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BATON ROUGE – Unapologetic and pointing fingers to the end, LSU women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey gave an emotional and at times angry speech at her team’s postseason banquet Thursday night at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.
“Look around this building,” Mulkey said. “Wow! That’s all I can tell you. This is why I came home. I came home to do good here. Not bad.

Last year around this time, we were all waiting to see where presumptive No. 1 overall draft pick Connor Bedard would wind up. Now, we’re waiting to see which team gets the opportunity to select this year’s presumptive No. 1 pick, Boston University’s Macklin Celebrini.
However, something a little bit interesting happened last night: Celebrini’s BU Terriers lost to Denver in overtime in their Frozen Four semi-final game in St. Paul, Minnesota on Thursday night.

Matas Buzelis, the No. 6 prospect in ESPN’s Top 100 prospects list, averaged 14.1 points and 6.6 rebounds for the G League Ignite this season after choosing the NBA’s feeder program over several top college basketball programs.

I know it’s been a while since Kentucky fans had to go through a national coaching search for a premier position inside the athletic department, so let’s cut them a little slack with the outrage over Mark Pope being hired. 
While some schools are going through transitions every four years, Kentucky had maintained a strong retention record in terms of its head coaches. All the fear of something new came to fruition this past week when John Calipari found his lifeline out of Lexington in the form of the Arkansas job.