Kim Mulkey sang Jim Croce and Destiny's Child in a presser to clap back at LSU's first-round March Madness foe

• LSU coach Kim Mulkey sang in her press conference after the Tigers' first-round March Madness win.
• The controversial Hall of Famer invoked Jim Croce and Destiny's Child for members of the media.

Kim Mulkey sang her opponent's praises on Saturday.

Then she just sang. Literally.

After her third-seeded LSU Tigers narrowly avoided an upset against No. 14 Jackson State in the opening round of March Madness, the controversial Hall of Fame coach lauded opposing play-caller Tomekia Reed as "a heck of a coach" and a "talent" who has the potential to rise through the ranks of college basketball.

But when asked about Reed's pre-game smack talk upon learning that her team would face LSU in the first round of the NCAA tournament, Mulkey said "it was bulletin board material." Then, she wasted no time singing the lyrics to not one, but two different songs to end the press conference.

"You want to know what my reaction to it was?" Mulkey said. "Y'all know I like to sing, right? So when I saw it, because it was my name, I said reminded me of that song Jim Croce used to sing."

"He had had a song that goes like this," she added, then began to sing:

"You don't tug on superman's cape. You don't spit in the wind. You don't pull the mask off the 'ole Lone Ranger and ya don't mess around with Kim."

"That was my first thought."

But Mulkey acknowledged that a lot of people watching "are too young to know who [Croce] was," so she decided to treat her captive audience to a rendition of Destiny's Child's "Say My Name."

"Y'all know who Destiny's Child is?" Mulkey asked with a smirk, then stood up on the podium.

"Say my name, say my name, say my name," she belted out, waving one hand in the air, then added with the point of a finger: "Y'all have a good day. Love you all."

Check out the full, erm, performance in all its glory below:

Mulkey's impromptu musical came in response to a video of Reed that emerged from Jackson State's Selection Sunday watch party. When she learned that she'd be facing Mulkey and LSU on their home court in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Reed issued a warning to hype up her team:

"Hey! Kim Mulkey got it coming, baby!"

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Reed's squad nearly toppled the mighty Tigers — who were ranked ninth in the country in the March 14 AP Poll — in front of their home crowd on Saturday. Jackson State overcame a 13-point deficit at halftime to claim a narrow one-point lead heading into the final quarter of the game.

The Tigers — of Mississippi, not Louisiana — pulled ahead by as much as 10 points in the fourth, but LSU crawled back to close the gap late and walked away with the narrow victory.

"That was a heck of a ballgame," Mulkey said. "I don't think anybody turned the TV off. I don't think any fan for either team left."