LSU women's basketball coach Kim Mulkey silences post-championship 'noise': 'We're on top of the world'

LSU women's basketball head coach Kim Mulkey brushed off the post-championship 'noise' on 'Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy.'

LSU Women's Basketball coach Kim Mulkey joined "Sunday Night In America" to discuss her team's first NCAA women’s basketball National Championship, defeating the Iowa Hawkeyes last weekend, 102-85. 

"There's no way I could tell you that I saw this coming in two years," Mulkey told host Trey Gowdy.

Mulkey, who had previously won championships as both a player and an assistant coach, returned to her home state of Louisiana to take over the program at LSU in 2021 after leading the Baylor Bears women's college basketball team for more than two decades. She said she knew LSU had a history of success in women's basketball and believed that with the right direction, they could be supported.

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Flau'jae Johnson #4 of the LSU Lady Tigers reacts while holding the championship trophy after defeating the Iowa Hawkeyes. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

"I was coming back to a place that loved me. I was coming back to an institution that had success with Final Fours in women's basketball. I knew that if we could get it going in the right direction, we would be supported," Mulkey said. "But man did I, there's just no way. I couldn't explain to you how this happened. We got in the transfer portal a little bit and got some great players, but come on now, two years. Obviously, we're on top of the world."

Gowdy asked Mulkey about the "noise" surrounding "matters unrelated" to basketball, particularly in the aftermath of the game against Iowa. Mulkey responded by stating that she tries not to pay attention to the "noise" and instead