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25th of March or almost done with March hard to believe as we
steamroll here in April, but we got some basketball left to play
in the Indiana University. Universe as the IU Women's
Basketball team has a huge game potentially program trajectory
altering game coming up on Saturday. 2:00 is they'll take
on the UConn Huskies in For Connecticut in the sweet 16.
And I know that there's a lot of people in Hoosier Nation out
there that are really excited about this game.
And for good reason, of course, Indiana went to the Sweet 16
last year and one, they got all the way to the elite eight.
They end up coming up just short there.
This is a program that is hungry for their first final four.
It's a program that got to host first and second round games for
the first time ever. And, you know, certainly just a
lot of accomplishments. It's from this particular group
of women and from head coach, Terry Morin.
We're going to talk about it. We've got a couple of reporters
on scene that are going to give us their feedback on what's
going on with this IU team. What we saw earlier this week as
they knocked off, Princeton to book a ticket to the Sweet 16
and what they expect out of this game coming up on Saturday as
the Hoosiers, take on the UConn Huskies.
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of the back home network. We've got two folks coming up
talking with us, Matt Cohen from the Indy star going to be
joining us and Amanda Foster from the Indiana Daily student.
Both on site in Connecticut, getting ready to talk with us
about this. Hoosier team as they get ready
for this. Sweet. 16 matchup.
And joining us on Crimson cast, we got Matt Cohen back again,
different role. As he's covering IU Women's
Basketball for the Indy star up in Bridgeport at, what's the
name of the Arena? That total mortgage Arena?
The home of the Islanders AHL team and the Westchester Knicks.
I think. So clearly an arena of
Champions, you know, the I mean, maybe for the Islanders.
Well, Not since I was like three, but anyway, Matt made the
trip out to Bridgeport yesterday to cover any and women's
basketball as they take on Yukon in the sweet 16 of the
Bridgeport Regional. Matt.
Let's start with your Transit. How was the the flight and how
is lovely Connecticut been so far the last couple of days.
So yesterday we got in and in very good Northeastern fashion.
It was cold raining and foggy and it was great.
Our so weak. We flew Louisville to Baltimore.
So got to go a pit-stop home very quickly.
And then we flew from Baltimore to Hartford.
And the entire wave of Baltimore to Hartford.
We were in clouds, like we never saw anything.
It was clouds formula. We took off and it was another
two super long flight, but we got to Hartford after a very
weird layover in Baltimore. So, I am a flight tracker guy
and I looked at where our plane was kinda close.
I'm from Sarasota and then they changed our route at the last
moment to then be on a plane coming from Jamaica.
So they may people get off the plane from Sarasota that we're
continuing on Hartford and it has to come down to a different
gate and a different terminal to get on our plan because they've
they rerouted it all for God Knows Why.
And then they then had have those people line up separate
because they were supposed to be already on the plane, but they
weren't because there's a new airplane now and then they had
to then take the Jamaica Plain from the International
Tournament. No, and drive it around to the
be terminal. It was a mess.
I mean, it's not as bad as a costume.
It's catching on fire. But yes, anyway, so let's talk a
little about this Indiana women's team and what happened
last weekend or last week really?
I guess because it the game was on Monday, but they knock off
Princeton in a close game and under seeded Princeton team that
knocked off, Kentucky, who was the six-seat, obviously the
Hoosiers. Struggled as Might expect them
to against a pretty good team, but they managed to Prevail in
that. What were your overall takeaways
from that game? I think that game was the I
guess the best reason of why Terry Moore and a talker so on.
But why they wanted to host? If that game wasn't an assembly
hall. I don't think I, you went back
in that crowd was one of the best women's crowds.
I've seen at the school and I wasn't here for the wnit, but at
least in my four years here, that was easily the best crowd,
think it. The third largest ever.
And and they really showed why are you wanted to host?
They quite took advantage of it because they needed it.
I think that then continue to get show a little more of
Mackenzie homes looking like MacKenzie homes.
Again, Grace Burger really fully continuing to emerge.
As the I use go-to player and a clutch spot, hitting it was the
exact same play that. She hid what wound up being kind
of the game-winning way up. So to speak.
I think there were two Alexa goal by free throws after work
like that was to keep quiet. Was the exact same play that
they ran against Purdue when I needed a bucket at the very last
moment to send the game to ultimately, over time.
It was a little bit different because I think Burger had the
ability to spin inside against Princeton.
Where is it? Was a, she had to go turn around
and kind of hit a floater, but it was the exact same way.
