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TheFarmFan said:
My point was simply that for all people are knocking Mulkey, at the end of the season, she's doing as well as the GOAT. I get that it's not most people's first choice (certainly not mine), but at a certain point it just feels like a broken record to keep harping on it.
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I get what you're saying completely, this recipe has resulted in some good results for Mulkey. However, I will be someone who complains about her schedule every year until it gets better. I know it won't change a thing, but I just want to do it lol. I agree with @GamecockFam entirely as well. She has stacked teams with talented players, and that schedule is what she puts together for them? It is just so lame and pathetic. It doesn't grow the women's game, and she could help grow it. I know an LSU game would draw big numbers against a top teams.

She used to schedule tough opponents when she had Griner, Sims, Cox, and Brown. I'm not sure why she's had this change of heart.
 
Reypl21 said:
I get what you're saying completely, this recipe has resulted in some good results for Mulkey. However, I will be someone who complains about her schedule every year until it gets better. I know it won't change a thing, but I just want to do it lol. I agree with @GamecockFam entirely as well. She has stacked teams with talented players, and that schedule is what she puts together for them? It is just so lame and pathetic. It doesn't grow the women's game, and she could help grow it. I know an LSU game would draw big numbers against a top teams.

She used to schedule tough opponents when she had Griner, Sims, Cox, and Brown. I'm not sure why she's had this change of heart.
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I’m not quite sure why although she did say she gives her teams the entire summer off basically so basically they do zero team building (unless the voluntarily come in on their own) until basically September

That said the least she could do is throw in average opponents. You can schedule weak without all the quad 4 teams you’ll beat by 80 in your sleep.

A team of the talent lsu and some of its personalities definitely deserve better competition than this. I’m sure LSU players deep down wished for a bit more on that front (scheduling)

LSU fans I’m sure will watch but it’s probably getting super old fast after the first 2-3 games.
 
LSU did a number on Washington State! I do hope that Koval makes it in the WNBA. She is a joy to watch. Her ability to understand angles, especially on rebounds, is going to be a huge plus for some lucky team in the WNBA
 
Duke is in real trouble! At first I just thought this was simply more of the anemic offense thing that they have suffered through basically ever since Kara took over. However, I’m worried that it has become more than just an offensive thing now. Not only are they continuing to struggle offensively, but it seems like they may not be playing as hard as they were last season. I wonder if they have had trouble adjusting to the loss of Okananwa’s absence? I really like and admire Kara and am rooting for her to figure this out. Perhaps this LSU game will be the catalyst that will get the her team back on track.
 
Currently Massey has their SoS at 222 out of 363 teams. The highest rated team that they've played so far is Washington State rated 135th. Here are the ratings of each team, Houston Christian 314, SE Louisiana 220, Georgia Southern 167, Charlotte 138, Tulane 155, Alcorn State 343, Marist 295 and Washington State. Besides Duke who is rated #32, the remainder of their schedule through the month of Dec is New Orleans #352, Louisiana Tech, Morgan State #355, UT Arlington #125 and Alabama State #358. Their first game on New Year's day is against #25 Kentucky. The NCAA should punish teams that play the Mother's of the Poor and other such teams by not giving teams that schedule like LSU does a ban as one of the 16 teams to host the first and second round of the tournament.
 
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You have to admire top teams for playing gruelling non- conference schedules. They don't share Kim Mulkey's excuse that tough conference games should determine their rankings.
Here are the current top 8 Strength of Schedule rankings along with LSU's weak SOS record.
1 Duke
2 Connecticut
3 UCLA
4 Texas
5 USC
6 South Carolina
7 Ohio St
8 Michigan

222 LSU
 
Why would an LSU fan buy season tickets? To get to see SEC opponents only?

Basically one half of the season is absolutely uninteresting. I think LSU is going to have a heck of a season, but I would be pizzed if I were an LSU fan.
 
She will end up playing a total of 7 teams that are ranked below any of the Big East teams including #186 Xavier. Six of those teams are ranked by Massey at #304 to #355.
 
Cuango said:
Duke is in real trouble! At first I just thought this was simply more of the anemic offense thing that they have suffered through basically ever since Kara took over. However, I’m worried that it has become more than just an offensive thing now. Not only are they continuing to struggle offensively, but it seems like they may not be playing as hard as they were last season. I wonder if they have had trouble adjusting to the loss of Okananwa’s absence? I really like and admire Kara and am rooting for her to figure this out. Perhaps this LSU game will be the catalyst that will get the her team back on track.
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Who thinks Duke can pull off the win vs LSU? 👀
 
JellyBean said:
LSU did a number on Washington State! I do hope that Koval makes it in the WNBA. She is a joy to watch. Her ability to understand angles, especially on rebounds, is going to be a huge plus for some lucky team in the WNBA
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I'm following Koval's career because I thought she had a lot of potential at ND. In HS, she was touted as a Jokic type of big. At Luhi they put the ball in her hands a lot to pass and facilitate. She also had a 3 point shot too. At ND, Niele had a lot of nice things to say about her passing preseason. But our offense never gave her a chance to shine at that (which we had a lot of other great players). I thought her upper classmen years she would grow more in those areas. I knew she was going to transfer once her HS coach was bad mouthing ND on Twitter.

