Kobe Bryant fires up UConn, Stanford with pep talk

It is always great to get a pep talk to really get ready for a big game. While it is excellent for a program to bring in former players who have played at this level, it is another level, to have arguably the best player in the the past decade direct a speech at you.

For UConn and Stanford, that is exactly what happened when Kobe Bryant sent the respective teams a pep talk on the eve of their semifinal matchup.

The Player’s Tribune released both videos via Twitter: