LSU head coach Kim Mulkey spoke with the media following her Tigers 79-72 loss to No. 1 South Carolina in Southeastern Conference Tournament Championship Game. Plus Angel Reese. Dawn Staley, Kamilla Cardoso
Coach Mulkey should have not said " She wished she would have pushed Angel" That is not professional and not an example for your players who look up to you as a leader.
She is a problem for the NCAA. Maybe not today or tomorrow, but her lack or responsibility for any of that was unbelievable. She may be right about the ref’s, but she doesn’t take ANY responsibility for her own players response. I get not backing down, but it was her player that initially reacted in an aggressive way.
So Angel Reese slaps Cardoso in the face and pulls her ponytail. Flau'Jae starts the whole issue by intentionally fouling Fulwiley then pushing Watkins but it's Carolinas fault. Way to play the victim LSU.
Both teams had dirty plays throughout the game, way to play victim for SC, the refs weren’t calling the game consistently, the girls were playing with heart, stop being soft, women or not basketball is a contact sport.
I don't understand a parent that would allow their child to be under the guidance of a coach who condones and incite violence. Unacceptable. Period!!!!
@@jessicahenderson7801nice try. Staley acknowledged and apologized. Mulkey said she wish’s she’d pushed Angel. Staley has more class in her little toe than Kim does in her whole wardrobe.
@@cjcurtis8944 Dawn should have apologized. Her player could have seriously injured the LSU player. I’m glad she was expelled from the game and the next one. Hopefully she learns to control her temper.
@@jessicahenderson7801 Flau’jae should also have been ejected. Not for the intentional foul but for the shove after, which is what Cardoso, wrongly, retaliated for. But Mulkey’s response, predictably, showed zero class and she should be fined and or suspended.
@@Showtime_Warrior- Clearly you are ignorant on the SC-LSU record of the past decade. You might as well put a sign on your forehead advertising your stupidity, lol Geez.
Interesting thing about the game before the incident was that there were other instances where members from opposing teams were helping each other up (in other words, there was good sportsmanship throughout the game). Even after Flau'jae got pushed down, it looks like Raven Johnson was attempting to help her up or at least checking on her.
@@MoonMoon-fx1opas a black woman if dawn did that the media would be dogging her out and calling her immature. She went high when the other coach went low and said some immature things. Why would she even say something like “I wish that was angel reese that she pushed”. Mulkey needs to be more mature. But they let her get away with it. They wouldn’t let dawn get away with doing stuff like that. Plus it’s always best to stay classy and let your game speak for itself.
@@cayladee1099 well it was dawns player who was in the wrong. I get if Watkins pushed flau'jae but it wasn't. That had nothing to with cardoso. She had no business getting into that. I get what mulky ment when she said she wish it was angel. 1. Kamilla and angel had been going at it all game if if u gone buck do it at somebody that did something to u. Not flau'jae who wasn't bothering u all game she's innocent in THAT sense. 2. Pick on somebody your own size. Kim hates a bully. And that was a bully move. Angel would of whooped that ass. Don't go picking on lil ol flau'jae. Watkins let it go you should let it go. She could of really flau'jae. They just lost poa to a concussion. And cardoso did that to flau'jae? Mulky has a right to be pissed. 4 I bet angel wish she would of gotten pushed. She's "from Baltimore " and "anit scared of south Carolina "
Stay CLASSY Coach Mulkey. Come on with the unnecessary comments about pushing someone else. To be clear, your player pushed a SC player first. Be professional.
😂😂 she was basically saying pick on somebody your own size. 4 and Watkins are basically the same size. If they scrap it's fair. But angel is cardoso size and would of whooped dat ass. 🤭 If u gonna pick on somebody pick on the girl your own size from Baltimore. ( see how that works out for u.🤔 I'm guessing not good)
Kim Mulkey said she wished Cardosa had pushed Angel Reese, what a statement to make from a head coach, now I see why her players act and play the way they do, no class at all. Angel Reese, just to let you know SC is definitely not scared of you or LSU, playing bully ball only lasts for awhile, so stop whining and accept your loss.
I mean, in all fairness, it was Dawn’s player that escalated the entire ordeal with the uncalled for push outta nowhere. She was not even involved in the shit talking. They literally was shit talking all game. Cordoso went way too far
My question is why could she not apologize for any of it? Why is Coach Staley the only one that can admit fault for anything it’s not like y’all didn’t play dirty. Cardoso got punched in the mouth by one of your players. No call was on that one but respect goes a long way disrespect does not and for this coach right here it’s nothing but the blame game and pointing fingers. When are you gonna to take responsibility for any of it Kim?
Her saying she wished she would've pushed Angel. Like huh?? Imagine if Coach Staley said this?? They'd be saying she's unclassy and disrespectful. Honestly Angel caused a lot of this tension. She was talking sh*t and pulling hair, being a big bully. Mulkey's response was unclassy and disrespectful.
First, I didn't have a favorite in this game. I just knew that I would be seeing some quality basketball. I'm a B1G fan. I just wanted to convey the difference in Coach Staley's discussion of the unfortunate mess at the end of this extraordinary game, and Coach Mulkey's discussion. Not a surprise, Coach Staley took the high road by addressing what she could have done better to keep what happened, happening. She was gracious and left her fire outside the presser room.
South Carolina has played many tough opponents - UCONN, TENN, Notre Dame. Those games never got out of hand. LSU games get out of hand because they do all that trash talking.
No one acted like a animal that entire scenario started with Lsu player shoving Watkins , own your stuff none of this would have happened without that incident .
@@thecorleyfamilycg4l906 I BET TF WE DONT LMAOOO!! We ain’t lay down baby! Anybody can get got! It’s intense out there.. that’s ok though.. just like we avenged y’all One and only loss last year.. i hope we can do it again this season 😁😘
Great game. Both teams played their hearts out, but a big difference on how Dawn Staley handled the press conf and Mulkey. Dawn was just a little more humble and they are the team that won and is undefeated. It’s obvious that LSU isn’t scared of SC but SC is still 3-0 against LSU in the past 2 years, including 2-0 this year. And SC lost all their starters from a year ago.
Why is she talking like they should be afraid and they are the defending national champions, with almost all the starters back from that team? Now I can see if South Carolina talked this way. Most of the replays showed Angel talking major shit, while Cardosa laughed at it! But after hearing coach Mulkey, I see where it comes from.😢
She sounds butt hurt and I like Reese. LSU got beat at the game and the "fight." That's why she's angry and talking about a fear that no one mentioned.
LSU tried to punk South Carolina and they was meet with force.Angel Reese talk alot of trash to Cordorso and Angel intentionally hit her in the face.South Carolina is the better team.Go Gamecocks.
FACTS! She thought SC would be afraid of them as defending champs and they weren't. No one thought the defending champs would be scared of any team so I don't know why Reese feels the need to repeat that. As defending champs you shouldn't be scared; especially when SC returned zero starters. She's mad that SC didn't back down at all no matter what she tried.
Angel’s attitude in the interview says it all! Tennessee took SC down to 1.6 seconds so who’s scared?! Leave the pick up game mentality off the college basketball court! Take your loss and move on!
LSU you are a great team! But so is South Carolina… the referees didn’t get it right….Big 4 should have been ejected too! I’m sorry, but there should have been two ejections. Cordosa and Johnson should have been ejected, period.
There is no such person as Cordosa, nimrod. SC's center is Cardoso. If you want to be taken seriously, if you want anyone to listen to any comment of yours, you might want to get the name right in every place, not screw it up in two places. Just sayin. Thanks, Betty.
Kim Mulkey is classless!! She failed to mention that Flaujae shoved Ashlyn! Flaujae should have been ejected! And to say she wishes Cardosa would have pushed Angel is a very immature response! I’m not sure how anyone thinks she’s a good leader!
Spot on. 🎯🎯🎯 I’ve never really taken issue with Mulkey’s antics/comments but this was the worst response to a situation that can have blame pointed on both ends. It’s why Dawn will go down as a legendary “LEADER” bc the way she responded (saying a few words to Johnson and her interview following the game) was pure class. 👏🏾
I was going for South Carolina but Ashlyn walk up on her and was taunting her. That is very unlikely behaviour of South Carolina players to do, even Dawn Staley was surprised by them, that she had make apology for their actions.
There was jawing ALL game by BOTH sides, and I'm not mad at it. That is the entertainment side of it that viewers live for, and it's why this will be the next BIG rivalry for years to come. The issue is when you actually put your hands on someone (i.e. Kamila and Flau'jae). Dawn was apologizing for Kamila pushing Flau'jae and everything escalating, which is extremely valid. Mulkey is the leader of this team, and responded extremely poorly because it was HER player that poorly retaliated by shoving Ashlyn then that said player's brother hops OVER the scores' table and places his hands on Kamila (a female student-athlete). Bravo to Dawn's response as a leader, bravo to Flau'jae coming right up to Dawn after the game and having an apologetic moment, but shame on Mulkey for her response.@@lavonnealexander6936
Everyone in these comments keeps saying she’s classless, but like, she’s wearing these jackets, did anyone think otherwise before she opened her mouth? 😂 I’m only here bc of memes, lol.
