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Louisville Star Hailey Van Lith’s Postgame Interview Goes Viral

Louisville Star Hailey Van Lith’s Postgame Interview Goes Viral

The Louisville women’s basketball team earned a place in the Final Four this week with an impressive 62-50 victory over three-seed Michigan.

A big reason for the team’s success was Hailey Van Lith, who recorded 22 points, three rebounds and one assist in the winning effort.

Afterward, Van Lith did a postgame interview where she touched on a very emotional topic: what her friend Kobe Bryant would say to her regarding the next two games.

Van Lith didn’t hesitate.

“He would say go f***ing win this sh*t Hailey,” she said.

Reactions poured in immediately.

Van Lith’s skillset is beyond reproach at this point. She is a huge star both on and off the court. With nearly 700,000 followers on Instagram, whatever she posts on the platform routinely goes viral:

 

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This has been an up and down year for March Madness.

For all the good and fun times, there have also been head-scratching incidents like Arizona’s weird groping controversy, an ESPN cameraman refusing to stop zooming in on a cheerleader’s butt and an ugly incident between a player and cheerleader.

In that vein, Van Lith’s remarkable story is a breath of fresh air.

Will she be able to lead Louisville all the way to a championship this year?

Time will tell.

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Carlos Garcia

A longtime sports reporter, Carlos Garcia has written about some of the biggest and most notable athletic events of the last 5 years. He has been credentialed to cover MLS, NBA and MLB games all over the United States. His work has been published on Fox Sports, Bleacher Report, AOL and the Washington Post.
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