I think they found something that works.
I found a player that works. So they're back in the sweet 16,
second straight year. So somewhere where I you
expected to be somewhere the / expected to be there.
Goals, they've been very vocal about this.
The goal is the final four. They went to the elite eight
last year. And now you got probably the
toughest Regional to get to the file for here of the whole
bracket. They come in with momentum.
Now, having one well with having the four games in four days in
Indianapolis, ultimately ending in the Big Ten Championship
loss, but they gave him a lot of confidence that have been
lacking losing for the final four losing for the final five
games of the Season, then getting to, you know, one and Of
win over Charlotte and then one game where you just got this
incredible celebratory moment against Princeton and you and
now you're here in Connecticut at our, from stores, to play
UConn in. What's essentially a someone's
knocking the door behind them. This was supposed to let them
know. I'm just going to keep talking
but the, the so I had, this is very weird to ignore.
They're counting on. You know, what, I just adds to
the ambience of total mortgage Arena that you know what that
is. Is that's Rising interest rates
knocking at door right now. So, you know, don't let them in
I guess my advice. No, I think a lot of good points
there and certainly for this Indiana team after the Swoon
they had and you know, like january-february to be able to
kind of come back the way that they have and carry over the
momentum that they had built in the Big Ten Tournament into the
NCAA first and second rounds. Anybody concerned about that
Princeton game, I think. The NCAA tournament is a
difficult thing. It really is and we saw a lot of
higher seeds lose over the course of these last couple of
games that you wouldn't expect Iowa getting knocked out early
on in the tournament and several other teams that are Tennessee,
almost losing that game. I mean, it's been really
fascinating in women's because one of the things we're going to
basketball that we've heard is a complaint, is that it's not very
competitive, once you get the better teams in there and This
tournament is really demonstrated something entirely
opposite. Yeah, I think Indiana's honestly
really good example. It's actually something I'm
working on today is how there's one more parity in this sport.
Now, it's not just Yukon and Tennessee in South Carolina and
Maryland's. There's more, that's the NC
State practice going on right now.
There's there's a lot more teams now that can compete and can,
you know, win national championships then there's and I
think that's really awesome for this for the sport because
you're seeing, you know, Yes, there are fewer upsets and
women's basketball than men's basketball.
I don't think the sport is quite yet at a place where 15 sees
going to make the sweet 16, but, you know, I think that you're
seeing a significant shortening. I guess of the difference
between the one seeds and the ten seeds for exit.
For example, and that's huge because it's you've been seeing
it in viewership numbers going up, attendance numbers going up.
You know, you're here in Bridgeport, Connecticut, what
you'd like to think? Maybe you can get a little bit
of a better City draw for a sweet, 16 game and maybe
something that comes more down the road.
Road, but you know, I think this is really great.
This last weekend was great for the sport and something I'm
working on today is then we have a Yukon press conference coming
up in a little while. I think that's a really great
team to ask the question of, you know, how have you guys the
dynasty of this sport for so long, seeing the sport expand
now to have Indiana's and Michigan's.
And then suddenly the Big Ten is a reasonable women's basketball
conference and it never was that it even a decade ago.
I think you know you see all these upsets you were talking
about with Iowa. It's amazing how the Iowa men's
and women's team are the exact same team.
You know, it's but you just I think the fact that you're
seeing one of the cam action items telling us that was made
about, this is a debate of whether or not team should be
able to host if I rolled around should be on neutral Court
saying. I think it's the argument.
They're being a seeing, some of these upset saying, just the
home court advantage, really matter.
I'd argue with does and I think Indiana's good.
Example of that. But at the same time for talking
about kind of making this tournament Equitable.
On the one hand, you will probably lose some attendance
numbers at least in the short term if you put it at a neutral
site, but that's really a good way to kind of expand, maybe the
markets and span who's able to actually attend this game from a
media standpoint to expand the game, you know, on TV and how
it's being covered because in that regard is definitely not
Equitable to the men tournament is that's a very big picture
issues. I don't think about leaving that
podcast. All right.
Well, I do think it's important for people to remember For that,
there were still home sites in the men's tournament as recently
as like 1985 1986 which yeah granted that was, you know, 30
some years ago, but that's that was 50 years after the men's
tournament had gotten going, you know, so it is one of those
things that gradually evolved and it is more historical than
one might think given how the NCAA handles all the other
championships as well, but it would be interesting to see
everything beautiful floors. Let's jump to talking about this
UConn team not as successful of the Season as you would normally
expect from a UConn team, but a lot of that was injury driven
their best player out for most of the season their back.
