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state farm is there have cameras follow me around like it's nice. >> but as you're looking, i'm very camera shy. this is something really important for me. and i'm just excited to be doing it. i think that's the greatest thing about my team. >> like, it doesn't really bother us. maybe a few years back it would be a lot different. but i think now we're just at the point where it's kind of what we're used to. it's kind of normal at first. >> it took some time getting used to feeling i was like always being watched. but then i kind of just learned to like, be myself and just take advantage of a really cool opportunity. >> and now full court press presented by state farm. >> another big ten road loss gives the hawkeyes a chance to regroup as caitlyn prepares to break the record this thursday at home. when clark didn't break the record on sunday against nebraska. ticket prices went up immensely. fans are driving long distances and paying big bucks

to watch clark smash the record . >> this class is learning about intuitive eating. >> hmhm hmhm. clearly, i've learned a lot as i drink a coffee just filled with calories . whatever. how much tickets are going for on thursday. let's see family system a. average ticket price. >> what's unique about this moment in women's basketball? >> they can no longer hold us back. jesus you show stopping,

right? >> i like it now. starting for the iowa hawkeyes. katie clark these are the moments i've worked for. >> people are going to want to see you fall when you get to the top, you gotta get a picture. >> it is. i don't think anybody can fully grasp the pressure that she feels. >> camila's wide is her family >> i'm just so proud of myself for never giving up, you know? that's a god you're got to shot. >> i know, shawn, we're making history, changing the game. >> gobert. kiki rice. >> she came to ucla for an opportunity to do something that's never been done before. a women's national championship here. kiki rice with the roar. >> once you get to ncaa tournament time, you know you lose one game and your season's over. >> this has been an incredible

ride. >> by cardozo for three. >> thanks, shannon. >> savvy low. it's only bestowed on those who can't handle it you are >> so good morning. good morning. good morning. how are we doing >> workout is on the whiteboard . >> board got lower by the day today. we also have a game tomorrow. >> and we also have a game tomorrow. >> you start out undefeated and you have these big wins. and going into conference play, we had more top 25 wins than anybody in the country. >> season started off fantastic . i don't think you could have hoped for a better start of the

season. we undefeated for a while. >> let's go gaps. well wait 25. >> yeah, we were killing you know doing our thing. >> and then adversity hit the trojans. they're going to hand ucla their first loss of the season. >> osborne the heave to win it 7272. overtime in salt lake city . are you beat the hardest ranked opponent they've ever beat? >> 9481. the final in overtime i think it really started to feel like we hit a slump when lauren went out. >> i really struggled, like i think the pressure of everything got to me. you're a person first and the athlete comes second and

you have to take care of yourself. yeah, i decided that it was probably best if i step out and take a break mentally. lauren really wanted to play, but she couldn't. >> she had medical things she had to take care of and it was a tough decision. but she needed to put herself first. >> a lot of me still feels resentful towards myself because of what that week was like for my teammates. >> when you lose your center, it's really hard to make adjustments and so your wheels start turning. >> what do i have to do to make up for this loss will get another chance with eight seconds remaining in the game. >> at the end, it came down to a last second shot. >> i had an opportunity to tie it with the three, send it to overtime. chris osborne no good

. >> bruins with another chance. two seconds remaining. when it went up i like i heard it bounce off. >> that was and his frustration anger and like sadness washington cougars take down second ranked ucla just to feel like things were like falling apart. in a sense, it, um, it was tough >> we're here at stanford. >> the cardinal can accept to host ucla. >> it is a top ten showdown for the sixth time this year in the pac 12 conference, going to the stanford game, one of our biggest games of the season. >> we only had eight eligible players. how are you feeling tonight? >> let you know. no i love stanford.

