Georgia Amoore

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
For me, My like defining game that I will like
always always look back on is when we played Baylor.
When they were Baylor, Yeah, Melissa Queen Djena. They were
good and coach Molky was there. So we play them
and we get beat pretty bad. But I remember after
the game, like Diddy Richard's fist bumps me and she's like,

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good job, baby girl. I'm like shaking fist. Like to
see like those girls was like I watch you all
the time. Oh my gosh. Like to play against like
those girls, it's like that's who you want to be,
and that's the position that you want to be in.
Like I think they were a one seed and they
were just like coming in and grilling people, like cooking.
And it's kind of funny because you look back, well

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you look forward and junior year that was us one seed.
We're out here like cooking, like we'll have like the
time of our lives. And I think, I don't know,
like full circle stuff like it guess with grouse bumps,
like thinking about it, like baby Georgia freshman year would
have never ever imagined any of this happening, like being
a final four, Like the full circle stuff.

Speaker 2 (01:02):
Is so want to think about Welcome back to sometimes
I hoop Today, We've got a hooper from down Under
on the pod. Quick Humble Bragg, MVP of last year's
ACC tournament, led Virginia Tech to their first ever Final
four appearance, second in assist in the NCAA over sixteen
hundred career points, none other one of my favorite players
in the game right now, Georgia A. Moore, Thanks for

(01:23):
hopping on the pod.

Speaker 1 (01:24):
Thanks for having me.

Speaker 2 (01:26):
So excited to have you here. It's been so long
since I've seen you.

Speaker 1 (01:29):
Oh whoa that? And when you texted me, I was
freaking out, So come on Instagram DM, Sorry but still
I was freaking out.

Speaker 2 (01:38):
So last year your hype song was Talk That Talk
by Rihanna. So if you have a song that represents
now you and your old head senior year, what would
it be.

Speaker 1 (01:48):
Well, do you mean like by title or like a
song that like I've been listening to, because Talk that
Talk was a song I was listening to.

Speaker 2 (01:54):
Oh, it could be either one. You can give me both.

Speaker 1 (01:56):
Honestly, I would probably say work by eight years Alia,
because no money nor family, sixteen in the middle of Miami,
like she left for the States. Now Iggy Iggy Iggy,
Iggy Iggy too, Biggie that or Honestly, we've been listening
to a lot of love the way you lie eminem
oh game to kind of get in the butt her mood.

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I feel like I played better when I'm but hurt. Oh, okay,
I like that a lot.

Speaker 2 (02:22):
Honestly, the iggy was not something I expected, but I
am a big Really yeah, I like it a lot.
But you know, we'll just jump into things across the
current basketball landscape after talking about Iggy Iggy, which I
haven't talked about in years. So, you guys just came
off a huge win at NC State, who was ranked
third overall. Twelve points tennis is double double. You're currently

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averaging eighteen and eight, which is wild. But taught me
about that big win against NC State.

Speaker 1 (02:48):
Every time we play State, it's just a really good
game because I like the way that ACC tournament works
and all of that. Like we end up playing them
two or three times a year, and very familiar with
them and their coach, and I don't know just the
way they play. So we knew that we needed it
too because they were number three in the nation, and
you know, the first game we had we beat them
on the buzzer, and honestly, we probably didn't play well

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like that first game, which is like crazy to say
because we upset the whatever. But when knew like this
time to like just come in and have the utmost confidence,
and I think we all did. We all played a
really really good, like all round game.

Speaker 2 (03:22):
Yeah. I mean it looks like you guys were hitting
on our cylinders that game. The chemistry was there always
between you, is Liz, but I think everybody was really
lacking it, which was really exciting to watch. But we
definitely saw all over twitter coach hitting some dancers in
the locker room. Tell me about his energy, because he
looks like he's always high energy, whether it's like the
social media e clips you see or him on the sidelines.

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Talk to me a little bit about his vibes.

Speaker 1 (03:45):
In the best way. I respect him, like as a coach,
Like his word is like Bible, and I think like
he's truly transformed me to who I am. But like
he has a side to him that's like a dad's side,
and he's like he's like he can get like vulnerable,
and it's just like good for like communication and chemistry
and stuff like that. Like he's not like hard to
approach and he's not like just the head coach, so

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that like helps with us. And like he does stuff
like that, and he'll be dancing in practice and like
we'll be warming up and he'll be off in he's
own little world on the sideline something like that. Like
he is very good with just being like personable. Yeah,
if he doesn't seem human, then it's hard to have
that connection for sure.

Speaker 2 (04:23):
And I feel like it definitely sets the culture that
he's created at Virginia Tech. Like it looks like when
you guys play, you're having fun, and it definitely starts
at the head with somebody like him.

Speaker 1 (04:32):
And if you look on the sideline during the games too,
like he's celebrating. Oh yeah, yeah, he's into it. He
loves it.

Speaker 2 (04:36):
But yeah, he actually said chemistry, chemistry, chemistry all the time.
But right now, you guys in first and the conference.
But it's a really close race. Yeah, Louisvote two Syracuse
said three six games left in concert play, So and
you guys have a crazy stretch coming up for your
last six games talking about do Louisville unc Notre Dame?
So you know what is your mindset like trying to

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close out this home stretch not only for or ACC
tournament rankings, but also heading in the March, man is
trying to get a top seed.

Speaker 1 (05:05):
Yeah. I think for me, the best thing about it
is like we went eerily similar, like through the same
situation last year, Like we had a very tough end
of year stretch and they were all like last six
out of seven games or something. We're against great teams.
But I think like learning from last year carrying it
to now, like it truly is one game at a time,
because like if we look at our schedule, we can

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get so overwhelmed, like not only do we have these
great teams, but we have like Louisville and Notre Dame
on the road. They're both really hard places to play out.
It makes a difference, a huge difference. But in saying that,
like there's such great opportunities for us to set ourselves
up for March, and you know, you wouldn't ask for
anything else to have those great games to finish up,

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like if it was easy to be boring, Like I
love a good challenge, and all those teams face like
give us really big challenges, especially you know you play
against Duke and U and C again like we had
lost to Duke earlier in the year, and un See
is always down to the last possession of the game.
So definitely going to send out the seniors with a
bang for sure.

Speaker 2 (06:03):
For sure. It's really exciting. And I mean, you guys
just recently played against Virginia, which was a sold out crowd.
How fun talk to me about that rivalry atmosphere because
it's something different, like, you know, you get had it
for a big game somebody like a Duke, somebody like Louisville,
but like a rivalry, there's an extra edge to it.
And in kind of a sold out crowd, tesk me
what that was like.

Speaker 1 (06:23):
Like, first of all, like the way we've been selling
out our crowds has been insane, Like that just hasn't happened.
And especially you know, we used to sell out when
we would bring ranked teams in the house because people
wanted to watch the Nty States, they wanted to watch
the Louisville's, they wanted to watch the noted Dames. But
now we're selling out like often.

Speaker 2 (06:40):
Because of you guys. Now it's a different culture there.

Speaker 1 (06:43):
Yeah, and like that's the coolest part is like I'm
so grateful to be a part of that, like that
change and the shift and the energy and you know,
like the energy that the crowd brings, like in the
games against Guba. Obviously every person that goes to Virginia
Tech probably hates Guva. It's just that family rivalry. But
like it it changes the whole complexity of the game. Like,
as you said, you get up for big games, but

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rivalries you get up extra a bit extra. Yeah, and
so does everyone else in the crowd, and it just
changes everything. And it's really exciting. And we have one
more chance at them at their place. And the coolest
thing about that too is our fan base for sure
is going to trouble down and create the same energy.
And I think that's that's really Darpe.

Speaker 2 (07:21):
Yeah, that'll be sick. I didn't know you has played again.
That'll be fun because it was like.

Speaker 1 (07:25):
The last game of the season.

Speaker 2 (07:26):
Oh that's how it should be. That'll be lit. That'll
be lit. And you talked a little bit about you
know how deep the ACC is this year last year, however,
many teams right now I believe there's five teams in
the top twenty five, and then next year you're adding
in Stanford and cow So with the ACC ever changing
and all these different conferences, I mean, how do you
feel about the ACC is already pretty big, but now

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you're expanding to the West Coast. So are you guys
excited about bringing these new teams? It should be fun.
I'm excited to watch it.

Speaker 1 (07:56):
No, it should be fun. But what we've talked about
is kind of how unfair it is on the KEL teams.

Speaker 2 (08:01):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (08:01):
Like travel, yeah a lot, and honestly, like I respect
you because like no disc on Virginia Tech. I love it,
but like educationally to go to Stanford and have to
do all of that would just be actually insane.

Speaker 2 (08:16):
Yeah. Yeah, so it's a lot.

Speaker 1 (08:18):
But then also it's so cool, like you get to
go to school and you get to travel, and it's
just like new experiences. And for sure, like we don't
get bored in conference play. There's always like challenges, but
like to add extra teams and a different solid play
because I truly believe like East and West Coast just
very different. You go to any other state and everyone
plays so differently. So I wonder how that's going to

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like kind of change, like what will adapt to what or.

Speaker 2 (08:40):
Yeah, No, You're completely right. West Coast basketball is very different.
But I'm excited. It'll be really cool. Just like how
often does Stanford get to play Virginia Tech? Like you
never see each other, never unless it's in a holiday
tournament or the NCAA. So to see these cross country
rivalries for them, I feel like we'll be really exciting
for years to come. And even like outside of basketball,

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there's so many great teams and I'm interested, Like you
talked about with the travel, Like soccer carries a lot
of girls and they may not always charter. So how
does that look if you're going from Tallahassee, Florida State
coming up to see y'all, and then you're going to
Boston College? Like I'm sorry, you want me to do what?

Speaker 1 (09:20):
But also like I'm a huge when soccer fan, So
to see Stanford play like Boston College or like Florida
State or anything like that, that'd be like you and
c Stanford you and see we go crazy regular seam.

Speaker 2 (09:31):
Now I'm really excited. I'm really excited. But talk to
me about talked about the prowess of the a SEC.
Talk to me about kind of like sleeper teams or
sleeper players that you are really impressed by the season,
because I feel like a lot of people have really
come on the radar and upset somebody or had huge
games that you just didn't expect.

Speaker 1 (09:49):
Sleeper teams. I mean it's hard because like teams in
the AEC have been like ranked and unranked, and I
feel like everyone's jumping around. So I feel like at
some point people have gotten the flowers. But I like
it's always dangerous to play Syracuse.

Speaker 2 (10:02):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (10:03):
I mean Kamara Johnson's just for a freshman hoop hooping,
She's really good. She's really good, really good, and she
has this confidence to her that's just Yeah, she's just
very steady for a freshman and I applaud that for sure.
But I mean even Florida State, like they were so
hot when especially when we played them, Oh my gosh. Yeah.
But it's just like I don't know what depends, like

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people are get on runs and but I would probably
maybe say Syracuse.

Speaker 2 (10:28):
Yeah, I mean miss fair is a bucket, Like how
are you with that.

Speaker 1 (10:34):
Three thousand points? And she's not getting talked to like
as much as she probably should.

Speaker 2 (10:38):
I completely agree. Well, we were about to talk about
our next thing we're about to get into and talking
about giving players their flowers who may not always be
in that spotlight. So we can start with miss Fair
because like I played her as a freshman when she
was on Buffalo and we were in the same class,
and so I remember, we're like, go through this scout
and you know, you watch their highlight tape basically to
get ready for it, and I'm over here watching her,

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like what are we doing? How are you supposed to
And then you play against her and it's that much
faster and it's not like there's only one piece to
her game. She's a three level score and so you
play her more than I do. So it talk to
me about having to deal with her and just how
good she is.

Speaker 1 (11:14):
Yeah, especially when it comes to players like that, like
you kind of have to take what you can. Like
we knew we were not gonna shut her down. We
knew she was going to do incredible things, So it
was just trying to make her life as difficult as possible.
Emphasis on trying. Like someone like that too, like you
get so sucked in on watching her trying to produce

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a shot that she'll hit you with a pass that
just is insane as well. Like that's just like the
levels to her and her game. She's not just a scorer,
like she can score a ton of points, but that's
not just her game. But just try and make it
as difficult as possible. And you know, we have someone
on our team, Kayla King, who's very long a great defender,
and we put her in tough situations because she has

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to guard everyone's best players. But we also have to be,
you know, in gaps and in positions to help Kaylor
because that's like a tall task to honest tiring you defender,
like i'd be in the gaps. I'm not trying to
do no on ball press.

Speaker 2 (12:12):
Yeah, I'm a great gap girl.

Speaker 3 (12:14):
I'm gonna give you a little a little little sounds so,
but Arma, somebody else switch ship, switch off.

Speaker 2 (12:25):
Oh you stayed with the Yeah, I'm with you. But
other players at ACC we just talked about Florida State.
Tonight Latin a bucket. There's no doubt about talk to
me about tonight Latin.

Speaker 1 (12:39):
Yeah. I mean she plays at her pace and she
she puts the pressure on you for sure from the
full ninety feet. You know, last year, I think you
know she was getting attention and then she just continued
on and she's great, and you know, just the style
of player just suits her there at Florida State, Like
when we played them, it was really hard to stop
because they have three guards who are very very aggressive. Yeah,
you know, her, Buetting and Gordon just all very good

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at attacking. She's incredible, Like the freshmen and sophomores, like
the people that are coming into like college basketball now
is just like advancing at a rate that I just
I get shocked out. Like I watch basketball now from
a fan standpoint, I just sit back and just in wow, you.

Speaker 2 (13:17):
I completely agree. And I think another person that I
really love watching, who I feel like maybe kind of
similar to Fair doesn't get like that national spotlight is
Kicky Jefferson on Louisville. I think that she was a
great pickup for them in the transfer portal, and I
think she was at JMU before she was at JMU,
And I remember seeing on Twitter just like randomly like

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Kicky Jeffson forty points and I'm like, whoa, whoa.

Speaker 1 (13:42):
Well, hey, I think tournament time. I think their conference tournament.
I think she shot something like borderline like ninety one
hundred percent and one of the games. Yeah, because what
I remember seeing something about that. But yeah, yeah, so.

Speaker 2 (13:53):
Talk to me about how she's really added to Louisville
this year.

Speaker 1 (13:58):
I mean, we play them this week, so I want
to talk too much. But it's just just the craftiness
and the three the three level scoring is just is
so dangerous to God, So dangerous to God.

Speaker 2 (14:12):
That's all we'll get. It's okay, you don't have to
go deep.

Speaker 1 (14:15):
I got you.

Speaker 2 (14:16):
We'll protect the secrets. We'll switch topics just for a
few moments here to talk about some pop culture news
that we're both big Beyonce fans, as we should be.
Queen Bee, talk to me about this like second half
of the renaissance, and we saw I saw her perform.
I didn't see her. I watched on Twitter her like
Country Music Awards performance a few years ago, just like

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country Girl per she get with Daddy all these different things,
and like she's always touched on all these different genres.
But how excited are you Georgia for this new album
coming out?

Speaker 1 (14:48):
Like literally two weeks ago. I love like live music,
so I was listening to her homecoming album. The way
she did, the way she transitions sorry into.

Speaker 2 (15:02):
I'm about to believe.

Speaker 4 (15:05):
Oh my god, she's so good me myself, you put
the pipes, it's crazy.

Speaker 1 (15:16):
But that Daddy Lessons girl, So if it's like anything
to do with that, then.

Speaker 2 (15:21):
No, I agree, because I feel like Lemonade was such
an iconic album, right, and she has like the big
songs that took off. But Daddy Lessons for Me will spark.
And the other one that I really loved was I
think she did with Jack White freedom, oh my god,
oh a.

Speaker 1 (15:35):
Sleeper, uh huh, all Night, Don't Hurt Yourself, all of like.

Speaker 2 (15:40):
So many good song. I just I'm so excited. I
could talk about Beyonce for forever, but I'm really excited
for a second half of Renaissance. I feel like everybody
who want their cowboy had some boots for the first
part of.

Speaker 1 (15:54):
The tour, repurpose them. Keeping on TikTok I, I'm on Beyonce.
TikTok wait, we tell me into the final four in Dallas.
We got cowboy hats, Oh my god, but dazzletting go. Yeah,
I've got the final four denim jacket and the Final
four cowboy hat. I might just need some brutes. Oh so,
if you can direct me.

Speaker 2 (16:12):
Yeah, okay, I don't I don't know. I think like
boot bar is a thing. I don't know. I live,
You'll be fine, He'll be fine. But then moving into
my new favorite segment of the show is gonna be
Haley's Question of the day because my favorite thing to
do is ask people hypotheticals and would you rathers? And
so I like, I'm really excited to ask you this
question because I feel you're gonna give me a good response.

(16:35):
So what's the biggest animal you feel like you could
be in a fist fight? Okay, and let me tell
you it's in there terrain, no weapons, purely fist fight.
I'm gonna give you my answer after it because I
don't want you to pick the same one as me.
But what what what's the animal you could take?

Speaker 1 (16:53):
Am I like supposed to win?

Speaker 2 (16:54):
Or am I no? Like you're winning, like you're supposed
to win? And like give yourself some proplems here you know,
Oh they're terrain? Yeah, big animal? Don't tell you.

Speaker 1 (17:05):
So I'm gonna say, like a panda?

Speaker 2 (17:08):
Big okay? And how would what would be your plan
of attack? I just like scirp the scenery, sculp the
scenery out.

Speaker 1 (17:15):
Yeah, all right, probably. I don't know. I feel like
because if I ever got in like a position where
I was like, okay, I'm fearful, like he's attacking me,
I can run because they're not that fast. Yeah okay,
but yeah, I would probably say panda because they're pretty
unless you want to talk about a draffe, but they
can be fine.

Speaker 2 (17:36):
I could take a grab.

Speaker 1 (17:37):
I'm taking a pee yep, the knees and like then
i'd arkare the neck like I'd.

Speaker 2 (17:43):
Go, yeah, okay, I agree, we're on the same way
length here. And then my next would you rather would
be would you rather have teeth for hair or hair
for teeth? Not you biting your vest and the jars.

Speaker 1 (17:58):
I would do teeth for hair. Ah okay, I like
to eat. Yeah, And I just feel like I can
like feel my teeth all hours of the day, Like
if my hair's up, I can't feel it. So it's like, yeah,
out of the way.

Speaker 2 (18:09):
I can see that. That's right. It's a good question.
It's a good question. Okay. Now we're gonna move into
your early basketball days growing up. Is it is it
Ballarat Australia that ballaratte Ballarat Australia. I love it. You
first started to playing basketball when you were five and
I heard that they needed a sub and you only
had flip flops. Is this a true story? Tell me

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about it?

Speaker 1 (18:31):
This is this is a very true story. And the
first time I told this story in the States. So
we call flip flops thongs. Oh I'm telling this story
and I'm like, yeah, I wore thongs my first game.

Speaker 2 (18:44):
Oh they didn't take that the right way.

Speaker 1 (18:46):
Uh huh, flip flops. I wasn't flip flops. It was
my cousin's game. They all failed out, not all of them,
but enough to have to drag someone from the stands.
And you know, my cousin still plays in college, and
like really, she's been like my idol my whole life,
and you know she was kind of the one that
went to college. And I'm like, okay, yeah, like I
deaf want to do that as well. But my first
game I was five, Yep.

Speaker 2 (19:07):
That's an amazing story. You went out there in some
thongs and got busy. I love that for you. I
love breaking breaking ankles and your thongs. Okay, But so
you played Australian football, which is this the AFL because Agnes,
our mutual friend, made me watch the championship game last
year and.

Speaker 1 (19:25):
I was looked, Oh so I just go for the
same team.

Speaker 2 (19:29):
Oh okay, yes, yeah, So explain to the people, because
whenever I say it, it's like football, soccer, rugby, drop kicking.
There's a lot going on and it's amazing. So tell
me about Australian football. And I mean, were you, like,
were you as good at that as you are at basketball?

Speaker 1 (19:45):
I loved footy like I was seriously like because at
the time that I was in high school, like I
chose between the two. Okay, so I was like basketball
like at this point there wasn't a league, like it
was developing, and like they're not honestly getting like paid
in off or anything like that. It's more of like
a a summer side job. And I just knew that
basketball was going to do more for me in the future.

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So I chose basketball. But I loved footy. It's it's
no pads, you tackle. Yeah, like for me, like, I
loved it because I'm quick. Like as I said before,
if the panda analogy, like I just evaded a lot
of stuff because I was so quick. But you know,
It puts miles on your legs for sure. You run,
you drop kick, your handball. It's it's a sport of

(20:25):
its own for sure. But it's fun to watch. It
kind of scares me when I watch it. Yeah, some
like terrible hits happen and it's just like.

Speaker 2 (20:31):
Oh, well, yeah, imagine us last year. We're watching it
for the first time and like Agnes is yelling at
the TV and we're just like, this is amazing. Oh
my god, it's fun. So you end up choosing basketball.
Talk to me a little bit about the basketball culture
in Australia and how it may be different to what
it is here.

Speaker 1 (20:48):
I mean, this is like the most respectful way in
like high school and stuff like we don't have highlight tapes,
like you don't get put on like pedestals. We don't
get like this is the next big thing. Yeah, I
think in Australia it's very like blue collar, like there's
no fluff about it. We're not gonna guess you.

Speaker 2 (21:04):
It's you guy, like at it or not, it's it.

Speaker 1 (21:06):
Well, like I just have terrible some really like hard
memories of when I was like a kid, like we
would have like five hour days or like we would
have to sleep on the court like Saturday Sunday camps.
And I think, you know, like a lot of these
coaches they aren't paid, they're volunteers, so it's like they
don't they don't have to be there, so they're not
gonna you know, if you don't want to be there,
then leave.

Speaker 2 (21:26):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (21:26):
But I think like in terms of like mentality and
being able to be coached hard, I think that is
something that Australians like can sometimes like being more in
favor of compared to like youth American people. And I
think I've experienced that, like going through my years in college.
Like I'm grateful that I had the experiences I did,
because like the way the coach Brooks is able to

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get on me, like I'm not gonna get my feelings
so that I can separate tone and message for sure.
But I've definitely had some teammates that like really struggle
with that or like take things a little bit too personally,
and that's nothing bad. I think it really is just
like some getting taking, some getting used to in our
youth days at home, it was very much like that.
And I think if you asked Agnes the same question,
she could attest to that because it was tough. But

(22:09):
I think also like we grow up, we play semi pro,
we don't really do high school basketball. Like you get
thrown in with women from an early age, and you know,
as I kind of mentioned before, like these these girls
are doing like a side job, like they don't have
to be there, so if you're like fluffing around, they're
not gonna put up with it.

Speaker 2 (22:23):
Well, I've been talking to Agnes hearing just about how
you don't do high school basketball, you kind of like
represent your cities. If I'm not mistaken, so it already
puts you. It's like if you're elite, you are and
you're planning as the best all the time. So it
talk to me about how that works because I think
Agnes she does to get upset with me. But she
represented Melbourne? Is that right? Wait? Uh oh did she not? She?

Speaker 1 (22:47):
Well, yeah, she did. I get confused. There's so many teams,
so like like in the youth, I represented like my city,
which was Bellarrat and she's from Geelong so she oh Bellamarine.

Speaker 2 (22:57):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (22:59):
But like as you can to get older, you can
do like wnbl stuff, So I think she might have
done some stuff with like WNBL or played for it
gets really really confusing.

Speaker 2 (23:07):
So you can start playing for the NBL before you
even go pro and still keep your like amateur status
as as.

Speaker 1 (23:14):
Long as you don't get paid. So I never signed
a contract.

Speaker 2 (23:17):
Okay, that's interesting.

Speaker 1 (23:19):
Yeah, But like I think the best part of that
for me is like I did some like development player
stuff with like the Danny Long Rangers, I think Melbourne Boomers,
and they definitely do not remember this, but I remember
it because they were my idols. So like I'm we're
playing with like American imports, so like, yeah, I'm practicing
in Sophie Cunningham's there, or I'm practicing and Kayler George

(23:40):
is there or who else like Tiffany Mitchell was there
at one point, Lindsay Allen, like all these great players
are like coming in and I was like definitely off
on the sidelines just like practicing like watching them, like
I was not. I was way too scared. But like
that well and truly like sets you up because you
like watch a professional at work.

Speaker 2 (23:58):
For sure, it definitely gives you a different look as
what it takes to get there, but also being able
to compete, and I mean I know even for me
playing up like you won't get beat and it's a
humbling experience. But it's you can take it two ways.
You can take it and be like, oh my gosh,
I suck. I don't want to play more. Or you
can take it as a learning experience and be like, oh,
like now I want to take this piece. Okay, she
scored on me doing this. Now I'm going out in

(24:19):
to my bag. Like it's just different things like that,
but seeing those people and professionals be there. Talk to
me about your youth experience playing for the Australian national
team and kind of what that culture of Like did
you think about playing pro in Australia before you ever
wanted to play in college? Because that decision is hard,
So talking about that.

Speaker 1 (24:40):
Yeah, so I represented the youth national team youth seventeens.
We went to India and then we went to Belarus
and obviously you went too, let's tell you, and I
did three on three as well, which is pretty cool.
But you know, you're kind of during that process like
where we like do our practices and camps, it's like
all at the center of excellence, which is in camp.

(25:00):
So you go there it's like it's a high competition,
like high intensity. Oh my gosh, yes, this insane, which
once again, I'm thankful I went through it because it
very much has set me up for everything else. But
you go there and all the girls are like, oh yeah,
I'm signing with this team, like I'm gonna go pro,
like I'm gonna do this, and think I do think
that the junior to college pathway in Australia is kind
of like disjointed, like you have to go and I

(25:23):
think it might have changed now. I'm not sure I've
been like five years removed, but definitely when I was
there it was like PRO. So I had like one
team that was like, hey, like we can probably get
you like a spot. And I was really like the
idea of going pro sounds so cool, but I was
like I just knew that I wasn't good enough to
be in a stable position. When you get to that level,

(25:44):
it's you're any out, Like we're not just holding people.
It's a salary now, it's a job. So I was like,
if I go to college, I'm gonna have four year
stability for sure, free education, travel, like like I look
at this is my study abroad as well. So it's
like for me, there was like I love basketball and
I just knew that, laid it down the road, like

(26:04):
I can play pro and I will pray pro, Like
that's a dream of mine. It was just like, what
am I going to do these for these four years?

Speaker 2 (26:11):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (26:12):
Yeah, And I spoke to mom about it and I
was like, I'm just unsure what exactly I want to do.
She was like, if you go to college and you
hate it, you can always come back. Like if you
stay in Australia, there's new can't She'd be like, all right,
let me use my eligibility.

Speaker 2 (26:26):
Yeah, it's yeah, it's de gone because the American rules,
similar to Australia, is you know, once you go pro,
you're pro. There's no going back. And so talk to
me about the recruiting process because for a year it's like,
you know, we play travel ball, you play in front
of the coaches, all this different stuff. But talking to
Agnes a little bit my only you know, really insight
and how you get recruited as Australian is a lot

(26:47):
of it is playing with the Australian national team or
sending your film. So talk to me about your recruiting process,
how you got in front of coaches, how it is
with the time difference, getting on the phone to take visit.
It's what was all that like?

Speaker 1 (27:01):
Yeah, So for me, like my recruiting was very low key,
Like I didn't really have many schools reach out, which
is fine, you don't need you just need that one
to reach out.

Speaker 2 (27:11):
You just need that one.

Speaker 1 (27:12):
It's worked out for me very very well. I can
tell you that right now. Definitely a national team helped.
I got some interest. You know, some colleges like texting
you and as you said, you have to kind of
send out film, but like I had to make my
own like film tapes and sometimes just like never got
to reply. Like I'll say this right now, because like
coach Brooks and I have like a lovely relationship and
I've told them this story, like my dream school was Syracuse,

(27:33):
oh wow, And I like emailed them and I never
heard back, and I was like, okay, that's fine, like whatever,
but that's fine. Crying yeah, Okay. So it's like I
was just like shooting my shot at so many schools
and just not getting a text back. And then I
was like fortunate enough to get picked for this like
NBA Global Academy.