It wasn’t a safe environment for either team. There was actually more physical aggression in all the tournaments. Ref’s need to get things under control before more get hurt.
The coaches have a responsibility to keep their players in emotional control no matter how rough it gets. Someone could get seriously hurt during one of these melees.
If the refs call it the way they started out it would have been no stars left in games . Im glad they backed off the whistle some . Coaches want those players to be physical . I want to see the best players play , and Championships are usually very competitive.
This coach is why womens college basketball has sunk to new lows. Fights and assault charges and this coach says, "it's the ref's fault" and "let them fight." No class at all.
This is sports and she didn’t mean literally smh yal that have never played sports need to go sit down sports are for competitive ppl chippy things like this will happen between warriors of their sports
That's the problem. She's all talk. Let your game show that you aren't scared. What good is it repeating that at a press conference when no one thought the defending champs would be scared to begin with? She's talking like LSU was some super underdog team.
Watkins talking shit, getting close to Flaujae, Flaujae push her, and they both kept walking away.. while Cardosa escalate something that wasn't nothing..
@@avianthony6149 you can talk ish all you want but the moment you push someone like Flau did to Watkins THATS what escalated it. Flau should’ve kept her hands to herself and Kamila would’ve kept hers to herself. PERIOD!
Is nobody gonna comment on how all 5'7" of HVL went right at Cordova after the shove in the back that started the bench clearing? HVL showed that she fears no one!!
The sec needs to do a launch and investigation on the referring of the tournament. The way they let lsu get beat up and not call anything is ridiculous
Let me say , I don’t condone fighting in basketball whatsoever. Anyone who has played knows how intense and heated you can get in the moment. But Kim Mulkey saying “I wish she would’ve pushed angel reese…pick on someone your own size” is the dumbest and most problematic response as a coach. Watching it back, Flaujae initiated contact , both holding Fulwiley and shoving Watkins. Again, I’m not condoning this but some players do NOT play about their teammates and unfortunately can’t control their anger in the moment. Cardoso saw her teammate getting shoved, started seeing red, and came in for “the kill.” Flaujae shoved her teammate so she shoved FLAUJAE. Was she supposed to run over and shove angel for what Flaujae did? If angel was the one to shove her, I’m certain Kamila would’ve done the same thing. I don’t think it mattered who it was , she was going to respond in that way regardless. Was it right ? Of course not! But this pick on someone your own size argument doesn’t work in this situation.
@@91DANCON STILL DOESNT MAKE SENSE. Kamila didn’t push flaujae bc she is smaller than her , she pushed her bc she pushed her teammate. If Angel pushed Watkins , Cardoso would’ve done the same thing. If aneesa morrow pushed Watkins , Cardoso would’ve done the same thing. If Haley Van Lith pushed Watkins , Cardoso would’ve done the same thing. And so on and so on. So Kim saying pick on someone your own size DOESNT MAKE SENSE bc Cardoso wasn’t picking on her, she ran in to retaliate and defend her teammate. FLAUJAE pushed her , so FLAUJAE got pushed back. Now it was absolutely the wrong way to defend her teammate! But if a smaller player initiates a physical altercation , unfortunately all bets are off on how the rest of their team comes in to help and heights and sizes don’t matter.
Hey LSU women y'all were awesome! I'm proud of y'all and I knew y'all were tired but y'all came out to play! Keep it going. God bless each of you and your coaches.
Excuses are for the weak. Just like Mulkey after the last loss to South Carolina. SC is humble and will go farther, life farther not just tournament farther.
Kim Mulkey is the down fall to her team. Angel Reese is the Coach she is the Assistant. Yey she get on TV and say she wished Camilla would have push Angel and what Angel a*s would have been flat laid too🤷🏽♀️
R we talking about the same coach whose won ALL the Natty's?? The one who came to LSU n won a Natty in 2 yrs while USC sat front row on their couch watching the game? The one who won with all new players? The one who has created a solid team w/2 returning players and had a #1 recruiting class? Should I continue?
Van Lith is just another role player now. Her star shines much less brightly on this team, which has a lot of big women. Yes, she's a good player, but she's not as dominant as she was in previous years (pre-LSU).
Our Lady LSU Tigers played a heck of a Game. They played their hearts out. They still played great. The Fighting Lady Tigers played great this weekend in all their Games. ♥️🏀🏆
@@korank2982 Blow out win? They are still the defending champs. No excuses. You adjust and play. USC returned zero starters from last year and isn't making excuses. LSU thought USC would be scared and they weren't. That's why they are butt hurt. Reese's game needs to match her mouth and I like Reese. All that tough girl $hit is played out.