They look pretty healthy at this point and yet they really
struggled at home in their second round game against the
team that they probably shouldn't struggle that much
against. What's your overall, read on
what you come brings to the table against Indiana.
So Yukon honestly in new taking a step back from the From that
reporter role here you cause my pick to win to win the national
championship that that team, one healthy is the most talented
roster in the country and they're healthy and they haven't
been healthy in a long time. And I think, you know, your
Yukon, you don't really get tested a whole lot.
They lost the Villanova when they weren't totally healthy
UCF, game Run in what are they called that rivalry civil,
conflict. Whatever said, yes, we can.
Thank Bob diaco. It's like one of those if you
want to, like, talk about the worst excesses and the things
that we should be the most angry about with conference
realignment, the fact that UCF and you Cam have any kind of a
rivalry is the first thing you should point.
It's maybe the largest geographical rivalry.
I can I can think of but and on time more.
So on topic, I wonder almost if that scare against UCF on on
their home floor is a little bit of them, kind of figuring out
the hiccups of playing back together again.
Learning how to play. Play as a full roster and then
you come here. It's going to be all game.
I mean, UConn's logo is on the court.
The Yukon media director is the main media director for this
host site like it. This is as close to as you kind
of home game at, you're possibly going to get.
And that being said, I think it's going to be a little bit
more comfortable for them to come down here, certainly the
favorite team here and maybe the chance, were you kind of finally
puts it all together if you can. And put it all together with
Talent. They have its best team in the
country. The question is, can they?
And how long does it mean you saw?
It took Indiana when they were not healthy and have to covid
issues. And we can see homes coming
back. It took him a few weeks to, get
back to the book and, like, Indiana, how quickly can you
can't do that? I think that's the biggest
question for this game. And if they haven't figured out,
I don't know how much of a chance.
I don't know how well, I use gonna do if they figure it out.
I would not, I would not Bank on an Indiana win.
If you come is able to, To figure this out, but roll if
what are the keys to Indiana winning?
I mean, you know, we obviously if you cons got everything
working for it. Certainly anybody in the
country's got that issue. But if Indiana is going to
Spring the upset here, what do they need to do?
I think it comes down to the to the post players and Mackenzie
homes. Yukons got great guards.
You're going to see probably I would guess a combination of
both, a leap, a perk and coltrano Hillary with the very
difficult page page. Becker.
Sighs assignment. You kind of look at it, more of
a leap, a more of your Lockdown Defender and the cold and
chroniclers, just just gonna piss you off.
Um, and they have very different roles in that regard.
I think together it works pretty well against opposing guards.
You could get a BE Meyers again Prince then, you know, maybe not
the Caitlin Court type. But this is a similar style of
play or maybe not as quite as talented as the shooter, but I
like pepper did an incredible job.
I don't mean the first three Audi Myers made in that entire
game. Mmmmm was one to cut it to a
one-point deficit as the final buzzer sounded and it was
completely irrelevant. So if you get kind of that on
page Becker's that will be huge. I use defense is the calling
card of this team, Terry Moore and we'll say that over and over
again. If they can handle the Yukon
guards, that's step one. Step two is then when inside
because I think I you can actually do that here with
MacKenzie. Holmes is probably the best
forward on this floor and then Alexa gold bag who has been a
little bit quieter recently still playing well, but I think
not at not quite with the same volume that she had one
Mackenzie homes without which makes sense.
And but if you can get them to really, you know, control the
the interior, especially on the offensive end.
Just give I you multiple scoring options so that the guards
aren't so, you know, the focus of on both ends of the floor.
I think I just got a really good shot.
So Mackenzie is essentially a Mackenzie homes.
I think what it comes out to here is Mackenzie homes going to
have family coming down here. It's the ticket game for her
again. She's the closest to home here.
And in front of them, against the school that was relatively
local and didn't recruit her. Probably.
She probably won't admit to this or anything, but I'm sure
there's probably a little bit of a chip on your shoulder there.
And, you know, that that plays out tomorrow.
She has a big game. I think you need has got a
really good shot. One of the thing I really
interested in is this UConn team is relatively young at least
where they get most of their production from, you know, I
mean Becker's is a sophomore. Two of their five leading
scorers are freshmen. Are these are really, really
talented players. But then you look at the
relative level of experience that this Indiana team brings
in. I don't know if that ends up
counting for a whole lot. But you feel like maybe it
counts for something. Especially since Indiana had the
elite eight run last year. It's not like they're in the
sweet 16 for the first time. Yeah.
