"When we last caught up with No. 12 LSU and declared them schedule merchants in for a rude awakening, the Tigers were reeling from an 0-2 start to SEC play and looking ahead to a game against undefeated No. 2 Texas, an even tougher opponent than the Kentucky and Vanderbilt teams that had already beaten them."
""Reed, I'm gonna tell you something," Mulkey said in her postgame presser. "I beat Texas, so you can't write that in your articles anymore. Do you know how many times I beat Texas in my career? Go look it up. Do you know that I have lost three of my first four games in a conference before and made it to a Final Four-write that article, OK? Losing games in this league-that's how hard it is, guys.""
LSU recovered from an 0-2 start in SEC play to beat undefeated No. 2 Texas 70-65 at home, snapping Texas's perfect record. Head coach Kim Mulkey had earlier diagnosed a lack of toughness and the team responded with Mulkeyball from athletic guards. LSU had struggled against top-12 SEC opponents since Mulkey's 2021 hire, entering the game 0-8 in those matchups with losses to South Carolina, Texas and Kentucky. Mulkey pushed back on that narrative after the win, citing past slow conference starts that preceded Final Four runs. Texas coach Vic Schaefer acknowledged LSU's improvement despite a terse postgame reaction.
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