She's complaining about social media and the comments -
Without social media she's a basketball player with no NIL deals outside of the city of Louisiana. You can't bite the hand that feeds you after a loss. She talks a big game and that is why people have come after her. A fine line between cocky and confident and she embraced the role because it got her more followers. She'll be in for a rude awakening at the next level, assuming fans stick with her wherever she is drafted. I don't have an issue with her at all, but find this quote to be a bit ill in regards to timing and content.

Hailey, can you play some defense Caitlin Clark has 40 points

Hailey: pic.twitter.com/FP9B06EeIG

— LakeShowYo (@LakeShowYo) April 2, 2024

Jemele Hill watching Paige vs. Caitlin in the Final 4

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And MASSIVE props to Geno.

The man is a BEAST!

22 Final Fours in the last 29 Tournaments (And 15 out of the last 16 years).

That's just insanely ridiculous.

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Geno is the best in the game. He has a very short bench. What, like 5 players out?
All the tools Gottlieb has…talent with size. Geno flat out coached her. So did Nicki.

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Geno is the best women's coach to ever do it by miles.

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BUatbirth said:

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LTBear19 said:

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And MASSIVE props to Geno.

The man is a BEAST!

22 Final Fours in the last 29 Tournaments (And 15 out of the last 16 years).

That's just insanely ridiculous.

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Geno is the best in the game. He has a very short bench. What, like 5 players out?
All the tools Gottlieb has…talent with size. Geno flat out coached her. So did Nicki.

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Geno is the best women's coach to ever do it by miles.

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Pat Summit just jumped out of the grave and slapped you!

My thinking on LSU is a group of very talented INDIVIDUALS that didn't gel into a very talented TEAM…am I wrong?
Kinda a do less with more group

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So Kim sporting a green pant suit?

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Doesn't Kim do this to say look where I am now (i.e. and where you aren't)? The problem is when she did this in 2005, Baylor was in the final game and La Tech was nowhere. In 2024, we lost just 1 round before she did.

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Eball said:

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So Kim sporting a green pant suit?

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Doesn't Kim do this to say look where I am now (i.e. and where you aren't)? The problem is when she did this in 2005, Baylor was in the final game and La Tech was nowhere. In 2024, we lost just 1 round before she did.

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LaTech made the tournament in 2005 as an 11 seed but lost in the first round to Temple.

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So Kim sporting a green pant suit?

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Doesn't Kim do this to say look where I am now (i.e. and where you aren't)? The problem is when she did this in 2005, Baylor was in the final game and La Tech was nowhere. In 2024, we lost just 1 round before she did.

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She appears to do it because she can't move on. She was in your face to La TECH, and for whatever reason chose Baylor yesterday. Maybe she cares about what she left behind more than they do about her.

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Jorkel said:

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BUatbirth said:

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LTBear19 said:

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And MASSIVE props to Geno.

The man is a BEAST!

22 Final Fours in the last 29 Tournaments (And 15 out of the last 16 years).

That's just insanely ridiculous.

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Geno is the best in the game. He has a very short bench. What, like 5 players out?
All the tools Gottlieb has…talent with size. Geno flat out coached her. So did Nicki.

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Geno is the best women's coach to ever do it by miles.

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Pat Summit just jumped out of the grave and slapped you!

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Pat Summit did it with very little competition and little to no parity. Geno has done it from the little parity to when there is more parity. He also arguably had less resources than Pat. She was a legendary coach as was Conradt but very different times for Geno.

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OsoCoreyell said:

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Jorkel said:

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BUatbirth said:

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LTBear19 said:

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And MASSIVE props to Geno.

The man is a BEAST!

22 Final Fours in the last 29 Tournaments (And 15 out of the last 16 years).

That's just insanely ridiculous.

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Geno is the best in the game. He has a very short bench. What, like 5 players out?
All the tools Gottlieb has…talent with size. Geno flat out coached her. So did Nicki.

