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All I know is she constantly references Louisiana as home and not California.

She did most of her schooling there, where a lot of her friends are and family, college career and beginning of her coaching career.
 
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Google says Orange County in California, just like Lou. I don't know why this upsets people. California is a great state as it has produced some of our best players.
 
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CBus13 said:
I don't know if that's true. She's stated in this interview about her Naismith Hall of Fame induction "I grew up in a rural area in the country. If you mailed me a letter it would have Tickfaw, Louisiana on it. Integration hit when I was going into the 2nd grade so I was bussed to all of the public schools in Hammond. So, each year there was a different grade at each school so I have been to every school in Hammond because of integration. I have so much in that area that is home to me."
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hoopsfan22 said:
Have ya tried google?
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An odd question. It’s possible @CBus13 came up with that info from Googling. In any case your charge made me curious enough to Google myself and I uncovered this same quote from multiple sources, plus Wikipedia cites that Mulkey spent her childhood in Ticksaw. I only came across Google info to say she was born in Santa Ana, but not that she spent her childhood in Santa Ana. Meanwhile, The Encyclopedia of World Biography states that Mulkey was born in Hammond, LA.

If that is not true and there is Information obtainable through Google to prove she spent her first decade in California, then it is up to you to prove that by providing your own link, rather than refuting something that obviously had been researched by saying they should Google it. That’s just strange.

I’m willing to believe you, but I’ve already Googled with no confirmation, so prove it with a Google obtained link.
 
I was able to Google this.

"Her athletic career began at an early age. Mulkey, a native of Hammond, La., played Dixie Youth baseball as a 12-year old as well as two years of Pony League baseball and made the all-star team two of the three years. At Hammond High School, she led the basketball team to four-straight state championships, posted a 136-5 record and finished her career with a then-national record 4,075 points. She earned all-district, all-state and All-America honors each of her four years at Hammond High. She also graduated as her class’ valedictorian with a perfect 4.0 grade point average. Mulkey has a street named after her in her hometown of Tickfaw, La."

This is from her Biography on the Baylor Women's basketball website.
hoopsfan22 said:
Google says Orange County in California, just like Lou. I don't know why this upsets people. California is a great state as it has produced some of our best players.
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No one is "upset" about her being from California. No one is mad at California nor in this context do we think it's a BAD state. But we've provided information from her (video interviews and excerpts from her book) that state she grew up in Louisiana.
 
Sorta like Mike Jordan. Born in Brooklyn, NY, yet he always mentions Wilmington, North Carolina. I’ve never heard him mention Brooklyn. Only the Brooklynites/ New Yorkers(Kenny Smith) use him and his likeness for bragging rights! :D
 
A high school friend played against her a few times in big invitational tournaments in Louisiana. She was fairly young the first time, junior high age and then again as a senior. Don't know where she was hatched but certain of where she grew up.
 
If Kim does indeed take the LSU job I don’t think it would be impossible for her to land any of the SEC high school prospects. Imagine if she can bring in Watkins or Baker? Or what if Smith wants a chance to challenge Howard or Boston for SEC POY and follows Kim to LSU, I don’t see LSU as a rebuilding job for Mulkey.
 
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Go/huskies said:
If Kim does indeed take the LSU job I don’t think it would be impossible for her to land any of the SEC high school prospects. Imagine if she can bring in Watkins or Baker? Or what if Smith wants a chance to challenge Howard or Boston for SEC POY and follows Kim to LSU, I don’t see LSU as a rebuilding job for Mulkey.
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There was the rumor earlier about Smith in the portal. Just gonna have to wait to see how everything shakes out. I think the portal + free transfer is gonna make a mess of things.
 
bballnut90 said:
I'd get over it. It has been almost a decade and she's won it all since then and Baylor is consistently excellent.
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Didn’t we win a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP in 2013 thanks to Louisville‘s fluke win over Baylor (with Griner and Odyssey Sims) in the semis, setting us up to trounce Louisville in the final? At the time I didn’t think we could have beaten Baylor in the championship game. sometimes things break in your favor, other times (Mississippi State and Arizona) they don’t
 
Go/huskies said:
If Kim does indeed take the LSU job I don’t think it would be impossible for her to land any of the SEC high school prospects. Imagine if she can bring in Watkins or Baker? Or what if Smith wants a chance to challenge Howard or Boston for SEC POY and follows Kim to LSU, I don’t see LSU as a rebuilding job for Mulkey.
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IF she took it, she will probably take some lumps for a year (Year 1) but should be able to hit the ground running hard early on given how the transfer portal is these days and she takes advantage of that.
 
noirwestern said:
A high school friend played against her a few times in big invitational tournaments in Louisiana. She was fairly young the first time, junior high age and then again as a senior. Don't know where she was hatched but certain of where she grew up.
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did she throw her warm up jacket when she got mad?
 
The timing is perfect, she knows UConn will dominate the next 3 or 4 years and Baylor won’t be on UConn’s level for that time, so why not go home where you’ve probably dreamed about and take those years to rebuild LSU into a contender. LSU will probably be where she wants by the time Paige graduates.
 
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Teacherdeb said:
Didn’t we win a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP in 2013 thanks to Louisville‘s fluke win over Baylor (with Griner and Odyssey Sims) in the semis, setting us up to trounce Louisville in the final? At the time I didn’t think we could have beaten Baylor in the championship game. sometimes things break in your favor, other times (Mississippi State and Arizona) they don’t
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#1 Baylor lost in the S16 that year to Louisville (a #5 seed), Louisville then beat a #2 seed TN in E8 and a #2 seed Cal in the SF before being blown out by Uconn in the final.
 
Stymie said:
I can’t get over the fact that she won only one championship with Brittney Greiner.
Only one.
Major failure to utilize that once in a lifetime big.
Sorry.
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Well, you better put in an urgent call to the LSU AD before he throws away a truckload of millions on a crummy two-bit coach!
 
Jackalope said:
Key Baylor Players enter Transfer Portal. Boom! She has an LSU roster set up to compete for a natty next year!
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Maybe, Pointer is good enough for Kim's system but Aifuwa is no Smith or Egbo, although she would probably get way better coaching under Kim than she did under Fargas.
 
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Plebe said:
Well, you better put in an urgent call to the LSU AD before he throws away a truckload of millions on a crummy two-bit coach!
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A)-not my job.
B)- making boatloads at Baylor already
C)-never called her a crummy, two-bit Coach Sorry if my opinion offends you.
Not really.....
 
Stymie said:
I can’t get over the fact that she won only one championship with Brittney Greiner.
Only one.
Major failure to utilize that once in a lifetime big.
Sorry.
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Not saying this is the entire reason, but don’t forget how poorly they officiated Griner. Look no further than the 2013 NCAA Tourney game against Louisville where they were allowed to do whatever they wanted to her (primarily in the first half) and get away with it. Not saying she would’ve won in 2013 (there were still plenty of games left after that), but that’s just one example of how the officials made Griner so much less effective than she could’ve been and potentially kept them from winning at least one more title.
 
Jackalope said:
Key Baylor Players enter Transfer Portal. Boom! She has an LSU roster set up to compete for a natty next year!
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Does anyone have a link to who’s in the women’s portal? Thx
 
rip7774 said:
Does anyone have a link to who’s in the women’s portal? Thx
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This is what I found:
"When providing access to the transfer portal for coaching or staff members, by default, the individual will have view only privileges. Edit privileges should only be provided to individuals who will enter and update the student's record"
 
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