I'm interested to see Koval play against the SEC schools. So far she's played less minutes per game at LSU, but has padded her stats against cupcakes. If she is productive and plays more minutes in SEC play I would be happy for her. The center position in the SEC is tough. Last year she wasn't physical in the post and would get pushed out against the ACC center's. We shall see.

I don't see her ever developing her passing or 3 point shot at LSU. Mulkey doesn't have a great track record of expanding her post players' games.
 
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Reypl21 said:
I'm following Koval's career because I thought she had a lot of potential at ND. In HS, she was touted as a Jokic type of big. At Luhi they pit the ball im her hands a lot to pass and facilitate. She also had a 3 point shot too. At ND, Niele had a lot of nice things to say about her passing preseason. But our offense never gave her a chance to shine at that (which we had a lot of other great players). I thought her upper classmen years she would grow more in those areas. I knew she was going to transfer once her HS coach was bad mouthing ND on Twitter.

I'm interested to see Koval play against the SEC schools. So far she's played less minutes per game at LSU, but has padded her stats against cupcakes. If she is productive and plays more minutes in SEC play I would be happy for her. The center position in the SEC is tough. Last year she wasn't physical in the post and would get pushed out against the ACC center's. We shall see.

I don't see her ever developing her passing or 3 point shot at LSU. Mulkey doesn't have a great track record of expanding her post players' games.
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I thought Koval to LSU was one of the more unusual transfer fits. I think LSU was one of her finalists out of high school, but her game doesn’t seem as suited to SEC physicality or athleticism, and good luck finding coaches much more different than Kim and Niele Ivey.

IMO Koval is the hardest player to evaluate in LSU’s non-con because she has such a pronounced size advantage over their opponents, but she’s looked good so far.
 
GoChips20 said:
I thought Koval to LSU was one of the more unusual transfer fits. I think LSU was one of her finalists out of high school, but her game doesn’t seem as suited to SEC physicality or athleticism, and good luck finding coaches much more different than Kim and Niele Ivey.

IMO Koval is the hardest player to evaluate in LSU’s non-con because she has such a pronounced size advantage over their opponents, but she’s looked good so far.
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The only noticeable difference to me this season is I’ve seen her make some mid range shots which she really didn’t make at ND last year

Mulkey will probably not let her shoot the 3 although she let Lauren cox, but Kate is never on the perimeter
 
visitingcock said:
Why would an LSU fan buy season tickets? To get to see SEC opponents only?

Basically one half of the season is absolutely uninteresting. I think LSU is going to have a heck of a season, but I would be pizzed if I were an LSU fan.
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The LSU fans on Twitter seem to love the beat downs. So maybe it doesn't upset them to have no challenging games.
 
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visitingcock said:
All egg beaters in 2025. The first few weeks of 2026, they 4 ranked SEC teams including Texas and Oklahoma plus their rival in OOC scheduling, unranked Georgia
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They could have 4 losses the first 2-3 weeks
 
I have watch a few of their games and yes, Kim's reasoning for scheduling such a soft OOC EVERY year seems flawed. That said, this team is pretty good. I question if their defensive efforts are good enough to truly compete for a title but this team is definitely top 6 in my mind and maybe as high as #2 as they do play both Texas and SC.

Kim does have 4 NCAA Titles but very few Final Fours in comparison to Geno and Dawn. So it seems either who teams have the intestinal fortitude to win or they flame out early. From her Baylor days, I do think the "cup cake" scheduling hurt her for developing that intestinal fortitude to win it all as the Big 12 has never been an elite league when compared to the SEC or heyday of the Big East. I will say the current rendition of the SEC will be enough to prepare them if they are worthy so I don't think too many people will be able to complain at the end of the year. The only question is would a tougher OOC better prepare this team for SEC play.
 
DefenseBB said:
I have watch a few of their games and yes, Kim's reasoning for scheduling such a soft OOC EVERY year seems flawed. That said, this team is pretty good. I question if their defensive efforts are good enough to truly compete for a title but this team is definitely top 6 in my mind and maybe as high as #2 as they do play both Texas and SC.

