The Tigers had nine new players to begin the season and plenty of doubters going into the NCAA tourney, but their national title was an apt ending to a very mad March.
Author: Michael
DALLAS — Well, here is a sentence that could lead way too many stories about basketball these days:
Let’s talk about the officiating.
The refs did not cost Iowa the national championship Sunday. LSU played better. Teams do not win by 17 points because of officials, and I did not hear anybody from Iowa say afterward that the refs robbed them of a win.
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LSU star Angel Reese’s actions late in the fourth quarter of the national championship against Iowa on Sunday stirred up plenty of reactions from sports fans across the country.
After Reese was seen gesturing towards Hawkeyes star Caitlin Clark during the final moments of the game, Iowa head coach Lisa Bluder weighed in on the situation.
“I’m sure she was really proud of her accomplishment. And I would be really proud of my accomplishment if I made it, won the national championship too. We’re all different people, and we all have different ways to show our emotion.
Despite the bevy of star power in the national championship Sunday afternoon between LSU and Iowa, much of the focus of one of the biggest games in women’s basketball history wound up being on the officials.
Questionable foul calls rained down on both teams. None was more controversial than a technical foul on Iowa guard Caitlin Clark late in the third quarter after she threw the ball behind her back to the baseline after a foul call against Iowa. The call helped sap tentative momentum from the Hawkeyes, and LSU wound up a 102-85 winner.
As LSU put the finishing touches on its 102-85 national championship game victory over Iowa, Tigers players got the celebration under way as the final seconds ticked off. And no one drew more attention the LSU star forward Angel Reese.
Reese, who dominated on the interior and finished with 15 points and 10 rebounds, had something up her sleeve for Iowa’s Caitlin Clark. Reese imitated the famous John Cena “can’t see me” gesture, which Clark broke out during Iowa’s Elite Eight win over Louisville.
Jim Nantz became the voice of Final Four men’s basketball in 1991 and we’ve heard it ever since. Monday’s title game will be his last shining moment.
It was a memorable finish to the women’s basketball national championship game Sunday, even if the score appeared one-sided. LSU defeated Iowa 102-85, and, in the game’s final moments, Tigers star forward Angel Reese was seen mocking Iowa star guard Caitlin Clark on several occasions.
With the game all but over, Reese was seen giving Clark the “you can’t see me” gesture created by wrestler John Cena—a taunt Clark has used during the tournament, one Cena even acknowledged. Afterwards, she appeared to point at her ring finger several times while staring down Clark.