>> i'm a very proud stanford alum. but kiki is my family and i love her and i love her team. >> my aunt has always been really tough, um, hard working holds those around her accountable, and a lot of those qualities are things that i try to emulate. >> i served in the clinton administration, the obama administration, and now the biden administration. we have a great deal more to do on all aspects of equity and justice. the other working in the world of politics, a lot of people have opinions, and i think she never let those derail her. >> for her to go through all that. sasha, stay strong. um, keep her voice and never really falter. it showed me that me giving my all and just leaving it all out there, it's the most important thing. whenever things are tough, particularly when you know expectations are high and you feel like you may not be meeting those expectations,

that's when you have to dig down even deeper. >> of course, when i was talking to us about how her guards need to be aggressive down hill. but right off the top, you see no lauren betz stanford looking to exploit. get a shot. how do they respond to adversity today in a hostile environment? >> rattled in kiki rice, they were hoping that she'd be able to hunt more shots. >> this is what you want to see. if you're tara vanderveer. production for multiple players . there's great. that's the end one here. >> it was a rough day and we just came out flat for ucla on the brink of what could be their poorest shooting night and their lowest scoring night of the season. >> it was embarrassing. >> we're like guys like we have to get one weekend where we win

two games and the stanford cardinal take down ucla in this top ten pac 12 showdown down. >> everything that we set out at the beginning of the season just continue to feel farther and farther away >> we are going to start the day with the biggest story in the sports world, the hottest ticket in town. >> everybody wants a chance to witness history this evening >> i never wear makeup when i play ever one, because i sweat too much and it would be all over my white jersey. all over the towels, all over the other teams jersey. but but i do my hair straight. come on. i think i'm just superstitious about it. and

my teammates know to i think it would throw my teammates off if i showed out without showed up without straightening my hair. i always get very excited for games, especially home games, but obviously this one that's just a little different. got a little. there's me like an extra buzz in the air, i feel like so i'm excited. the sports world focused on iowa's caitlin clark tonight as she is set to make history eight points away from passing kelsey plum and becoming the all time leading scorer in ncaa women's basketball history . >> she will go for that mark tonight at home against michigan . >> are you ready to go now? yeah go. good good. yeah. like it's going to be fun for sure i saw them carry like all my trophies up to the concourse. really i was like what are they doing? i guess they're like making some crazy stuff. yeah

>> the records have now reached to a point where she's broken so many that it's one after the other, and they just kind of keep coming. now, this next one is pretty big, and when she breaks this one, that's going to mean a little more. >> kelsey told me that they're shooting off streamers after the game. so prepare yourself to not get scared. >> oh okay. >> so she told me i was like, oh, michigan's going to be legit . why are these people so extra ? so they're going to be thinking, gosh. so high >> got a lot of extra energy in the building today. >> the big ten's all time leading scorer has the opportunity to become the ncaa women's record holder has changed the economics and change the eyeballs on the game of women's basketball, because there was a reason always, not only to tune in just to watch her as an exciting basketball

player, but, oh, she's going to break the next milestone. and things certainly that fed into the fervor of why people wanted to watch her play. >> caitlyn obviously, this is a historic day. >> it's historic for our program, but it's also historic for women's basketball. >> and so just thankful that we are all a part of it. >> um, tonight we're celebrating caitlyn. >> you bet we are. >> we could go on and on about what caitlyn clark has done for the game of women's basketball. but tonight she is eight points away from cement herself in the history of the game. >> the energy i had inside myself, i just knew that i was going to be one of those nights. i feel like sometimes as a competitor, like you can feel that you can honor to be up there next to kelsey plum at the top, and the

litany of other names that are up there. >> i think she'll probably try to get out of the way pretty fast at ncaa record >> 22 from the outside line. oh, this is going to happen quick. she is three away. just a bucket . recovered by gavin marshall. >> here comes clark. how will she go for history down >> the all time leading scorer in women's college basketball

she's going to set the record. >> she only needs eight points. but like, how is she going to do it. and of course she pulls up from 33ft a two minutes into the game. uh, swishes it, buries it. caitlyn clark now has points in her career. >> she has officially broken kelsey brown's return. if you would have told me that my freshman year, i would have thought you were crazy and you never set out to break the ncaa women's basketball scoring record like this number, what i was trying to do, clark trying to go for more. >> yes, clark keeps coming. >> oh 38 add it to the total. i knew career high. i knew iowa women's basketball records were

going for all. 49 points. not only did she break the kelsey plum record, but she also breaks the school scoring record as well. >> it was a perfect night. i mean, one of the best performances of caitlin clark's career >> wow, caitlin, congrats asians love you so much. >> huge milestone. huge number. >> but remember it's all the smiles, memories and so many special moments that are behind that number that are yours for a lifetime. >> i'm lucky enough to be in the same room with all these really great players that i idolized growing up. >> it's just really unfathomable and i'm just really grateful. honestly. i

