Governor threatens scholarships after LSU women miss anthem at NCAA tournament

• Landry hits at LSU women for absence during national anthem
• LSU head coach Kim Mulkey decried as woke' amid furore

Louisiana's Republican governor has called for the scholarships of college athletes who are not present for the playing of the national anthem before games to be revoked after the LSU women's basketball team were absent from the court during the pre-game ceremonies on Monday night ahead of their eagerly anticipated NCAA tournament contest with Iowa.

Jeff Landry, the former state attorney general backed by Donald Trump whose victory in October's open gubernatorial primary denoted a hard-right shift in Louisiana's politics, took to social media on Tuesday to criticize the third-seeded Tigers and their head coach, Kim Mulkey, for not being present when the Star-Spangled Banner was played before their high-profile Elite Eight showdown in Albany.