Iowa head coach Lisa Bluder is saying thanks, but no thanks to Jill Biden welcoming the Hawkeyes to the White House … saying LSU should be the only team visiting because they’re the champs.
Bluder dropped the friendly RSVP to Biden’s suggestion on Tuesday … tweeting, “I gratefully acknowledge the First Lady’s sentiments, but a day at the White House should belong solely to the champion, LSU and Coach Mulkey.”
The 3-time Big Ten Coach of the Year then flipped the script … saying the Bidens should jump on Air Force One and visit them instead!!!
“We would welcome the First Lady and President to come to Iowa’s ‘House’ – Carver Hawkeye Arena — any time!”
Of course, FLOTUS’s proposal caused a lot of commotion since the whole point of teams visiting the WH is that they’re the winners.
Biden’s Press Secretary later clarified her words … saying FLOTUS made the suggestion to admire “how far women have advanced in sports since the passing of Title IX.”
LSU’s Angel Reese wasn’t buying the explanation … and believes her team wouldn’t be receiving the same treatment if they lost to Iowa.
“I just know if the roles were reversed, it wouldn’t be the same,” Reese said on I Am Athlete. “If we were to lose, we would not be getting invited to the White House.”
The star forward is unsure if she’ll go to the White House to celebrate LSU women’s first-ever title … but President Joe Biden says he looks forward to meeting them and UConn, who won the men’s NCAA championship on Monday.