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Seg 6 - WBB Show w Rebecca Lobo Feb 7 · Coaches Corner

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  Speaker 1: Final segment with Rebecca Lobe before Yukon UMass Hockey at
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  Speaker 1: the top of the hour. Of course, Rebecca to the
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  Speaker 1: game last night and has done many national broadcasts for ESPN,
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  Speaker 1: and let's get to the national scene a little bit, Rebecca.
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  Speaker 1: It seems like right now the clear two best teams
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  Speaker 1: are UCLA in South Carolina. But then you have that
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  Speaker 1: next level Texas, Notre Dame lsu usc Ohio State. Maybe
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  Speaker 1: Yukon's in that picture. But is it clear cut and
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  Speaker 1: dry that the top two teams are the two teams
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  Speaker 1: that probably should play in the national championship game if
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  Speaker 1: everything plays out.
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  Speaker 2: I think right now, certainly the top two teams are
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  Speaker 2: UCLA in South Carolina. Both of them have great depths,
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  Speaker 2: They have balance scoring. UCLA sort of has a separator
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  Speaker 2: for them, and that Lauren Bets, their six to seventh center,
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  Speaker 2: is having a monster year both offensively and defensively. I
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  Speaker 2: still absolutely keep Yukon in like that next group and
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  Speaker 2: a team that I think has a terrific chance to
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  Speaker 2: go to the final four. You kind of still a
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  Speaker 2: team on the ascent. You know, it's early February. Their
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  Speaker 2: best basketball, without question is ahead of them. If they
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  Speaker 2: can stay healthy or even get healthy, you know, without
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  Speaker 2: Ice Brady being able to play in the game against Tennessee.
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  Speaker 2: Notre Dame is really really good and I love the
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  Speaker 2: way they play and their backcourt is incredible. You know,
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  Speaker 2: everyone kind of saw that. Yukon's fans saw that in
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  Speaker 2: their game against Yukon. But since then, you know, Maddy
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  Speaker 2: Westbeld is back and playing really really well for them.
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  Speaker 2: They are a dangerous team. I'm doing this weekend Texas
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  Speaker 2: hosts South Carolina and they've already played one since South
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  Speaker 2: Carolina really took it to them. But Texas is interesting
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  Speaker 2: because they turn you over so much and they get
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  Speaker 2: to the free throw line so much. The one thing
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  Speaker 2: they don't do really well is they don't take a
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  Speaker 2: lot of threes. Well. In their last game against Vanderbilt,
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  Speaker 2: they hit I think eight threes at a high percentage.
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  Speaker 2: So they're a team that could could be really dangerous.
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  Speaker 2: But I just think that Gino coach Oriama does the
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  Speaker 2: best job of preparing his teams for March than anyone
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  Speaker 2: else in the country. And he's proven it time and
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  Speaker 2: time again. What is it, Bob, Fifteen of the last
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  Speaker 2: sixteen final fours that they've been a part of last year.
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  Speaker 2: For him to get that group to the final four
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  Speaker 2: was incredible. So of course Yukon fans would like to
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  Speaker 2: see them beat Notre Dame in December. They would like
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  Speaker 2: to see them beat Tennessee in early February or South
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  Speaker 2: Carolina in mid February. I will never bet against coach
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  Speaker 2: Rima and his method and his coaching staffs method and
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  Speaker 2: how they prepare the team for March. And he kind
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  Speaker 2: of even addressed that with us before the game yesterday,
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  Speaker 2: and you know that he feels like this is a
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  Speaker 2: team that can be really good in the NC Double
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  Speaker 2: Day Tournament, and even if they have some bumps and
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  Speaker 2: bruises along the way, but yes, South Carolina is playing
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  Speaker 2: really high level basketball. It's interesting because I did a
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  Speaker 2: South Carolina game a couple of weeks ago and Don
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  Speaker 2: Staley I asked her, like, is it kind of, you know,
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  Speaker 2: less pressure that you're undefeated And she said yes, like
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  Speaker 2: they don't have to worry about that undefeated piece. And
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  Speaker 2: she kind of laughed and she said, you know, UCLA
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  Speaker 2: can deal with that this year. And she also said
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  Speaker 2: Ucla reminds her of her team from a year ago.