I'm and I think this is a team that they're so experienced at
this point. I think I saw someone I want to
say ESPN had this that between IU starters.
I think they have 21 years of college.
Boy experience, that's a ton and especially in this era of
college basketball and I speak mostly this like these covid
years or you have so many old themes.
Yukon is not that now. Do some of these players have
final four runs from you know, last year.
Yeah they do but there's also a lot of freshmen on the scene
that we're big contributors and you know, that's what you're
seeing more on the men's side. So to speak in the end, the last
decade or so, or you have some of these freshmen played in
teams and sometimes they're just so talented that the you
experience doesn't actually matter and sometimes It really
does. And UConn hasn't really had to
play a team quite of Indiana caliber and a long time and
certainly not fully healthy. It does that experience, which
is clearly favoring Indiana matter.
Probably, especially when in a rotating.
So, to speak for Indiana. I think that actually going to
be a huge huge Factor here because they've all they've all
been there. They've, I mean, they've already
not like they're not tested. They played a really tough, big
big 10. This was always the talk in the
non-conference to you. Why?
They scheduled so difficult because this game was going to
come. Whether it was UConn or Baylor,
or South Carolina or Stanford, or whoever this game was going
to come. And that's why they play
Stanford. And they played NC State, which
is in this building right now. To, they were preparing for a
game like this, their experience.
They played in a really tough conference if any team is ready
for UConn, it is Indiana, but we'll see what happens.
It's going to be a fascinating matchup 2:00 tomorrow afternoon,
if you're listening to this on Friday, which is when we're
recording it now. I don't know what the food
situation is like, in Bridgeport.
I'm assuming that there's good pizza because it's Connecticut.
So seek that out. And the thing is, we did have
dominoes last night, which I'm not really proud of.
We got to the hotel at about 10:00 and Domino's, the only
thing open, it was not enough food because we ordered one
pizza extra large. They get, they get it for four.
People was not to end up at Walgreens at midnight.
It's it was, it was a scene, but but, but the moral of the story
is You will get better pizza tonight.
I think. Yeah, that's the you gotta get
that taste wash out of your mouth completely.
So go take care of that and enjoy.
I know you got practices to go to and so for this afternoon's
and press conferences. So enjoy that, and we'll look
forward to hearing from you in the Indy star and on Twitter as
you cover this game, and hopefully another one coming up
on Monday. And thank you so much for having
me. I will enjoy the ham sandwich of
media Food and Pizza. And NC State Wolfpack, practice.
There's nothing quite like it that code from the Indy start
joining us. Thanks Matt.
Have a good time out there. And joining us now from
Bridgeport. Also, we've got Amanda Foster
joining us from the Indiana Daily student.
How you doing? I'm good.
It's been a long day. I'm tired, but I'm very excited.
It's been a really fun day. Yeah, which is good.
You know, you always take that. So this is always interesting
these days before the start of a sweet 16.
A to get the press conferences, you get to watch a little bit of
practice and it has kind of get the Ambiance of things.
You've been there for most of the day.
You heard from Yukon, you heard from IU.
Let's start with UConn first and foremost.
We saw some quotes from Geno, auriemma on Twitter earlier.
What did you glean from that press conference and just kind
of in general. What's the atmosphere around
that team? Yeah, I would say which is
something I was kind of surprised to see.
I thought that they would be and you know, would be more
confident and the press conference.
I'm not, I don't know why it was kind of just my own thought,
like the way watching him Coach. It seems like that would be
something that they would exude, but he was, he was very, I don't
want to say relaxed. But, you know, there was a
quote. Quote that was put out that he
said that he wouldn't be surprised if Indiana won at all,
which obviously implies that then they would be Yukon which I
was just surprised to hear him say something like that.
Like he was praising them and saying that they deserve
respect, but I was like, that's an interesting thing to say that
they before you play a team. He didn't talk much about
Indiana in terms of like scouting Indian military more
than her players did. But he didn't, he kind of kept
to like the broader scope of thing of things.
He talked about what his own players need to do that that as
he fled needs. You know, do what she did
against UCF in the end of that game, do it, the whole game, how
they need to produce things like that.
I think he, I think they're feeling good.
Like, you know, they were not didn't say that like outright
but I think he's confident in his team.
