Angel Reese

LSU junior Angel Reese won the tournament's Most Outstanding Player award en route to helping the Tigers to the program's first ever title.

“I knew that I wanted to develop into that stretch-four player, so being able to do that and play under a coach that could help me get to that level — because I know I’m not gonna play the five at the next level. I mean, there are way bigger players than me in the WNBA, so I know that I would have to play that stretch-four position.” Eleven days after Maryland lost in the Sweet 16 to Stanford last year, she entered the transfer portal. She also considered [USC](https://www.nbclosangeles.com/tag/usc/), Syracuse, South Carolina and Tennessee. [ESPN's ranking](https://www.espn.com/high-school/girls-basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/226401). Where is Angel Reese from?

Reese finished the season with an NCAA-record 34 double-doubles and a national championship victory.

Despite coming up one game short, the biggest superstar in women's basketball is named the best player of the 2023 bracket.

She scored 30 points and dished out eight assists in the title game. She had 24 and 12 in the national semifinals win over Reese had a double-double in the title game, scoring 15 points and hauling in 10 rebounds while dishing out five assists and grabbing three steals.

The Sporting News examines Reese's laundry list of NIL deals, a further indication of her growing influence in the college game.

Sonic took notice, agreeing to a partnership with the All-American. Reese is no stranger to the concept, lending her support to popular body jewelry company Banter by Piercing Pagoda. Reese is aware of that more than most, sporting a pair of Bose wireless headphones for a recent advertisement. In fact, Reese sits in a league of her own when it comes to name, image and likeness (NIL) deals. Much like any college student, it seems Reese has an appreciation for a good Buffalo wing. In addition to endorsing the famed purse outfitter, Reese's deal also allowed her to gift her teammates with some leather backpacks earlier in the season. Reese has a deep bag on and off the court. Every good hoop mixtape is backed by the perfect soundtrack. For comparison, a max WNBA contract shells out a little over $200,000 per season. 2 recruit in the entire nation, the Baltimore native came to Baton Rouge as a highly touted talent. Not only does she have partnerships with more traditional sponsors like Bose and JanSport. She'll leave campus as a likely top-three pick, a headliner on and off the court.

Angel Reese has defended herself for a gesture she made towards Iowa star Caitlin Clark during LSU's NCAA Tournament victory over the Hawkeyes.

“Twitter can say what Twitter can say,” she said. Get used to it,” she wrote on Twitter. “[Clark is a] hell of a player but I don’t take disrespect lightly,” said Reese after the game. “All year I was critiqued about who I was. However, many pointed out that Reese, who is Black, was simply repeating a gesture Clark, who is white, had made earlier in the tournament. She also pointed to her finger, referencing the championship ring she would soon receive.

Both the NCAA Women's Tournament national championship game and Wrestlemania 39 are taking place on Sunday and the two world's somewhat converged.

[took umbrage with Clark’s “disrespectful”](https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1516590&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fftw%2F2023%2F04%2F01%2Falexis-morris-calls-out-caitlin-clark-disrespectful-defense-iowa-lsu%2F51399705%2F&referrer=sbnation.com&sref=https%3A%2F%2Fdknation.draftkings.com%2F2023%2F4%2F2%2F23667329%2Flsu-vs-iowa-national-championship-recap-game-angel-reese-taunts-caitlin-clark-john-cena-video) defense by intentionally leaving South Carolina players open and made it a point to one up the Iowa star on Sunday. Reese has regularly [hit opponents with the “too small” taunt](https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1639416749685874688?s=20), while Clark herself has done the “you can’t see me” taunt on a few occasions herself. Caitlin Clark hit the "You can't see me" after her sixth 3— Just Women’s Sports (@justwsports) Angel Reese hit Caitlin Clark with the John Cena celebration— The Sporting News (@sportingnews) [LSU](https://www.andthevalleyshook.com)’s 102-85 victory over Iowa, Tiger star forward Angel Reese hit Hawkeye star guard Caitlin Clark with John Cena’s “you can’t see me” taunt.

Angel Reese was not only unapologetic for her taunt of Clark, but also critical of the double standard when it comes to other players who perform similar ...

"Regardless, I’m going to be me, but I can’t do it without the girls here, and I can’t do it without the rest of my teammates and coaches. Judge us by how we approach the game." "So, don't judge us by the color of our skin. "I don’t care about anybody else and what they have to say about me, and that’s the difference between me and a lot of people. All the credit in the world to LSU. Although, it's pretty hard to believe the Iowa star didn't see it, given the photo evidence. In January, she first made reference to being "too hood" and "too ghetto" in a Twitter post. Thank you to all who have supported us on this magical run… "All year I was critiqued about who I was," Reese said. "Twitter can say what they want to say. And now what are you gonna say now?" But when other people do it, y’all don’t say nothing," Reese said.

A gesture popularized in sports and previously employed by Clark drew heat aimed at Reese on Sunday. She addressed her critics from the winners' podium.

Women's college basketball has never seen the scale of talent it has today. But with only 144 spots in the W.N.B.A., some very bright college stars will ...

Each of those four players will have played in a national championship game, and will be among the top picks in the draft whenever they decide to go. She could have left for the W.N.B.A. Clark and Reese will be eligible for the W.N.B.A. [whose Stanford team lost in the second round](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/19/sports/ncaabasketball/march-madness-sunday.html) of this year’s tournament, are eligible now but have each said they will return for another year of college. [earn money from the use of their name, image and likeness](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/30/sports/ncaabasketball/ncaa-nil-rules.html), a category known widely as N.I.L. The detention of “It’s just really sad that those are the conversations we’re having to have with our league and our college game being so healthy and vibrant and growing.” because of the pandemic. guard Alexis Morris and Iowa center Monika Czinano, may have to play professionally outside of the W.N.B.A. The breakout stars leading Iowa and Louisiana State to the N.C.A.A. The opportunities in basketball for many female athletes peak at the Final Four. But with only 144 spots in the W.N.B.A., some very bright college stars will have to play elsewhere.

LSU star forward Angel Reese reached the mountain top of women's college basketball on Sunday when her team beat Iowa in the national championship game—but ...

Reese did John Cena's 'You can't see me' gesture in the direction of Clark, creating a stir on social media.

"All you can do is hold your head high, be proud of what you did, and all the credit in the world to LSU," Clark said. But honestly I have no idea, and I was just trying to spend the last few moments on the court with especially the five people that I've started 93 games with and relishing every second of that." She's one of the best basketball coaches of all time, and she only said really kind things to me in the handshake line, so I'm very grateful for that too. Many social media users called Reese "classless" for making the gesture with Iowa on the brink of defeat. While some segments of social media were outraged with Reese's gesture, the one who experienced it first hand didn't think much of it at all. But while social media largely praised Clark for her moxie, Reese got the opposite reaction.