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trainer was out here and i said , what do i need to know about kiki? that maybe i don't? he said her confidence isn't what you would think. >> i set goals and standards for myself, and sometimes when i feel like i'm not living up to them, or i could be doing better, i should be doing better. i get, like, frustrated . >> what's been your experience like the last couple months? >> and like what? what is it that you want to get out of doing this work? playing fearless, playing with like that? most confidence? i think that can be an area where i feel like i can improve in and i can help me get to that next level. i started seeing a sports psychologist. obviously, i'm a trainers, i take care of my body and i think, um, adding someone who can help me with the mental side of the game is something that could be really helpful for me. so playing freely and playing with more confidence, right. do you have a sense of like what gets in the way of that? i it's a fear of results. mhm. yeah. mhm missing a shot or

not making the right play. um that kind of stuff. yeah. fear of loss. fear of failing you know really play a factor in any decision that i made on the court. how long has this kind of fear your words. >> right. like fear of like outcomes. how long have you been noticing this? i was in college . >> yeah, since i started college . >> so you felt a little more free before you got here? yeah. >> i mean, i think when you get to this level, obviously each level up, there's no expectations, better opponents, all that stuff, new pressures. so like each mistake, i feel like carries more weight because the consequences i guess are greater. >> it's pretty natural to be afraid, right? especially when you really care. but hopefully want to leverage it rather than have it create like the stuckness that you feel. maybe sometimes right where you're hesitating or kind of like overthinking. so like to be confident in those moments we

want to notice, like one of the thoughts are constricting and get back to like what works right a little bit more consistently, which is what i'm hearing from you is like more technical cues, right? like get my feet set. what's it sound like? yeah >> my footwork, my mechanics, my release. yeah specific things within my shot that i'm focusing on. yeah. >> and how many times when you focus on the mechanics and being grounded in your own body, have you made the shot basically every time? >> yeah, most times yeah. >> and this like doing this work is really like what creates that freedom, right? you're doing all the right stuff tacos. >> i know. you want to do right this box? yep. first time. yes. let's okay. >> i scared in a large skillet combined rice. >> okay. and butter.

>> i feel like during season. >> like you don't cook. >> don't cook at all. at all. yeah i think tacos were actually literally the first thing that i ever made in your life. yeah. really? yeah my mom was making them, so, like, made me do something to help out. uh oh. wait >> i need to bring it to a boil. >> that's boiling ish. that. no . i know. let it do more now i'm going. maybe it's good that we don't cook that off too. yeah haha. >> jesus! cheese! yes i think now that does look pretty good. >> that was good. >> not gonna lie. >> oh, nice. you like old, old videos of our games when we're undefeated? i was like, dang, that feels like a long time ago. but it was like, i feel like the season went by so fast. it was in january. yeah, it was on my birthday. i first lost, didn't play sc. i feel like tomorrow

will be good for us because like when you're watching film today, i realize utah was our second loss, right of the season. yes, after. and that's what kind of started like some of the yeah, yeah struggle, hardship, adversity. >> and we really never beat utah before. >> nope. >> get ready for a fun pac 12 matchup. >> it's the number 12 bruins taking on number 80 in utah. i knew all along that in order for us to achieve our goals and get where we wanted to be at the end of the season, lauren needed to be playing with us. >> so to have her back made me believe again that, okay, you know, we can do this. >> when i was going to the locker room to get ready for the game, we were just like, oh my god, lori, i'm like, you're back at poly. that's amazing. and it was just like we were a whole again, they are trying to really dial in and get back to what made the beginning of their