Kim does have 4 NCAA Titles but very few Final Fours in comparison to Geno and Dawn. So it seems either who teams have the intestinal fortitude to win or they flame out early. From her Baylor days, I do think the "cup cake" scheduling hurt her for developing that intestinal fortitude to win it all as the Big 12 has never been an elite league when compared to the SEC or heyday of the Big East. I will say the current rendition of the SEC will be enough to prepare them if they are worthy so I don't think too many people will be able to complain at the end of the year. The only question is would a tougher OOC better prepare this team for SEC play.
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I think you've got it just about right in this assessment. One thing that gnaws at me though is the 4 NCs refrain everyone feels obligated to use when discussing Kim. That's nothing to shake a stick at. But that last one was in part the product of some very fortunate flameouts by teams who seemed to be (at least on paper) favored over them. In effect, chance or karma cleared some obstacles out of LSU's way for an unlikely NC game in which they'd be favored over Iowa. Of course, it's not really fair to count such things against any team and not do so for all the others. For example, would UConn have won 12 NCs without a little bit of luck, an untimely injury to Jayne Appel or to Natalie Ochonwa or a surprise upset by Louisville over Baylor?
 
Bone Dog said:
I think you've got it just about right in this assessment. One thing that gnaws at me though is the 4 NCs refrain everyone feels obligated to use when discussing Kim. That's nothing to shake a stick at. But that last one was in part the product of some very fortunate flameouts by teams who seemed to be (at least on paper) favored over them. In effect, chance or karma cleared some obstacles out of LSU's way for an unlikely NC game in which they'd be favored over Iowa. Of course, it's not really fair to count such things against any team and not do so for all the others. For example, would UConn have won 12 NCs without a little bit of luck, an untimely injury to Jayne Appel or to Natalie Ochonwa or a surprise upset by Louisville over Baylor?
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I agree with what you’re saying but just a technicality, I believe Iowa was favored by 2 or 3 points in that title game. LSU matched up poorly with South Carolina that year, but they also had the most seismic performance of any team in any title game in the last decade by hitting absolutely anything they got off, a number of which were “How on earth?” shots.

I’m not really a Mulkey fan and I don’t like how she schedules. But she’s undefeated in title games I believe and she seems to know how to fire her team up to play the game of their lives when it’s all on the line.
 
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GoChips20 said:
I agree with what you’re saying but just a technicality, I believe Iowa was favored by 2 or 3 points in that title game. LSU matched up poorly with South Carolina that year, but they also had the most seismic performance of any team in any title game in the last decade by hitting absolutely anything they got off, a number of which were “How on earth?” shots.

I’m not really a Mulkey fan and I don’t like how she schedules. But she’s undefeated in title games I believe and she seems to know how to fire her team up to play the game of their lives when it’s all on the line.
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This has to count for something.
 
When are we gonna have a conversation about Kim mulkey refusing to recruit post players. For someone who had nothing but elite bigs at Baylor, she can land or sign any at lsu
 
Baller29 said:
When are we gonna have a conversation about Kim mulkey refusing to recruit post players. For someone who had nothing but elite bigs at Baylor, she can land or sign any at lsu
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Aaliyah Del Rosario and Jersey Wolfenbarger were post players she managed to sign to go LSU but they have transferred. She signed Angel Reese too and she currently has Kate Koval.
 
sivad40 said:
Aaliyah Del Rosario and Jersey Wolfenbarger were post players she managed to sign to go LSU but they have transferred. She signed Angel Reese too and she currently has Kate Koval.
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I’m talking more so about recruiting quality bigs. Outside of Angel and morrow who has been good?

It’s a carousel of signing mediocre bigs from the portal since mulkey is washed up recruiting Hs players. This is why LSU will be falling out the top 5 in SEC down the road. Dominant bigs are being recruited by SC, OU, Texas, TN, Kentucky etc
 
LSU is not unique in having trouble signing and keeping bigs. Like other top programs, they are fortunate to be near the front of the line to get the best bigs (like Koval) out of the portal each year. Geno went to Egypt for a center and then signed a girl just learning the game. Fortunately for UConn, the Huskies got Strong. But they also have started to make a habit of picking up a big in the portal every year or two. Texas recruited Jones, Oldacre, and Cunningham out of the portal (all players Texas tried to sign out of high school.) They are redshirting a developmental big. They still need a player to take the place of Oldacre who runs out of eligibility at the end of this season. If they do not get one or two of a couple of Euros out there, you can bet they’ll be warming up early to jump the portal for a post in the Spring.
 
TheFarmFan said:
My point was simply that for all people are knocking Mulkey, at the end of the season, she's doing as well as the GOAT. it.
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I’m late to this thread but I disagree with this statement. If we removed all but one guard, took out her top 2 players, and left her with, say 6 active players and an end of bench player, could she get that team to the Final Four? In this arbitrary 10 year period you’ve imposed, the Huskies have had the most injuries to key players ever and Geno STILL got his team close enough to sniff a championship more times than not.
 
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