"They also lost while looking very unlike a Mulkey team. In the past, the teams she's coached have created huge margins for themselves by playing the possession game, forcing turnovers and winning battles on the glass. Both strategies, Mulkey said, were absent in the first two games of SEC play. After being killed on the glass by Kentucky-the Tigers were out-rebounded 45-29-LSU won the rebounding battle against Vanderbilt, but the Commodores showed that sometimes rebounding is simple matter of when and not how many."
"Kim Mulkey's weekend started out OK: The Baton Rouge crowd greeted her with applause on Thursday night as she held hands with Lane Kiffin and paraded the school's new football coach around the court. But the crowd died down. To begin conference play, her LSU Tigers are 0-2 after falling to Kentucky, 80-78, at home, then losing Sunday afternoon's sloppy turnover fest at Vanderbilt, 65-61."
""It's an old term, but listen, guys, we're not tough enough," Mulkey told reporters after the Vanderbilt loss. "You're not tough enough to make a play when we need it, not tough enough to get that rebound when we need it.""
Kim Mulkey's weekend began with applause as she paraded new football coach Lane Kiffin, but the crowd quieted after LSU opened SEC play 0-2, losing to Kentucky 80-78 and Vanderbilt 65-61. The losses deviated from Mulkey's typical teams, which emphasize possession, forcing turnovers and dominating the glass; those strengths were absent. Kentucky out-rebounded LSU 45-29, and although LSU won the rebounding count against Vanderbilt, five of Vanderbilt's 14 offensive rebounds came in the final six minutes. Mulkey said the team is not tough enough to make plays when needed. LSU's early ranking stemmed from prolific scoring against weak nonconference opponents.
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