We have different kids that played different roles on last year’s team that have been asked to do a little bit more. Sometimes the growth and the maturity process just takes a little bit of time for kids to figure out. This year it’s more of, yeah, we wanted to do all of those same things again, but we had to find a way to get through it. That one was different in the fact that the expectations were quite high and they were there throughout the entire season. … Sophomore Rowan Harder is averaging 4.8 points per game but scored 18 points and had 14 rebounds in the sectional final victory. … Junior Gracie Gopalan is averaging 9.3 points and leads the team in assists (140). She also leads the team in made 3-pointers with 55. … Sophomore Lydia Aalsma averages 14.2 points and 5.4 rebounds per game. She also has a team-best 63 blocked shots. Junior Kayl Petersen, a Marquette University commit, leads Waupun in scoring at 20.6 points and rebounding at 10.9 per game. … Waupun doesn’t have a senior on its roster, which features four juniors, four sophomores and five freshmen. … The Warriors were co-champions of the East Central Conference with Kewaskum. … Waupun advanced to state with a 50-40 victory over Prairie du Chien in the final of the Edgewood Sectional. The Warriors lost in the Division 2 semifinals in 1996 and won the title last year, beating Freedom 63-42. 24-25.Ĭory Diaz covers the LSU Tigers and Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns for The Daily Advertiser as part of the USA TODAY Network.Waupun is making its third appearance at the state tournament. 6 and will take part in the Cayman Islands Classic, a field that features UConn, UCLA, Virginia Tech and others, Nov. LSU will open the season in Las Vegas at the Hall of Fame Classic where it'll take on Colorado Nov. Mississippi State, who won two games in the NCAA Tournament last season, and Georgia, who pushed LSU to the brink at home last season and won a game in the tourney and gave Caitlin Clark and Iowa all they could handled in the second round, will be a road game for the Tigers.Īt home besides South Carolina, A&M, Alabama and Auburn, LSU draws Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky and Missouri. Mulkey and LSU will have to travel to Tennessee and Ole Miss. Taking into account the other teams expected to be near the top of the SEC standings, the Tigers will have a challenging road league schedule for the second straight season. HAILEY VAN LITH Why Hailey Van Lith left Louisville to join LSU women's basketball, Kim Mulkey LSU WBB RECRUITNIG LSU women's basketball in top 7 for Jaloni Cambridge, ESPN top high school recruit LSU will also play Texas A&M, who is expected to be much-improved heading into Joni Taylor's second season thanks to some transfer portal additions, both home and away as well. LSU's rotating opponents have switched from Arkansas and Vanderbilt to Alabama and Auburn, both teams it'll play home and away for the 2023-24 campaign. View Gallery: LSU-Iowa in NCAA championship basketball: Caitlin Clark, Kim Mulkey
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