USC Trojans Coach Lindsay Gottlieb On Loaded Spokane NCAA Tournament Bracket

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00:00Is there a difference between going to Spokane versus going to Birmingham in terms of bringing

00:07fans along?

00:08Oh, sure.

00:09I mean, we knew we were going to be in Spokane, so I think once you knew who the Four Seeds

00:13were going to be, it was pretty clear, you know, South Carolina and Texas were going

00:16to be in Birmingham and UCLA and us were going to be in Spokane.

00:19It was just a matter of how they layered it, and look, there's so many good teams in the

00:24country, so it's not a matter of, you know, you have no idea how the bracket's going to

00:28shake out.

00:29But I didn't think, I wouldn't think we were going to be the number four overall, number

00:36one.

00:37Do you think this is a sign that maybe nationally you guys aren't as respected as you should

00:43be?

00:44No, I think nationally we really are.

00:45I think there's a couple people sitting in a committee room who make decisions, because

00:48I think if you asked people, I mean, everyone would look and say, are our brackets loaded?

00:53It is loaded.

00:54Quite so.

00:55Yeah, and there's a lot of good teams.

00:56But I don't think nationally, I don't think that's who we're talking about.