The Her Hoop Stats Podcast: WNBA & NCAA Women’s Basketball

Consider this your NCAA Tournament fast pass. Thirty-two games. Under 45 minutes. We hit on each one (okay, we largely ignored the 1/16 and 2/15 matchups), breakdown who is going to advance, who is primed for a Cinderella run, and at whose expense, and we make our official Final Four and national championship selections. Plus, thoughts on the field as a whole off the top, and why the bracket as it looks was a perfectly reasonable outcome, despite what some notable head coaches believed.

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The countdown to a bracket is on! Megan Gauer and Rob Joyce recap Championship Weekend across the sport at the power conference level, talking about the highs of Duke, UCLA, South Carolina and TCU's tourney victories. And our dreams will be realized as the A-10 should get two bids to the dance after George Mason secured its first-ever NCAA Tournament berth with an A-10 title. Head coach Vanessa Blair-Lewis jumps on to talk about the win and introduce us to the Patriots team. We end with some love for some mid/low-major conference winners, and Megan tells us what the bracket will look like come Sunday. Who are the 1-seeds? Who is hosting? Who are the last four in/first four out?

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The Press Break Crew breaks down the power four conference tournaments. Who helped their NCAA Tournament seeding? Who hurt it? Embrace the madness…March is HERE!

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This is it. For the major conference teams it's one last weekend to polish that resume before turning it in to the Selection Committee. Megan Gauer and Rob Joyce go conference-by-conference and talk about the last weekend of the regular season, and what's at stake at each tournament this weekend. Who's locked up a 1-seed? What needs to be done for others to do so? Who on earth is going to host? And who is going to sweat out Selection Sunday? Megan and Rob (from the finest hotel room in Greenville) break it all down.

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Notre Dame Women's Basketball forward, Liatu King, joined Christy Winters Scott to talk about her basketball beginnings, journey to become a Fighting Irish, Niele Ivey, and much more!

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The Press Break crew previews the Power 4 Conference Tournaments.

01:00 Big 12

09:40 ACC

20:05 Big 10

30:30 SEC

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If the last five days are any indication... March is going to be nuts. Notre Dame lost twice, who knows who is going to be a 1-seed, the Big Ten and Big 12 come down to one game, and the SEC will probably be decided by... a coin flip. So much to get to on the latest Gauer Hour with Megan and Rob. Plus, a little GOAT talk at the end.

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The Press Break Crew gives their favorite memory of Diana Taurasi, in honor of her retirement. They get into some Unrivaled action, and discuss the possible regular season champ in the ACC, Big 10, Big 12, and SEC?

00:25 Diana Taurasi Announces Her Retirement

13:18 Jamie’s Trip to Unrivaled

20:00 March Madness is Coming

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So, who's going to win the national championship? On a week in which UConn beat South Carolina by 29 in Columbia, Texas keeps chugging along, UCLA survived a game without Lauren Betts and USC avoided a hangover, the list seems to have grown a bit. Rob Joyce and Megan Gauer recap all that, plus give their thoughts on the initial top-16 reveal, who is next in line, and what needs to happen for those on the outside looking in to host.

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JuJu Watkins and USC take down previously unbeaten UCLA, Paige Bueckers, Azzi Fudd, and UConn dominate South Carolina in Columbia, Mikayla Blakes scorches the nets, and a huge shakeup in the rankings, all in a wild weekend of Women's College Basketball.

01:58 USC/UCLA Review

17:00 UConn/South Carolina Review

37:51 Mikayla Blakes goes off…again!

40:40 Top 25 Rankings

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