TCU's Strategic Game Plan Troubles Top Women's Teams in 2025

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00:00But I'm taking the 7.5. Listen, I know you are against it. Now it's out of 6.5.

00:05This is the matchup I think TCU wanted. They can contain Harmon and Madison Booker.

00:09TCU's got three players besides Van Lichten who's fantastic with 26 points.

00:14They obviously have Sedona Prince, 6'7", Monster inside, and one of the best shooters in the

00:19country, Madison Conner. Know that name. 60 out of 71 points, and they're winning their last game

00:25against Notre Dame. Would they beat twice? Give me the points with the Hone Frogs

00:30and then AZ Fudd to go over her points prop tonight. Listen,

00:36Elmer Fudd, AZ Fudd, I don't give a Fudd. But she is going to go off tonight. Listen,

00:44Pacemakers had 40 points last game. They can't let her go off. It's got to be somebody else.

00:50That someone else, AZ Fudd. I think her prop is 13.5 tonight.

00:55What is the deal with all these schools? How is that possible that that many teams can go 34-3?

01:02Well, Pharrell, it's why I explain to people the reason why you never have, and we didn't have it

01:07this much this year, right? Why you never have close games. And women's basketball is two things.

01:12One, women's basketball gets 15 scholarships. The men get 12. So that's the first thing. So

01:17there's more kids going to the Power 5 schools, right? The other thing is you don't have to deal

01:22with the athleticism, right? Protecting the rim. So if you have a team with a bunch of athletes,

01:27Pharrell, you can compete with teams that are better than you because of your athleticism.

01:32With the women's game, you don't have to defend the rim. That's why you see those top teams year

01:36in, year out continue to do well. But TCU is a good story, Pharrell. They were last in the Big

01:4112 two years ago. Hired Mark Campbell, who was the associate head coach at Oregon. Brought Chybee

01:47Lopez with them. They were at Sacramento State for two years, and they were, they're like point

01:52guard you. If you know anything about it, they've had Van Liff. At Sacramento State, they're the

01:56player of the year. They had, obviously, Sabrina Inescu at Oregon. Those guys are point guard-based.

02:02That's why Van Liff is playing better because she's an assistant that fits her better than LSU.

02:07That's because she's not playing for that whack job coach at that crazy Wicked Wichita West

02:12down there in Baton Rouge. That crazy B down there. Anyway, she looks free at Fort Worth.

02:22Like, she's just balling. She never balled at all at LSU. She was miserable there.

02:28No, because they put, they stuck her in the corner. And that's not what Haley Van Liff is.

02:31Even if you look at Haley Van Liff, who played for Jeff Waltz at Louisville, another fantastic

02:36coach. They got her at pick and rolls. TCU runs what we call the Spain action, which is a popular

02:41thing being run in the NBA with a lot of ball screens. Swing high. What TCU does is they can

02:47go high ball screen with Sedona Prince. Diver at 6'7 to the block. You can pick a popper, too.

02:54And then you got Mazzie O'Connor in the corner that drains threes all over the place. It's a

02:58very well-run system. I think it's going to give Texas problems tonight.

03:03Is South Carolina not as good as they've been these last few years, even though they're 34-3?

03:09Yeah, you start taking away all those pros. And yeah, they're not as good as before.

03:15I do think Dawn's got an injury dilemma because she started

03:19Raven-Johnson-Papau in the backcourt. Malaysia Full-Wiley is their best guard.

03:24But she's like a sophomore, so they bring her off the bench. Pharrell, the best team in the

03:27country is UConn. And I've been telling people this for two months. It's UConn. Because Paige

03:33is Paige. Sarah Strong is the best freshman in the country. They've got depth. And the

03:39extension of A.C. Fudd coming off the ACL injury has been really key for them.