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Episode 13: Part 2 of our conversation with Richmond basketball stars Addie Budnik and Katie Hill · Spiders Sound Off

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Welcome to another episode of Spider Sound Off.
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This is Tom. And this is Porter.
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Let's go back and pick up our conversation with Richmond
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Spiders women's basketball stars Addie Budnick and Katie Hill.
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So before we get to the big win in the postseason, I don't think
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we can go there without talking about the A10 tournament.
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You have the A10 tournament loss and then you have a week roughly
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until Selection Sunday. I guess.
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How did you guys feel after that loss?
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We were there watching it at at the right code Center and just
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remember Maggie getting run over on that last play.
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But versus debating the the Ravs, kind of what was the mood
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and kind of how did that next week go as you're waiting for,
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you know, whether you get an at large or not?
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The loss was devastating because obviously this being our final
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year and just what expectations and standards we held ourselves
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and the team to this year. Coming up short during short
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during the A 10 tournament was definitely not a good feeling
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and losing the way we did on a buzzer beater, it made it
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staying a little more than usual.
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But we actually got to go home for I think 2 days or some of us
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did. The people that were more local,
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Addie addie Addie's. Shaking her head no for the IT
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was a. Long week.
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Two days. So I think for some of us that
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was good just to get a break, try to come back with a fresh
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mind and a new mindset and try to put that game in the past and
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focus on the next step that we have, which was hopefully at the
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time getting an at large bids of the tournament.
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But it was devastating. We had to process what happened,
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but at the same time we couldn't let it hold us down and we had
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to move on and prepare and be ready and excited for whatever
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that next game was going to be. So, Addie, they all left you
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alone? Is that what I'm hearing?
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I mean, after the game, it was definitely confusing.
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I think you mentioned some of like the like, obviously they
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made a shot, but then they waved it off, but then they didn't.
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It was, it was just a confusing moment all around.
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Nobody really understood what was happening.
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But Long story short, we lost. That was obviously, like Katie
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said, devastating. And then some people went home.
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I was just hanging out here. And then and then the week kept
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going and then I think we came back to practice.
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You could tell that something was in the air in the sense
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where it was not a good practice, morale was low and
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we're not the kind of team to drag like that across the board.
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Mood was not great and we were told that it was not a good
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practice. But I think we had some tough
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conversations. I know I talked to coach a few
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times. Coach talked to captains Katie,
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Anna and IA few times as well. Just giving feedback on both
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ends. So I think that's part of the
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team. Part of the reason why we are so
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good was we are able to communicate and be honest with
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one another without like hurting someone's feelings.
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Like we understood that we had something to get done and you
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had to have tough conversations in order to get past that.
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So I think that helped a lot for me.
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I know I didn't want to get too caught up in the bracketology.
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Like I knew what we did and I had full faith that we should be
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playing. Our resume was incredible.
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The way we played, the way we carried ourself and made a name
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for Richmond throughout the year.
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I knew that we deserved to be in the tournament, but at the same
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time didn't want to get those expectations too high just to be
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disappointed on Selection Show. So coming in, just no
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expectations whatsoever. And I think that made the moment
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even more special. I think I couldn't stop smiling
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after they read our name and then after that, obviously we're
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playing UCLA theme music before practice.
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Everybody was happy and we knew that we had work to do and we
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had some of our best practices leading up to LA.
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I think it when I was watching the selection show, the ladies
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selection show, I think there was a second delay between the
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camera that was on you guys and when you heard that you had made
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the tournament. Because I think I remember like
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they flashed to Richmond and all of us saw that you guys have
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been had been given an at large. But you guys were sitting there
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stone faced. And I think the announcer might
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even said, man, Richmond does not look happy with their seed.
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I think. We had received them News yet?
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Yeah, yeah. And then all of a sudden they
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flashed back to you guys and you guys were all partying.
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So you realize it was just a delay and what we were watching
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so. But it was a pretty funny
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moment. The year prior, we waited so
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long to find out too, and then this year it was like the first
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one of the first ones. So I don't think anybody was
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expecting it. There's definitely a delay
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because as soon as we saw it we were going crazy.
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But yeah, it was definitely the complete opposite of what
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happened last year, which was. Now you have to remind me, what
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was that Selection Sunday event like?
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Was this a private team only or they had all the fans there just
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like the year before? Yep, it was public, they
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advertised it. I think they posted some stuff
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on social media so anybody was welcome.
