Bold predictions for LSU women's basketball in Kim Mulkey's 2nd season

No. 16 LSU women's basketball team will play its season opener against Bellarmine at 7 p.m. Monday. It will be the debut of the new-look team for the 2022-23 season. The team is ranked in the AP preseason poll for first time in nine years.

Flau'jae Johnson will be the National Freshman of the Year. Johnson is a McDonald's All-American and signed rapper with Jay-Z's Roc Nation label. Kim Mulkey's second season in charge of LSU women's basketball is going to be successful.

LSU women's basketball team will win more than 26 games in Kim Mulkey's second season. They will be the third-best team in the Southeastern Conference. The team is expected to lose to either Arkansas or Florida during the second to the last week of the season, but they will still finish with 25 or 26 wins.

LSU women's basketball team is going to be very good this season. Three players will average more than 13 points per game. Alexis Morris, Jasmine Carson and Reese will be the main scorers. Kim Mulkey's team will win 26 games.

LSU will make the Elite Eight in Kim Mulkey's second season. The team will be seeded No. 3. Reese and Morris will play together well in the postseason. Cory Diaz covers the LSU Tigers and Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns for The Daily Advertiser.