Caitlin Clark has been one of the most electrifying players in all of college basketball this year, but LSU coach Kim Mulkey doesn’t appear to be a fan.
Last week, Mulkey took a pretty clear shot at Clark following the Tigers’ notable win over Texas A&M.
“We don’t have any players shooting 40 times a game like you see around the country,” she remarked. “That’s not us.”
It didn’t take folks long to read between the lines there.
What’s up w/her? Is this female on female crime?
Caitlin Clark leads the nation in attempts per game and averages 22 shots over 40 minutes. She makes 48% of her FGs and has the most made 3-pt shots nationally.
Iowa has the 5th best shooting percentage in the country while LSU…
— Mark Schipper – 5th Down CFB (@5thDownCFB) January 12, 2024
And Iowa doesn’t have any players getting suspended cause of grades. That’s not Iowa
— Kenny McBride (@hawkeye_kenny) January 12, 2024
I have never seen a player so dominate the thoughts of two separate multiple national championship coaches. CC continues to break the mold. Mulkey and Staley absolutely hate seeing someone elevate the sport while they don’t get the credit.
— The Joeker (@TheJoeLink) January 12, 2024
Caitlin Clark’s coach doesn’t dress like she got dropped off on Bourbon Street at 3 am…
— P.Doddy (blue check mark) (@umphd) January 12, 2024
The irony is,the player that’s clearly living rent free in the hater’s heads, is also #2 in the country in assists.
— JR Anderson (@JR_Thumbs) January 12, 2024
It wasn’t lost on folks that Mulkey would be better served cleaning up her own shop before taking shots at others. After all, just in the last few months alone the Tigers have had to deal with issues as large as a ton of team infighting and as small as one of the star players have a mysterious something on her lip.
This week, Clark spoke out and responded to all her haters – like Mulkey – in just about the classiest way imaginable.
Caitlin Clark on dealing with the love/hate that comes with stardom: “That’s not something I worry about. I think I just worry about being in this moment, enjoying this moment. The people that I really care about, the people that I really love — they always have my back, even… pic.twitter.com/t72eJU6Vch
— Tyler Tachman (@Tyler_T15) January 14, 2024
“That’s not something I worry about,” Clark said. “I think I just worry about being in this moment, enjoying this moment.
“The people that I really care about, the people that I really love — they always have my back. … Those are the people that are really going to matter to me.”
Clark is having another fantastic season. She isn’t the best player in women’s college basketball. That honor belongs to someone else.
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— Game 7 (@game7__) January 14, 2024
But she is definitely up there.
Still, everything will ultimately come down to whether or not she wins a National Championship.
Will Clark be able to right last season’s wrong? Time will tell.
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