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We actually had a good crowd as well.
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So that made it after what happened the week prior, being
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able to get an at large seed like for us, but also for the
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community as well made it even more special.
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Yeah, no, it's I'm glad they did that.
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I get obviously there's risk when you do that too, right?
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You would have could have been one of the awkward videos of not
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getting in, but it it was, you know, obviously awesome to do
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that. So now, you know, you're going
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to LA. You got Georgia Tech coming kind
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of what was that trip like getting out to to LA?
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Was that an exciting time for all of you?
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And like, what did you guys get to do to enjoy LA besides
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practice? We were all like just so
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excited. We were.
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We were just filled with joy and excitement on that flight to
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Lai. Think we touched down and
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somebody started playing. What song?
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Already in the USA, yeah. We're in the USA.
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We were singing, we were. It was just a great team
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environment. We definitely practice there,
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but we had time to go see stuff, explore.
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We went went to the pier. Santa Monica Pier.
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Santa Monica Pier one day we also did a bus tour of celebrity
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houses. So we were going through like
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the hills on this hot pink bus it.
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Was more the experience. I'll say that.
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It was really something special. We went from practice to the
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buses and I think we all were like starving and in a state of
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delusion. So they got us pizza when we got
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into the buses and we were just like handing them out throughout
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this Pink Balls was blasting like LA themed music as we went
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through and we were like going up the hills and seeing
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everything. So I don't, I can't really
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remember any celebrity houses, but I remember the experience.
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So that's all that bad. It's an.
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Experience I will never forget. That's awesome.
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So how much prep? I'm sure there was a lot, but
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kind of how was the Georgia Tech prep?
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Was that all in LA? Did you do some of it like the
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day after you heard who you were playing or like what was the
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preparation like and understanding that team and how
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they played? Yeah, obviously it was a quick
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turn around for the coaches as well.
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So they didn't know who we were playing until that Sunday night
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and then we ended up leaving that Tuesday.
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So the NCAA flew us out that Tuesday.
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So it was a quick turn around for them.
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So I think they had a day of just scout prep meetings and
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then in practice, usually what we do is we slowly talk about
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what they run. So I think as they were getting
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it, we started to defend their sets a little bit, think about
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what would work on our end against them.
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And then once we got there, we sat down, did a full scout like
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we usually do. And then obviously we had
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practice at UCLA. So we were able to go through
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all of that there as well. But they did a great job
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providing us with everything. They had that step down and I
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think we were all locked into everybody knew the scout, every
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page of it, so it was great. Well, I think the game showed
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that you were well prepared and the maybe you could call them
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potential distractions of going to the Santa Monica Pier or
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going on the tour. Like none of that really
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mattered like that. That game really wasn't close.
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I mean, it was, I think 7548 if I recall.
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And I mean, you know, there's so many great spider players from
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last year. But I think that that game
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Maggie announced herself on the national stage.
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I think she scored 30 and had maybe 15 or 16 rebounds.
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I, I think Richmond arrived as a major force in women's college
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basketball and you guys were a huge part in, in making that
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happen. The fact that you stayed
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committed to, to make seeing it through with the coaching staff
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and, and got that first in tubal a win.
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You can't understate just how those moments matter to fans.
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And I was watching it in Vegas and I just like, I was so
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excited. I mean, I couldn't, I couldn't
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just, I mean, what I was watching was a domination.
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And it just felt so good to see you guys rewarded for the
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efforts that you put in all season long.
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It just I felt so great that you guys had that moment.
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Thank you. So I, I, you know, the game was
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such a blow out and you, I think you were both on the sideline at
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the end of that game. So kind of what, what is that
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experience? Like?
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You're winning, you know, our, our, our school's first NCAA
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tournament game. You're, you're on the sidelines
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kind of, you know, with the starters kind of enjoying this,
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this big victory, kind of kind of try to put us back in that
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moment. Katie, maybe you can go first of
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like just what it felt like when like you knew you were going to
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win with probably 10 minutes left.
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But when that clock goes down to 0 and you know, it's it's done.
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Kind of what did that feel like? I mean, it's just surreal.
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It's what when you're growing up and you decide that you want to
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play college basketball, it's what you dream of.
