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The second round of the NCAA women’s tournament kicked off on Sunday, and after a first round that mostly followed the chalk we finally had a huge, tournament-altering upset to open the second round.
Here are some takeaways from Sunday’s action.
LSU doesn’t look quite right yet
On one hand, the defending national champions are on to the Sweet 16 and beat Middle Tennessee State by 27 points on Sunday afternoon.
It’s hard to be really critical of any of that.
But something just seems off with the Tigers through the first two games of the tournament. Angel Reese has not looked as dominant as she did a year ago and the Tigers trailed at halftime before flipping the switch and running away with the game in the second half.
That came after a closer-than-expected win against No. 14 seed Rice in the first round and is enough to at least have some concern for them going into the Sweet 16. They will play the winner of Monday’s UCLA-Creighton game.
Kim Mulkey is still on the defensive
Speaking of LSU, head coach Kim Mulkey was again on the defensive on Sunday about an upcoming story in the Washington Post. It is still unclear what is in the story, who the paper spoke to, or what has been said, but Mulkey has been angry about it for two days now and continued after Sunday’s win.
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