JuJu Watkins Out for Season: Impact on USC's Tournament Chances

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00:00Juju Watkins suffers the ACL down for the season who knows what it means for next year

00:06We can always point back to a page Becker's has it before but the brightest star in the sport

00:11We're not gonna get the watch a championship run here now coach

00:14Yeah, if you think about it Donnie the way they set it up the NCAA women are really good at creating

00:21Storylines right with matchups you saw it in the second round when Haley van lift of TCU for going against Jeff Waltz

00:27Her former coach at Louisville you saw it last year when the regional finals had

00:33LSU and Iowa playing in Albany

00:36And then they were doing it again

00:39And it was supposed to be Juju Watkins versus Paige Becker's in the elite eight

00:45They lined it up perfectly

00:47And then we got an injury and this is devastating for a women's sport because I'll be honest with you

00:52You know I remember when when Juju came into college, and I was talking to a couple of guys

00:58I know that's on a McDonald's all-american committee

01:00And I said guys give me out of all of these women's basketball players

01:05Including Kaitlyn Clark who was going to be the best pro and they both said

01:12Juju

01:14over Kaitlyn Clark over Angel Reese over Paige Becker's over

01:19You know Lauren Betts or Cameron Brick this was the superstar

01:25She did absolutely everything and now Lindsey Gottlieb is in a predicament now because as you probably expect

01:32The lines have completely flipped and moved

01:35With Juju getting hurt because now the pathway and it probably shortens your odds

01:40I thought UConn was winning national championship before the tournament started guys

01:46I think it just solidifies the chance that they should at least get to the final four and if you look at that right there

01:51Their price is shaved. I think 70 or 80 cents

01:55I think there were plus 240 before the injury not a plus 170 so the markets are already reflected the move that

02:02Juju is out for the season and I'll be honest with you guys the way she got hurt

02:06This ain't just the rest of this year. I think Juju's out all of next year as well