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And it's like you said, it's what we signed up to do, to come
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to Richmond to do so just getting to experience that, it's
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hard to put into words, but it was just such a great
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experience. And it's a memory that I will
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hold on forever and I will tell to my family one day, but it's
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just it's hard to put into words.
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It was an amazing experience. Yeah, I think also everybody
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being able to get on the court and experience that as well was
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something special because a lot of times when playing the
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tournament, they're going to be super competitive games.
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Maybe everybody's not getting in the rotation, but to be able to
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clear the bench and have everybody get to play in an NCAA
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game and get to experience that from freshman up to grads, like
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that's also something special. Given that I think everybody,
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for the most part, their families were able to make it
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out to LA too. So having that moment with them
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as well was just amazing. That is awesome.
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That is awesome. Did you, so you have the win,
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Did you stay in the stands to watch the next game or did you
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guys, I mean, after going to the locker room, did you guys watch
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to see who you'd play next? So some of some of us actually
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had to go do cold tubs for some rehab since we're coming up on
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another game quickly. So some of us went and did that
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right after and then we came out and watched the second-half of
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the game just to get an idea of UCLA.
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Obviously we'd seen them play prior on TV, but just to watch
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them play in person, see their style of play and just get a
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better idea of what we were going up to up against in the
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next game. And and how was that obviously
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the prep there is even harder, right?
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You've got one day in between. There's only so much prep you
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can do when Laura Betts is is there at center.
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But did what was that game strategy like was just going to
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keep doing what you were doing from kind of offense and
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defense? And just, I mean, obviously you
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look back to that game, there was 1/4 where they kind of took
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off and three quarters where you guys were neck and neck with
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them. But what was the prep like?
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What? What did you what did you need
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to hear or how did the coaches try to prepare you for playing?
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What in a sense was. A home the number one team in
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the country. The number one team in the
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country on their on their homecourt.
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Yeah. I mean, I think there are some,
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obviously it's the number one team in the country.
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But the benefit to that is that I think all of us had seen them
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play and we're familiar with all their starters.
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So we kind of knew who they were and what they like to do going
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into it. So memorizing the actual scout
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wasn't too difficult. And honestly, they ran similar
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stuff to us. So that made the prep and
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understanding what how we had to defend them easier.
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Obviously they had size, which made it a bit difficult, but
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they had already prepped the scout before we even left
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Richmond. So each coach gets assigned a
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scout and obviously there's that uncertainty and putting in the
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work to something that might not happen if we don't win.
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But they were prepared. They had the scouts printed out
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ready to go, Obviously made some adjustments, but no, it honestly
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wasn't too bad. We had a day, there were two
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days in between. I I don't remember, but no.
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We were. Prepared and understood that we
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just needed to contained. We knew what bets was going to
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do. We knew that she was going to
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get rebound, she was going to finish over us.
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Like we just don't have the size to match up against that.
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That's a tough match up, but we gave it our all.
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We tried doubling. It was more just being able to
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contain everyone else as well. But obviously that fell apart a
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little bit in the third quarter. But being able to prove that we
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can compete with the number one team on their homecourt in the
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requirement that they play in was awesome and I think it did
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put Richmond on the map and put us in national spot.
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And, and Addie for the now for this is for the casual fan that
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might not be as familiar with the women's program.
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Folks might not know. Addie is our was our center on
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that team. She was our five.
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You're 6 foot two. You're you're guarding A6 foot
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7. Lauren Betts, who's widely
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considered the best player in the country, just, I mean, just
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give the, the casual listener a sense of just how strong
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somebody like that is. Like what you have to do.
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Do you have any tricks to like, you know, is there anything you
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have it up your sleeve that you could give you, you know, any
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chance in there 'cause that that's just a brutal matchup for
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anybody. Yeah, you know, I needed some
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tips and tricks when I was in there, but just size wise, like
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I mean, I knew what, I knew our defensive principles, I knew I
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needed to box out. But to a certain point, you can
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only push someone back so far. Bumps so high to be able to get
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the rebounds. At times it worked out.
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But I mean, full transparency, there was a time out where coach
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came up to me and was like, what do you think we should do 'cause
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it was not, it was not going well.
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And I was like, I don't know. I mean, she's an All American,
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A6768 All American for a reason. She's an incredible player.
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I think that we did a decent job containing her at the beginning,
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but then obviously it's that's just a tough match up for us.
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So tough and I well. Addie, you are.
