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On the Rise: Juju Watkins - Season 2 Episode 1 -
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00:00Maryland Center's Grand Finale with the final spot in the Sweet 16 on the line.
00:07The question is, can you stop Juju Watkins?
00:15Different intensity level for USC on both ends of the floor.
00:21So top of the key, down the left side of the lane, goes up on Erie again,
00:25ripped by Kiki, ahead to Watkins for USC, down the right side of the lane,
00:30and she grabs her knee as she goes down.
00:35Watkins is holding the underside of her knee in a lot of pain.
00:41Stunned silence inside Galen Center.
00:49I will tell you, I've covered a lot of knee injuries in my time.
00:52The angle of the replay does not look good.
00:54It would be a surprise if this isn't a significant knee injury.
01:00I think it was definitely, like, denial.
01:09Like, there's absolutely no way this is happening to me right now.
01:13Went through the whole process, got an MRI, drove back to Galen,
01:17got the news, and then, yeah, told the team, and that was it, yeah.
01:32Juju Watkins, unfortunately, a torn ACL ended her season.
01:43We wish her a healthy and speedy recovery.
01:45Do you think this is the last time we'll see Juju Watkins on a college basketball court?
01:50No.
01:51We expect our stars to be invincible.
01:53Nothing's supposed to happen to them.
01:55Watching Juju Watkins in pain like that, it was gut-wrenching.
01:59I'm totally heartbroken for her.
02:01There we go.
02:02Now we got some range.
02:03So let's go for ten.
02:05Three.
02:07Juju's loved by all of us.
02:09She's a phenomenal player.
02:10I think she is sensational.
02:12I'm just wishing her, my prayers are for her.
02:15Hopefully that she'll make a full recovery.
02:18I'm gonna lift her here.
02:19Is that helpful?
02:20It's not really moving fast, in my opinion.
02:29This is week three.
02:31I've been underground.
02:33Like, I'm not integrating back into society until I figure this out.
02:38Last measurement of the day.
02:40Go ahead.
02:42Here we go.
02:51Is that your max?
02:54It's just the thought of, like, damn, this isn't really what I'm doing right now.
02:58But I'm just trying to get back to my old self at this point.
03:05That's the goal.
03:06What's up with this Juju effect?
03:19She has a chance to be the greatest women's player ever.
03:23This sister is something special.
03:25Juju has the impact.
03:26Juju walked in as good as advertised.
03:32Is Juju overpaid?
03:35Yeah, Juju!
03:37Every 20 to 25 years, you come across an athlete that's just different than everyone.
03:42Juju is that athlete.
03:43Feeling the tracks like the that I'm on.
03:45I'm Michael Vincent's skeleton bone.
03:47You know what, it's like me getting cold.
03:49The mural, that had to be, like, one of the top moments for me.
03:53The fact that I'm driving past that, like, a lot is crazy.
03:57I saw it, like, every day.
03:58Rock out soon as I get on the stage.
04:00Open it up, we got the raise.
04:01Yo, yo, yo!
04:03Now I know.
04:04She is one of the premier names globally.
04:08She's changing the landscape for female athletes.
04:12We all go, we all go, we all go, we all go, we all go, we all go, we all go, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
04:16The Super Bowl commercial was insane.
04:20A partnership with Nike, Gatorade.
04:23You need a good Juju?
04:24Juju Watkins?
04:26State Farm.
04:27She's bringing fans from all over the world to see her play and play at a very high level.
04:32This is just the start of who she is and what she means to women's basketball.
04:52Paris, hello.
04:53LA, we miss you, but it's pretty cool.
04:55Good morning, people.
04:56We are in Paris, and it is going to be a day.
04:59Bye, Dom.
05:00To kick off the season in Paris is really cool for the sport.
05:09Hey, guys.
05:10So we just got done with our beautiful boat dinner.
05:13And right now we are boating back to the Eiffel Tower.
05:17We're literally going by the Eiffel Tower right now.
05:19It's all lit up, it's glowing, it's super pretty.
05:25Women's basketball is becoming more of like a global thing.
05:28So to see I have supporters in France is something that I never really fathom.
05:37Today we just have like a youth clinic with a bunch of little girls from France.
05:45Cinq, cinq.
05:46Okay.
05:47The first one is at five.
05:48The first one.
05:49The first one is at five.
05:51No, no, no.
05:52The team has ten.
05:54The team has ten.
05:54No, six, six, six.
05:55The team has ten.
05:57Five, ten.
05:59Yeah, ten.
06:00One, two, three.
06:03Take a step back.
06:06No, no, no.
06:09No!
06:11The, the, USC or three.
