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BATON ROUGE, La. — Widespread perceptions that Hall of Fame coach Kim Mulkey had built a juggernaut at reigning national champion LSU have been revised somewhat by two losses, a key injury and early season chemistry concerns. The Tigers have slipped to ninth in the AP Top 25 from their preseason No. 1 ranking. But LSU is still a threat to win it all. The Angel Reese-led Tigers have a chance to bolster their title-contending credentials when they host No. 1 South Carolina on Thursday. Mulkey says first-year LSU players might not have been prepared for the challenges of playing for a defending national champion with a large social media following. But Mulkey says she expects them to learn from recent setbacks.