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You are. Go ahead, Katie.
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Sorry, I just want to say I think Addie had a very, very
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tough match up that game and she had a big task and I think she
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fought really well. And our job was to go in there
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and try to help her as much as possible on those box outs and
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when she got the ball. And I think Addie did a great
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job guarding in there. We tried to help her out as much
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as we could, but at the end of the day in the third quarter, it
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took a toll on us. I will say, Addie, you're a, you
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are a much better three-point shooter than Lauren Bass.
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So maybe just kind of wrap up the game part.
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So you had that really tough third quarter and kind of games
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over how how are you able to kind of recognize like what a
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great season you had? You, you know, had that first
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big win. You're kind of after a loss.
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Like how long does it take for you to say like that?
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OK, we lost. That's OK.
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You know, we are at, you know, since at UCLA loss of the best
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team in the country. Let's not kind of, you know,
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hold that too long kind of mentally.
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What, what is that like Katie, maybe you could tell us kind of
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if you can remember back, like how do you turn your, your head
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to like, Hey, this, this was a great year.
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I think going into that game, we we knew we had a chance to win,
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but we all had the mindset that what we've done to get to that
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point of playing UCLA was an awesome path and a great
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experience for all of us. And just trying to keep that in
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mind. I know we got subbed out before
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the game was over and I know when I was getting the sub from
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the sideline, I had a flood of emotions at me.
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It was a lot to take in because not only was that a tough loss,
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but for Addie and I, it was the end to our basketball careers,
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which is a tough thing to process.
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And I think I'm still processing it now.
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But I think just recognizing everything else that we had
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accomplished and done that season and in our careers and
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keeping that in mind and just being happy for all of that
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versus dwelling on the fact that we just lost that game, but
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acknowledging everything that we did to get to that point.
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Yeah, I mean, everything that Katie said, obviously there was
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a different sense of emotion for us and feeling because it was
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the last time we were ever walking off the court, taking
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off our basketball shoes. So.
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But I think there's just so much pride in what we did both this
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year, but then also over our time at Richmond, where once you
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sit down and I don't think it necessarily hits when you're
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sitting there, obviously there's a level of disappointment given
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that we were in the game at halftime and then it slipped
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away from us. But once you leave that gym, I
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think when we were there, obviously there were tears.
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It was a sad locker room. But then once we kind of all
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understood the gravity of what we did and how we put Richmond
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on a map and in the women's basketball world, there was a
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bucket of in and out waiting for us.
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We all kind of sat together. Some people still crying.
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I think I was, it didn't hit me until after post game.
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I think Maggie got me in the post game.
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But just being able to all sit together and talk about our
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experience and understand that what we did that year was
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extremely special and this was kind of our last moment
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together. And I think when we got back to
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the hotel, a lot of us stayed up pretty late just because we
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didn't want it to end. We knew how much we meant to one
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another. And I think a lot of us sat in
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the lobby and just avoided going upstairs, like taking the
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backpack off and everything So, but just pride.
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Mike's Crocky, who was a guest on our previous episodes,
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described, you know, when he goes into the Robinson or he
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looks up and he sees their NCAA banner and he just feels kind of
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a warmth because that's his, his teammates banner.
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They brought that to the university as their contribution
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to the university and that nobody can ever take that away.
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He talked about the coach his his, his desire to get a banner
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and, and, and Scrocky didn't appreciate it while he was a
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student, but now he's about 20 years ahead of you guys in life
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on an age basis. He, he loves the fact that he
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can walk into the Robin Center and that's his like he, he and
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his teammates did that. And so I would imagine at some
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point in time, we're going to have both of you guys in the
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Robin Center and you're going to look up and you're going to see
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that. And that's that's your gift to
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Richmond. Yeah, no, for sure.
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I mean, I think going through time before we even were close
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level wise to playing in the NCAA Tournament, he would always
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coach, would always talk about like point to the rafters and be
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like we want a banner like this practice can't happen or we need
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to do this. It was always there and talked
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about and the fact that we got to make a permanent mark on the
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Robin Center and have pride to know that we contributed to that
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and that was a team that we are a part of is definitely a really
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cool feeling. Yeah, I think our team is always
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going to have that banner and these memories and experiences
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to share, and that's something I'll be grateful for for always.
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That's awesome. Yeah, maybe just taking a step
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back, I mean, looking over your career, kind of what what did
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you learn at University of Richmond?
