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Mar 11Liked by John Canzano

So happy for our team and our coach. All of the men’s sports that are hyper fueled by NIL have shown me that women’s sports has the “soul” of college sports that I love.

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Mar 11Liked by John Canzano

Great shots Serena. Always enjoy your pictures. I would of liked to see a few more crowd pictures. You always do such a good job of capturing the emotion in the stands.

And while I'm here....Women's hoops rock! Watched Iowa vs Nebraska, South Carolina vs LSU (wow!) and USC vs Stanford today. ALL the games were great and the women play with an intensity and joy that I rarely see in the men's game. I think I will miss the "other sports" much more than the football with the demise of the Pac12. It truly was the Conference of Champions as our friend Bill Walton so often proclaimed.

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Angst against the tide

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Now maybe Juju will realize this team isn’t all about her.

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Hey John, any chance you think the Pac-12 conference might ever think of changing the John R. Wooden award in ladies basketball to the Tara Van Derveer Award in honor one of Americas winningest basketball coaches.

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Well, the “so called” Coach of the PAC got beat with the “so called best talent “ their top player and yes, USC DID A # on them!!!

Will be interesting to see how the selection alignment will now be determined!!!

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Really good photos—thanks to Serena! This game proved 1) Stanford can be beaten; and 2) USC is very good even with the young, inexperienced Watkins having a bad freshman day. Her team had her and each others’ backs. She will learn from this and it will hopefully make her more selfless and even better on court.

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