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Adam Hirshfield
Apr 15, 2011

All-American Notre Dame womenโ€™s basketball player Skylar Diggins made headlines for helping lead the Fighting Irish to the NCAA Tournament final a few weeks back, especially by scoring 28 points in a semifinal upset of the No. 1 UConn Huskies.

But shortly thereafter, the point guard made headlines for something else. Namely, catching the eye of some very popular people.

After the Irishโ€™s Final Four win over UConn, rapper and renown sports fan Lil Wayne tweeted:

"I'm like, 'I didn't know we were married, but this is huge,'" Diggins told reporters the next day. "Him just watching the game and watching us play, I think that says a lot about how big women's basketball is becoming."

According to Yahoo:

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โ€œDiggins is the subject of a new rap song inspired by her NCAA tournament performance. She has her own blog on ESPN.com. And in addition to her shout-out from Lil Wayne, singer Chris Brown also saluted her on Monday, telling her "congrats beautiful."

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Now, the latest honor: Lil Wayne wore a replica Diggins jersey on stage Tuesday night during a concert at Indiana Universityโ€™s Assembly Hall.

Once again, Diggins was honored. Notified on Twitters of Lil Wayneโ€™s nod to her play, she responded: