LSU basketball...What is the word about practice?

For this team to have a chance to be decent in the SEC we're going to need to see Stringer come in and make a decent impact, Dotson to improve A LOT and Harris to continue getting better.

I am not looking for a good year, Trent lost his best recruit to grades and classes taken.

I think the team's strength will be in the frontcourt with solid defense and rebounding, however I'm worried about where the scoring will come from. I'm optimistic about White, but I think others are over-hyping him a little too much. It's not like he was all-world at Ole Miss (outside of the 2 games against LSU). That said, I think he should be solid and hopefully the fans don't have too high of expectations for him and hammer him if he doesn't reach them.

Warren and Harris improved greatly last year and I hope the trend continues. Warren reminds me of Tyrus Thomas with his hustle and aggressivness (although sometimes too aggressive, i.e. foul trouble). Harris looks like a Kevin Durant type player (though admittedly not in the same zip code as Durant). He is long and lean and really more of an outside threat than inside. He could be a really difficult matchup problem for teams.

The freshmen are the wildcards. If they live up to their "ranking" then this team could contend for the West Division. Realistically though, I think we finish in the middle of the SEC pack, with next year bringing a return to March.