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GeauxTime said:
Isn't that the case though for any team during March Madness? Part of the allure of post-season play is that anyone can win it on any given day. Parity in WBB has helped to grow it out more. No one saw Iowa and LSU being in the Championship game and that is what made it more compelling to watch. No one likes to watch a dynasty run through its competition. Where is the fun in that for others outside of the fanbase of that university? It's not like this LSU squad wasn't a talented team. They were more than deserving to win it all.

Criticism of Coach KM is fair, but it is always disappointing to see posts like, "They just got lucky," because it's just another way of saying they didn't deserve to win it when that isn't the case at all.
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I don't get how one can get spicy over a response at someone questioning why the sour grapes in what is meant to be a congratulatory thread for LSU winning the national title. That really ain't a good look, but moving on....

Oh, and congrats to the Hawkeyes on a great season. Peaking at the right time is what matters at the end of the day, and they peaked when they had to. Clark or "Ponytail Pete" as some have called her (homage to basketball great, Pete Maravich) is no doubt a generational talent.
 
GeauxTime said:
Isn't that the case though for any team during March Madness? Part of the allure of post-season play is that anyone can win it on any given day. Parity in WBB has helped to grow it out more. No one saw Iowa and LSU being in the Championship game and that is what made it more compelling to watch. No one likes to watch a dynasty run through its competition. Where is the fun in that for others outside of the fanbase of that university? It's not like this LSU squad wasn't a talented team. They were more than deserving to win it all.

Criticism of Coach KM is fair, but it is always disappointing to see posts like, "They just got lucky," because it's just another way of saying they didn't deserve to win it when that isn't the case at all.
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What's funny too is LSU had doubters all year (including myself) since no one really knew how good they were considering their schedule, and they handily beat everyone in the tournament to remove all doubt. They slaughtered 18th ranked Michigan at home, beat Pac-12 champ and 2 seed Utah, beat #1 seed Virginia Tech in the Final Four and handily beat Iowa who was the #2 ranked team entering the tournament. They didn't have a cupcake schedule in the tournament, their only "lucky" matchup was vs Miami, and they didn't have home court advantage outside of the first 2 rounds, plus they had to beat a slew of excellent teams to get the championship. Similar to the UCONN men, they weren't the best team from start to finish but they got hot at the right time and played great basketball to win the title.
 
Angel is really the only highly ranked player on this team, so this was not a team full of top 10 talent which makes what Kim did all that more impressive. Just like Clark getting Iowa to the championship without any other top recruits.

Kim has beaten some pretty impressive teams en route to her championships. She beat that LSU team with Augustus, Fowles, and Johnson in the 05 final four. Her best player was 6'2 Sophia Young. Don't even know the names of anyone else on that team.

Beat a ND team that had the best backcourt in the nation in Diggins and Lloyd in 2012. Granted, she did have Griner.

2019, she beat an Oregon team with Sabrina, Sabally, and Herbard. And a ND team that started 4 seniors, and 3 first round draft picks. Two of which were lottery picks.

This year was no doubt her easiest route to the ship, but it's also her least talented championship team outside of the 05 team.

Kim definitely deserves respect as one of the greatest coaches in the history of WBB.
 
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Britt87 said:
Angel is really the only highly ranked player on this team, so this was not a team full of top 10 talent which makes what Kim did all that more impressive. Just like Clark getting Iowa to the championship without any other top recruits.

Kim has beaten some pretty impressive teams en route to her championships. She beat that LSU team with Augustus, Fowles, and Johnson in the 05 final four. Her best player was 6'2 Sophia Young. Don't even know the names of anyone else on that team.

Beat a ND team that had the best backcourt in the nation in Diggins and Lloyd in 2012. Granted, she did have Griner.

2019, she beat an Oregon team with Sabrina, Sabally, and Herbard. And a ND team that started 4 seniors, and 3 first round draft picks. Two of which were lottery picks.

This year was no doubt her easiest route to the ship, but it's also her least talented championship team outside of the 05 team.

Kim definitely deserves respect as one of the greatest coaches in the history of WBB.
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Yea, this isn't really true. Alexis Morris was an ESPN Five star in HS and has been ALL SEC two seasons in a row. Flau'je Johnson was a McDonald's all american in HS and is the SEC Freshman of the year. Kateri Poole was also an ESPN five star player out of HS. So, I'd say she's done a pretty good job putting together "top ten" talent in only her second year. I don't think they're road to the championship was especially easy either. As someone pointed out earlier, they beat the Pac 12 champion Utah, #1 seed VaTech, and AP #2 Iowa to win the championship. Everyone expected them to lose all three of those games, so they were essentially pulling upsets for at least half the tournament. Now, of course we know now that they were better than all of those teams. But that was not the general consensus with the tournament started.

I do agree that Mulkey is now up there as one of the greatest coaches in college WBB history, however.;)
 
LSUAlum96 said:
Yea, this isn't really true. Alexis Morris was an ESPN Five star in HS and has been ALL SEC two seasons in a row. Flau'je Johnson was a McDonald's all american in HS and is the SEC Freshman of the year. Kateri Poole was also an ESPN five star player out of HS. So, I'd say she's done a pretty good job putting together "top ten" talent in only her second year. I don't think they're road to the championship was especially easy either. As someone pointed out earlier, they beat the Pac 12 champion Utah, #1 seed VaTech, and AP #2 Iowa to win the championship. Everyone expected them to lose all three of those games, so they were essentially pulling upsets for at least half the tournament. Now, of course we know now that they were better than all of those teams. But that was not the general consensus with the tournament started.

I do agree that Mulkey is now up there as one of the greatest coaches in college WBB history, however.;)
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I didn't say 5 star, I said top ten talent. As in ranked in the top 10 coming out of high-school. I know Alexis and Flaujae were burger girls but they were ranked like 20th in their classes by ESPN. Kateri was ranked in the 20's as well. It's not like she had Uconn or South Carolina level recruits.
 
bballnut90 said:
Kim (and her staff I believe) went through the line. None of her players did. I can’t imagine any of them wanted to high 5 Reese seconds after she taunted them in the final seconds.
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I get that LSU's players were caught up in the moment, but I think Coach Mulkey should have rounded them up to go through the line.

Contrast that with this video: 11 seconds after winning the biggest game of her life, Caitlin Clark gestures to her teammates and leads them over to congratulate South Carolina before continuing their celebration.

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