PODCAST: Michelle Smith gets us ready for the Pac-12 Tournament

LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 04: The Pac-12 logo on the court during a college basketball game between the Washington Huskies and the USC Trojans on March 4, 2017, at the Galen Center in Los Angeles, CA. (Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 04: The Pac-12 logo on the court during a college basketball game between the Washington Huskies and the USC Trojans on March 4, 2017, at the Galen Center in Los Angeles, CA. (Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Host Howard Megdal is joined by basketball writer Michelle Smith, who covers the Pac-12 for the conference, writes about women’s basketball for ESPNW and WNBA.com, sees all and knows all.

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The two discuss the weekend ahead in Seattle, where Final Four contenders like Oregon and UCLA vie for better NCAA seeds, and a dark horse, USC, looks to put a bow on an unexpectedly strong season.

Exactly what UCLA’s ceiling might be, given the talents of Jordin Canada and Monique Billings, whether UCLA or Oregon is better-positioned for a deep NCAA run, exactly how Tara VanDerveer keeps on winning every year, and just what makes Scott Rueck’s Oregon State team so dangerous all come up.

But the two also discuss the rest of the conference. Just how does Washington take down California? Jody Wynn’s three-heavy offense comes up. Can Utah and Washington State overcome adversity and make some noise? And why is USC so good this early in their rebuild?

Get ready for the exciting weekend ahead in Seattle. And, as always: if you like what you hear, don’t forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast. We’re always talking women’s basketball here, and the more reviews we get, the more people around the world get access to the kind of women’s basketball coverage we all want.

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