I’m only curious, how are LSU fans still talking smack after losing at home in a sellout crowd and now in the SEC finals. SC never said yall was scared of them. They just want to win, but hey if it makes this loss feel better by talking ish afterwards have at it.
I’ma SC fan & I have to admit LSU was playing really great basketball!! Especially to be short staffed!! LSU held their own in i can’t do nothing but respect that💯💯 but now Coach Mulky need to show a little more class because all that I wish she would’ve pushed Angel Reece was not called for js🥴 You don’t hear our Coach speaking like that🤷🏽♂️
I know I saw Angel running her mouth and bumping Cardoso…and pulling her hair…LSU lost to other teams this season too…they can always make an excuse or they can be realistic and humble.
@@neishachambers2719 Honestly Neisha, you blaming the refs? Really? SC plays HARD but they don't TRASH TALK and they don't play DIRTY! Unfortunately, that character starts at the top with your HEAD COACH! During the presser above, she "WISHED" Kamilla Cardozo would have pushed Reese! Is that the character a HC should project? I don't think so. After the game Coach Staley actually APOLOGIZED for the players from SC who left the bench and were ejected. That's should have been a message Mulkey should have stated also. But she didn't because that is not who she is! Sportsmanship is not part of which she teaches and you see it in her team! Thugs IMO. Have a great night.
Who is MY head coach? I'm from Michigan lmao but I watched the game like everyone else. You can literally see ashlynn watkins walking up to flaujae trash talking before she pushed her. Come one now. They're ball players they trash talk. South Carolina is not all of a sudden "holier than thou". I didnt see anything wrong with what mulkey said. Cardoso attacked someone significantly smaller than her, it was simply a pick on someone your own size mantra. @@1174AP
The refs let this get out of hand. ND, UConn, USC, etc will not play physical & the SEC girls will get in fowl trouble in the NCAA tournament bc those refs will call much tighter.
SC was playing 10 deep off bench and still struggled to keep LSU down...These ladies is Dawgs forreal 💪🏾get healthy and rest up for championship. GEAUX TIGERS🏆
I hear you but the bottom line is they lost would have could have should have and what they had they lost they got exposed in South Carolina exposed them now they can watch my Hawkeyes on TV
@@MarkHarper-ek8ssyou do realize the tournament ain’t started yet? lol Hawkeyes played before LSU 😅 you talking like LSU out of a tourney that ain’t even started lol
@mariogunter6607 they are not young being in their 20's. This covid has messed the game up. These are some grown woman. Don't let the class status fool you. 21, 22 and going on 23 is not young at all.
I think we got an official rival now with SC vs LSU. Again today this game could have went either way. I thought that guard from maryland last year was physical but this the most physical game I ever seen up close.
They really think SC is scared of LSU💀 pls lsu don’t even have a bench nobody is scared of them if Reese leaves they dropping out of top 20 while SC will competing for that 1 seed
Before the season AR and HVL said they would only play one year. SC will have everyone back if Cardosa stays and if SC don't win it all this year they have next year with even more depth coming in. LSU should be afraid.
When a person runs up into your face after the play was dead, that’s what you do. Johnson was walking away when she got in her face, so she moved her and kept walking. That’s when the cheap shot shove came in from Carsosa
@@h.j.terrancejr.8219 Naw bro! Both teams were talking all game which is cool but Watkins was walking to the bench and caught a forearm. She didn't even retaliate. Kim acts like she didnt see that part. I loved the game but LSU was doing a lot out there. Reece slapped Corsosa in the face and was pulling her hair. The refs should have done a better job controlling the whole situation.
@@michaelconyers talking is one thing, she got in Johnson’s face after a dead ball as she was walking back to the bench. The chick wasn’t even in the play or the one that was fouled, but walked up on her. You having selective vision man, stop that Bruh. Cordosa has always said she didn’t really care for Reese, so them elbowing each other started last game. LSU basketball girls, gymnastic girls, baseball teams, softball teams, and football team getting that shine and NIL money. This why no one likes them. But, we will revisit this in a few weeks if the teams meet again.
@@h.j.terrancejr.8219 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vCLuoCHTByE.htmlsi=DY2TJTg8bSyfAAZH Go to 1:34. Watkins wasn't trying to make contact with her. Johnson was frustrated after getting ripped by Fulwiley. No hate for LSU over here. Cordosa is entitled to her opinion of Reese. They play hard against each other and I love it. They'll have great stories to tell someday.
