LSU's Angel Reese: Team didn't want Jill Biden coming into locker room before national title game

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LSU star Angel Reese revealed on Tuesday the Tigers team that defeated Iowa for the national championship over the weekend did not want first lady Jill Biden coming to the locker room before the game.

Reese appeared on the "Paper Route" podcast and said Biden was supposed to visit both teams before the game as she attended the national championship in Dallas. At least for the Tigers, Reese said it did not end up happening.

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First lady Jill Biden, bottom center-left, looks on from a suite in the first half of the game between the LSU Lady Tigers and Iowa Hawkeyes during the final round of the Women's Final Four NCAA tournament at the American Airlines Center in Dallas April 2, 2023. (Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports)

"Apparently she was supposed to come to our locker room before the game, but we said ‘no.’ She was supposed to come to our locker room and go to Iowa’s locker room. I don’t know if she talked to them. I don’t know if she did," she said.

"But we said we didn’t want to. We didn’t want her coming into the locker room."

Reese suggested part of the issue stemmed from President Biden’s pre-tournament picks. The president had Villanova winning the women’s national championship with Iowa making the Elite Eight and LSU losing in the Round of 32 to No. 6 Michigan. LSU and Villanova were in the same region.

"I think Joe Biden had put somebody else to win the national championship," she added. "He didn’t even put us on his bucket to get out of Baton Rouge, so I was like, bet… I think that he said we were going to lose to Michigan or something."

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