President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, plan to welcome the men's and women's NCAA basketball champions, the University of Connecticut (UConn) Huskies men's team and the Louisiana State University (LSU) Tigers women's team, to the White House on Friday, May 26. The UConn Huskies secured their fifth national title by defeating San Diego State 76-59 in April. Meanwhile, LSU Tigers won its first championship by beating the University of Iowa 102-85.
The invitation extended to LSU became a source of controversy this year after First Lady Jill Biden said in a speech that she believed the defeated Iowa women’s team should also be invited because they played such a good game. This suggestion received widespread criticism from various sources.
LSU star Angel Reese tweeted a link to an article about Jill Biden's remarks and stated she would go to the White House because she intends to do “what's best for the team.” Former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama are also expected to attend.
Biden’s office later walked back her initial remark suggesting that both winners and runners-up of women’s championships would be welcomed at separate ceremonies. Despite expressing disappointment with Biden's apology initially, Reese has now decided that attending is indeed what is best for her team.
In response to these events unfolding publicly through social media channels like Twitter from players like Reese herself , LSU will visit President Joe Biden alongside UConn at their scheduled date without any further interruption or confusion surrounding who else may come along as well .
This decision comes after weeks of speculation whether or not such visits were going take place due largely part thanks some controversial comments made earlier this month when it was suggested by many people within sports community