season successful. >> well, ucla early on this season, they were the number two team in the nation. >> they lose lauren betts for a little bit. >> stuff without her. she's back now play and to feel the mojo and the energy and the environment like within the team and the gym. >> it just felt like, okay, we're rolling again. hey, tom, for more together, 40 minutes. >> let's go. come on now. here we go from paulie pavilion in los angeles, california >> rice ends up with it for ucla . >> lob inside. >> that just has so much size. another chance here for ucla for osborne. cut x on a three ucla off to a terrific start. >> when i play the best. even though i'm generally i'm quiet

and stuff. you'll see like little moments where i get really high but really into it. yell and one something like that. rice able to finish. >> plus the foul. >> and ucla is really complete control this first half. they playing with that kind of tough intensity communication. >> that's everything okay. there's really no cookie cutter. >> one way to lead. it doesn't have to be loud. but it has to be impactful. and so kiki trying to figure out how to do that is where her leadership is going to continue to grow. >> and we've got to fight to beat us. we can do that, right? i think there's more in us right now. okay. there's more in us. we got to have energy. we gotta have focus. we got to have more torque. let's go get it done. >> let's go. kiki you've got gotta shoot off the catch. let's go for the steal. >> beautifully done. and rice

lays it in hand off hand off. >> yes, yes. this is a final caliber team. no doubt we can see them in cleveland come april . >> bryce brown in a three. >> and impressive. and authoritative win as number 12 uc clay dumps number 18 utah. >> the biggest thing i'm proud of is your fight to be us. >> really proud of you. now how hungry can you stay? there's kind of a moment there after that utah game where we all felt like, you know, the energy that had kind of gone away for a little bit and that tough period in the season, it was back. >> and you know, we were just finding our finding our way again. here we go. >> family 123 family i'm the doctor i love it if you came with me may change me. but

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the fever amps up when a generational talent joins an already charged lineup for three. >> part is not disappointing. we can't get enough indiana fever when the networks of espn brand walk through the base of their company. >> nikki rice says she wants to do what's never been done before with more deals than any other sophomore. can she stay focused on the task at hand? >> there's already so much pressure. >> i'm keeping an expectation that comes with simply being in the nil world, and she does it. >> if she's not a sophomore and her legacy is steeped, have success to step up and be a leader on forgotten focus has to be tiki live up to the hype. you wish from you've got to beli in yourself. >> play for that girl in the driveway

state farm is proud to cover greatness. >> keep watching full court press >> i'm. >> i'm a senior and i have the option to choose if i want to declare for the wnba draft or stay another year here because i have a 50 year of eligible left . i honestly have no idea. like at first i wanted to leave and now it's just like, you know, i want to stay, but i also want to live. i have no idea. the pros are she can go get the money. >> okay. >> she's going to be top five

draft pick. >> the cons. >> she knows that being in college, there's some innocence to it. you know, going to the wnba, it's adulthood. great example to in your life. you is a basketball great nation which is just like your last home game of the season. also, everybody is going to be able to have their family and work with their family. um, unfortunately, my family was not able to make it. they couldn't (people chattering faintly) (gentle music) (kamilla's mother speaks in foreign language) (jessica speaking foreign language)

- [producer] does she know? is she suspicious? - [agent] i don't think so. (laughs) - [coach staley] yup, yup, go! kamilla, come on. yup, kamilla, good! good, good! way to stay with it! (players clapping) (jessica speaking in foreign language) (kamilla's family speaking in foreign language) (gentle music continues) (kamilla's agent speaking in foreign language) (kamilla's agent laughs) (kamilla's agent speaking in foreign language)

(traffic humming) (gentle music) (jessica speaking in foreign language) (kamilla's agent speaking in foreign language) (kamilla's agent laughs) - let's circle up for a second. listen, listen, listen. this is kind of an incredible moment for someone that's made, like, incredible sacrifices for her family for the past eight years, just for the game that she loves, okay? we got a chance to do something pretty special. yep, kamilla, kamilla. let's bring the people who also made that sacrifice for the past eight years. bring out her mom and her sister. (team clapping and cheering)

(coach staley laughs) (team clapping and cheering continues) (kamilla's mother speaking in foreign language) (gentle music) (group chattering) - (speaks foreign language) from all of us. (jessica and coach staley speak in foreign language) - (speaks foreign language) yes. (laughs) - it was one of the happiest moments in my life. it was like a dream coming to reality. (kamilla and family speaking in foreign language) (jessica speaking in foreign language)

