The referees might not have been the best, but with the way the game has gone, it probably wouldn’t have mattered.  LSU dominated this game.

I think I heard them say that LSU has scored the most points in women’s championship game history as they won 102-85.  The leading scorer of the game was Jasmine Carson from the bench.  She went 5-6 from three point range on her way of scoring 22 points.  Just to put into perspective how crazy this was, Carson had scored 11 points in LSU’s other 5 tournament games!

LSU shot 64.7% from three point range, Alexis Morris scored 21 points going 8-14 from the field (with 15 in the fourth quarter), and Ladazhia Williams scored 20 points going 9-16 from the field.  Every time, Iowa would put a run, Morris or Williams would have an answer.

I will mention that Charlie said how trashy LSU’s Angel Reese was in trash talking Caitlin Clark doing the you can’t see me sign and then pointing to her finger about hers will have a ring.  I told him the truth – I don’t support what Reese did, but Caitlin Clark’s hand gesture towards the South Carolina guard saying that she isn’t even going to guard her because she can’t shoot was just as disrespectful.  I wish that trash talking wasn’t part of the game – why not win the game with class.  But I guess if you are going to dish it out, you have to expect people are going to be happy to return it when you lose.

LSU coach Kim Mulkey was already considered one of the best coaches in women’s college basketball, but what she has done at LSU is impressive.  Two years ago, she took over a LSU program that just went 9-13.  In her first year, LSU went 26-6 and lost in the 2nd round of the tournament.  And this year, the Tigers have gone 34-2 and are the NCAA National Champions.  If Wikipedia is correct, Mulkey is 692-112 between Baylor and LSU, and has won 4 national titles – becoming one of the few coaches who have won titles at multiple schools.

Congratulations to the LSU Tigers on their first ever NCAA women’s basketball championship!!!