Inside Pac-12 Women's Basketball

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Tara VanDerveer Interview & UCLA Breaks Through Feb 27, 2019

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On the 6th episode of the Inside Pac-12 Women's Basketball Podcast, Pac-12 Networks' Ashley Adamson and Mary Murphy recap Senior Day around the conference and share the unique way a radio announcer honored Oregon State's Joanna Grymek (6:54). Mary also talks UCLA's comeback versus Oregon, and how the Ducks rebounded versus USC (9:00).
One of the top coaches in the history of collegiate and international women’s basketball, Tara VanDerveer joins the podcast (12:26), and reveals what Steve Kerr has taught her about the art of coaching. Tara talks about her famous "Tara-isms" and how she used them on former player, Ros Gold-Onwude, who is now an on-air broadcaster (21:20). She talks about her Top 5 recruiting class, and how she will not let expectations rule their training (29:55).
The leading scorer for UCLA, Michaela Onyenwere, talks about the Bruins’ epic comeback versus the Ducks, and Cori Close's dance moves in the locker room that followed (30:04). Michaela relives her extraordinary track and field career in Colorado, but explains why there was never any doubt that basketball was the sport for her (50:38). She also shares what she learned playing with WNBA players Jordin Canada and Monique Billings (52:22).
Mary and Ash talk about Cal's huge weekend, including a 20-point comeback versus Arizona (54:22). The podcast wraps with the year-end conference award predictions (55:58).

Civil War Recap with Ann Schatz + Aari McDonald Interview Feb 20, 2019

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On the 5th episode of the Inside Pac-12 Women's Basketball Podcast, Pac-12 Networks' Ashley Adamson and Mary Murphy recap the Civil War series with colleague Ann Schatz (10:00). A native of Oregon, Ann talks about the history of each program and what brought both coaches to their respective teams. Mary and Ann discuss the timeless feeling of Gill Coliseum and the amazing fan support Oregon State receives (22:10).
Ann also shares stories from her broadcast career, including one of her favorite sporting moments she's ever covered, and talks of the time she was the only reporter Tonya Harding would speak to (29:13).
The leading scorer in the Pac-12, Arizona’s Aari McDonald, joins the podcast and discusses her love of playing defense and what brought her to Tucson (40:40). McDonald shares her pregame ritual to honor her grandfather and reveals which Pac-12 player is her favorite to watch.
Mary relives Arizona State’s amazing comeback win (35:30) and talks about the support from around the Pac-12 that Utah's Daneesha Provo has received going into her ACL surgery (53:30). Ash and Mary also talk about the return of Colorado’s Kennedy Leonard and Stanford’s Alanna Smith's late-game heroics (57:00)

Civil War Preview + Destiny Slocum & Ruthy Hebard Interviews Feb 12, 2019

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On the 4th episode of the Inside Pac-12 Women's Basketball Podcast, Pac-12 Networks' Ashley Adamson and Mary Murphy discuss Oregon's big win over Stanford (9:00) and preview the upcoming Civil War matchup, including interviews with Oregon State's Destiny Slocum and Oregon's Ruthy Hebard.
The Beavers' leading scorer Destiny Slocum joins the podcast (15:00), and talks about playing at the rec center last year while sitting out after transferring from Maryland. Slocum speaks of her relationship with Scott Rueck and what he has brought to her game, along with what she has taught him (23:56). She explains what it will take to beat Oregon and also shares the unusual story of how she ended up with the number 24 on her jersey (28:18).
Coming off an 18-point and 8-rebound effort versus Stanford, Ruthy Hebard joins the podcast (35:22) and talks about growing up in Alaska and how she thought she would never play basketball in college. Hebard praises the mentality of her pass-first team (44:18) and explains what it has been like to play in front of the growing crowds at Matthew Knight Arena (47:18). She also shares who her favorite player outside of Eugene is to watch in the Pac-12 (49:40).
Ashley and Mary discuss the implications of Arizona State's cancelled game versus Washington, what Tara had to say after suffering her worst loss as a head coach, and what makes Washington State's Borislava Hristova so fun to watch (51:00).