(people chattering faintly) (gentle music) (jessica speaking in foreign language) (gentle music continues) (jessica speaking in foreign language) (stadium announcer shouting) (crowd cheers) (gentle music continues) (janete speaking in foreign language) (crowd cheers) (gentle music continues) - it feels amazing to just look back and look at everything that i went through in my entire life

and everything that i'm accomplishing now. (intense music) - [announcer] south carolina, the only undefeated team. (crowd cheers) (intense music continues) caroso playing in front of her mom and sister for the first time in the states since she moved here when she was 15 years old from brazil. (crowd cheers) - [commentator] she cannot ignore six-seven in the paint. not only can she score on putbacks, drop offs and lobs, she's a tremendous defensive player. (crowd cheers) - [announcer] caroso, 18 points, 14 rebounds on her senior day. (buzzer buzzing) no one has been to stop south carolina. 29 and oh feels pretty good for the gamecocks. (crowd cheers) (gentle music) - the first thing my mom said to me after the game was just how much she was proud of me, and how many people walked to her and was like,

"can i get a picture? i love your daughter." (gentle music continues) (crowd cheering) (janete speaking in foreign language) (gentle music continues) (jessica speaking in foreign language) (people chattering faintly)

e music) (players shouting faintly) - [news reporter] well there were a lot of questions heading into this season on whether this would be caitlin clark's final one as a hawkeye. - [news reporter] clark has not yet confirmed if she will be entering the upcoming wnba draft. (gentle music continues) - the reason it is even a decision for women is because a rookie salary in the wnba is 70 grand-ish.

- [coach] good job! - a rookie's salary in the nba is millions of dollars. it is a very different enticement for male players to go from college to the nba. (players laughing) - what's your major? - marketing. - are you on schedule to graduate this year? - yeah, i graduate this semester. i have like one more class i need, so. - so you're gonna start your master's when you stay here next year? - (laughs) maybe. i don't know. - yeah? huh? - i'll probably just take some random classes and call it a day. - huh, yeah? what are you gonna, you gonna get a good work study going on next year? - oh, i don't know. (laughs) - huh? - ah, i don't know. - does that weigh on your mind a lot? - yeah, i mean, if this is my last year, i mean, it would definitely be sad leaving so, but it would also be like i did everything i needed to do kind of thing, so that's what makes it hard. like two really good options, but... - an embarrassment of riches. (gentle music)

(gentle music continues) - as the course of the year kind of went on, i realized what more is there really for me to do here? i just like kind of feel ready for something new, and i don't know like it's scary thinking about being a professional and like a working professional, like, it's not like college anymore, and like i'm only 22 years old and i still feel like i'm 10, but i feel like it's something i'm definitely ready for. (gentle music continues) - [news reporter] iowa women's basketball star caitlin clark announced on social media thursday she's entering the wnba draft. - [news reporter] iowa star caitlin clark said today she's gonna go pro. - [news reporter] clark declared for the wnba draft just days iowa's senior day. - i felt more pressure with that decision than, like, ever stepping on the basketball court and playing in front of sold out arenas.

i think the biggest thing like i was worried about was telling the coaches, just because you never want to disappoint anybody. once i did tell them, like, i felt the weight of the world was off my shoulders. (gentle music) - caitlin has had a great college career, a great college experience as a student, and it's time to move on. it's time to move on to the next challenge, basketball-wise. it's probably time to move on as a human being as well. and i loved that she announced it when she did so she could put it behind her, so the fans could give her the kind of send off that she deserves. (crowd cheers) - just getting that off my chest and, like, allowing closure for myself, but everybody else around me, i wanted them to know, like, this is the end. (crowd cheers) - [announcer] take it in.

