Therikvip Washington State Cougars women's basketball has had a historic week, bringing home the program's first Pac-12 tournament championship as well as the first Pac-12 title for any women's sports team in school history.

The cherry on top to their incredible stretch? Newfound support from their season-long inspiration, Canadian singer Shania Twain.

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Twain's 1997 hit song, "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" has served as the Cougars' unofficial anthem all season, and following their championship run and ascent to national fame over the past weekend, their passion for the song has taken on a life of its own, even capturing the attention of Twain herself.

Cougars sports information director Chris Caskey told ESPN that the team's favorite activity to do off the court is karaoke, where Twain's pop masterpiece is fifth-year senior Ula Motuga's favorite selection. She even used it as her entrance music during the program's midnight madness event in the fall.

During the season, the team as a whole began to embrace the song, playing it in the locker room before games and as the go-to after a big win. It got to the point where Motuga would come into the pregame locker room and say "let's go, girls!" -- the famous opening lyrics of the song -- after which the group would sing the first verse and chorus to let off some steam before tip.

So when 7-seed Washington State upset 2-seed Utah (which at the time was projected as a 1-seed for the NCAA tournament) in the Pac-12 tournament quarterfinals, Caskey says he asked the arena DJ in Las Vegas' Michelob ULTRA Arena to play Twain's song, and though he initially wasn't sure whether he had the track, he came through.

Amid their raucous celebration, the players belted and danced to the song on the Pac-12 Network broadcast, a clip of which later gained traction on social media and the attention of Twain herself.

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