Speaker 2 (27:52):
Or so oh yeah, like basketball without Borders are the stuff.

Speaker 1 (27:54):
Yeah you were either no, whoa I was? I was there, Yes, yeah,
so I went to that And that's kind of how
like Virginia Tech saw me and like that's like for
like that's for sure when I was like, okay, like
I have schools like that actually won't me now? Yeah,
Like so that was like kind of like the deciding
factor of like yes I have stupid like I have

(28:15):
a place I can go, like I will go to college. Yeah,
but that's crazy. I just remember that because we did
like three on three stuff there too.

Speaker 2 (28:21):
We were on the same team. I do recall we
had it. Yes, I remember. I also remember you from
U seventeen when we played Immense because we played we
didn't play in the tournament, but we had this scrimmage. Yeah,
and I have that.

Speaker 1 (28:34):
Scrimmage and I'll say it, Sam Brunell Court hanged me.
I will never forget.

Speaker 2 (28:43):
That's crazy.

Speaker 1 (28:44):
It's funny. Yeah, that's funny. Yeah, but that's so funny
too because like when we played against y'all were like,
oh my god, like these like the team you were saying, bro,
like these girls I'm not even kidding. I wish I
was kidding because your team was insane, Like you had
Jordan Horston, you pay yes, yes, Hazy yeah, the list
just to cook Aliah.

Speaker 2 (29:05):
And Hayley Cam. The list was crazy because as I
look back at that team, I have like a picture
in my house and I remember one of my friends
came over and she saw the picture and she was
like to think that all of you guys and like
where you are now. But then you also think about
your team and it's like, now you have Isy pama At,
not me saying is he pama because of that is

(29:26):
a pama At Utah, you had Agnes GC you like
all of you guys are now also playing here as
well or half you went pros. I know Jade is
now pro as well. So it's so cool to think about.
Like back then it's like we're all freaking out. I'm
trying to make the team. I'm not even gonna play anywhere,
And now it's like you're all making it, which.

Speaker 1 (29:44):
Is so cool. It's so cool, and it's also just
shows like everything plays out, like everyone's paplay is different,
but it will walk out.

Speaker 2 (29:52):
It all works out. But talk to me a little
bit more about why you chose Virginia Tech and what
said that Apart coach Brooks, was it the team? Why
do you end up choosing VT?

Speaker 1 (30:02):
I don't really like to fluff around, so like when
it came to like like talking in Australia, like texting
coaches and stuff like that, I could pretty much tell
like who and who wasn't like actually invested. So I
like literally narrowed it down to two schools. It was
a small school and a bigger school. Obviously Virginia Tech
being the bigger school. There's small schools where my cousin
went to. So I was like, okay, I have two options.
I can be on the West Coast with my cousin,

(30:24):
enjoy life, chillin, have some like comfort, or I can
take the massive leap go completely east coast the furthest
the way I could possibly choose to a big school
in a really really good conference. And so I went
up my visits and the first school was like it
was it was exactly what I expected. And then we
went to Virginia Tech and as soon as I got
on campus, I was like, yeah, it's just nice kind

(30:45):
of like this one. And then keep in mind like
coming from Australia, like do you see like college facilities
and it's just next level, Like college facilities are better
than some of our pro sports facilities. So it's like
I was just like completely blown away by everything. And
like as you mentioned before, like Coach Brooks, he's just
lit like he's like they're so genuine and he was like,

(31:07):
like I committed on spot in his office and as
I like turned around to like walk out to go
to the airport to like literally leave in the next
thirty minutes, he was like like we're gonna work, and
like that just like wrung in my head. And it's
just like I knew if I wanted to come to
the States that I'm going to get something out of it,
like I'm going to like push potential, and like there
was a perfect place to do it. And they didn't
like not that I was like looking at this, but

(31:28):
they didn't really have a point guard that was staying.
It was like everything kind of opened up. He knew that,
you know, he bought in Liz Kitley Kayla King, like
like this was like the foundation like the development of everything,
and I think it's worked out pretty well.

Speaker 2 (31:42):
It has worked out pretty well, and we're going to
dive on to that, but tell me about your freshman
year because it kind of a unique start coming in
in the spring, I believe, and then it also COVID.
So what was that process? Like, the move from Australia,
I show you to Blacksburg is a big jump, not
only the travel, different culture you're in Virginia. Like, what

(32:02):
was that like that change coming in the spring, because
it's also different because usually freshmen coming in the summertime.
So how was that transition your freshman year?

Speaker 1 (32:11):
Yeah, so because our schooling is different in Australia, I
graduated in like November. I was done with exams and
the opportunity kind of got presented to me by our
assistant coach and she's international, she's from Lithuania, and she
was like, hey, like this might be a really good
option for you because you can come here and practice
and get some credits up, but you don't have to
worry about playing. It just kind of takes that added

(32:31):
layer of stress off. Yeah, and I was just so
keen to come over, so I was like, yeah, let's
be there like bok me. So I came over and
it really did help me so much because you have
to learn so much like the way of living, the
way that you know, the Southern manners, and like it's
just like it's a complete different change of like culture

(32:52):
and everything. And I really had like a couple of
weeks to settle myself in and not worry about games,
or if I came in the summer, would have to
worry about, you know, conditioning and learning all the plays
and all of that. But I came in and I
was a practice player, so I was just like had
free reign practicing. I was like on the scout team,
and Coach Brooks could kind of like peep at me

(33:13):
and like keep things in the back of the mind
to like how he was going to like mold me.
So that was the best decision I made to come
over early, for sure. But in saying that, you know,
like freshman year, it is a struggle in itself, and
I do think that a large portion of my struggle
with freshman year was, you know, it was COVID and
everything got shot down. And you know, I don't want

(33:34):
to like be like selfish in saying this because everybody
went through the same thing, but like I literally just
couldn't go home. YEA so like, for like the first
initial like two weeks when like everything was canceled, like
I didn't really know what to feel, like you don't
know if you're going to see your family again, how long?
FA like, am I going to go home? But then
a part of me was like, if I go home,
am I going to be stuck there? Like all my

(33:55):
college basketball dreams gone? So I was like, all r,
I'm going to say in the States right it out
because they were kind of toying with the idea of
like bubbles or like, yeah, I try to like limit
contact and all of that, and I was like, at
least there's plans going on to kind of continue to
like a semi normal life. And I'm like also grateful
that I stayed because at home, like they literally shut

(34:16):
down everything, like they were checking your driver's license to
see if you were like in the radius.

Speaker 2 (34:20):
Yes, yes, I've ember hearing abound all of this. You
had to quarantine like in a hotel when you got back, saying.

Speaker 1 (34:26):
So like staying here had like a bit of normalcy
to it, and I was still able to keep like
basketball the main thing, but it was hard and it
took me a minute to change my mindset. I think
I was like letting myself be a little too miserable,
which is I don't ever like doing that. But as
soon as I flipped my mindset, it helped me immensely. Yeah,
it's a pretty crazy freshman year.

Speaker 2 (34:45):
Well, you're completely right, it's a completely different experience that
international students had because you know, sure, first of all,
it's a long flight to get back, but on top
of the already being quarantined, it's if you go, will
you come back? And so I think that's a lot
of it's hard to go because you know other kids,
it was hard. For sure, you had to go home.
You're away from campus, but thrown away from your family,

(35:06):
that's a lot. But I know that Liz Kittlee took
you in and you know, you guys became great friends.
So talk to me about you build this bond with
Liz and you guys are kind of that foundation that
you talked about at Virginia Tech, the two of you
and Kayla. So how do you feel that relationship off
the court really translated to that on court bond because
you guys being point guard center on ball screens, the

(35:29):
offense runs through the two of you and I think
that chemistry. You can see it watching that you just
know and Kayla too, she comes off the screen, you
know where she is. And so talk to me about
you and Liz's bond, but also the three of you
being the foundation of Virginia Tech and what it has become.
How does that chemistry kind of really come from your
relationship off the court that you've connected.

Speaker 1 (35:51):
Yeah, so I was going to go home with them.
They're birth from Greensboro, so I was going to go
home with them regardless of spring break when everything's shut down.
So it was kind of like right place, right time.
The kittlers are so lovely. They took me in and
I literally stayed there for like however long it was
till we returned to campus. But during that time, like
Liz's dad is was a principal at a high school,
so he had the keys to the gym, so me, Kayla,

(36:13):
and Liz would get in and we would just like
work out and like that's just like the stuff that
you don't see. Like we were just like doing drills
and Kayla's dad, you know, he was a high school coach,
so he was like taking us through drills and we've
just like been through so many times together that it's
like it's it's made us so close and like it's
to the point where, like they are my sisters, Like
they will get on my nerves like no one else,

(36:37):
like no one but I yeah, but like I would
defend them. I will love them to the day I die.
Like we've just like had so many like cool experiences together.
But foundation wise, like not to brag, I think we're
very smart. So like we really like did everything that
Coach Brooks wanted. We like put out all of our
trust and faith in him, and obviously his like plan
has worked out very well. But in practice and individuals,

(37:01):
like we're doing stuff together, like I know exactly where
Kayla's going to be, I know exactly where Liz is
going to be, and the chemistry off court. We also
live together, the three of us for a couple of years,
but like we just knew how receptive each other were,
and like I think that helps, like in the heat
of the moment, like things can get out of hand
or like you can like yell or something like that,

(37:22):
but like neither of us take it personally. So like
when you want to talk about like pick and roll
situations like yeah, it looks pretty. But like sometimes we'll
have a play and I might bounce it to Liz
and she hits the shot and it looks like, oh great,
Like we hit a shot. She'll come back. She will
like jog down and be like hey, like next time,
I need that ball closer to me, like next time,
Like like it's just I don't get but hurt about
it because I know for it for us to win,

(37:43):
I have to do as much as I can to
make her life easier. She gets double and triple teamed
and literally clocked in the head so many times a
game that I'm like, okay, Like whatever I have to do,
I will do it. Kayla's instance, like she's such a
great shooter that she demands so much attention that it's
like it is my job to get the ball exactly
where she needs it, like any anywhere else, like I've

(38:05):
thrown her off, and like that's completely my bad. So
it's like we just have an understanding that we can't
be successful individually without each other. For sure, Liz needs
to set me good screens. Kaylin needs to hit down
shots to open up my lanes. Like we just have
a full understanding that We're so important to each other's success,
and none of us are selfish that we would, I
don't know, like get mad at each other like that.

