,960 going to be. It's really going to be tough 771 00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:38,160 for Indiana to, to get the win, I mean. 772 00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:40,640 There's a reason that everyone's saying that if they shock the 773 00:40:40,640 --> 00:40:42,520 world, because that's literally what it would. 774 00:40:43,080 --> 00:40:45,080 What would it what it would be? Well, not even that. 775 00:40:45,080 --> 00:40:48,200 It's just like, I think it's also you're catching South 776 00:40:48,200 --> 00:40:51,720 Carolina, not that they, I mean, they've really not played bad 777 00:40:51,720 --> 00:40:53,400 basketball at any point this season. 778 00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:57,720 But what I said earlier, and I believe the word of Don Staley, 779 00:40:57,960 --> 00:41:00,280 if you know, they're playing their best basketball right now, 780 00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:02,280 some of their best basketball, right. 781 00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:05,120 And so that's going to be very hard to to go up against this 782 00:41:05,120 --> 00:41:08,800 Indiana team or excuse me, it's going to be hard for Indiana to 783 00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:11,480 go up against the South Carolina team to do it. 784 00:41:12,840 --> 00:41:16,480 So yeah, I mean potentially, you know, potentially Indiana season 785 00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:19,640 could be over this Friday. Again, you said it, it's March. 786 00:41:19,640 --> 00:41:21,120 You never know what could happen but. 787 00:41:22,320 --> 00:41:23,880 We'll have to wait and see. Yeah, we'll have to wait and 788 00:41:23,880 --> 00:41:26,400 see. But for me I I just, I just, I 789 00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:31,280 mean don't really don't really see where Indiana can squeeze 790 00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:33,120 out of this one to be honest. Do you do you have any 791 00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:34,600 prediction like score prediction? 792 00:41:34,680 --> 00:41:40,760 Oh gosh, I really don't. I wouldn't be surprised if and 793 00:41:40,760 --> 00:41:44,520 this is I don't have like a a final score necessarily of like 794 00:41:44,880 --> 00:41:47,240 South Carolina to this and Indiana to this. 795 00:41:47,640 --> 00:41:49,800 I wouldn't be surprised if South Carolina gets in the 80s or the 796 00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:53,800 90s and I feel like Indiana will probably sit in like the 60s or 797 00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:59,480 70s to be perfectly honest. One of the things I think and 798 00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:02,720 this is obviously like in in theory if you can lose by less 799 00:42:02,720 --> 00:42:07,720 than 20 that like and I think they can, I think I think that's 800 00:42:07,720 --> 00:42:12,200 feasible, but I think it's going to be a relatively high scoring 801 00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:15,440 game at least from South Carolina because that's just how 802 00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:16,880 they operate. Yeah, I agree. 803 00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:18,840 I don't think I have a certain number. 804 00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:21,680 Indiana's going to score this and South Carolina's going to 805 00:42:21,680 --> 00:42:25,760 score that. I do not think it is going to be 806 00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:28,120 a absolute blowout like we've seen in the first two South 807 00:42:28,120 --> 00:42:30,760 Carolina games, I don't think. So that's what I was saying 808 00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:31,320 earlier. Yeah. 809 00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:36,080 I don't think it you're going to get past 30, but I do think 810 00:42:36,480 --> 00:42:41,280 South Carolina will win this one pretty much in the 20th range 811 00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:47,520 20, 2225 around that range. I it's yeah it's it's it's going 812 00:42:47,520 --> 00:42:49,920 to be you're you're going up against the best of the best 813 00:42:49,920 --> 00:42:52,480 you're going up against the best coach in the game right now. 814 00:42:52,520 --> 00:42:59,600 A coach that you know is is getting to be legendary status 815 00:42:59,640 --> 00:43:01,160 if not already, right. Yeah. 816 00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:02,040 Yeah. You know what I mean? 817 00:43:02,760 --> 00:43:05,440 She's I this. She's just solidifying herself 818 00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:07,640 even more at this point as one of the best. 819 00:43:07,760 --> 00:43:11,320 Yeah, so, anyway, the Hoosier anyway. 