Angel Reese spent her final two college seasons at LSU, where she helped the Tigers win the first national championship in program history, and blossomed into a first-round WNBA draft pick. While her time in Baton Rouge was successful, she said it wasn’t always enjoyable.
On Friday, Reese and the Chicago Sky were on LSU’s campus for a preseason game against the Brazilian national team that served as a homecoming for Reese and 2025 first-round pick Hailey Van Lith. Prior to finishing with 15 points and 10 rebounds in an 89-62 win, Reese spoke to the media and admitted there were times that she “hated” playing for Tigers coach Kim Mulkey, but later realized that her methods got her ready for the next level.
“She prepared me for the WNBA,” Reese said of Mulkey. “I think mentally, physically for sure — practices were very long and it was easy for me to do training camp. There’s not really anything anybody can say to me as a coaching staff that can break me, or tell me anything that I don’t know about myself, or say things that get me going because I went through Kim Mulkey. She’s gonna tell it like it is, she’s gonna keep it real with you and I appreciate that. In the moment I hated it. I’m not gonna lie,…