(38:27):
Like we just like have an understanding that we just
need each other more than we can be individuals.

Speaker 2 (38:38):
A little bit about I think this is so funny.
We talked about like West Coast East Coast basketball, but
Australian basketball to American basketball. When you first came, you
fouled out. I heftyet matter of your first games, girl,
So talk to me about that adjustment coming from Australia
and your footy background. We're tackling and all this different
stuff comes into play now playing in American basketball.

Speaker 1 (39:00):
Yeah, well I think I'm just an aggressive person first
and foremost, but definitely didn't help that. Like we played
fever rules, Yeah, like the fowling is obviously different. We
have a twenty four second shot clock, Like the thirty
second shot clock is new to me. The three point
line when I first got there was in for girls.
I think it got moved maybe my sophomore year. But
like even catching the ball in the back court, like

(39:21):
that's not allowed in FEEB. Like still to this day,
I will look at coach Brooks. I'm like, I can
go back right, and he's like, yeah, like it's very different.
But you know, I think for me it was easy
in some ways, difficult in others. Difficult fowling wise, for sure,
easy because I was able to slow my game down
because I think, you know, like that extra six seconds,

(39:44):
especially after you bring the ball up the court like
in our youth days, we would like section it off
into like three different like twenty four seconds, fourteen seconds,
and like eight seconds, like you would like run the
plays and then you have to look for a shot
and then the last eight seconds is like an on
boll sc where I was like thirty seconds, Like you
can develop a pace, a tempo, like you can run

(40:04):
your place, and you know, like being Virginia Tech, I
think we placed like emphasis on running our stuff and
being thorough and precise with it. So I foiuled a lot.
I'm not even going to hold I still probably do.
I just I'm in a position where like I don't
have to fail as much. But yeah, yeah, if there's
a shot, I might take it.

Speaker 2 (40:23):
You know what, you have to get it out, honestly
at some point, you yeah, every now and then, just
take one. But you come in freshman year, you help
Virginia Tech to their first NCAA tournament appearance since two
thousand and six. That's a hefty time to be out
of the tournament. And I think a lot of that
comes from that core that you guys built, and then
on top of that, you add in as a shepherd,
which was huge. She was a big part of that team.

(40:44):
And so how was that getting tournament experience so young
for that core moving into now what you guys are
now and being a starting point guard as a freshman
is a lot. So what was that freshman year tournament experience?

Speaker 1 (40:57):
Like, oh my gosh, Okay, So first of all, it's
the bubble, it's in San Antonio. That was cool. That
was a cool experience. It was cool for me. My
like defining and a game that I will like always
always look back on is when we played Baylor when
they were Baylor.

Speaker 2 (41:14):
Yeah, Melissa Queen Djena, they were good and.

Speaker 1 (41:17):
Coach Molky was there. So we play them and we
get beat pretty bad. But I remember after the game,
like Diddy Richard's fist bumps me and she's like, good job,
baby girl. I'm like shaking fist. Like to see like
those girlss like I watch you all the time, Oh
my gosh, like to play against like those girls, It's

(41:38):
like that's who you want to be, and that's the
position that you want to be in. Like I think
they were a one seed and they were just like
coming in and grilling people, like cooking. And it's kind
of funny because you look back, well you look forward
and junior year that was USC one seed. We're out
here like cooking, like we'll have like the time of
our lives. And I think it's just like like full

(42:00):
circle stuff, like it gives me grustom's like thinking about it,
like like baby Georgia freshman, you would have never ever
imagined any of this happening, Like to be in a
final four is like ridiculous. I think, especially too in
women's basketball. It's so difficult because you have those powerhouses. Yes, yeah,
and I think you know, like as the years continue,
they'll obviously stuff will get mixed up because the game

(42:21):
is just advancing so much. But you know, like san
Antonio and being a starting point guard as a freshman,
you know, I was, I was just a baby, and
I had to control a whole lot of stuff that
I you know, Coach Brooks put a lot of pressure
on me, but I'm glad he did because now, like
i have full confidence in what I can do, and
I've seen all these situations before and maybe if I

(42:42):
was like on the bench or like not good at
taking his feedback, like, I don't know where I would
be truly, But it has been a pretty cool ride.
And I don't know. Just like as I said, like
the full circle stuff is so cool to think about.

Speaker 2 (42:54):
It's crazy to think that just in that two year span,
you guys were able to go from a team that's
not really on the radar play in that powerhouse like Baylor,
and all of a sudden you're the powerhouse. And that's
because of what you guys created with Coach Brooks and
that core that you have. Talking a little bit about
your relationship with Coach Brooks, the coach PG relationship is
so important to the way that the team runs. And

(43:16):
so tell me about that turning point when you know,
being a freshman, you got DeeDee Richards picking you up
full court. That's a tall task for anybody. So when
was kind of that turning point that you felt maybe
where you were like, Okay, I'm like an extensive coach
Brooks out here, I have confidence field to do what
needs to get done. When did that turning point happen?

Speaker 1 (43:35):
Yeah, it definitely begun. Like my freshman year, we played
NC State midway through the season at NC State and
he he put me off ball like he put me
as the two god. He made ship the one that game,
and I think like after that game, like something flipped
in my brain and it turned and I just started
growing and maturing more. Sophomore year, same kind of thing,
Like I was decent, like I was under the raidar

(43:58):
like maybe surprising people with a couple of games here
and there. But I think like the way that he
saw it, he just kept developing my game growing like
we work out, we'll have individuals, but like a lot
of it comes off on the off court stuff like
the film, the hours that I just go in and
just like chat to him, like just like developing the
understanding of like you know, what makes me tick, what
makes me mad? Like how he can get to me

(44:19):
to like really like that might yeah. Yeah, so it's
like he knows he can like look at me in
the eyes and be like okay, like she's upset, Like oh,
like he can look at me in the eyes and
be like she's distracted, she's not locked in, and like
he's able to just like read that body language. But
I would say for sure last year was just like
personally for me, like the point where I was like, okay,
like I'm the point guard that like controls everything. I

(44:43):
have that ability. I think, you know. Freshman and sophomore
year was like, Okay, I can call it the plays.
I can go and talk to him and relay messages.
But now it's like I have an idea, I'd run
to him, I pass it by him, he agrees or doesn't,
and then it's like we just have like an open
communication and he's let me just develop into someone that
can kind of like take the reins a bit, which

(45:04):
is like, oh you can ask for really.

Speaker 2 (45:06):
Yeah, that trust is huge being able to feel as
year your coach has the confidence in you where you
can go rogue and you know sometimes it may not
work out, but the majority of the time it is.
And I think that's really special. Talking about your game specifically,
that step back is called everybody knows it. And even
when I watch you now, like I'm like, oh, she's
about to hit him. With it and then the distance

(45:27):
that you cover, I'm like, oh oh, and it's still
a bucket. It's wild. When was that always something that
you focused on, Like when did that develop as a
part of your game, because I feel like it's so
it's a really hard scale to obtain, especially from the distance.

Speaker 1 (45:42):
That you do it at. I think that naturally I've
been gifted with like that that ability, and I would
just like mess around and practice and like hit a
couple and it's funny like whatever. But I think over
the summer time and stuff like that, like Coach Brooks
was like, no, like let's develop this. And I think
a lot of like a lot of the stuff was
really my new year, like and I say that like
it was three years ago. It was literally last year.

(46:03):
But I think, you know, just being the heart I am,
and I just I just can't get off shots like
that sometimes, especially when like towards the end of the year,
I started kind of getting a bit more like scoring dominant,
like people would put their long guards on me or
like they were trying to like mess up the game
plan or like do all these things on like screens.
And it was just always something in the back of
my pocket that I could use because like, yes, I'll

(46:26):
pull it, but like even I think my progression to
this year is like I'll do a step back and
people bite so hard that I have like options out
of it now. Yeah, So like a couple of times,
like for me to feed it to Liz, like I've
done a few step backs to like set it up
for like an easy bounce pass. It's been more of
like a work in progress and a progression. And I think,
you know, even last year I probably relied on it
way more than I have this year. But I think

(46:47):
because I set it up so well last year, it
has opened up this year like so many more options
for me, if that makes sense.

Speaker 2 (46:54):
Oh for sure. Yeah, once you get some in your bag,
people are biting immediately.