06:14One, two, three.
06:15USC!
06:18That was so good.
06:19Guys, my French, my French has just increased by 30.
06:23I had so much fun.
06:24Everybody, you know, it was kind of hard to, you know, communicate.
06:28But it was fun.
06:29I think I had a good time.
06:30You know, me, I speak French, so it was a little easier for me.
06:36Coming into the season, the highest ranked team in this conference is USC.
06:45Thanks to who?
06:47Juju Watkins.
06:48This is a team coming into the Big Ten who I'm expecting to make a really deep run, be a Final Four team.
06:54They've added some really nice pieces.
06:56Good.
07:00Good.
07:01Look at this beautiful arena, right?
07:03Play basketball all over the world.
07:04This is where Paris Basket plays.
07:06We get to open up the college season here, but make it feel like home today.
07:09Ready, go!
07:11Ready, go!
07:11Ready, go!
07:11Ready, go!
07:12Ready, go!
07:12Ready, go!
07:13You, obviously, having Juju returning was going to put us in a different echelon of ability and also expectation.
07:20But you got to go make sure you have the players and the pieces that can help you achieve what you want to achieve.
07:26So we added Kiki Iria-Fen to the group.
07:29She was coming from Stanford, so I knew that, you know, she was kind of under some pressure just in terms of, like, leaving her old team.
07:37It was just a matter of getting to know one another.
07:41Go one more time, one more time.
07:43It's one thing to have a lot of talent on paper.
07:45It's another thing to be a really, really high-functioning basketball team, and that's my challenge in trying to figure that out.
07:53Ole Miss, a very, you know, mature team.
07:56They played with each other for a couple years, so it's definitely, like, going to be a tough matchup.
08:02The work is in, y'all.
08:03The work is in.
08:04So let's enjoy.
08:07Let's mentally go through with our minds later tonight, get off our feet, and get ready for game day tomorrow.
08:11One, two, three.
08:12F.C.
08:13Four, five, six.
08:14F.C.
08:14F.C.
08:15F.C.
08:15F.C.
08:16F.C.
08:16F.C.
08:16F.C.
08:16F.C.
08:17F.C.
08:17F.C.
08:18F.C.
08:18F.C.
08:19F.C.
08:20We welcome you inside Adidas Arena in Paris, France, for a terrific matchup to tip off our college basketball
08:33season.
08:34Number three, USC, taking on number 20, Ole Miss.
08:38So much excitement for the star here today and for this season.
08:43Ole Miss is a formidable opponent.
08:46We knew going in they were going to pressure us.
08:47They're tough.
08:48They're intense.
08:49Way more better than us.
08:50Ole Miss wreaking defense is having Lock-ins, gives it up, Echo gets two, no call.
09:00It really boils down to experience and I think when you have a new team and don't really have
09:05that is just like, we're just trying to kind of find our feet and like, everybody's trying to figure out their roles.
09:13Here we have been playing Zidane, the Stamford transfer looking right at home with Juju Octaves.
09:19Run with your kids!
09:26That first half in particular, I thought we were very tough, we got some transition buckets, then the second half the pressure
09:31really heated up.
09:35Step back to Upen, and Ole Miss lead is two.
09:39Lock-ins stood up, twist away, gives it up.
09:44Von Oroffin on the drive.
09:45Von Oroffin unable to bank it in but gets the whistle.
09:50Not able to bank it in, but gets the whistle.
09:56Go slow.
09:57Go slow, go slow, go slow!
10:00Let's stop!
10:01And then we have to rebound!
10:04Your game that started out clunky.
10:06You got a good one here.
10:08We showed a lot of toughness and a lot of grit
10:11to not fold, to fight back.
10:14I wasn't nervous, I wasn't worried.
10:16I was like, okay, let's see what we're making.
10:20U.S. will shoot three throws here.
10:24Kiki Miriafin, the transfer from Stanford,
10:29has given U.S. the lead back.
10:33Hey, listen, we just gotta get a stop.
10:35We just gotta get a stop.
10:36Regular principles, because we don't want them to get a check.
10:39Out, out, please.
10:40Teams is out.
10:41Hey.
10:42No fouls.
10:43Clean defense.
10:44No and ones.
10:45Clean defense.
10:46No threes, no fouls.
10:48But we gotta get a stop, so.
10:50Inbound.
10:51Inbound.
10:52In the sky.
10:55Here's Maddie Scott.
10:57Maddie Scott, three seconds left.
10:59John Williams leading as it's stripped away.
11:02That will do it.
11:03UFC is on with Paris.