820 00:43:12,080 --> 00:43:13,000 We're gonna. We're still gonna. 821 00:43:13,080 --> 00:43:14,560 We're not like it's not a funeral. 822 00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:17,480 It's, it's it's basketball. Phenomenal season I'm looking 823 00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:19,480 for. I'm really looking forward to 824 00:43:19,960 --> 00:43:23,080 our final episode, our final two episodes, whatever it may be, 825 00:43:23,720 --> 00:43:27,120 just as we talk about this season, the season as a whole, 826 00:43:28,320 --> 00:43:31,080 because again, you know it, it was a really, really good season 827 00:43:31,080 --> 00:43:33,200 for it is a really good season for Indiana. 828 00:43:34,120 --> 00:43:37,040 But yeah, I mean again. And it I turned into a better 829 00:43:37,040 --> 00:43:41,080 season than I think a lot of people expected I would have 830 00:43:41,080 --> 00:43:43,000 had. Earlier losses, yeah. 831 00:43:43,240 --> 00:43:46,600 But then like you think about how people's confidence dipped 832 00:43:46,600 --> 00:43:50,840 in them after the Stanford game, after the first Iowa game, stuff 833 00:43:50,840 --> 00:43:53,320 like that. Like I think I don't think a lot 834 00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:56,160 of people would have at at a certain point in this season 835 00:43:56,160 --> 00:43:58,720 expected them to be to end up playing as well. 836 00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:03,200 So I think that's that's another positive kind of outlook on it. 837 00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:05,520 Yeah, we'll get into it in our future episodes. 838 00:44:05,560 --> 00:44:09,120 So stay tuned and make sure when we post that, but the Hoosiers 839 00:44:09,120 --> 00:44:12,480 will take on the Gamecocks this this Friday at 5:00 PM Eastern 840 00:44:12,480 --> 00:44:15,880 in Albany on ESPN. Amanda's actually gonna be 841 00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:17,480 there. Amanda's gonna, Amanda's gonna 842 00:44:17,480 --> 00:44:19,040 make the trip. We gotta go. 843 00:44:19,040 --> 00:44:21,080 See my family. Yeah, Amanda is lives. 844 00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:23,520 Would you say 10 minutes? 1015 minutes ish. 845 00:44:24,040 --> 00:44:25,520 From outside. Of outside of Albany. 846 00:44:25,600 --> 00:44:28,200 What it what it's the It's like MVP Arena I. 847 00:44:28,520 --> 00:44:29,640 I honestly don't know. I've never been. 848 00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:31,960 Oh, OK Well. My parents moved there when I 849 00:44:31,960 --> 00:44:32,920 came here. I don't like. 850 00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:35,640 I've never actually lived there. Oh, really? 851 00:44:35,640 --> 00:44:38,120 I only go back for summers on, like, vacations? 852 00:44:38,120 --> 00:44:40,560 Yeah. Well, yeah, Amanda, but we'll be 853 00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:43,960 traveling to Albany tomorrow, actually, by the time 12 hour 854 00:44:43,960 --> 00:44:46,200 drive, 12 hour drive to. Everybody wish me luck. 855 00:44:46,400 --> 00:44:48,920 Yeah, she's going to do it with a couple other of our really 856 00:44:48,920 --> 00:44:50,800 good friends. A lot of a lot of student media 857 00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:53,320 is going to go over there. So if if you want live coverage 858 00:44:53,320 --> 00:44:57,520 over there for the game, make sure to follow each and every 859 00:44:57,520 --> 00:44:59,360 one of us. I mean, there's too many people 860 00:44:59,360 --> 00:45:01,360 to count. At least one person from every 861 00:45:01,360 --> 00:45:03,360 outlet. Is going to be there, Is going 862 00:45:03,360 --> 00:45:04,320 to be there, Is going to be there. 863 00:45:04,320 --> 00:45:07,920 So, Indiana students, we travel, we travel, cover, cover our 864 00:45:07,920 --> 00:45:08,680 teams. We can over new. 865 00:45:08,920 --> 00:45:09,240 York. Yeah. 866 00:45:09,320 --> 00:45:11,920 So Amanda will be there. And make sure to follow her and 867 00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:14,560 read her stuff as she'll bring you live coverage from the Sweet 868 00:45:14,560 --> 00:45:15,880 16. I'll get you covered here in 869 00:45:15,880 --> 00:45:18,000 Bloomington. I will be making the trip, but 870 00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:20,400 you can read all our stuff on inside the hall. 871 00:45:20,680 --> 00:45:23,560 Amanda, have a safe trip. And so we'll talk to you guys 872 00:45:23,560 --> 00:45:27,040 next to see if Indiana continues to advance in the month of 873 00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:27,560 March.