Speaker 1 (46:58):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (46:58):
So now that you have that down, now it's, oh,
what's my next decision? Now I can do this and
this and this. It opens up a lot, like you
talked about. But yeah, talking about your junior year, it
was huge and that leap that you made was incredible, honestly,
and so we know we got the three point shot,
all these different things. You got a bit of swag
to you as well as we all know the way
you're out there. But you talked about the progression of

(47:20):
the step back in that offseason heading into your junior year.
What were your focuses. Was it like I'm coming in
this year, I'm going to be more aggressive. What were
you focusing on in the gym with coach Brooks.

Speaker 1 (47:32):
I think he has always had way more confidence in
me than I have myself. So I think he's always
just told me you're that player, like you're my point god,
like go out improve it. You're the best player on
the floor, Like, go out and prove it. And the
thing that helped me back really was my mental like
I've always been like, no, I'm too humble, Like I
don't want to be like the like, oh I'm not that,

(47:54):
I'm not all that. But I think it flipped last year,
like during conference play when I was like, no, for
to be great, I have to be great and I
have to think that I'm great, and I have to
go out and just like have no regrets. So like
for me, it was a mental shift. I don't think
it was really anything physically at all. It's one hundred
percent mind of a matter, and I know that now,

(48:15):
But I would say, like just I just understood the
potential of the team last year and the importance of
me having to be the best. It's not like I
would like go in and be like, oh, I'm Georgia
amer I deserve this, I deserve that. And I was like,
I'm Georgia Amer I'm I'm going to prove just I
don't know who it is when I'm approved to somebody, Yeah,

(48:37):
that we deserve to be where we are. So it
was like nothing really physical, was like literally all mental.

Speaker 2 (48:43):
Yeah, And I think that's such that mind over matter
piece where it's nothing physical, but it's also like you
don't want to be that person that's arrogant, right, It's
finding that fine line between confidence and I think once
you find that, we're hoping and like you said, that's
when ACC Tournament you have to do that. And that
propelled you guys where now you're like, oh, I'm sure
you've now figured it out. Is like me doing that

(49:05):
it not only makes it, you know, easier for me,
but now it's opening stuff up for Kayla, it's opening
things up for Liz. That team that you guys had,
now Taylor can do what she needs to do. So
heading into that ACC Tournament, last year and all these
different things. When do you think maybe you, yourself or
you as a team were like a week on a
final four, like we're a title contending team. We can

(49:26):
get there, we have the pieces.

Speaker 1 (49:28):
I think we fully believed it, like oh yeah, like
we were like, okay, we're special. But there's literally a
video on our Instagram page and we're at the Georgia
Tech locker room. It's the last game of regular season
and Coach Brooks has on the whiteboard like a SEC
Champs Sweet sixteen, Elite eight, Final four, and he circles
final four and he was like, if you guys like
believe it and put it together and do what you're
supposed to do, like we will be Final four team.

(49:50):
Like he's always had that belief in us too. When
it just got to a point where everything just flowed,
like you talk about confidence, like we had confidence, like
we fully believe that any time we stepped out onto
the court we were just gonna hoop and have fun
with it. It was like a flow state that we had.
Like no one was like, oh, that's like when a
natty blah blah blah. It was like no, like one
game at a time, like we're gonna come in, we're

(50:10):
gonna bust us, and we're gonna prove it. And I
think the biggest message for us last year was like
we're not trying to prove anyone wrong, Like we're gonna
prove ourselves right. And I think, you know, especially NCAA tournament,
when we got that one seed then whatever, people were like, oh,
first one seed to bounce, like, don't deserve it, stuff
like that, like like we peeped it and that feels

(50:33):
the fire and it did, and it did because they
were saying, yeah, no, it did. And we did a
really good job at not letting any of that stuff
like distract us more so push us forward. And I
think we were just like so locked in on what
we needed to do that like I said, like it
was a flow state, like there was no and if butts,

(50:53):
Like every time we went out, I had so much
confidence in everyone. And when everyone's confident, it's just you
can do some pretty insane thing.

Speaker 2 (51:00):
It's hard to start, and we've talked a lot about
the final four, but once you get there, final four
is different. There's all the antics getting there and there's
all the different media days and it's huge. So tell
me about the atmosphere at the Final Four and then
beyond that playing LSU and that's a tough game, So
tell me about the Final four experience that you guys had.

Speaker 1 (51:21):
Yeah, so we we play higher state late and we're
in Seattle and it's we're gonna change time difference since
time zone like three times. And we got in that
flight early out to Dallas and we land and there's
a DJ and media already and it's just like it's
a shock, Like it's shocked, like I'm here to play.
I wasn't expecting all of this.

Speaker 2 (51:43):
And then we go to like some Nike.

Speaker 1 (51:44):
Bus and we get like decked out with gear. It's
just like so much, but it's like the coolest thing ever,
Like it's like the pinnacle of basketball, like literally ask
for anything, like being in it. Like I was like
so flustered and overwhelmed that I wasn't like really so
it in. But like after like we had lost and
I reflected, I was like, wait, no, that's like the
coolest thing I've ever done in my life. But yeah,

(52:06):
it was like we had like practices and like we
knew that Losh was good, Like we had confidence in
ourselves but like they were like peeking at the right time.
They were playing with such confidence, they were rolling like
it was going to be like a really good matchup
in game. And I think, you know, it's not like
we forgot they were at the final four, but it's

(52:26):
like I kind of wish that like at some point
during the game we were like know, like a championship
games on the line, because it's like we were so
focused on that game. But it's like it's just like
the biggest moment of your life that you kind of forget.

Speaker 2 (52:41):
I completely know what you mean. You're so focused on
the game, but it's yeah, oh, the National Championship is next,
and I'm doing all these different things and yeah, out
of my here right now. It's so hard to stay
focused at the final far.

Speaker 1 (52:53):
Yeah, And I mean we were up in that game,
and like that's what I wish that we were kind
of like know, like a natty is on the line, yeah,
because I think like we just lost our way a bit,
And like, mind you, this is not like no dis
against LSU. That were great. They came out, they attacked
our zone, they figured us out really really quickly, and
they played with like probably a little bit more confidence
and aggression when they started chipping away at a lead

(53:14):
and continuing on. But it was a tough game because yeah,
like I think just being a competitor in general, like
you always want to win. But it was just like
like upsetting obviously, like that big of a thing on
the line, and you know, like you had it when
you feel like you had it and then you just
lost it. Like that was like the worst feeling as well.
But as a woman's possiball fan, we went home, I

(53:36):
watched the lsu Iowa game and I was like, wow,
like it's insane.

Speaker 2 (53:40):
Yeah, that was a great final for her to watch
all the games, and I think it was really exciting.
But coming off the last and the Final four, I've
been there. That stuff sucks. Like there's no easier way
about it. That sucks. So we have spring workouts, summer workouts,
and now where you guys are now in a very
similar position to last year. What do you think you
guys were able to take from that game that you're

(54:01):
now using as motivation to push you into hopefully another
Final Flour run this year.

Speaker 1 (54:06):
Yeah, that spring was really hard for me because it's like, mentally,
you're so locked in and you've been on the highest
of the highs and you've been playing at such a
competitive level, and now it's like, Okay, now I'm back
to individuals, and it's like just like mentally, it was like,
so I was exhausted first of all, but like a
part of me was like, no, I'm going to get better.

(54:27):
I'm going to push because I'm going to do this again,
and I want to do this again. So it was
like and also like I had that Kelsey Plum camp,
which was great. Yeah, it was I learned so much.
It was so fun playing with all of those girls.
But then I come home from that, I'm like, Okay,
now I've had a piece of you know, these girls.
I can see how they Yeah, let's go. But like
my body's exhausted. I'm not listening to my body. I'm
not listening to my mentals. So like that, like I

(54:49):
learned so much from that, like trying to prioritize all
that first hard summer I went through it. Coach Brooks
can attest to it, like I was like in his office,
like crying. I don't know what was wrong with me,
but I was just putting so much pressure on myself.
But like I'm glad I figured that out, learnt so
much from that, and then just like taking those experiences
like into this year, like as I said before, like

(55:09):
in a similar situation as we were last year, and
we have like complete control of you know, everything that
can pan out because we are in first position. All
we have to do is keep winning. And it's easier
said than done. But it's not like we're you know,
sitting tied third, tied fourth and you know, relying on
other people's scores to like dictate what's going to happen

(55:30):
for us. Yeah, So I think like there's definitely a
level of maturity, and there's also like Mealas and Kayla,
like we just know that distractions can be a thing
and minimizing them is peak for you know, going where
you want to go. For sure.

Speaker 2 (55:44):
Yeah, for sure. And it's a hard balance to strike
coming off Aunt for a run, doing the dog camp
with Kelsey, Like I'm sure that someone was hard. Because
it's also now you put on the national stage and
I think people talk about it a lot with you know,
social media, and it's like, oh, I don't listen to it,
but it's hard, Like it's a lot to handle and

(56:04):
still stay focused.

Speaker 1 (56:06):
Like I had never ever gotten that attention before. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
And I had never really had expectations and I never
had that type of like Amo does this, Amore does that,
like spotlights on, Like I had never ever had that before,
and I like, honestly, I didn't know how to handle it.