He knows that they can do it. They've struggled in games
before, which has prepared them for the possibility of
struggling against Indiana, which they talked about was
something that they didn't have last year and then they ended up
losing to Arizona and so they didn't really have that
experience in this year. They have the Variants of being
in tough games like that. I think is kind of the biggest
thing that they talked about. Yeah.
It's interesting. I've seen this from Gino and
from other coaches, like Gina bob Knight used to do this a lot
where you spend most of the press conference like talking
about how good the other team is and things like that.
It, it's an interesting psychological Ploy sometimes
because it's like a, let's butter up the opposition and
make them feel good. And it look, it's High.
Praise coming from a guy like Geno, auriemma.
So are you Terry Moore and just just got done with her press
conference a little bit ago. What's the atmosphere?
Sound like from her there, they're very excited there.
I mean, as always, you know, if you if you listen to them at all
throughout the season, they're glad to be back.
It's just, but it's also kind of just another stepping stone for
them. Like they're not, they're not
ready to be done. You could tell they've done a
lot of scouting, which they always do, but they came in and
Terry Moore and we listened to. We had a lexical Manali
pepperberg for the, for the student student athletes and
they, they've gone through so much felt.
Like, it's obviously know exactly what they need to do.
And they talked about specifics, they need to, you know, stop the
offensive. Bones and make them shoot like
long, two-point shots. So they don't get in the paint,
like things like that. Like, they know, they know what
they need to do. And this is how Indiana always
is before games is that they're so focused on, you know,
adjusting to the team that they're playing and just doing
whatever they need to do for that specific team and like,
knowing exactly what that team's Tendencies are that that's kind
of, that's most of what you get out of the press.
Conferences is just like, you know, yeah, we, we just need to
focus on this next game and beat this team and do this or that.
But there, I mean, they are so glad to be Year and they're very
excited to get the chance to kind of do this on a national
stage 2. Let's talk a little bit about
the game that happened earlier in the week for IU, you know,
certainly, I think a closer game than the Casual observers might
have expected, but a lot of people felt like that Princeton
team was really good and certainly had a chance to win.
What were your overall Impressions from that game?
And what we learned about Indiana going into the sweet 16.
What one of the biggest things that I saw was there how their
defense dropped off in the second half.
And I think everybody saw that one Princeton had four offensive
rebounds in one position where there's kind of is a drop in the
energy. And we've seen that before from
them in like earlier games in the season, but not in recent
games in a tournament play in big situations like that, which,
like you said, like if credit to Princeton, I think they were
under seated. I think a lot of people looked
past them but like, Indiana, I think it should.
That they all have to be on their game.
They all have to work together all the time, and you can't have
any brakes and obviously you would think that that would be
an easy thing to understand but it's hard in the moment to kind
of that's 40 minutes of basketball.
Like, that's hard to keep up with everything.
I think their defense is going to be key in almost lost them.
Again. It could easily win them a game.
So I think, I think that's the biggest thing that I saw out of
out of the Princeton game. What did you make of the Yukon
UCF game? This was a bit of a surprise in
stores. UCF.
Certainly not at the talent level of Yukon.
And this is your certainly may be the most talented team
pound-for-pound in the tournament with with everybody
healthy. But u.s.
UCF really gave them a tussle and it looked like they could
have pulled it off if they hit their free throws at the end.
They the thing that you can't like, obviously the surprise
that the game was that close because it's Yukon.
It's UCF, you know, you expect something to happen and then
it's March and it never happens like you expected to, but like
you kind of had some clothes. Games before in this season.
Because of the way that their Seasons gone with page, backers,
being injured and not everybody playing at the level that is
expected every time. So it's like the point total.
You look at it. And you think, you know, Yukon
is the they score. 80 90 points and they blow their planets out
of the water. So I wouldn't say that, I was
massively surprised by that part of it, given how close it was?
Because of the way that Yukon is kind of struggled with that
throughout the season at times, but it's not as big of a shock
to me as it might have been two people.
Who who hadn't been keeping up with how everything had been
going? Sure.
So going into this game on Saturday.
If you're if you're scouting, you know, looking at Indiana and
what they need to do if they're going to try to pull off the
upset here, you know, in front of a hostile crowd that's going
to be almost entirely Yukon fans.
What, like what does Indiana really need to do to pull this
thing off? I mean, I think they said it,
everybody's going to say it. Their defense has to be top of
the line. They can't Can't give anything
up. They can't do what they did
against Princeton because you comes going to snatch that and
run with it. Even if it's just for a couple
minutes. And so I think this is what all
the players were emphasizing about.
