Kim Mulkey, Louisiana State’s basketball coach, crouches on the sideline like a catcher in high heels and wears sleeves adorned with pink flowers and artificial flowers that suggest, “No hibiscus died in the making of this jacket.”
“Look, we’re from Louisiana,” Mulkey, 60, said during an earlier round of the women’s N.C.A.A. tournament. “We like sparkles, we like diamonds, we like Mardi Gras, we like to eat, and we like to party.”
On Sunday, Mulkey wore a tiger-striped pantsuit of gold, pink and black sequins. It would have been a serious mistake, though, to link her ostentatious wardrobe with any triviality as a coach.