Pac-12 Player of the Year Race & Receé Caldwell Interview Feb 06, 2019

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On the 3rd episode of the Inside Pac-12 Women's Basketball Podcast, Pac-12 Networks' Ashley Adamson and Mary Murphy discuss the top contenders for the Pac-12 Player of the Year race, including interviews with Cal's Receé Caldwell and Michelle Smith.
Longtime Pac-12 women's hoops beat writer Michelle Smith joins the podcast and tells us why this weekend is so important in the Pac-12 championship race and why Utah head coach Lynne Roberts is her Coach of the Year (10:45). Smith speaks about her favorite all-time player to cover and the amazing growth of the Pac-12 conference, but laments the one thing that still alludes it. She also shares which Pac-12 team is best equipped to make the deepest NCAA championship run (20:11).
Coming off a last-second win vs Stanford in game 1 of their Battle of the Bay, Cal's Receé Caldwell shares the story of Steph Curry breaking down Asha Thomas' game-winning bucket (35:00). Caldwell shares her dream of becoming an NBA general manager and the support she has received in accomplishing her goals (36:50). Caldwell ends the interview previewing Cal's tough test vs No. 3 Oregon and No. 7 Oregon State this weekend (52:10).
Ashley and Mary also dive into some bracketology and tell us who has work to with four weeks of the season left and Mary shares a coaching story that reminded her of the Colorado-Oregon game (55:35).

Utah Surging, Lynne Roberts and Shea Serrano Jan 30, 2019

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On the 2nd episode of the Inside Pac-12 Women's Basketball Podcast, Pac-12 Networks' Ashley Adamson and Mary Murphy break down the key story lines from the weekend that was, while also talking to Utah head coach Lynne Roberts and The Ringer's Shea Serrano.
Coming off a historic win versus Stanford and jumping to No. 14 in the AP Poll, coach Lynne Roberts talks about what it meant for her program to beat Stanford (9:32). Roberts shares that the team still has an underdog mentality and explains why one of her players is called "The Prophet."(12:26) Roberts also talks about Megan Huff finally getting some overdue recognition after garnering player of the week honors, and her thoughts as they travel to Oregon this week to take on the No. 4 Oregon Ducks and No. 9 Oregon State Beavers (22:46).
NY Times bestselling writer Shea Serrano explains how he first became an Oregon fan and the move he witnessed feet away that cemented Sabrina Ionescu's legendary status, along with what makes the Ducks unstoppable (31:12). Mary and Shea discuss the similarities between Ionescu and Reggie Miller, while Shea talks about the rise of women's basketball in pop culture (42:17). Shea also shares his thoughts of Sabrina meeting Kobe Bryant (45:30).
Ashley and Mary also discuss UCLA's Japreece Dean's effort this weekend and the big play of Oregon State's Mikayla Pivec (52:30).

Oregon Rolls, Utah Cracks Top 25 & Charli Turner Thorne Interview Jan 23, 2019

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On the inaugural episode of Inside Pac-12 Women’s Basketball, Pac-12 Networks’ Ashley Adamson and Mary Murphy break down the key story lines in the Conference of Champions. They talk about Oregon guard Sabrina Ionescu’s triple-double not even being the most impressive feat she had this weekend (6:18), they highlight Stanford forward Alanna Smith’s shooting ability (7:12), and chat about Cal forward Kristine Anigwe’s improvement each season (7:44).
They discuss Utah being ranked in the AP Top 25 for the first time under Lynne Roberts (10:36), and Mary recalls the first time her team cracked the Top 25 when she was a coach (12:27).
Ashley and Mary interview Arizona State head coach Charli Turner Thorne and talk about her team’s enormous double overtime win at Oregon State on Sunday (20:29), as well as the Sun Devils’ success on and off the court (33:00).
Ashley and Mary also discuss Stanford head coach Tara Vanderveer’s 900th win as the Cardinal’s head coach (37:34) and Mary explains why she is looking forward to watching USC guard Aliyah Mazyck this weekend (44:08).

Inside Pac-12 Women's Basketball Introduction Jan 17, 2019

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Pac-12 Networks’ Ashley Adamson introduces the Inside Pac-12 Women's Basketball Podcast and preview what to expect on the show this season.

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