As if the already entertaining slate of games at the 2023 NCAA women's Final Four needed any additional charm, Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi provided quite the viewing experience Friday of the two semifinal games.
The two WNBA legends welcomed a bevy of stars to "The Bird and Taurasi Show" during the No. 3 LSU Tigers 79-72 win over the No. 1 Virginia Tech Hokies and the No. 2 Iowa Hawkeyes 77-73 upset of the No. 1 South Carolina Gamecocks.
First up was former NBA player and current North Carolina A&T golfer JR Smith. They touched on topics ranging from his college curriculum and even threw it back to his days at the McDonald's All American Game. Smith broke down how Carmelo Anthony and his high school coach, who happens to be current UConn Huskies men's basketball head coach Dan Hurley, influenced his decision to go to the NBA.
Then, rapper and LSU fan Lil Wayne hopped on and said that a collaboration with Flau'jae Johnson could be coming sooner rather than later.
They also welcomed Seimone Augustus and Sheryl Swoopes to discuss the new realities of college basketball.
The first game was rounded out with Louisville Cardinals star Hailey Van Lith opening up about her "Viking Princess" nickname.
Current UConn Huskies stars Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd stopped by to open up the second game of the night and voiced their approach to slow down Caitlin Clark.
Later, Lisa Leslie talked about the future of college basketball with Juju Watkins' decision to play for the USC Trojans.
Doris Burke was the final guest of the night. She and Taurasi broke down Clark's historic 41-point performance in real time.
