Final Four Weekend: Gonzaga’s Perfect Run + Paige Bueckers’ Magic

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🗓️ 2 April 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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This weekend, the men’s and women’s NCAA Final Four games tip off in Indianapolis and San Antonio, respectively. On the men’s side, Gonzaga will look to fend off surprising UCLA, who just upset #1 Michigan, while Baylor and Houston face off in a rare Lone Star State showdown. Myron Medcalf is on the ground in Indianapolis and shares his insights on each Final Four matchup. For the women, powerhouse UConn, lead by star freshman Paige Bueckers, will do battle with Arizona, who’s making its first Final Four appearance. And Dawn Staley’s South Carolina Gamecocks look to continue their defensive stand against tournament favorite Stanford. LaChina Robinson is on site in San Antonio to preview the pair of games, and reflects on the women’s tournament thus far. Then, Katie Barnes updates us on the BFFs of the tournament: Gonzaga’s Jalen Suggs and UConn’s Paige Bueckers, as they each prepare for the semifinals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Myron, I am reaching you deep inside Indianapolis right now.
0:07.4	How does it feel?
0:08.7	It feels isolated, to be honest.
0:10.6	We've all been kind of in this NCAA bubble.
0:13.5	I don't know how the NBA people did it.
0:16.6	ESPN's Myron Medcalf is covering his 11th straight Final Four.
0:21.0	But there's also a sense of we're at the finish line, you know, like the Final Four is here.
0:25.9	We're going to see a national championship game.
0:28.5	And I don't know if anyone could have imagined that a year ago.
0:31.9	Yeah.
0:32.4	Does it feel like you're about to like hand out yearbooks and get them signed?
0:36.3	End of summer camp, graduation kind of vibes at this point.
0:40.2	Yeah, it definitely feels like you got to get a couple numbers to call people over the summer.
0:43.7	You don't want to lose touch.
0:44.9	But it also feels pretty good because a year ago, this whole thing got canceled.
0:49.1	So I think a lot of people are enjoying the moment, even though these aren't normal times.
1:01.0	Yeah. are enjoying the moment, even though these aren't normal times. It has been two full years since we've had a final four weekend,
1:07.0	which makes the anticipation for this weekend's games twice as big.
1:12.4	So we have you covered from all angles.
1:15.8	Today, Myron Medcaf takes us to Indianapolis, LeChina Robinson, joins us from San Antonio
1:22.9	to break down the women's semifinals.
1:25.9	And then Katie Barnes gives us an update on college basketball's most important BFFs,
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