this is iowa, where tractors rumble and hawkeye fans roar. the fanfare follows caitlin clark wherever she goes, but especially at home, and as the sun sets on this chapter of her career, the team eyes the ultimate harvest: a championship. - when you sort of reflect on the last four years, where do you think that you've left the biggest impact? - honestly, i think our fans, i think the young kids, and i think that's what means the most to me, is seeing the young girls and the young boys that scream and wear my jersey every single night. that's what makes it so special, and i think as somebody growing up, like i used to be that young kid, and time goes really fast so that's never anything you ever take for granted, and you try to make as much time as you can for them, and that's something that just never gets old. - you talk about being inspired as a young kid, you've said it tons of times that it's maya moore that inspired you to be this generational type of player. we wanted to make your dream come true. you've made so many dreams come true. state farm knew it had been some time since you'd seen maya, and like a good neighbor,

state farm is there. - oh, jeez. - and maya moore is there. - (screams) oh my gosh. - hey, it's nice to see you. - oh my god. my favorite player. i feel like i'm fan-girling so hard. oh my god. thanks for being here. - hey, this is special. i'm excited for you. - oh my god. - how does it feel to have- - i still feel like i was this tall and freaking out and i ran across the court, gave you a hug. - you look taller now. - i know. now, i'm like taller than you. (laughs) oh my gosh. - maya, how does it feel that the best player in the women's game was inspired by you? - oh man, it's a full-circle moment. i remember being 10-year-old maya going up hugging, you know, cynthia cooper or one of the legends, and just to see that we're still continuing to be able to be connected, to be inspired by each other, to be, you know a family, right? i just, i love the connection. - it really is a full-circle moment, caitlin, 'cause who knows, there's a little girl that maybe we'll be talking to in 10 or 12 years from now that got a hug at carver from you as well. - that's right. oh my gosh.

i feel like i'm just a little girl fan-girling. (laughs) thanks for coming. oh my god. - absolutely. this is so awesome. (caitlin screams) (group laughs) (intense music) (audience clapping) - [announcer] welcome to iowa city. caitlin clark has a chance to pass pete maravich and become the all-time leading scorer in major college basketball history. she needs 18 points. she averages 30 on the season. - [stadium announcer] and on guard, a six-point senior, from (indistinct) iowa, number 22, caitlin clark! (crowd cheers) (intense music) (players shouting) - [announcer] clark, quick release. (crowd cheers) caitlin clark is on the board.

(crowd cheers) and that one blocked. that's hers. couldn't get to the basket. rim runner. (announcer shouting indistinctly) that killer cate. (crowd cheers) 22-10. timeout buckeyes. (intense music continues) clark again from downtown. she's six points away, folks. got caitlin at the line. (stadium announcer shouting) for the record. (crowd cheers) she ties it with that one. this, for college basketball history. (intense music) it's in! (crowd cheers) she does it with a foul shot. caitlin clark becomes the all-time leading scorer in major college basketball history,

passing pistol pete maravich, a record that's lasted for 54 years. - passing pistol pete is an incredible, incredible accomplishment, and i think it's fair to recognize that he played for three years at lsu, and he played without a three-point line. it's also fair to recognize that no other player was able to pass it in the last 54 years. - [announcer] have you ever heard such an ovation in all your life? the whole team runs out on the floor. they hoist maravich to their shoulders. - like, let's acknowledge how incredible that is. not only did she do it, she did it on a team that won basketball games. it wasn't a singular mission of "i'm going to score a lot of points." she scored a lot of points in a way that nobody had done it in 54 years. (crowd cheers) (bright music) - [announcer] the hawkeyes of this year. (indistinct) cedes a loss to ohio state.

(crowd cheers) (gentle music) - i think i would've been a really good player, no matter where i went, but i don't think it would've been to this magnitude. (crowd cheers) (gentle music) (crowd cheering continues) (gentle music continues) - [cheerleaders] let's go gamecocks! let's go gamecocks! (crowd cheers) - [announcer] it's the sec women's basketball tournament semifinal, we're in for a show. (marching band music) - after south carolina finished the regular season undefeated, they get ready to play in the sec tournament, at the game against tennessee. (crowd cheers) they found themselves in a dog fight and down, about to lose this game. (intense music) (whistle blows)