11:07I thought it was a really big win and a big moment and a really good gut check for us in the first game against a tough team, but also provided just some really good intel of, hey, here's where we are and here's where we're capable of going.
11:22And I was really excited about that.
11:24How about better going home from Paris with a win than anything else?
11:29We should be uber grateful for the experience, right?
11:32And be really excited to say, how does this make us better for anything that we might fix?
11:38Not a great display of, you know, what we're capable of on both sides of the ball, defense and offense, but, you know, a win is a win.
11:48Now we can go back home and watch all that film and learn.
11:53I think this is just beginning of something great.
12:08Here's what is mandated.
12:09Two sets.
12:10Two sets.
12:11If you want to go above and beyond two sets, feel free to do so.
12:14But our two sets for our floor press need to be work sets, not warm-up sets.
12:20We got time.
12:21We'll go two rounds, ten of everything.
12:24Questions, comments, concerns?
12:25Yes.
12:26All right.
12:27I'm just AGA here.
12:28Tell me who's getting us.
12:29TBO, let's go.
12:30Where come three?
12:31One, two, three.
12:32Hey!
12:33Two shots right now.
12:34Quick.
12:35Coming to kill.
12:36That's the fourth one.
12:37Here, here.
12:38And I'm leaving the ground on my own wish-up.
12:40I was hyped for weeks before Notre Dame.
12:43The expectation was that it was going to be kind of a heavyweight battle between two great teams.
12:47For us, it's about being mentally sound and mentally tough.
12:53To know that when the lights are the brightest, that we're prepared to be the best that we can be.
12:59Who you got your money on?
13:00Call me to kill.
13:01But you gotta put down a mill just to make a bill.
13:04Cause I'm never the end of the day.
13:05Hey!
13:06Go!
13:07You know, when it comes down to the wire, it's like, who's ready?
13:10Who's the most prepared?
13:12She's there.
13:13Nope.
13:14Okay.
13:15Keep ducking in.
13:16Yep.
13:17Just tell her.
13:18Give it to her.
13:19Give it to her.
13:20She's there.
13:21She's there.
13:22Give it to her.
13:23Go again.
13:24Go again.
13:25With Notre Dame, I mean, they're just such a greedy team.
13:28I'm just excited to play another top team.
13:30I mean, this is our first, like, top ten match-up.
13:37Go ahead.
13:38Go a little forward, guys.
13:39Walk a little forward.
13:41I'm really excited to see Juju laughing.
13:43I like her hairstyle.
13:44What you got up there?
13:45Look at your jacket.
13:46Oh, my God!
13:47Juju!
13:48How about the Juju, Joelle?
13:49Ooh!
13:50Yeah!
13:51How about the Juju, Joelle?
13:52Ooh!
13:53Yeah!
13:54How about the Juju, Joelle?
13:55Ooh!
13:56Yeah!
13:57I don't know that it was planned to just do the Juju buns for the game days.
14:09I think it organically just happened.
14:12It kind of evolved into, like, our bonding moments.
14:15Does it feel stable?
14:21The identity just kind of attached itself to her.
14:25I just came out here to support him to get the bun because the bun looks good.
14:30We put him in ponytails, but a lot of people say that they look like Juju's bun.
14:35You got little girls wearing a bun to be like Juju.
14:39It's like, I want to be like Mike.
14:42We all grew up wanting to be like Mike.
14:44She's having that type of effect on the game.
14:47You have to be so special to have that type of effect.
14:50To see these young girls out here, you know, inspired by her, it just melts my heart.
15:01I had, like, just random people coming up to me like, oh, your mom didn't do your hair yet.
15:05So, yeah, it's a little embarrassing, but I guess it's cute.
15:09I saw Simone Biles on the desert here too, so that made me feel a little better about it.
15:15Love you.
15:16Have a good game.
15:18Notre Dame is an elite, great team.
15:30Without question, I thought a Final Four contender.
15:33Hidalgo, another steal.
15:35And coast to coast.
15:37Hannah Hidalgo is one of the front runners for Player of the Year.
15:41And her now with a healthier Olivia Miles has been a dangerous backcourt.
15:50But the parity in women's basketball over time has gotten more prominent.
15:56There is no clear front runner for number one team.
16:01I think that we're ready.
16:03And we know it's a big challenge, but I don't think you know what to expect until you're in it.
16:08We welcome you in to Big Ten Basketball for what should be a competitive and exciting early season Top Ten matchup.
16:24This is the place to be on a Saturday afternoon.
16:28Snoop Dogg, Michael B. Jordan, Candice Parker, and also Cheryl Miller.
16:34I see you.
16:36Created the foundation for what we're seeing right here.