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Geno is the best women's coach to ever do it by miles.

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Pat Summit just jumped out of the grave and slapped you!

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Pat Summit did it with very little competition and little to no parity. Geno has done it from the little parity to when there is more parity. He also arguably had less resources than Pat. She was a legendary coach as was Conradt but very different times for Geno.

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Tennessee had phenomenal resources, that's true. OTOH, Geno benefited dramatically from the "Team ESPN" angle that connected to the UConn women. I'm not sure UConn gets anywhere near the same level of recruit if it isn't clear and obvious that the best way to be on tv was to go to UConn.

Though I'd still probably agree that Geno is the best women's coach by a good bit.

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OsoCoreyell said:

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Jorkel said:

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BUatbirth said:

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LTBear19 said:

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And MASSIVE props to Geno.

The man is a BEAST!

22 Final Fours in the last 29 Tournaments (And 15 out of the last 16 years).

That's just insanely ridiculous.

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Geno is the best in the game. He has a very short bench. What, like 5 players out?
All the tools Gottlieb has…talent with size. Geno flat out coached her. So did Nicki.

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Geno is the best women's coach to ever do it by miles.

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Pat Summit just jumped out of the grave and slapped you!

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Pat Summit did it with very little competition and little to no parity. Geno has done it from the little parity to when there is more parity. He also arguably had less resources than Pat. She was a legendary coach as was Conradt but very different times for Geno.

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And because of how parity has changed things, I think that once Geno, Tara, Staley, and Mulkey retire or are otherwise no longer coaching you will never have another coach with the string of titles these have had, and there will be few, if any coaches that are considered legends if they are not already. It is just too hard, especially when you have games decided by single digits. A lot of those earlier UConn NCs had blowouts in the FF. Now they struggle to just win.

Looks like the rise in popularity of sports betting has contributed to some of the verbal attacks these players hear

"Kill yourself for taking that 3 you f-ing worthless loser. Slit your f-ing throat you f-ing f– that was completely uncalled for. I hope you f-ing kill yourself." For late-game subs, their joy is someone else's misery and they're hearing about it.https://t.co/bGeORcksjf

— Dana O'Neil (@DanaONeilWriter) April 2, 2024

"We saw a white girl [Caitlin Clark] in Iowa do it to a bunch of black girls. That gained my respect... She did it to some girls from LSU who we thought was some dawgs — defending champs — and put 'em on their knee & spanked them."

- Paul Piercepic.twitter.com/Gj9VL2NgNj

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) April 2, 2024

Jorkel said:

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BUatbirth said:

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LTBear19 said:

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And MASSIVE props to Geno.

The man is a BEAST!

22 Final Fours in the last 29 Tournaments (And 15 out of the last 16 years).

That's just insanely ridiculous.

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Geno is the best in the game. He has a very short bench. What, like 5 players out?
All the tools Gottlieb has…talent with size. Geno flat out coached her. So did Nicki.

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Geno is the best women's coach to ever do it by miles.

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Certainly the most accomplished. Is it 11 national championships?

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br53 said:

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OsoCoreyell said:

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Jorkel said:

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BUatbirth said:

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LTBear19 said:

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And MASSIVE props to Geno.

The man is a BEAST!

22 Final Fours in the last 29 Tournaments (And 15 out of the last 16 years).

That's just insanely ridiculous.

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Geno is the best in the game. He has a very short bench. What, like 5 players out?
All the tools Gottlieb has…talent with size. Geno flat out coached her. So did Nicki.

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Geno is the best women's coach to ever do it by miles.

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Pat Summit just jumped out of the grave and slapped you!

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Pat Summit did it with very little competition and little to no parity. Geno has done it from the little parity to when there is more parity. He also arguably had less resources than Pat. She was a legendary coach as was Conradt but very different times for Geno.