Just keeping keeping rebounds like on their side.
Forcing difficult shots, not letting anything but not
allowing more than like a one chance per possession for you.
Kind of think. It's the biggest thing that
they're going to have to do because Indiana can play
low-scoring games. Yukon has, struggled and
low-scoring games because they're used to not having it.
As close, you know, like Indiana's had more close games
and UConn has. So I think that that's the
biggest thing and crowd wise Terry Moore and said that they
in their scouting. Specifically had they told
Nicole card. I new Hillary that she's going
to be calling the plays on the court and there's not going to
be as much play calling from the sidelines because they're
anticipating it being incredibly loud.
And they don't want to have to try to you know, work around
that in the game. And so she's going to be doing a
lot already. Like pre-planned out which, you
know, as a point guard you're going to do regardless.
But like to even greater Erickson is what it sounded like
which could be could be really interesting.
Just in terms of like a team Dynamic, like everyone's going
to have to really work together to get over the crowd because of
the crowds going to be very large.
The the Arena's quite small. So, yeah, I mean, it's an AHL
Hockey Arena. It's not really, it's not an NBA
arena by any. I think I think 9,000 is the
capacity for basketball games, which there were more than 9,000
people Assembly Hall. So yeah.
It'll be it'll be an interesting environment.
I think for sure it's going to be wild and certainly I think
you know, there's an interesting position for IU to be in because
if they lose the game they were supposed to is certainly no no
shame in losing in Connecticut to Connecticut in the sweet 16,
but really a potentially got a seismic potential for victory
for IU if they somehow pull this off.
And that's that's a really intriguing thing.
As big as getting to the elite. Eight was last year.
There's a real statement games. A potential with this one.
Yeah. Well, that's the thing.
I feel like all of the bracket this this season, because
theoretically, even like, if Iowa had stayed in, then they
would have faced, another think it would be South Carolina and
they're into the bracket, not in a championship game.
So, they're a bunch of games like that, that could have a lot
of implications in, like, in the sweet 16 in the Elite 8, which
is it adds another level of excitement?
I think. Which is, which is really fun.
Yeah. It's sad, but it's going to be
interesting. Eating a lot of attention on
this and certainly a lot of hoosier Nation going to be
watching at 2:00 in the afternoon tip, time for this one
and we know you'll be there on Twitter, follow Amanda on
Twitter. She and the rest of the IDS
crew. Going to be out there covering
everything and we appreciate you joining us on the show.
Thanks so much. Of course.
Thank you for having me. Absolutely.
All right. My thanks to Amanda Foster from
the Indiana Daily student. My thanks to Matt Cohen from the
Indy star and to all of our student media members and
professional media members up in Bridgeport covering this game as
Indiana takes on Yukon. This should be a really
interesting contest and I think the Hoosiers have got a shot.
This is one of those where as Geno auriemma said in the press
conference, it wouldn't be a shock.
And I you know, certainly You know, likes to pad things a
little bit, but I think there's some truth to that.
This is a really talented, really veteran IU teams.
We talked about and if they go in with the right attitude and
they get some breaks along the way, I think anything could
happen. So we'll see what happens and
hopefully you'll all get a chance to watch 2:00 on Saturday
this week and my appreciation to all you folks for listening in.
We will hopefully be back with more.
Are you women's coverage? If they pick up the win here,
will definitely do another podcast on Sunday as The
Hoosiers prepped for the Elite 8.
So we'll keep our fingers crossed on that one.
Good luck to all the IU fans in the Northeast that are heading
up there who have managed to Wrangle tickets.
I know it's been a tough one to get tickets on but I've heard it
from a couple of people that are going to be in the building and
we're expecting you to try to try to drown out the other
eighty nine hundred people that are going to be there that are
almost certainly cheering for UConn.
We will go ahead and wrap things up here.
We'll be back with more podcasting later on in.
Either this upcoming weekend or maybe next week.
We've got some IU men's basketball news.
Just news coming out every day about the IU.
Men's basketball program that will be talking about and we'll
get some football stuff in as well.
As April has rolled around. We got spring, practice going on
some interesting things going on with the IU football program,
but thanks again for joining us, folks.
Thanks to home-field apparel our presenting sponsor and good luck
to the IU women. As they take on Yukon in the
sweet 16, I'm Galen. Klaviyo.
This is Crimson cast. East will catch you folks on the
flip side. Bring back the Bison.
So long everybody.