LSU Tigers women's basketball head coach Kim Mulkey did more than just throw out the first pitch at the Savannah Bananas game in Baton Rouge over the weekend.
She was expelled. At least in the Bananas way.
Mulkey, who hopes to claim another national title with his Tigers as the No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament, threw a great first pitch. However, the umpire called it a ball instead of a strike.
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Head coach Kim Mulkey of the LSU Lady Tigers against the Virginia Tech Hokies during the semifinal of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at the American Airlines Center on March 31, 2023 in Dallas. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
And as we've seen on the court, Mulkey can get fired up.
While the Bananas catcher congratulated Mulkey on a good throw, she concentrated on yelling at the referee. Things got hotter when she started kicking dirt in her direction and pointed to home plate to show where she crossed her first pitch.
The referee got tired and expelled her from the game. The crowd applauded Mulkey, who continued to give the referee what he thought.
But everything changed when Mulkey and the referee came face to face. The referee grabbed Mulkey's arm and raised it like a wrestler winning a match to show the crowd that it was all a parody, which is what Bananas baseball is all about.
LSU Lady Tigers head coach Kim Mulkey speaks during a press conference after beating the Iowa Hawkeyes 102-85 during the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament championship at American Airlines Center on April 2, 2023 in Dallas . (Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)
It's good for Mulkey to let off some steam before getting down to business in the NCAA Tournament.
Things didn't go LSU's way in the SEC Tournament, where they fell to the undefeated South Carolina Gamecocks in the finals. It also got really heated late in the game, when South Carolina's Kamilla Cardoso shoved LSU's Flau'Jae Johnson, starting a skirmish that ended with Johnson's brother being arrested for entering the court.
The Tigers will face No. 14 Rice in the first round of the tournament on Friday in Albany, New York.
LSU coach Kim Mulkey reacts during the SEC women's basketball tournament championship game at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, Sunday, March 10, 2024. (Ken Ruinard/staff/USA Today Network)
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LSU is in the same group as No. 1 Iowa, the team they faced in the finals last year. There is a chance they will meet in the Elite Eight if they win their first three games of the tournament.
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