Sunday’s 2023 women’s NCAA tournament championship between LSU and Iowa got plenty of frustration from fans.
Folks felt the game’s rampant officiating caused pacing issues and wasn’t fair for either team, and the refs giving Iowa superstar Caitlin Clark a bizarre technical foul also caught a lot of flak from those watching.
However, LSU coach Kim Mulkey got plenty of criticism for standing on the court far, far more than any college coach should be allowed.
At one point, Mulkey standing on the court and expressing her negative feelings something in the game caused her to make contact with one of the referees. Somehow, she did not receive a technical foul for the incident.
If this isn’t a T, what is? pic.twitter.com/WDCcwyHFhP
— Andy Garman (@GarmanSports) April 2, 2023
Fans were NOT happy about Kim Mulkey being on the court so much.
How did Clark get a technical but Kim Mulkey — who has been literally on the court for most of the game — has not??
— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) April 2, 2023
They gotta get Mulkey off the court. It’s BS they didn’t address that in the first half. She was IN Iowa’s offensive sets. #WFinalFour
— Sarah Spain (@SarahSpain) April 2, 2023
Kim Mulkey has walked all over the court and all over the officials and hasn't managed to get a technical fouls. This has been wild.
— M.A. Voepel (@MAVoepel) April 2, 2023
Kim Mulkey is literally standing on the court–10 feet away from Iowa's guards.
This is an absolute abomination of officiating for both teams.
These are the best the NCAA has to offer?
— David Eickholt (@DavidEickholt) April 2, 2023
Meanwhile I’m pretty sure Kim Mulkey could walk straight to center court with a flamethrower and they’d just politely tell her to move back.
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) April 2, 2023
Kim Mulkey spending the entire game on the court and then convincing these in over their heads refs to stop play and review the previous play.
Give me a break.
— nick wright (@getnickwright) April 2, 2023
Kim Mulkey was so far on the court she literally made contact with a ref — no tech. Caitlin lightly flips the ball behind her to the baseline in the biggest game of the year — tech. Make it make sense.
— Caroline Darney (@cwdarney) April 2, 2023
on Friday, the NCAA’s vp of women’s basketball Lynn Holzman accidentally joked that the tournament didn’t have qualified officiating, and then quickly walked it back. After this afternoon though…
— mollie cahillane (@MollieCahillane) April 2, 2023
Kim Mulkey literally is the sixth person on the court. Ridiculous.
— PJ Green (@PJGreenTV) April 2, 2023
May you freely walk over obstacles in life like Kim Mulkey can on a basketball court
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) April 2, 2023
An incredible run and moment for Women’s College Basketball is going to get muddied up by clown show refs and ole Kim Mulkey having way too much power and pull, it seems.
— Jeff D. Lowe (@JeffDLowe) April 2, 2023
Kim Mulkey has spent more minutes on the court than Caitlin Clark has
— Ashtyn Butuso (@lil_buts) April 2, 2023
What would Kim Mulkey have to do to actually get T’d up?
— Dave Revsine (@BTNDaveRevsine) April 2, 2023
I guess Kim Mulkey is going to guard Caitlin Clark if no one else can stop her pic.twitter.com/2ecVzZSQj0
— Heavens Caitlin! (@HeavensFX) April 2, 2023
anyone gonna get kim mulkey off the court or no
— whitney medworth (@its_whitney) April 2, 2023
Somebody tell the refs that Kim Mulkey isn’t allowed to be on the court
— Lucy Rohden (@lucy_rohden) April 2, 2023