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And because of how parity has changed things, I think that once Geno, Tara, Staley, and Mulkey retire or are otherwise no longer coaching you will never have another coach with the string of titles these have had, and there will be few, if any coaches that are considered legends if they are not already. It is just too hard, especially when you have games decided by single digits. A lot of those earlier UConn NCs had blowouts in the FF. Now they struggle to just win.

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The term legend might be redefined in 50 years to allow others into the club but probably not with the same level of achievement.

Most of us would never describe it that way publicly and if we did we'd be accused of all kinds of things!

But he was essentially correct.

Kim Mulkey said her team didn't intentionally leave the floor prior to the playing of the United States National Anthem.

"Honestly, I don't even know when the anthem was played. We kind of have a routine [for leaving the court at a certain time]." pic.twitter.com/JclJExC1Ym

— Dan Zaksheske (@RealDanZak) April 2, 2024

LSU statement from Cody Worsham, Associate AD

"Our basketball programs have not been on the court for the anthem for the last several seasons. Usually the anthem is played 12 minutes before the game when the team is in the locker room doing final preparations."

— Sean FazendeFOX8 (@SeanFazendeFOX8) April 2, 2024

12.3 M viewers. I support meritocracy 100%. Congrats to WBB for this milestone, it was absolutely earned

BREAKING: The Iowa-LSU game averaged 12.3 million viewers on ESPN, making it the most-watched women's college basketball game ever.

What a MASSIVE, MASSIVE number. pic.twitter.com/cyMMSoXtVW

— Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano) April 2, 2024

Iowa/LSU sets ratings RECORD and crushes the NBA.

People love basketball. They just don’t love the NBA.

Huge shout to Caitlin Clark for elevating women’s basketball.

My thoughts: pic.twitter.com/LVQ4ODrfQr

— David Hookstead (@dhookstead) April 2, 2024

I know we are supposed to criticize Kim, but are the teams on the floor when the national anthem is played at Foster? I don't recall that they are, but my memory is admittedly imperfect at times.

Although I will admit it is unusual to have one team in the locker room and the other team on the floor

From an event management, I would like to think this is scheduled and both teams know when it's set up to take place. Not saying that that is how it was done, but that is what should be expected. Mulkey has long been a supporter of the country and the respect it has earned. I don't see this as being intentional.

Then she's surrounded by a bunch of unorganized handlers.

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Then she's surrounded by a bunch of unorganized handlers.

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Now this I would 100% believe. She doesn't have an agent or a PR rep. She likes to be in full control. And not sure if anyone wants to tell her anything these days with the issues surrounding her and her response to everything.

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I know we are supposed to criticize Kim, but are the teams on the floor when the national anthem is played at Foster? I don't recall that they are, but my memory is admittedly imperfect at times.

Although I will admit it is unusual to have one team in the locker room and the other team on the floor

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They aren't. Most schools (BU included) changed the pregame protocol in 2021 as a compromise to avoid the post-Floyd protests. National anthem was no longer played right before team introductions with the teams on the bench and was moved to 10-12 minutes before tipoff when the teams were back in the locker room to avoid giving either team the opportunity to willingly or unwillingly be part of an embarrassing situation.

The bigger story is not that LSU was in the locker room, but that Iowa wasn't.

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From an event management, I would like to think this is scheduled and both teams know when it's set up to take place. Not saying that that is how it was done, but that is what should be expected. Mulkey has long been a supporter of the country and the respect it has earned. I don't see this as being intentional.

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She knows if she and her team are out there for the national anthem.

I'm inclined to believe her when she says it wasn't intentional. Think about it. The people who have a political/ideogical reason for taking a knee or staying inside while the anthem is played - have you ever seen them be coy about the reason? No, they look for the nearest bullhorn to tell you that they didn't want to take part in the anthem, whether you were asking or not.

NEW: Angel Reese reveals that she will be on the cover of VOGUE as part of her WNBA draft announcement. pic.twitter.com/SL2RFkTER3

— Women’s Hoops Network (@WomensHoops_USA) April 3, 2024