ESPN did a 30 for 30 portraying those young innocents at South Beach and South Bend as "Criminals vs. Catholics" and I never heard one reporter apologize for stereotyping, crossing lines, discriminating, etc.
Mulkey's a maestro. She knew her little Angel wasn't big enough to carry her through to the title this year, so she paved an exit path for the "rematch" game. Coached the hell out of her team too - they didn't have any attitude or fire or antagonism at all. Mulkey didn't even get a T when Reese fouled out. This was not exactly a planned loss, but no way Mulkey gins up this much empty press and hoopla if she thinks she has a good shot of winning tonight. Tonight was about Mulkey recruiting for next year's team - on both coasts - around Angel and one of the most lucrative NIL athletic programs with the empress of NIL and hype AND winning at the head of it.