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Tyler Nettuno

Iowa’s band trolled LSU by playing banned team anthem ‘Neck’ ahead of Elite Eight

The budding rivalry between LSU and Iowa is one of the most endearing in women’s college basketball at the moment, and it’s set to renew on Monday night.

The two teams will square off in the Elite Eight in Albany, New York, in what will be a rematch of last year’s national title game, which the Tigers won 102-85 to capture their first championship in program history.

Now, they’ll meet again with the prize being a return trip to the Final Four, and Iowa’s band is getting in on the competition.

Ahead of Monday’s game, it was spotted playing “Neck” by Jacques Doucet of WAFB in Baton Rouge. “Neck” is a popular (and now banned) song that the LSU band routinely used to play.

A cover of Cameo’s (and later Dem Franchize Boys’) “Talkin’ Out Da Side of Ya Neck,’ the version by the LSU band was a fixture until it became rare at Tiger games when it was banned in 2010 due to the NSFW chant from the student section that accompanies it.

While not used by the university in an official capacity, it remains a fan favorite. Now, it’s being co-opted to troll them by Iowa, which is seeking revenge in a star-studded matchup between Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese.

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