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A Touch More with Sue Bird & Megan Rapinoe

Our Message to Juju Watkins & Sweet 16 Predictions

A Touch More with Sue Bird & Megan Rapinoe

The Vox Media Podcast Network

Soccer, Sports, Basketball

4.4611 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

We’re halfway through March Madness -- time to take a close look at the teams and players in the Sweet 16. And we discuss a path forward for USC after Juju Watkins's season-ending ACL injury -- sending our heartfelt best wishes to Juju! We’re going to miss her in the tourney, but know she’ll be back. Checking in on our bracket, we share some tough lessons we’ve learned the hard way and the matchups we’re looking forward to. Plus, we drop a little behind-the-scenes look of Megan “locked-in” at game time. And we’re introducing a new segment: Make it Make Sense, where we’ll call out things that just don’t add up. Like: when fans chant “overrated" at an opposing team, are they committing a self-own? This leads Megan and Sue to recollect their all-time best heckle moments. And the verdict is in on last week’s Bicker of the Week aka the sunscreen fiasco, but Megan and Sue settle things their own way. Tune in for a special announcement on an upcoming live show with a very special guest! Get your tix here. A Touch More: The Podcast is produced in partnership with VOX MEDIA and TOGETHXR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, welcome back. March Madness is madnessing. The Sweet 16 is set. There's so much to discuss, sadly, including that Juju Watkins has gone down with an ACL tear. This is an injury that Megan and I have experience with, so we're definitely going to be diving into that a little bit later.

0:25.2

It has been a great tournament, and there's a lot of highlights.

0:29.0

You've got plies, gifting dawn, a freaking, I mean, this chain was nuts.

0:35.1

The tournament trophy, literally.

0:37.9

So that was bananas.

0:39.6

He was quoted saying he just wanted to give her flowers, and that was his way of showing that.

0:43.8

I'd say that's more than flowers, but I loved it.

0:46.6

I would love someone to interpret flowers as golden diamonds for me.

0:50.9

I know you would.

0:52.7

I hear you loud and clear. I hear you loud and clear. One of my

0:58.9

personal favorite moments that had absolutely nothing to do with basketball was seeing head coach

1:03.6

Kim Barnes-O-Riko from Michigan rock some vintage sweaters. I'm like, this should be the new move.

1:09.2

Forget the quarters if. Chef's kiss. I get I get they don't want to dress up anymore. I'm like, whatever, do you? I actually don't even care about that. A vintage sweater? I hope we see a card. I hope somebody pulls out a cardigan with like a big, you know, if you go to Connecticut, like a big C, I'm all about that. I loved it.

2:01.2

Do you want to see Gino in a big cardigan? Kind of. Kind of. I know. I was happy he brought back the shirt and tie. Yeah, he's bringing her back. CD in a cardigan, I think she could pull it off. Yeah, she would hate it. She would absolutely hate it. Nah, she's got to be dressed. She's got to be dressed to the nines. She's got to be dressed in the I love that too. You pointed that out when we were watching the game. And I was like, what a creative, fun, like, super college way to dress for the game. It was amazing. It's the only place it could work is college. Yeah, no, totally.

2:03.7

I love the fans.

2:11.6

Honestly, there's been so many just like snapshots where the camera pulls away to the fans.

2:25.6

And it's like a grandma next to like college students with their chests painted, next to like a family of 20, next to like the star players, entire family, next to just like screaming kids.

2:28.6

And everybody is like losing their minds.

2:29.6

Yeah, the turn out.

2:31.1

Like it's the best atmosphere.

2:32.3

The turnouts been great. Especially the teams like playing on their home court. It just feels like every time any shot goes in, it's like so atmosphere. The turnout's been great. Especially the teams, like, playing on their home court.

2:35.2

It just feels like every time any shot goes in, it's, like, so wild.

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