- [announcer] south carolina will have to inbound with 1.1. - south carolina, tennessee. they need a three to win it or a two to tie it, but there's only one second left on the clock. (crowd cheers) - even though there was 1.1 seconds in the game, we was just like, "we still in this." we prepare for moments like this. (crowd cheers) raven went to the sideline, the ref gave her the ball, and then, like, coach staley, like, called my name, and she was like, "kamilla, kamilla, you shoot it." - but kamilla at 6'7", you don't think, "hey, she's the one we're gonna give the ball to for a three point shot." (crowd cheers) - [announcer] cardoso for three! makes it in! a miracle for the gamecocks! (crowd cheers) (dramatic music) - there's no way that just happened. kamilla, who hasn't made a three in her career and that's the one she hits to go

to the sec championship game? (buzzer buzzing) (crowd cheers) (dramatic music) (kamilla's family speaking in foreign language) (crowd cheering) - that night it was hard for everybody to sleep. i felt like the adrenaline was still kicking. (players cheering) but i gotta flip the page. we got a big one coming tomorrow, and we gotta get ready for it. (gentle music) - and 24 hours later, you go from this high where kamilla is like the hero to this low where kamilla is the antagonist, where kamilla is the villain. (crowd cheers) (tense music) - [announcer] this might be a little spicy in the paint today, peck. - oh yeah. - as a former post player, i love it when you have a great post battle, and we certainly had that with south carolina and lsu.

- i think angel said "i'm bringing it." kamilla said, "i love it." - [rebecca] that was a game where it was really physical, and probably allowed to become a little too physical. - [announcer] six-oh-one, gamecocks. (whistle blows) for wiley. and that could be an intentional foul. (tense dramatic music) flau'jae pushes watkins. that's when cardoso comes up and pushes flau'jae down. everyone but five players for lsu were ejected. six players remain for south carolina. kamilla cardoso, the only one ejected for fighting, so she will not be able to play in their first round ncaa tournament game. - it was the manifestation of a lot of frustration. things that she felt like weren't getting called, some hair pulling, some pushing, just a lot of physicality between these two teams who have been clear they don't like each other. (crowd cheers) - [announcer] in south carolina, an eighth sec tournament title

in the last 10 seasons. (intense music) (crowd cheers) - that sort of mark on her, i think, left an image in some people's minds like, hey, is this an issue for her? there was the push in brazil, there was this. (crowd cheers) - [news reporter] the big headline and the most entertaining game, the greatest theater was south carolina-lsu. - i'm not buying that this is good for the sport. i guess it brings them into the zeitgeist, 'cause more people will see that there was a melee at a women's basketball game. (crowd cheers) - she went and protected and enforced, and i've never used enforced in the context of women's basketball. - women's basketball. - but that's what happened. (crowd cheers) - i don't have a family here and these people is my family. the coach staley, my whole coaching staff, my whole teammates, they are my family, and i'm gonna defend them no matter what,

because they are more than teammates. they are more than friends. they are my sisters. my mom always teach me, "when you make a mistake, you gotta go and apologize." i wanted to apologize to flau'jae in person, but i couldn't leave the locker room. so i was like, "okay, i'm gonna go to twitter. i'm gonna apologize." - [news reporter] now south carolina's kamilla cardoso released this statement on x post-game saying, "i would like to extend my sincerest apologies for my actions during today's game." - honestly, i felt really bad because i made a mistake, and i gotta deal with the consequences. (intense music)

- [news reporter] tonight doesn't just start a march towards madness. now, for these 68 teams, it represents the first steps towards destiny. chance to separate the good, the great, (players shouting faintly) from the champions. - all right, let's get going. we're only gonna be out here for another hour and 20, so let's make it great. iowa on three, one, two, three! - [players] iowa! - pick up! - by the time the nca tournament came around, i think it's the biggest thing we've ever seen in our sport. - go make contact, hawks! i wrote down the things that i'm the most worried about facing, you know, teams. i wrote down a big post, we need to double, crashers, people that crash really hard and really intense ball pressure.