16:39A sold out crowd.
16:41Notre Dame is a great team.
16:43And they're coming to USC.
16:45A lot of hype behind it.
16:47Well, one thing about LA, if you're all down in the city, they gonna rock with you.
16:51You know what I'm saying?
16:52They gonna rock with you.
16:53What's up, June?
16:54I thought my free game switch was good, but this makes it a little better, right?
16:58Of course, of course.
16:59What's up?
17:00I'm proud of y'all.
17:01You know what I'm saying?
17:02I don't know y'all.
17:03Y'all don't mean it, but I've been watching y'all for a minute.
17:05And I'm hyped to see this game.
17:06What we got on three?
17:07Win on three?
17:08One, two, three.
17:09Win!
17:10Did you know?
17:11Oh, my God.
17:12I know.
17:13I was so excited.
17:14Both of these teams are coming to this one undefeated on the season.
17:19Let's go.
17:20Yes, we're going to the season.
17:21Let's go.
17:22Yes, we're going to the season.
17:23Let's go.
17:24Yes, we're going to the season.
17:25Yes, we're going to the season.
17:26Yes, we're going to the season.
17:27The time is over work.
17:28On the work.
17:29Here comes the average.
17:31Miles gets it to the lane.
17:33Watson's just gonna strike a couple of them.
17:35And Donald puts it up for two.
17:37They threw the first punch and the second punch.
17:40And we got our ass kicked out of the gate.
17:43It's such a blessing to be able to play at home and play in front of so many fans.
17:54I think my mindset was just to play my game.
17:58And not let their defense make me a little bit scrambled.
18:02Come on.
18:03Come on, Joe.
18:04Go!
18:05We knew it was coming, and yet we just sort of let them get out in transition.
18:15Juju in particular, they were all over.
18:18Hidalgo up against Watkins.
18:21She's been waiting for that matchup.
18:23Yes!
18:24Yes!
18:25Yes!
18:26Yes!
18:27Yes!
18:28Yes!
18:29Yes!
18:30Yes!
18:31Yes!
18:32Yes!
18:33Yes!
18:34Yes!
18:35The building, though.
18:36Which camera shoot, Bobby, a tennis award will be connected to the game.
18:38Oh the value.
18:39We're all around in the game, and put it up, on the stream.
18:41Anyway, we would have hit a moment.
18:42It's up by seven at the half.
18:43Somehow, miraculously, we're down seven, and it could have been three, but we didn't execute
18:45the game plan a number of times.
18:46Stop living in your own individual worlds.
18:49possibility, and cross the suicides.
18:55We left on
18:59Do you leave now?
19:00DoesWork anyone get aqueous menu?
19:01Welcome up, Scott I think we do Adam.
19:01What was that?
19:01What was that?
19:02Go for the time with Minnesota, Ashley Dar pengliath 81709?
19:03Right here'szar by 1893, Aubrey, right?
19:04I thought we showed some fight in that third quarter.
19:06I thought Juju asserted herself.
19:09Stripped away by Watkins.
19:11Watkins, stay...
19:13Juju Watkins in double figures now.
19:22But I think we looked like a team at that point.
19:26Who expected it to be easy?
19:30You actually got lucky there.
19:32That was another costly time over
19:34where Notre Dame just got the offense out of it.
19:36It's proving to be part of the difference in this game.
19:38Absolutely.
19:42They're kicking off.
19:43So we can look like they're kicking off and we've defeated
19:46or we can look like we're trying to fight and become something.
19:50It's different playing at home.
19:52There's so many people that you want to perform for.
19:56And, you know, when you don't get that right outcome at home,
20:04especially, it's like...
20:05It's heartbreaking.
20:10This game has to come to an end.
20:12Just a dominant performance.
20:13It was a really tough loss.
20:22I think we all took it very personally and, you know,
20:26kind of made a vow to ourselves that we were going to continue to push through the season
20:30and do whatever it took to become a team that was super connected and just locked in.
20:39This is an Elite Eight rematch.
20:42UConn got the upset of the one-seeded USC team.
20:45These teams have been waiting on this for the entirety of the season.
20:55We're going to have three lines.
20:56Trois.
20:57Yeah, you think it's a three lines.
20:58Trois.
20:58Oh, that's two.
20:59Trois lines.
21:00Oui?
21:03Bro, I'm not saying this right.
21:04No, just this.
21:05Just this.
21:06OK.
21:06OK.
21:06La première équipe a dix.
21:10Bon, c'est bon, c'est bon.
21:11What is that?
21:12Deux, deux, deux.
21:15One, two, three.
21:16U.S.T.
21:17Good job.
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