LSU's Kim Mulkey raves about Iowa superstar Caitlin Clark ahead of National Championship Game

Kim Mulkey may be game-planning whatever she can think of to stop Caitlin Clark on Sunday, but that didn’t stop the LSU leader from raving about the Iowa star to the media.

That wasn’t without some long pauses thrown in there, as well. Mulkey was rendered borderline speechless, attempting to conjure up the correct adjectives to describe her opponent in Sunday’s National Championship Game.

Check out the clip below, where Mulkey was almost at a loss for words, repeatedly calling Clark “special” as the Tigers prepare to throw the book at Clark and the Hawkeyes in an attempt to slow down their scoring.

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“She just — that’s, that’s my first time getting to see her play in person, and I didn’t get to watch the game because I had to deal with y’all. When I did get out there, I couldn’t take my eyes off of her,” raved Mulkey. “And um — she’s special. She’s special.”

Of course, Mulkey is alluding to Clark’s impressive performance on the big stage, setting a new semifinal record with 41 points to lead Iowa to the 77-73 victory over No. 1 seed South Carolina to hand the Gamecocks their first loss of the year. Not only did Clark score the ball at a high level, but she added eight assists and either scored or assisted on every Iowa point in the fourth quarter.

The seismic victory set up a title game that will have plenty of eyes on it between Clark’s Hawkeyes and Mulkey’s Tigers. Both squads are on impressive runs in the 2023 NCAA Tournament, but only one will lift the trophy at the end of it all.

While Clark has received a lion-share of the media attention, what Mulkey’s team is doing can’t be understated. They’re on a wonderful streak, and made it to the title game by virtue of a comeback victory over Virginia Tech on Friday.

In the second half of Friday’s matchup with the Hokies, Mulkey’s team found itself facing a 12-point deficit. Virginia Tech contained the Tigers on the glass, and was 10 minutes away from a national championship appearance.

Then, the fourth quarter started — and the Tigers were off to the races.

LSU outscored Virginia Tech 29-13 in the final period to complete the comeback, defeating the Hokies 79-72 to advance to the national championship. The Tigers got some huge performances in the final 10 minutes, notably from Angel Reese, who notched her 33rd double-double of the season to help lead LSU to victory.

Now, it all comes down to this, Caitlin Clark and Iowa taking on Kim Mulkey’s LSU Tigers at 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC in what figures to be a riveting showdown.