After LSU women’s basketball’s thrilling Sweet 16 win over UCLA by a score of 78-69, head coach Kim Mulkey took the stand to talk about a recently published article.

No, not the one you’re thinking of. Instead, Mulkey commented on a recent Los Angeles Times article entitled “Commentary: UCLA vs. LSU is America’s sweetheart vs. its basketball villains.”

“There were some things in this commentary, guys, that you should be offended by as a woman,” Mulkey said. “It was so sexist, and they don’t even know it.”

The article was a preview of the NCAA Tournament matchup between the two teams by the Los Angeles Times’ beat reporter, Ben Bolch, which cast LSU as the villains in the game.

The Tigers were described as “dirty debutantes” in the article, with mentions of LSU’s taunting and Mulkey’s tendency to be combative with the media.

By contrast, UCLA was described as “America’s sweethearts,” “saintly,” “classy,” likened to “milk and cookies.”

“If you don’t think that’s sexism, then you’re in denial,” Mulkey said.

The article described LSU as a team “hellbent” on dividing women’s basketball rather than growing it, something Mulkey said was nonsensical given the crowd sizes LSU draws.

In addition, Mulkey stood up for her players and said the article had no business attacking their character.

“You can criticize coaches all you want. That’s our business,” Mulkey said. “But the one thing I’m not going to let you do, I’m not going to let you attack young people.”