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It's a very broad statement, but if you look think back to
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yourself as a senior in high school and now you're kind of
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graduated and kind of out out out post college kind of what
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what are the main lessons you have from your your journey?
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Katie, maybe you can. Go first, OK, I mean, this is a
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very cliche one, but just enjoy it while it lasts.
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Is 1 because I'm sitting here now done playing and I would do
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anything to be able to go back and play another year.
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Like I love basketball. Those were some of the best
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experiences and memories of my life.
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So it goes fast and enjoy it while it does.
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But also I think being a college athlete can be very time
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consuming and it can be a lot at times.
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So just making sure that you can step away from basketball when
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you leave the court at times and that it doesn't consume your
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whole life. Because like we said, we we've
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lost. We've had some seasons where we
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weren't winning as much. It can be a lot, so just make
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sure that you find a good balance between life and
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basketball, but also enjoy the basketball because it's going to
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come to an end at some point. Yeah, obviously second
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everything, Katie said. But but also just the school,
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University of Richmond and athletics, like it just gives
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you a different level of confidence.
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I mean, in the classroom as a person on the court.
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I know for me personally, like I came in and I was definitely
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more quiet. I had conversations where I was
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like, why aren't you speaking in meetings?
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Why aren't you doing this? I was just a nervous freshman.
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But just being more confident in yourself.
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Obviously there's the academic piece of going through the
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Business School, like better understanding the world and all
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of that. But then also going through the
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athletics piece of OK, you're step, you're getting older,
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you're stepping up into a leadership role, like how can
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you help the younger kids? Obviously talking with the
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community, talking with donors, like doing media, having to
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carry yourself in a certain way. So just having that confidence
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and ability to speak and grow into who you are, both as an
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athlete and a person was definitely something I'll
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forever be grateful for the school University of Richmond
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for giving me. Awesome.
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Yeah, that's great. OK, thought to kind of end this
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on a fun note. I have some superlatives and I'm
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going to ask you and we'll go one to the other.
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You can each answer one who looking at your team last year,
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kind of who fits this superlative.
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OK and you're allowed to repeat. You can just pick on each other
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as well. But I'll go through these and
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Katie will start with you. Best locker room DJ.
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I'm a terrible person to ask this question too.
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OK, Addie, who's the best lock? Who?
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Who controls the music? In the locker room or who?
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Is that addie? Actually, because Addie and I
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like the same music but nobody else would agree with.
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That, well, we're definitely 2, two people that probably
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shouldn't be asked OX questions as we're not usually allowed on
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the OX. But Maggie would usually have
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Maggie or Jada would both be on aux.
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There'd be good days and bad days, but for the most part,
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those were the those were the two team DJs.
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For us, what is the music you 2 like that no one else likes?
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Country. OK, gotcha.
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Yeah. And yeah, I.
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We're not. Fans of rap music.
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So a lot of times that would the DJ would be playing rap music.
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We weren't. OK.
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Second one, Addie, I'll start with you, most likely to nap
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anywhere. Maggie, Maggie, Maggie would
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fall asleep with him. Should we would be driving to
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the game. It would be a 5 minute bus ride
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from like Saint Bonaventure. We would stay across the street.
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We'd be driving to the game. Should be asleep for two
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minutes, knocked out. It was the most impressive thing
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I've ever seen. OK, Katie, who's the funniest
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teammate? Oh gosh.
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Anyone. I don't like getting fell on the
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spot like this. Who made you laugh?
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Jada. Jada.
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Jada. Yes, Addie is right, Jada.
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OK. OK.
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Another one, Addie, I'll start with you.
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Most likely to forget something on road trips.
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Maggie, Maggie this role left her shoot.
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We went to we were playing at Davidson and I remember we were
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going I was about to get in the elevator and Maggie called me
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like 3 times and I'm like what is going on?
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So I answered she's like Addie, I'm like what?
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She's like, I forgot my shoes and and she ended up going to
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the store and buying shoes, but she's winning all these
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superlatives awards those. Were two easy ones.
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You got Addie. OK, Kate, I'll go to you.
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Who's the best sideline celebrator?
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Who is the best cheerer on the sidelines?
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Jada. These two are just taking them
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all Jada. 'S lasso was just unpatched.
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The. Lasso Celebration For our play
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Lasso, she has celebration. It was.