those are the things that fear, i fear in the postseason, probably, the most. good. good. there we go. there we go. nice job! (intense music) - once you get to ncaa tournament time, it's tough, 'cause i knew in the back of my head, like if we had won a few more games, we could have put ourself in a position to have maybe a slightly easier road. - this is my 31st year of division 1 coaching, and this is such a special time. it never gets old to see their faces as we get to find out who we're gonna play and what our road to cleveland is going to be. (intense music continues) (intense music continues) - we have got quite a night for you ahead. brackets open right now

as we talk about the full 68 reveal in women's basketball, south carolina entering this tournament, undefeated again, what are you guys most looking forward to when it comes to what this bracket will reveal? - not only who the one-seeds are, but their path to get to the final four. - [news reporter] as we get ready for the regional one in albany, your number one overall seed, (crowd cheers) it is the undefeated south carolina gamecocks. they're your number one overall seed, fourth straight year as a one-seed. for instant reaction, we get it out to south carolina, courtney lyle standing by with dawn staley. - you guys will be without kamilla cardoso after the altercation on sunday. since you've get gotten to talk to your team, how did you address that with them moving forward into the tournament? - i mean, we talked about it, we debriefed. we don't want that to happen ever again. we see the impact that it will have. we all know we're a better basketball team when kamilla cardoso is in a lineup. we'll make do hopefully until she's able to come back. (intense music continues)

- wanna get a spot? - let's do it. - we're gonna go sit down. i'm feeling good. i'm excited. you always feel like a little anxious when you sit down to see your draw, and i think our group knows better than anybody, you gotta gotta come ready to play. turn it up! (intense music) no, like actually turn the volume up. (laughs) - [news reporter] let's move on to regional two in albany. and your one-seed is the iowa hawkeyes. (players cheering) - [news reporter] they're piecing it together. yes, caitlin clark is lighting it up, but the other pieces also have contributed as well, and they're looking to get back to a final four. (intense music continues) - [news reporter] and we move on now. (intense music continues) third seed, the lsu tigers. - [news reporter] look, lsu is playing some of their best basketball. i don't think anybody in that bracket wants to see them.

- i think we'll be at two. - [news reporter] they have a 29-game winning streak, second-longest... - [news reporter] moving on, and your two-seeded, ucla bruins. (players cheering) highest seed in program history. - well, listen, i have ucla and lsu in my final four. so when you talk about these two teams being in the same region, this is definitely going to be a tough battle. - we do better with teams like lsu. we wanna go down this way? - oh yeah. - that we can, you know, hunker down in the paint. - yeah. - make sure we control the rebounds. - mm-hmm. - it's good. what are your thoughts? - i think it's a difficult, more difficult than like notre dame. - yeah. - or (indistinct), that game. - mm-hmm. - i think lsu is a better team than them. i haven't watched 'em a ton though, honestly. they haven't played that many top 25 teams either. - mm-mm. - but i think if you can get past them, i feel like i'd rather play iowa

than some of the other one-seeds, you know? - yeah. - [news reporter] which one-seed is the most vulnerable? - [news reporter] iowa. iowa has a really tough road. i'm not saying they can't do it, but this is a tough way for them to go. - god, that's so much easier than ours. that is so much easier than ours. (people chattering faintly) - that is an easy bracket. (people chattering faintly) - i thought the selection committee did us a little dirty. i thought they would've helped us out a little bit, to be honest. - if you look at the overall picture, it's overwhelming. just to get to the final four now we're gonna have to see lsu or ucla, too. (intense music) - that's what i thought. i thought they would give us a little easier path, but i will say if i gotta pick our two-seed, i would've picked ucla. like, i think they're very beatable. - for iowa to be, not only with lsu, but to be with ucla, just blew me away. they're the number two overall seed, so they should have the second-easiest bracket. we see ucla, which is just a dominant powerhouse team

built to win a national championship. you see lsu, who has been playing really high-level basketball, (soft tense music) but as i'm looking at that bracket, i was like, this is the murderer's row just for the right to get to the final four, and it seemed, it seemed daunting. (soft tense music) - [announcer] omaha! (logo whooshes) - [announcer] "full court press" is presented by state farm. like a good neighbor state farm is there. (dramatic music) - something that i would like for the fans to think about this series is just having a little bit more knowledge about everything that goes on