re: LSU Basketball Week in Review WE 1/18/15

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I don't think that Jones is a failure or will not be a great coach for LSU though. I think he is learning on the fly and a lot of people are behind him. He has made strides in a lot of ways already. Obviously recruiting has been much better and I do think the defense has really improved this year.

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Obviously the recruiting has been very good. And I do agree that the defense, while still not great at times, has been better from last year. I think that is a direct effect of Mussleman though. Wasn't he brought in to focus on the defense? The concern with Jones learning on the fly is that he isn't just some young asst coach with little to no HC experience. This is his 13th year as a HC (14th if you consider the interim year at Memphis). Certainly the SEC is a tougher league than the Sun Belt with much better players. But basketball fundamentals are the same at every level. This group struggles in that dept.

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I also noticed that LSU is only 5th in 3PA/FGA in SEC play. Still way too high with Mickey and Martin being our best options, but it's not horrible.

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Is that counting ALL games, or just SEC games? From what I looked at LSU has taken 94 3's in 4 games. Most in the league. (Bama second at 93)