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That's awesome. OK, Addie, the most intense
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competitor even in practice. And you can't say yourself
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because. Yeah.
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Because I you know, you might be that you might have won that
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one, but still. No, honestly, it could be Katie.
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Or. But Katie's a good one.
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That's like, that's a perfect, that's a perfect answer.
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Yeah. Katie.
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Yeah. The defensive intensity, that
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was hard to match. Everybody, everybody plays hard,
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everybody competes. So that's a, that's definitely a
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tough one. I'll I'll give Katie's here.
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I'll give it. To him thanks.
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OK, Katie, best dressed off the court.
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You love these, don't you? OK, Addie, who's who's got who
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has the best fashion sense on the on the team last year?
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We're. Usually all in sweatpants and
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our team gear. You know what?
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I'll. I'll bring Anna into this.
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Anna. Anna always had a Yeah.
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Anna Camden. She always had solid outfits, no
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matter what the occasion was. Give it to her.
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OK, Katie, I think this might be an easier one most likely to end
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up as a coach. I know Maggie wants to be a
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coach. So, Maggie.
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Addie any different answer for you?
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No, I was. I was going to say Maggie.
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She she's that's her. That's her.
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OK. Two more we're almost done.
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Katie. Hidden talent award.
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Anyone on the team have a talent outside of basketball?
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That would be surprising for the general fan.
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Do you 2 have any hidden hidden talents?
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Not that I know of. Any great singers for instance?
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People like to think so. None that I've heard.
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OK. OK, we'll go to the last one and
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I'm going to Kay. I'll put you on the spot on this
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one. Biggest team mom?
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Addie. That's why I wanted to ask you.
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I could tell when Maggie's calling Addie about her shoes.
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It's, that's an, that's an, that's an important role.
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Well, anyway, thank you very much for joining us today.
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This has been an awesome conversation.
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Appreciate all the time and, and, and most importantly,
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appreciate what you did at University of Richmond.
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We're, we're, we're proud alumni.
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That's why we reached out to you to get you here.
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It was awesome what you were able to accomplish and and the
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trajectory that the program has now because of what you did over
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your time at Richmond. And I'll, and I'll just add,
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like, I mean, each of you guys have have made just an
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incredible mark on, on Richmond's community, Richmond
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women's basketball. There's a lot of decorated
29:25
awards that each of you guys have received over the years
29:27
that we didn't cover off here for the, for the casual fans.
29:30
We wanted you guys to just talk about your story from the time
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you committed to the time you did something unbelievable,
29:36
which was do something nobody had ever done in in Richmond
29:39
College history on the women's side, which is when an NC Blade
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tournament game. So, yeah, as Tyatt reiterate
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what Tom said, as fans of basketball, like I was just
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we're just so grateful that you 2 decided to come to Richmond
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and you decided to stay at Richmond and finish your careers
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here. And you guys will have that for
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the rest of your lives. As Katie said, really, really
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well. I mean, you guys, you guys have
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the reflection of knowing that you have accomplished something
30:05
great and you can build off that for the rest of your life.
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So again, thank you very much for for being our guest today
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and thank you for taking us down this great story.
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Thank you for having us. Yes.
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Thank you and thank you for spreading Spider basketball.
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We're going to do our best. We're going to do our best.
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And so for you casual fans, we there's more of this greatness
30:25
still to still to witness. So come out to the Robin Center
30:27
this year and support the ladies.
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You'll find Tom and I there. We'll be at the games and, and
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hopefully come up and say hi to us and, and, and sounds like,
30:35
you know, Addie, you stayed in Richmond, so maybe we'll see you
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at the games as well. So we're we're super excited.
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Yes and they'll at some point soon, I guess in November, I'm
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guessing they'll be the banner unveiling.
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Hopefully they give you enough notice Katie, maybe you can come
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down for that as well. But it'll be.
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Excited I'll when? They do that.
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I'll be at games at Robin Center this.
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Evening. Oh, that's awesome.
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We'll look forward to seeing you in person then.
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That's awesome. Awesome.
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Thank you. Well, that was a lot of fun
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interviewing Katie and Addie Porter.
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What do you think? We we're just happy to be
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talking about the program we love, and we hope that we
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provide a little bit of value to everybody who listens.
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That's going to do it for this week on Spider.
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Sound off. Thanks everybody.