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It's all over for the LSU Tigers once again after they fell to a narrow 72-65 defeat to the UCLA Bruins on March 30, and it seems emotions boiled over as Kim Mulkey lost her cool with the media.
The Tigers are still chasing the high of the 2023 NCAA season when Angel Reese spurred them to the national championship, and will have to regroup and go again next season after their Elite Eight loss at the Spokane Arena.
Whilst Aneesah Morrow and Flau'jae Johnson combined for 43 points, 11 rebounds and five assists, their shared talent proved to be unable to stop the Bruins edging them out after a particular dominant second-quarter for UCLA.
No doubt disappointed, the Tigers will look to lick their wounds and recover but it seems as though emotions got the better of some of the team as an irritated Mulkey snapped back at a journalist.
The reporter subject to her ire was Jayden Smith of KLSU Sports, a student-run radio based at LSU aiming to train the next generation as she seemed to laugh at the youngster's employer.
"That's terrible, isn't it," Mulkey said after Smith introduced himself and his publication, before pointing out it's the Tigers second-consecutive Elite Eight exit. "Is that terrible, or is that good? Is it? How many Final Fours you play in?"
Smith then answered zero, to which Mulkey joked, "So it's probably pretty good, huh? Alright."
To be fair to the 62-year-old head coach, she did wink at the reporter afterwards suggesting it was all tongue in cheek. For Smith, it was a good training exercise to learn how to approach agitated sportspeople after a loss.
When are the Final Four games?
The Final Four is set as the teams battle it out for a spot in the national championship game in women's basketball, with four remaining after 68 kicked off March Madness a few weeks ago.
So far, the UCLA Bruins have punched their Final Four ticket and they will be in action on Friday, April 4. Tip-off will either be at 19:00 ET/16:00 PT on ESPN, or 21:30 ET/18:30 PT on the same network.