Ahead of LSU vs. Iowa, Kim Mulkey addresses concerns regarding the NCAA Tournament

It will be one of the most watched basketball games of the year when they play Monday night.

In the highly anticipated NCAA Tournament Elite Eight contest on Monday night, LSU women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey and the Tigers take on top-seeded Iowa and Caitlin Clark in a rematch of the national championship game from the previous season. Like Lisa Blunder, the coach of the Hawkeyes, she finds it puzzling that LSU and Iowa play one game short of the Final Four when the viewership in a different venue would be higher.

Over the weekend, Mulkey stated, via Geaux247, “This is not to take away from any other team remaining, but I understand her point.” “We discuss expanding the game. Wasn’t the national championship game the most watched women’s basketball game ever? This one should go to the Final Four, as you undoubtedly predict it will as well.”

A team from each of these teams will miss the biggest weekend in women’s basketball history because the Tigers, who received a No. 3 seed this time around and were assigned to the same area as the Hawkeyes by the selection committee, will not be playing in the game.

Mulkey claims that this year’s Iowa team is more skilled than the one that defeated LSU 102-85 in the previous season.

Mulkey stated, “The personnel makes the difference.” “Those who were supporting players the previous year are now major players, which is what all coaches want to see—that you honor the process and seize the opportunity when it presents itself. They will continue to make a lot of three-pointers. Yet Caitlin Clark belongs to a different generation. She doesn’t just focus on threes. She is adept at passing the ball. You can get off the dribble with her.

“She will undoubtedly be our main focus, but not our only one. Caitlin will act in her usual manner. You will not put an end to her. All you can hope for is if you can keep her under control for a little while while still doing your job on the other four players.”

Angel Reese of LSU teased Clark and the Hawkeyes late in the previous season’s matchup with a “You Can’t See Me” gesture, which infuriated the national media and sparked questions about the play right away in the postgame repercussions. After scoring 15 points against the Hawkeyes, Reese was voted the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four. Regarding her gesture toward Clark, Reese had the following to say.

Reese claimed, “I was criticized for who I was all year.” “The story doesn’t fit me. I don’t belong in the category that you all think I should. I’m too macho. I live in a ghetto too. All year long, you guys told me that. When others engage in such behavior and you remain silent. This is therefore for the girls who resemble me. For people who wish to express their beliefs through speech. It’s you, pure and simple. And prior to tonight, I (did) that. Tonight, it was bigger than I was. And each time, Twitter will lose its mind.”