The Favorites, The Champs, The Dynasty, and The Underdog
The Lead
Wondery
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🗓️ 1 April 2022
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
The Women's Final Four tips off tonight, and there are some mouth-watering matchups: Top-ranked South Carolina, led by national player of the year Aliyah Boston, square off against relative underdogs Louisville, led by fiery guard Haley Van Lith. Then, UConn will play in its fourteenth consecutive Final Four (yes, you read that correctly), and will hope that shooting sensation Paige Bueckers can lead them to victory over the defending champion Stanford Cardinal amd reigning Final Four MVP Haley Jones. The Athletic's Chantel Jennings joins us to break down the key matchups and storylines to follow, and to discuss how the electric slide, Barack Obama, and Jimmy Kimmel have factored into the tournament. Plus, after the uproar over inequality during last year's NCAA tournament, how much have things really changed?
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| 0:48.6 | Here are some thrilling games, including a Yukon victory for the ages. |
| 0:52.9 | We're now on to the Women's Final Four with Game Tipping Off Friday Night in Minneapolis. |
| 0:57.8 | Today, the Athletic Shantel Jennings breaks down the storylines and players to follow as |
| 1:02.7 | four Titans of Women's Hoops square off. |
| 1:06.5 | From Wondering and the Athletic, I'm Anders Keltso. |
| 1:08.5 | It's Friday, April 1st, and this is the lead. |
| 1:14.8 | Shantel, welcome back to the show. |
| 1:16.2 | Thanks for having me. |
| 1:17.5 | So Shantel, we want to look at the four teams that will be doing battle there in the Twin |
| 1:22.0 | Cities this weekend. |
| 1:23.4 | Your hometown, I should say. |
| 1:24.9 | And I want to start with the Yukon Huskies. |
| 1:27.3 | They advanced to their NCAA record 14th consecutive Final Four. |
| 1:32.9 | I repeat 14th consecutive Final Four with the dramatic win over number one seed NC State. |
| 1:38.8 | First, can you just help us relive a little of the drama from that game Monday night? |
| 1:42.0 | That was a wild game, you know, NC State had a chance to win it in regulation. |
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