Mulkey was asked how she motivated the team before the game, but she said she doesn’t opt for pre-planned hype speeches. But they took it like troopers, and they won the game for us today.” “And I’ve got to give credit to our bench… I got on them in the semifinal game. “I’m still emotional, I don’t even have the words to give you any logical explanation for how we did it other than talent that came together and let me coach them,” she said. Mulkey offered praise specifically for the play of LSU’s bench, which contributed 14 points while having to see a lot of action due to foul trouble. “And I just looked across at those LSU fans and Flau’Jae (Johnson) and Angel (Reese) looking at me, and I’m just like ‘This game’s not over but I think we’re fixin’ to win it!'”Īll of the feels /BkcBcexN5B I was trying to squeeze my nose, anything I could do and it wouldn’t stop. “I was holding it in, holding it in, and then I couldn’t. “I think I lost it with about a minute and a half left,” she said. She becomes just the third coach after Geno Auriemma and Pat Summitt to win at least four national titles, and she’s the first coach to win titles at two different schools.Īfter a perfect culmination to a special tournament run, Mulkey joined the ESPN broadcast for an emotional interview. With LSU’s win over Iowa to capture the program’s first national championship, coach Kim Mulkey joined an exclusive club.
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