College Basketball’s BFF’s Jalen Suggs and Paige Bueckers + Sue Bird on Women’s Bracket

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🗓️ 19 March 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Gonzaga freshman Jalen Suggs and UConn freshman Paige Bueckers are the faces of the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments. But the two stars go way back: they grew up in neighboring Minnesota cities, and first met when they both were in elementary school. As their basketball careers took off, Suggs and Bueckers stayed in touch and have relied on each other for support, and have remained friends off the court. Katie Barnes shares the story of their unique friendship, and whether NCAA championships are in their future. Then, Sue Bird makes a case for her UConn Huskies to win another women’s championship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	So it's February 8th, and Gonzaga freshman Jalen Suggs is sitting in his hotel room in Provo, Utah, waiting for his game against BYU to start in a couple of hours.
0:17.5	Katie Barnes is a reporter for ESPN and ESPNW.
0:22.3	Jalen has sequestered himself in his hotel room to watch one of the most anticipated women's basketball games of this season.
0:28.4	The second ranked Yukon Huskies take on number one ranked South Carolina.
0:33.4	I was sitting up, I was pacing around back and forth in my room watching it.
0:37.9	He's pacing up and down the floor, screaming at the TV.
0:43.1	Paige Beckers, who is a Yukon freshman, is just going off.
0:47.4	Peckers, tying it at 54.
0:50.2	And Paige Beggers is straight up a block.
0:53.7	She goes on a tear. She scores eight consecutive points.
0:56.7	Becker's from around the screen.
0:58.3	Come for the lead.
0:59.7	Trying to match the moment.
1:01.7	Paige Beggers.
1:02.7	I don't know why.
1:03.7	It's an overtime.
1:05.2	Yukon is leading by one.
1:08.2	She comes around a screen and heaves the ball toward the basket.
1:14.3	Back to Beckers who will let it fly.
1:17.0	Ah!
1:18.1	The magic of Paige Beckers!
1:23.3	And it's a three-pointer, and it seals the game for the University of Connecticut.
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