Coach Mulkey, you are a Coach and you should know the Rules! The Coaches are the only ones that "CAN" leave the bench to STOP a fight or potential fight. Now, Angel did a couple of dirty plays herself, so before you speak on another Teams Player, think about yours first. I don't wish anyone would have hit anyone out there! And as a Coach, you shouldn't as well.
At 6:45, the coach blames the refs and not the players. Come on, have some accountability. She is like those horrible parents that say their child is perfect and never to blame. If their kid gets in a fight at school, it is the teachers to blame, not her kid.
I’m so happy with where our girls are! They battled and with all the injuries and back to back equal physical games I’m proud! I’m glad Mulkey spoke on the officiating these refs helped beat us
@@AMIT-ku9nd as long as they have rings bud and another possibility this year! Let’s be honest SC played a good game and was in system! LSU played so sloppy and still only lost by 7! And we injured as well!
A win when you playing dirty isn’t won. Play respectfully and win respectfully. Reese still going to the WNBA…she doesn’t have to play dirty and win a championship-Clark is going to the WNBA and she didn’t win a championship.
USC have to deal with all these angry teams. If you can't beat them, find better players. Angel plays bully ball until she run into a bigger bully then she cry, help me Mr. ref. lol Reply
I was a fan of Reese not of LSU and her antics and gaslighting has turned me off. She's out there pulling hair and talking shit and plays victim when someone dares not take it.
If we being honest nothing wrong with talking trash. But every game the players on the other teams are always EXTRA with Reese. That foul when they say she elbowed Cardosa. Cardosa pushed her and no foul. So Angel put her arms up to try to post her with out fouling, and Cardosa pushed her again. If you know physics: when someone push you, your arms go towards where the blow came from
I'm glad you mentioned this. I was an equally passionate fan of SC and LSU prior to this game but not any longer. Completely turned off by Reese and LSU. Mulkey and Reese post game interviews showed a complete lack of class.
It amazes how there coach can talk about cardoso but angel talks trash all game to the competition and she says nothing to her. U got beat again. So we definitely not scared either
Talking and physically fighting are 2 different things. Cardoso should pick on somebody her own size. But she knows angel reese would whoop dat ass Is all coach is saying 😂😂😂 Kamilla soft af for dat. All dat for lil ass flau'jae. But NO SMOKE FOR ANGEL 😂😂😂😂 SHE SAID WHAT SHE SAID. see yall in the final 4
I thought she should have gotten the intentional and at least a technical for pushing. That was why Cardoso came in, she saw her grab the freshmen then push another teammate, she reacted poorly in the situation, but she was protecting her teammates. Interesting that Kim and Angel honor that, when it is their team but not the other team. Oh, and Kim said, the freshmen beat them, not the rest of the team. That’s gotta hurt too.
When SC beat them last time Mulkey said, Reese fouled out and when your All Star is on the bench is throws off your flow…I guess having her this whole game didn’t help? It’s all about excuses, but excuses don’t win in life.
Kim is right…When a game gets chippy like that and starting to get out of hand, it really is the refs job to get it under control..Also, LSU is banged up, down players and they gave SC a run for their money.. If LSU gets healthy and gets all its players back, which is should, watch out.. Kim is right to be happy where her team is at…SC is beatable …
@@briannamcgarry6877are you talking about when they played them in conference play? They had Kamilla then. It was when UConn played SC where they had no Kamilla.
@@kassesteinmetz8132 that doesn’t make sense. Geno doesn’t have a bench either, so is that due to a lack of respect too? Kids are going to schools for development, NIL, and to win championships. If you researched for 5 mins you’d see LSU had lost their bench over the course of the season but you claim respect 🤣🤣🤣 Telling someone to pick on a person your own size is actually a logical thing to say. How’d you feel if your child got attacked by someone damn near double their size and the coach remained silent and apologized for “respect”
LSU was one made foul shot from a loss to Utah last year and were extremely lucky to avoid SC in the FF. Would love to face them again now that we know they can't stop Fulwiley. Even Kim admitted it.
@@gravelymccravy9861 Clark cooked SC and LSU held her in check. Clark will cook SC again this year. The argument about tight games in meaningless every champ has adversities, so bc LSU didn’t blow out everyone it’s not legit gtfo. That is dumb.
Sweetie look at the final score, matter fact for every game that South Carolina has played this season….look at the final scores, because with almost all of those games the opposing teams almost won. Hell the last time LSU played against them, LSU was winning up until the last 4 minutes.