The national champion LSU women’s basketball team will visit the White House on May 26, the program announced Monday.
It will be the fourth sport from LSU to make a White House visit: The Tigers’ football, baseball and track and field programs also have gone after winning national championships.
The UConn Huskies men’s basketball team, which beat the San Diego State Aztecs 76-59 on April 3 in Houston to secure that program’s fifth NCAA title, also will visit the White House on May 26. The UConn men previously went to the White House in 1999, 2004, 2011 and 2014.
The LSU women defeated the Iowa Hawkeyes 102-85 on April 2 to win the first NCAA title for their program. It is the fourth national championship for LSU’s Kim Mulkey as a head coach; her previous three were with the Baylor Bears in 2005, 2012 and 2019. Her teams have visited the White House after every championship.
First lady Jill Biden attended the women’s national championship game in Dallas and said the next day in an appearance in Denver that she might suggest to her husband, President Joe…
