Girls’ basketball head coach Arsenio Richardson said he remembers feeling blown away by his experience at the Lynx Championship Oct. 4.

“(Game five) was super awesome. (The Lynx) have championship pedigree. I’ve watched them practice before, seen them play many of times, and I think they’ve got that championship pedigree,” Richardson said.

Richardson said he believes the Lynx aren’t portrayed enough in the media.

“It’s sad, I don’t feel like (the Lynx) get the respect and notoriety that they should, but they’ve won four championships. What other organizations can say that they’ve won that?” Richardson said.

According to thinkprogress.org, mens basketball was the lead image on the NCAA website homepage three times more often than women’s basketball. Women’s basketball was two times less likely to be featured in top headlines than men’s.

Freshman Essence Young said womens’ professional basketball does not get the attention it deserves.

“To be honest, women in the media, especially with sports, aren’t portrayed that much. I don’t hear about the Lynx that much, even though they’ve done so many good things like starting the protesting during the national anthem,” Young said. “But we all (gave) credit to the males and football for doing first.”

When looking at 57 ESPN television shows, ThinkProgress found that, “27 episodes didn’t mention women’s college basketball once.”

Young said the Olympics are the only time where women get a true spotlight in the media.

“Usually, the only women’s sports that is covered in the media is just the Olympics. When the Olympics come around you get track and volleyball and tennis and stuff like that, but that’s usually it,” Young said.

Young said the concentrated coverage on women’s sports only during the Olympics is due to an apparent lack of interest.

“When you see women playing random sports it’s not interesting, but when we see them win gold medals it’s more interesting,” Young said.

Freshman Faith Johnson said the Lynx’s recognition does not match up with their skill level.

“The Lynx are better than the Timberwolves,” Johnson said. “(The Lynx are) definitely better, but everyone talks about the Timberwolves, they don’t talk about how the Lynx are doing great.”