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But yeah, she's looking at her bracket and she's going, we earned a one seed and you make us have the toughest path because to get to the Final Four, we potentially have to go through UConn, a team that, by the way, ended their season last year when they were a one seed in the Elite Eight and a team that they already had to face this year.

And the thing about Juju Watkins is she is incredible and otherworldly. She's also one of those players that the more you play her, the more you sort of figure out a way to defend her. And so if I'm Lindsey, I'm absolutely upset. I know Dawn Staley was upset as well. She felt like they earned the right to be the number one overall seed.

And the thing about Juju Watkins is she is incredible and otherworldly. She's also one of those players that the more you play her, the more you sort of figure out a way to defend her. And so if I'm Lindsey, I'm absolutely upset. I know Dawn Staley was upset as well. She felt like they earned the right to be the number one overall seed.

The thing that kills me with the committee is that sometimes it feels like they judge people by some criteria and then they don't judge them by the other. For example, Texas.

The thing that kills me with the committee is that sometimes it feels like they judge people by some criteria and then they don't judge them by the other. For example, Texas.

We talked to them specifically about Texas, who got absolutely boat raced in the SEC championship, who barely beat LSU in the semifinals, an LSU team that didn't have Anissa Morrow or Flagey Johnson, which is like 45 points for them. And they didn't end the season particularly strong.

We talked to them specifically about Texas, who got absolutely boat raced in the SEC championship, who barely beat LSU in the semifinals, an LSU team that didn't have Anissa Morrow or Flagey Johnson, which is like 45 points for them. And they didn't end the season particularly strong.

She brought up UConn beating the brakes off of South Carolina as the reason that they didn't jump to that number one overall seed. But nobody finished the season out stronger than South Carolina. Notre Dame finished the season out incredibly poor, and they were punished by being on the three line, but they sort of just ignored Texas. So...

She brought up UConn beating the brakes off of South Carolina as the reason that they didn't jump to that number one overall seed. But nobody finished the season out stronger than South Carolina. Notre Dame finished the season out incredibly poor, and they were punished by being on the three line, but they sort of just ignored Texas. So...

The criteria doesn't really tend to make a lot of sense to me, but I think that, yeah, Lindsay's upset because she sees what awaits her, and that's trying to get through another one of the best guards in the country to get to the Elite Eight.

The criteria doesn't really tend to make a lot of sense to me, but I think that, yeah, Lindsay's upset because she sees what awaits her, and that's trying to get through another one of the best guards in the country to get to the Elite Eight.

I hear you, Chris. There we go. I had to get you back. I'm sorry. I hear you, Greg. I think, you know, they put these microphones in the face of these coaches very quickly. I also think that she's trying to send a message to the committee. She did say a few times in that clip, like, I don't know how my team feels. I'm sure they just feel excited. We're hosting games.

I hear you, Chris. There we go. I had to get you back. I'm sorry. I hear you, Greg. I think, you know, they put these microphones in the face of these coaches very quickly. I also think that she's trying to send a message to the committee. She did say a few times in that clip, like, I don't know how my team feels. I'm sure they just feel excited. We're hosting games.

We got a big game, a big game coming up with UNC Greensboro to start the tournament. But I think she's just sort of expressing her frustration for feeling like and here's my thing.

We got a big game, a big game coming up with UNC Greensboro to start the tournament. But I think she's just sort of expressing her frustration for feeling like and here's my thing.

we are still at a place like the numbers are growing and we know that the games never had more attention but we are still at a place where the committee should be keeping in mind potential matchups and what that means for ratings and i think like it would have been nothing you guys to swap texas and usc nobody would have thought twice about it because yes while ucla ended up getting the best of them in the big ten tournament usc had beat them twice previously

we are still at a place like the numbers are growing and we know that the games never had more attention but we are still at a place where the committee should be keeping in mind potential matchups and what that means for ratings and i think like it would have been nothing you guys to swap texas and usc nobody would have thought twice about it because yes while ucla ended up getting the best of them in the big ten tournament usc had beat them twice previously

And so it would have made total sense to swap those two. And then not only do you not have to deal with a USC-UConn matchup in the Elite Eight, but you also avoid, if everything goes chalk, you also avoid potentially having a Final Four matchup.

And so it would have made total sense to swap those two. And then not only do you not have to deal with a USC-UConn matchup in the Elite Eight, but you also avoid, if everything goes chalk, you also avoid potentially having a Final Four matchup.

with two Big Ten rivals that will be facing each other for the fourth frickin' time, and two SEC rivals that will be facing each other for the fourth time. And as Rebecca Lobo said, that's not beautiful basketball.