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re: 11am Presser w/ our main man Joey About the Future of the Basketball Program

Posted on 3/10/17 at 11:09 am to
Posted by Tiger Prawn
Member since Dec 2016
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Posted on 3/10/17 at 11:09 am to
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I know its a year old but how in the hell did Joey allow us to turn down the NIT bid last year?


Probably because Ben Simmons had already checked out and would've skipped the NIT had LSU accepted the invite. So LSU turning down the NIT invite was likely mostly due to wanting to avoid a high profile embarrassment for the program of accepting a tournament invite, then having their best player announce he would be skipping the tournament.
Posted by themunch
Earth. maybe
Member since Jan 2007
64793 posts
Posted on 3/10/17 at 11:11 am to
He waited to the end of the year cuz LSU might have one the SEC tourney and then kept Jones. What a dumb arse.
Posted by rt3
now in the piney woods of Pineville
Member since Apr 2011
141478 posts
Posted on 3/10/17 at 11:11 am to
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Probably because Ben Simmons had already checked out and would've skipped the NIT had LSU accepted the invite. So LSU turning down the NIT invite was likely mostly due to wanting to avoid a high profile embarrassment for the program of accepting a tournament invite, then having their best player announce he would be skipping the tournament.

kinda like Fournette and the bowl game

only difference is LSU football had similar quality players behind LF7
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