Speaker 2 (56:21):
Yeah, no, but it's it's hard. It's hard, but I
think it's it's really special to hear that you have
that relationship with Coach Brooks to be able to go
and have that safe place to be able to go
and do all that stuff. It girl, it happens. Been there,
done that. But you mentioned Kayla King and Liz, and
I want to talk about Liz for a second, because
I played against Liz at USA Mini Camp and I've

(56:43):
watched her for a while and I feel like she
doesn't get talked about enough and she doesn't have that
spotlight because like you talked about, she's getting double and
triple team and still putting up these numbers. I think
the other day it was just like now she leaves
the acc in double doubles all time, and it was
on the news and like it's wild to think about.

(57:03):
So this is the time I want you to give
Liz her flowers break down her game without giving away
the scouting report, but just the presence that she brings
to the team and the core that she is with
you and Kaylor for bringing Virginia Tech on that map.

Speaker 1 (57:18):
Yeah, I mean, she's just always been the hardest worker,
Like she's so attentative to detail. She always wants to
get better, and like I think, just like from an
outside of watching it, this year, like I think this
out of the year was really hard for her because
I think last year, like as you said, like social media,
you should have listened to it, but like it can
very much like creep into everything. But like last year,
you know, she was getting talked about like draft boards

(57:39):
all that, and she comes back and it kind of
goes hush. Yeah, Like as you said, like the double
doubles on the stats, like she can put up like
twenty nine and sixteen and people are like, oh, that's Liz. Yeah,
Like I say, serious, it's expected, it's expected, but like that, Yeah,
that's how good she is is that it's just like
so normal for her to put those up. And I
think as a team, like it's you have to celebrate

(58:01):
that because we could like do it like say it
as like, oh, that's just like Liz being Liz, but
like no, that's like incredible stuff Like that opens up
everything for everyone else. And it's kind of back to
what I was saying before with like Kayla, like we
all know like that we play such a vital role
in each other's success. I would not be able to
do my stuff without Liz being a dominant force in
the paint. As we said, she gets double or triple teamed. Yeah,

(58:22):
like when she kicks it out, it's on us to
make those shots to make sure that people don't want
to risk that. Yeah, And I think earlier this year,
like people weren't really doubling her as much like kind
of playing one on one, and then the last couple
of games have definitely been hitting her. But on any
given night, you just don't know how people are going
to try and mess it up because at this point,
like you can't be like all right, let's double her,
or like all right, let's put on an island. Like

(58:44):
teams are trying new things out and like they might
send two, they might send three, they might stab, they
might I don't know. It just gets crazy. So it
like for teams to like fully change their game plan
and the way that they play for like one player.
It's just that's the biggest compliment you could ever have. Yeah,
and I think, like, because she's not getting that attention
from the media, Like it's really on us to make

(59:05):
sure that it's known that what she's doing is incredible stuff. No,
I because at the end of the day, at the
end of the day, we're just just some girls that
need some love and attention and when we don't get that.

Speaker 2 (59:16):
Right, You're completely right, we're just girls. But no, you're right,
And I mean you two have a connection the point
guard big and it's such a vital role of your
team but also most team success. So I want you
to tell me. You can say yourself for this answer.
By the way, who do you feel has the best

(59:37):
two man game in women's college basketball right now?

Speaker 1 (59:41):
Well, like I okay, I'm gonna say like confidence wise,
like yes, me and Liz, Like I think that if
you like look at assists and stuff like that, Like
I we assist on each other's shots a lot. But
like I'm also a massive women's basketball fan.

Speaker 2 (59:54):
Okay, So tell me give the shout outs, bro, Like
the way that Eliah Edwards. Yeah, just like produces like
her and Page quite a doer. Yeah, one hundred percent.

Speaker 1 (01:00:05):
And I mean you want to talk about like South
Carolina obviously once again, why is in South Carolina getting
talked about?

Speaker 2 (01:00:10):
Oh my god, it's just like similar to Liz, I
think it's because that's expected. It's expected, which is expected,
but you still have to hype them up. They deserve it.

Speaker 1 (01:00:18):
Yeah, but like like Raven Johnson and Camille like just
like we have to like appreciate everyone for everything, and
like this is like my thing, like we can like
it's just like no, I don't get petty when people
are like, oh, like you're not the best duo in
the nation, like these people are. Yeah, they're good. Yeah,
Like I'm not like gonna get like mad at that.

(01:00:39):
Like let's as women's sports like raise everyone up. Like
like nothing makes me mad at when I like go
onto Twitter and I see people like going back and
forth like hating on people because they support these people
and like because like honestly, the person you're hating on
is probably best friends with the person on your team.
They probably they probably have conversation. Yeah, like it's not

(01:01:02):
all that negative. I can guarantee you that, and if
people want to continue to be negative, then it's going
to create a very toxic environment for sure.

Speaker 2 (01:01:08):
No, I completely agree because in the space of women's sports,
like you talked about, everybody needs to be lifted up.
But you can also have your own opinions while still,
like you said, appreciating how great everyone is, like oh
you know, oh this person's better than this person's but
but da da da, Like, Okay, that's great, But like
I love her game, and I hope she loves watching

(01:01:29):
me play, because in reality, she's over here watching your
games being like, oh snap, that was a tough move.
Oh I'm gonna add that to my bag. Oh da
da da da da. And I think that as athletes
we experience that camaraderie, but the outside looking in they're like,
oh this and this, and she's better than that, and
oh she sucks. But like athletes athletes, it's all appreciation
and love. It's all love, which I wish that more

(01:01:53):
people understood because then like I'm like this Twitter battle
that has nothing to do with me. I'm over here
live on my day to day. You're going to class
doing this and that, doing practice like I have bigger
things on my plate, which I think is something that
people need to come to understand. But we talked about
Lisey and Kayla, Maybe give me a sleeper pick on

(01:02:14):
your own team that people don't talk about enough, but
you feel like is a core piece that's gonna help
feel you guys and hopefully another final four run into
the a SEC Tournament.

Speaker 1 (01:02:24):
Yeah, first of all, all of them, I love all
of them, but I think someone who's really stepped into
their role and has like kind of changed the complexity
of like our team is Olivia Samuel like live has
like she said, the pressure that she puts on the boards,
like she might not always get the rebound, but like
she just adds that that pressure and she's able to

(01:02:44):
hit that like some open shots down and she's just smart.
She gets our plays. So like for sure her but
like the like the future of Virginia type women's basketball
is in Clara Strack's hand. Like she's she's a baby.
She is a baby, and she does some things I'm like, Okay,
that's very freshman like, but her reaction and her movements
is just like it's very promising and I'm so excited

(01:03:05):
to see how she develops for these next couple of years.

Speaker 2 (01:03:08):
Yeah, no, I think you're completely right. It's not going
to end with you, guys. There's lots of people coming
up behind. And I think what makes your team special is,
like you talked about somebody like that who maybe didn't
get as much playtime last year, coming in, knowing your role,
executing it to the heighst of your ability makes the
entire team run effortlessly, which I think is amazing. So

(01:03:31):
there's a lot of questions about you right now, Georgia.
Are we staying for another year? We've heard you sure
about it? What would make you stay? Tell me?

Speaker 1 (01:03:39):
Yeah, I mean, as of right now, I'm really on shore.
But it's like it's like the landscape is and the
decision is just insane to have, Like you want to
talk about like nil, and obviously I'm in a position
where nil is very, very very difficult to navigate and
I can't benefit in the States like other athletes can.
But then it's also like the league, it's slowly expanding,

(01:04:02):
Like you look at stuff like that, and you like,
look at I look at the girls in the league,
and I'm like, I'm your biggest fan. Like it's tough,
it's competitive and obviously like your experience, like you can
you're very much more well versed on that than I am.
But it's like it's just like there's so many things
to juggle and balance, and part of you is like, oh,
like the college lifestyle, Like I'm on campus and I'm

(01:04:24):
like this, like I'm yeah, yeah, that girl. But it's
like you're like a competitor. So it's like, no, I
want to go to the league. I want to learn
and I want to do all this and compete at
a high level. And the WNBA is the peak of
women's basketball, so why wouldn't you want to have a
crack at it? So it's like right now I'm in
a position where it's like I'm genuinely thinking pros and cons. Obviously,
I have Liz who chose to stay, and I like

(01:04:47):
pick her brain about it, and you know there's like
other girls around the league obviously, and you're in a
position where like I've kind of reached out to a
couple to say like, hey, like how are you thinking?
Like I don't I don't want to know what your
decision is, but like I want to know how you
are thinking. Yeah, because like there's just like a lot
to think about, and some of it matters and some
of it doesn't. Like yeah, but like I think the

(01:05:10):
best advice I heard the other day was like, well,
like whatever decision you make, make sure you rock with
it one hundred percent, Like don't go back and think,
oh I should have done this, I could have done this.
Like whatever decision you make, just go through with it.

Speaker 2 (01:05:21):
Yeah, you don't want to rush it because that that's it. So,
I mean, I'm excited to find out. I'm looking forward
to it. We're gonna head into our our next thing
is gonna be one's got to go. We've done some
research on you, so these might be a little hard.
And this is Australian themed, so just tell me if
I pronounce he's wrong. But we have Bunderberg, Lemon Limon bidders,

(01:05:45):
Oh yeah, okay, a flat white or an up and
Go chuck ice.

Speaker 1 (01:05:50):
Which one's got to go to the master to go? Yeah,
probably the up and Go. Oh okay, because like so
like flat white, great coffee, Bunderberg, like Lemon Limon, Bitter's
great soda, like go is like if I was like
late to a workout and wanting workout like I would
chuck one of them down and like be good to go.
Like that's like a replace, Like that's like a it's disgusting,
but it says liquid breakfast on the but it was

(01:06:11):
just easy to put down. Okay, so it can go.

