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"LSU Isn't A Contender" - Women's Basketball

Posted on 4/13/23 at 4:39 pm
Posted by lsualum96
Los Angeles, CA
Member since Nov 2005
3118 posts
Posted on 4/13/23 at 4:39 pm
Kinda funny to look back at this article from two months ago. Of course the game against South Carolina was a disaster, but the assumption that LSU wasn't a contender, despite just that one loss, was WAY off.

LSU Not A Contender.
Posted by Jax Teller
Member since Aug 2018
4103 posts
Posted on 4/13/23 at 5:02 pm to
Not one of us thought we were a contender after that game.

Caitlyn Clark should get a ring
Posted by Frogman93
Member since Jul 2021
1569 posts
Posted on 4/13/23 at 5:15 pm to
quote:

Caitlyn Clark should get a ring

You shut your whore mouth
Posted by chimesstreet
Bucks County, PA
Member since Jan 2008
1432 posts
Posted on 4/13/23 at 5:28 pm to
Last sentence of article

quote:

You never know what can happen in March and if something special really happens, you’ll want to be one of the ones that were in on the ground floor.


So they didn't count LSU completely out.
Posted by Domeskeller
Astrodome
Member since Jun 2020
8495 posts
Posted on 4/13/23 at 5:36 pm to
If you watched the LSU-South Carolina game from start to finish, you could see that LSU started horribly, gained traction and got back into the game and then ran out of gas. Anyone who saw that full game probably worried LSU might not have enough to go all the way.

It’s a sign of great coaching that LSU fought through some close games after that and shook off the other loss to Tennessee in which the Tigers blew a 17-point lead. Thankfully, Mulkey and LSU didn’t accept they were a finished product after the South Carolina game.
This post was edited on 4/13/23 at 5:37 pm
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
33342 posts
Posted on 4/13/23 at 5:43 pm to
quote:

Kinda funny to look back at this article from two months ago. Of course the game against South Carolina was a disaster, but the assumption that LSU wasn't a contender, despite just that one loss, was WAY off


We all thought LSU was not going to be able to beat South Carolina this season. Kim Mulkey herself said no one was beating South Carolina so you can't fault anyone for believing her.
Posted by Jimbeaux28
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2007
4055 posts
Posted on 4/13/23 at 5:58 pm to
Still can’t believe we weren’t at least a 2-seed in the tournament.
Posted by luvdatigahs
Alameda, CA
Member since Sep 2008
3044 posts
Posted on 4/13/23 at 6:10 pm to
The way we shot in the title game, especially from three, I think we would have beaten South Carolina, or at worst been a really close game
Posted by lsualum96
Los Angeles, CA
Member since Nov 2005
3118 posts
Posted on 4/14/23 at 10:15 am to
quote:

We all thought LSU was not going to be able to beat South Carolina this season. Kim Mulkey herself said no one was beating South Carolina so you can't fault anyone for believing her.


Oh, absolutely. But, it's also a testament to not prognosticating a team's potential in February, off of one game.
Posted by Nu Iota Prophet
Texas
Member since Jul 2012
121 posts
Posted on 4/14/23 at 10:44 am to
I wonder if LSUWB would have planned the outside game (shooting from the perimeter) in lieu of the inside game with SC if that game would have turned out differently? Ofcourse they would have had to make those shots they made against IOWA.

Posted by 0x15E
Outer Space
Member since Sep 2020
13473 posts
Posted on 4/14/23 at 10:52 am to
A sports writer/personality gets a sports take wrong and still has a job.

Have they become the new meteorologists?
Posted by Hookin Bull
Leesville, LA.
Member since Nov 2007
242 posts
Posted on 4/14/23 at 10:55 am to
Didn’t South Carolina shoot like 75 percent the first half? They were just on.
Posted by Mickey Goldmill
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2010
24709 posts
Posted on 4/14/23 at 11:25 am to
That is kinda funny to look at now, but honestly he wasn't wrong in thinking that at the time. Hell, I have season tickets and watched nearly every game, and I still can't believe we won the natty this year. I loved this team, but I never thought we had enough to make it past a Sweet 16.

Mulkey really got them locked in once March Madness started though. We played outstanding defense throughout the tournament, played to our strengths on offense, and eventually our shooting came around.
Posted by lsualum96
Los Angeles, CA
Member since Nov 2005
3118 posts
Posted on 4/14/23 at 1:31 pm to
quote:

Didn’t South Carolina shoot like 75 percent the first half? They were just on.


They shot 80% in the first quarter.
Posted by paulb52
Member since Dec 2019
4818 posts
Posted on 4/14/23 at 1:34 pm to
As long as they didn’t have to play South Carolina again they had a shot. Stars aligned and it worked out.
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