The second spherical of the NCAA ladies’s event kicked off on Sunday, and after a primary spherical that principally adopted the chalk we lastly had an enormous, tournament-altering upset to open the second spherical.
Listed below are some takeaways from Sunday’s motion.
LSU does not look fairly proper but
On one hand, the defending nationwide champions are on to the Candy 16 and beat Center Tennessee State by 27 factors on Sunday afternoon.
It is exhausting to be actually important of any of that.
However one thing simply appears off with the Tigers by the primary two video games of the event. Angel Reese has not appeared as dominant as she did a 12 months in the past and the Tigers trailed at halftime earlier than flipping the change and operating away with the sport within the second half.
That got here after a closer-than-expected win towards No. 14 seed Rice within the first spherical and is sufficient to at the very least have some concern for them going into the Candy 16. They may play the winner of Monday’s UCLA-Creighton recreation.
Kim Mulkey continues to be on the defensive
Talking of LSU, head coach Kim Mulkey was once more on the defensive on Sunday about an upcoming story within the Washington Submit. It’s nonetheless unclear what’s within the story, who the paper spoke to, or what has been stated, however Mulkey has been offended about it for 2 days now and continued after Sunday’s win.
