{"id":85170,"date":"2025-03-09T20:38:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T01:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/cbs-uses-unfortunate-fire-analogy-for-juju-watkins-city-of-los-angeles\/"},"modified":"2025-03-09T20:38:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T01:38:56","slug":"cbs-uses-unfortunate-fire-analogy-for-juju-watkins-city-of-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/cbs-uses-unfortunate-fire-analogy-for-juju-watkins-city-of-los-angeles\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS uses unfortunate \u2018fire\u2019 analogy for JuJu Watkins, city of Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"

USC\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> JuJu Watkins<\/a> has been one of the best players in women\u2019s basketball<\/a> over the past two seasons. That said, CBS Sports could have used a different way to describe her and her impact on the sport than what they did during the Big Ten Championship on Sunday.<\/p>\n

With Watkins at the free-throw line towards the end of the second quarter, Lisa Byington was discussing her and the affect she had on their game and in Los Angeles. The problem was the reference about the city being \u201clit\u2026on fire\u201d<\/a> could\u2019ve been a little too soon for those in LA.<\/p>\n

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“JuJu Watkins has caught the women’s basketball world by storm. Certainly lit the world of Los Angeles on fire.” <\/p>\n

(h\/t: @EclassLopez<\/a>) pic.twitter.com\/aVK7h78h81<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) March 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cJuJu Watkins has caught the women\u2019s basketball world by storm. Certainly lit the world of Los Angeles on fire,\u201d said Byington.<\/p>\n

The intention was in nothing but the right place for Byington. The use of her words, though, was unfortunate considering the wildfires there back in January that killed multiple people and destroyed the homes and property of several thousand more.<\/p>\n

To be fair, Watkins, just with better phrasing, has meant that much through two years with the Trojans. She has, in his collegiate career, averaged 25.9 points, 7.1 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 2.2 steals, and 1.8 blocks in doing it all for \u2018SC. With that, Watkins has already earned many conference and national honors, including some this last week as Big Ten Player of the Year and a unanimous selection as All-Big Ten First Team.<\/p>\n

Watkins has been everything and more so far as an underclassman at USC. It\u2019s just that any references to fire over the coming months of this year will be touchier for those out on the west coast.<\/p>\n

2025 Big Ten Women\u2019s Basketball Tournament: Updated matchups, results<\/h2>\n

The 2025\u00a0Big Ten Women\u2019s Basketball Tournament\u00a0is over after the conference\u2019s title game on Sunday. Below is the up to date bracket for the 2025 Big Ten Tournament:<\/p>\n

Round 1<\/h2>\n

Game 1: No. 12\u00a0Washington\u00a079, No. 13\u00a0Minnesota\u00a065<\/p>\n

Game 2: No. 10\u00a0Nebraska\u00a084, No. 15\u00a0Rutgers\u00a060<\/p>\n

Game 3: No. 11\u00a0Iowa\u00a081, No. 14\u00a0Wisconsin\u00a054<\/p>\n

Round 2<\/h2>\n

Game 4: No. 9\u00a0Indiana\u00a078 No. 8\u00a0Oregon\u00a062<\/p>\n

Game 5: No. 5\u00a0Michigan\u00a066, No. 12 Washington 58<\/p>\n

Game 6: No. 10 Nebraska 74, No. 7\u00a0Illinois\u00a070<\/p>\n

Game 7: No. 11 Iowa 74, No. 6\u00a0Michigan State\u00a061<\/p>\n

Big Ten Quarterfinals<\/h2>\n

Game 8: No. 1 USC 84, No. 9 Indiana 79<\/p>\n

Game 9: No. 5 Michigan 98 vs. No. 4 Maryland 71<\/p>\n

Game 10: No. 2\u00a0UCLA\u00a085, No. 10 Nebraska 74<\/p>\n

Game 11: No. 3\u00a0Ohio State\u00a060, No. 11 Iowa 59<\/p>\n

Big Ten Semifinals<\/h2>\n

Game 12: No. 1 USC 82, No. 5 Michigan 70<\/p>\n

Game 13: No. 2 UCLA 75, vs. No. 3 Ohio State 46<\/p>\n

Big Ten Tournament Finals<\/h2>\n

Game 14: UCLA 72, USC 67<\/p>\n

In the title game of the Big Ten Tournament, an in-city, west-coast matchup lived up to it between the bracket\u2019s top two seeds in USC and UCLA. The Trojans built up as much as a thirteen-point lead with a double-digit one going into halftime. The second half was all for the Bruins, though, as they outscored \u2018SC by 15, as the top seed scored just 22 points in the second half, to win it by five and claim their first-ever Big Ten Championship.<\/p>\n

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