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  Speaker 2: I think specifically because they have that six seven kind
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  Speaker 2: of separator as a post player inside. But those two
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  Speaker 2: teams playing great. Notre Dame is just an incredible run.
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  Speaker 2: You know, they haven't lost since they had those two
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  Speaker 2: back to back losses when they were in one of
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  Speaker 2: the island tournaments. They're playing great. But I put Yukon
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  Speaker 2: right up there, or I will put Yukon right up
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  Speaker 2: there when it comes to having an opportunity to get
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  Speaker 2: to another Final four.
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  Speaker 1: You know that first Texas South Carolina game, Yes, the
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  Speaker 1: score was a bit lopsided, but what is it. I
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  Speaker 1: think Texas had like forty field goal attempts in the
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  Speaker 1: first half alone. Now, they missed a lot of chippies
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  Speaker 1: in that game, but the fact that they got that
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  Speaker 1: many shots off against a good South Carolina defense is
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  Speaker 1: impressive enough.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and they had got really good shots. There was
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  Speaker 2: one possession where one of their big players inside had
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  Speaker 2: four rapid fire misses like one of their big you know, shot,
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  Speaker 2: missed shot, missed shot, miss shot, miss They could not
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  Speaker 2: buy a basket. Madison Booker, who is one of my
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  Speaker 2: favorite players to watch in all of women's college basketball,
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  Speaker 2: the sophomore down at Texas had. She's in one of
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  Speaker 2: the most efficient players, had an awful game that day.
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  Speaker 2: There was a play in the second half where she
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  Speaker 2: missed the layup and coming back, our camera was tight
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  Speaker 2: on her face and she just kind of was laughing
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  Speaker 2: and looked at her teammate. We caught her saying, like,
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  Speaker 2: what the f you know, like it was just one
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  Speaker 2: of those games where Texas couldn't make a shot. And
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  Speaker 2: part of that is South Carolina's defense is next level.
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  Speaker 2: They did the same thing to LSU. LSU was really
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  Speaker 2: struggling to even get decent looks when they played at
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  Speaker 2: South Carolina. I was able to to do that game
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  Speaker 2: as well. So South Carolina's defense is on point. Makes
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  Speaker 2: a lot of teams look funky. But it will be
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  Speaker 2: interesting because Texas has not lost at home in like
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  Speaker 2: nineteen straight games going back to last season. They're hosting
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  Speaker 2: this one this weekend. I think it's going to be
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  Speaker 2: a much closer and better contest than the first time around.
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  Speaker 1: Rebecca, is there a team out there that we shouldn't
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  Speaker 1: sleep on as far as a chance to get to
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  Speaker 1: an Elite eight or a Final four that we're not
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  Speaker 1: talking about.
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  Speaker 2: I think in terms of a final four. We're talking
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  Speaker 2: about the teams that can get there. You know, we
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  Speaker 2: touched on USC, touched on Ohio State. You know, the
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  Speaker 2: Elite eight or the Sweet sixteen. You never know about
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  Speaker 2: somebody being able to sneak into one of those, especially
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  Speaker 2: if it's a team that can make a lot of threes,
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  Speaker 2: like kind of see is a team that because his
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  Speaker 2: style is so unique, I wouldn't be shocked to see
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  Speaker 2: them in an Lead eight, even though they're not a
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  Speaker 2: top eight ranked team this year, just because if you know,
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  Speaker 2: you're not used to playing against that style, and in
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  Speaker 2: a couple of games in the NCAA tournament, they can
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  Speaker 2: get there. But I don't know that there is a
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  Speaker 2: super under the radar team that were like, oh they
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  Speaker 2: came out of nowhere this year and they're now in
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  Speaker 2: the Elite eight. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Well, it's gonna be fun month and we'll see in
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  Speaker 1: about nine days from now. Rebecca. Always a pleasure and
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  Speaker 1: I look forward to driving you back to the airport
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  Speaker 1: on Sunday. A safe, have a safety.
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  Speaker 2: So five stars.
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  Speaker 1: There you go, good writing, Thanks, Rebecca, appreciate it. The
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  Speaker 1: fabulous Rebecca Lobo join us on The Coaches Show. Thanks
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  Speaker 1: to Coach Riama, Thanks to Rebecca as well, and thanks
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  Speaker 1: to you for tuning in. Stay tuned, We've got hockey next, Yukon.
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