Speaker 2 (01:06:14):
You know, it's okay. Everybody has their things and then
my last one's gotta go for you. It's I was
washed onion theme. We have chicken salt pods, mars and
and Pery Parry salt. Oh, this one looks to be
a turfy Which ones gotta go? Uh Oh, this is
the hardest question all day.

Speaker 1 (01:06:36):
Okay, so there's two. There's two salts and one chocolates.
That's really hard.

Speaker 2 (01:06:41):
Ah uh oh.

Speaker 1 (01:06:44):
Maybe pods purely because I love pods, but like I
just this is very bad. I can eat as much
chicken salt and not worry about anything, But if I
eat so many pods, like I will be packing on
the poundage.

Speaker 2 (01:06:57):
Understood, understood, Okay, And that's.

Speaker 1 (01:06:59):
Just not very athlete of me.

Speaker 2 (01:07:00):
Yeah. Yeah, yeah. We're elite here, so we can't be
doing that. Now, I want to talk about your own podcast.
A quick shout out to you and Liz Queens of
the Castle. Where'd the idea of the podcast start?

Speaker 1 (01:07:14):
First of all, thank you great. I love being on
this platform. This is woman uplifting women.

Speaker 2 (01:07:19):
Yes, we already talked about it.

Speaker 1 (01:07:20):
We need it. But this idea it was last year
and it was before honestly, like any of the run happened.
Like it was a great time to start it because
we went on such a run and we got such
attention that it kind of just everything just benefited from it.
But I mean the start of last year, well it
was Liz's senior year and she didn't know if she
was going to stay or not. And it was like
if we just had like a virtual diary to just

(01:07:42):
like go back in twenty years and be like, hey,
like this is where we're at, Like it would be
like so cool to look on and like obviously digital
footprint is a real thing, positive and negative. Yes, but
it's there. Our memories are there, like we can go
back and watch it. And not only that, but like
we just develop a relationship with the people in the community,
and people genuinely like come up to us and like

(01:08:03):
as they should, they think they know us better, or
like they think they can come up to us in
like Star conversation because we have that personality, or they
already have like an idea of us because of like
how natural it is on the podcast, or it's like
it's just more inviting for people to come to us
and talk.

Speaker 2 (01:08:19):
You talked about it being a digital diary. I love
that idea because, first of all, I'm a yapper and
so I love being able to look back. But tell
me about like your favorite part about having a podcast
obviously getting to look back at it, but is it
for me, Like I really enjoy getting to know people,
and so like with you being competitors, being across the country,

(01:08:40):
we don't get to talk all the time, but like
getting to pick your brain, getting to know each person.
And one of the reasons I love doing this pod
is because like now fans get to have an inside
look at you, and it's the exact reason that you
talked about where now they're going to follow even more
and they're like, oh my gosh, Georgia likes this. I
like this too. Georgia likes Spotify. Oh my god, now
I'm gonna listen to your Spotify place. It's like the
little things about us that make us so special. So

(01:09:02):
what would be your favorite parts about having a podcast,
especially when somebody's close to you as Liz.

Speaker 1 (01:09:08):
Like as you said, like the little things like when
I was a little girl and I would be like, Okay,
this is my favorite athlete, this is my favorite singer,
Like I want to know what you have for breakfast,
Like like if I like Aspider, be you, like, I'm
gonna want to know a lot about you. And yeah,
like picking people's brains. And I think also it's just
a great resume build up for sure to be able
to like have conversations with people and it be natural

(01:09:31):
and flowing. And you have to organize so much, like
I'm sure you go through it. You have to like
set up times, you have to reach out to people.
You have to like break that comfort and plan the
show and do research on people. And it's just like
there's a level of professionalism to it that is like
it helps like with wife schools really.

Speaker 2 (01:09:49):
Well, I mean, shoot, I need to come on Queen's
the Castle. Just let me get on and chat. I
mean we have each other numbers. Sliding the DMS again,
I'm here, but we're going to slide into our last
section here, which is the vibe check, and it's gonna
be rapid fire questions, so give me your quickest responses
as possible. It's okay if it's not, as you've been
doing great so far, so it's gonna be great. Okay.

(01:10:10):
So what's the drill you never want to see on
the practice plan?

Speaker 1 (01:10:13):
Fast break or shoot?

Speaker 2 (01:10:14):
Oh that already sounds horrible? Is that like like full
court stuff?

Speaker 1 (01:10:18):
It's all like yeah, So it's like it's either five
four three two one or one two three four five,
So it's like everyone wants to get a layup, so
it's like the point god. Yeah, but it's like sometimes
you'll be like, all right, twenty six seconds on the
shot clock. So I'm out here like Tom Brady like basses.

Speaker 2 (01:10:34):
Yes, okay, understood game winning shot or game winning steel shot. Yeah,
that's what I'm thinking for you better be a step
back or something wild. Yeah, okay, a group TikTok or
solo TikTok?

Speaker 1 (01:10:47):
Group group?

Speaker 2 (01:10:48):
Where's the toughest place to play on the road? And
tell me why, Oh my gosh, this is tough.

Speaker 1 (01:10:54):
They're also tough. Probably Louisville Center's pretty big. Yeah, but
also like I'm I'm saying that, and like when we
went sorry the quick answers, no go ahead. When I
was doing that Red Shirt year, we went there and
I wasn't playing, but I was watching, and that's when
it was like Dana Evans and oh geez, like everyone
was lit there, and I was like, like, this is

(01:11:15):
this is cool?

Speaker 2 (01:11:16):
Like this is lit. This is lit. Okay. Who's the
biggest trash talker? It could be on your team or
somebody else. Hayley ben Luth, she is a trash talker.
She is. You're right, you'd be talking out there. I've
cup what's your best trash talk line?

Speaker 1 (01:11:31):
Oh, I'm a mocker, like if someone's like, if someone's
like switch or like, you know, like pick like because
obviously if there's no doubt about it, mean there's gonna
do a pick and roll. So if you're to communicate
something about that and we hit the shot, and we'd
be like, okay, you know what, try.

Speaker 2 (01:11:47):
Something else, it ain't it ain't work, clearly, Okay, Okay,
this is a little controversial here. Who's the biggest flopper.

Speaker 1 (01:11:55):
I'm scared to flop, I would say myself, but after
these new flop after these new flop flaws, a bit scared, Yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:12:00):
A little nerve wracking. Now, Okay, I see. I mean
it was Taylor soul to that she can sell it.
Let me tell you she can sell it. Okay, it's
the hardest player of the guard.

Speaker 1 (01:12:12):
Caitlyn Clark. I didn't do much garden. I didn't do
much garden. I didn't watching. Yeah, a lot of sweat,
but I was sweet watching.

Speaker 2 (01:12:19):
Okay, understood. What's your favorite in game celebration because you
got a lot We've seen them.

Speaker 1 (01:12:25):
Okay, Yeah, there's there's so many ways to do it.

Speaker 2 (01:12:29):
Yeah, there's a lot of variations. Keep you on your toes. Okay,
your biggest basketballic Oh.

Speaker 1 (01:12:35):
I would probably just be like flopping or no, let's
talk about it when you know she knows she hit
the ball out of balance, So.

Speaker 2 (01:12:42):
Why would yes, because why are you lying? They're gonna
be the replay.

Speaker 1 (01:12:47):
They're gonna be on the replay, and now it's embarrassing.

Speaker 2 (01:12:50):
That's embarrassing. I agree, that's a good one. Okay. Do
you have a celebrity look alike? And who is it? Well?

Speaker 1 (01:12:55):
I got asked us out the Final four, and I
said dual leper, which is so not true. But if
I could look like an and what it would be
her because she is a woman.

Speaker 2 (01:13:03):
She is a woman.

Speaker 1 (01:13:04):
I don't I don't think I have a look alike there.

Speaker 2 (01:13:06):
I like to do a leap on one. I'm here
for it.

Speaker 1 (01:13:09):
Okay, please, I would I want to reinforce. I do
not think I love Okay, Okay, I like we would
want to be a doing manifested.

Speaker 2 (01:13:17):
Okay, I like it. If you could pick a two
on two teammate, not one of your current teammates, it
could be anybody who would you pick? Come and bring
Oh good one, we've got a cam a few times.
That's good. Your favorite pregame hype song it was talk
that talk.

Speaker 1 (01:13:34):
But right now, oh, I have a whole playlist.

Speaker 2 (01:13:39):
Okay, maybe we'll just drop the playlist.

Speaker 1 (01:13:41):
We'll just drop the playlist. Just go to my spotify.
You literally called pregame.

Speaker 2 (01:13:44):
Must have love it?

Speaker 1 (01:13:46):
Love it?

Speaker 2 (01:13:46):
Okay. And what's your best impersonation of Coach.

Speaker 1 (01:13:49):
Brooks for me personally? You can just like give me
like an eyes.

Speaker 2 (01:13:55):
Oh okay, you have like a little connection, you know
you know? Okay, that's good.

Speaker 1 (01:13:59):
Well.

Speaker 2 (01:14:00):
Georgia, Queen of the Castle, half of Queen of the Castle,
thank you so much for coming on the pod. It
has been such a pleasure.

Speaker 1 (01:14:07):
No I appreciate it. Thanks for having me on not
to be reached out by you.

Speaker 2 (01:14:10):
Oh oh sad well, thank you everybody so much for listening.
We'll be back next week with another episode of Sometimes
I Hoop. Hey everyone, thanks so much for listening to
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