re: LSU (8-2) vs Charleston (5-6) - Mon 8:00 - PMAC - SECN

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It would take a massive collapse for us to not make the dance.

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WHOAAAA. Let's pump the brakes just a bit. LSU isn't even half way through their schedule yet and has played exactly ZERO conference games to date. Any tournament spot will be earned in the next 2.5 months. While (at this point) the OOC schedule has looked a little better than it did on paper to start the season, these first 13 games are/were more about just not screwing things up before conference play started. The WVU game was a nice bonus that may be big come March, but unless this team wins at minimum 11 games in conf play, there will be no NCAAT.

The SEC doesn't look very strong outside of UK. You're probably only looking at 4 spots for 14 SEC teams (one of which will be UK). At this point you've got 13 SEC teams that look like they could all beat one another depending on the night. No one in that group has really stood out as being the 2nd best team in conf. LSU is by no means whatsoever a shoe-in barring a massive collapse. Get through these last three OOC games, then a "new" season starts Jan. 8th.