In what was supposed to be a celebratory beginning to their NCAA Championship defense, the LSU Lady Tigers found themselves on the wrong side of a shocking upset.
LSU has two of the top ten NIL earners in Livvy Dunne and Angel Reese. Dunne falls at number three on the list behind Bronny James and Shedeur Sanders. Meanwhile, Angel Reese falls at number eight. For their efforts to change how women utilize NIL, those two athletes received the honor of being the cover athletes for Sports Illustrated in the month of October.
LSU's Angel Reese has become a prominent athlete in the cultural zeitgeist. She has taken over the conversation of women's basketball. And Reese won big at the ESPYS. Reese took home Best Breakthrough Athlete.
The NBA Draft was yesterday and the New Orleans Pelicans selected UCONN's Jordan Hawkins. What's funny about that is almost 4 hours before the draft LSU's Angel Reese cousin of Hawkins predicted that the Pelicans would take her cousin.
The LSU Tigers women's basketball team defeated Iowa 102-85 to win their first-ever national championship title—but that's not what the internet is up in arms about.