re: Will Wade's First Game Thoughts

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never put any stock in exhibitions plus I'm sure it was Tulane's Super Bowl down there on campus.

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If it was not for Halloween think there would have been a capacity crowd. Fogelman is very small but it is not a bad arena. With the recent renovations (Now Devlin Fieldhouse) the lobby areas, bathrooms and above seating walkways are some of the nicest on campus ammenities I have seen in a long time. It cannot seat more than 4,000 but it was probably 2600-2900 strong, good atmosphere and there were actually a lot of NOLA sports figures in attendance whether it be a couple Saints players, John Brady, or former Tulane football and basketball players.

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No reason not to play home and home with Tulane in hoops, could be a nice little rivalry to generate some fan interest since the non conf schedule is usually pretty watered down to begin with and LSU has struggled putting fans in the seats during Nov and Dec.

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Agree 100%, also one thing to note, and I did not know this until I looked up in the AAC banners, but Wichita State is now a full member of the AAC, which is good for the conference and Tulane as a whole. There really is not a bad seat in Fogelman because it is so small so right there that is 5 pretty good homes games in Memphis, Houston, UConn, Cincy, and now Wichita State. If LSU and Tulane opened play every year your right it could generate much needed supoort, there was a large contingency of LSU people there, and there RPI should be improved.

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The SEC is going to be some tough sledding because there is a lot more depth to the league. You have a couple programs that have had time to improve their rosters.

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Agree again, Combs looked more 6'5-6'6 than a legit 6'7 but looked pretty strong, I hope its not a nagging injury because we need a brusier for SEC play, Kiir is not ready and Epps is not a true post. Though I know CWW will do good things with a stretch 4 and it should immediately hope our 3pt woes. I said it my write up the matchup to watch would be Epps versus Reynolds, that was before I knew Epps would be out. LSU just could not matchup with him.

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It will be a miracle if this team makes NIT, but the studs will be here next year and at least we will see some coaching on the sidelines.

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I agree I do not see this team making the NIT simply because of frontcourt depth, I could see us losing some games early in the year we are not supposed to, but could very much see us taking a few in SEC play we are not supposed to win. I think the high 60's are a good pace/number for us to be at to be our most competitive. I do not think we will outscore many people, but teams always take on the attitude of there head coach if we can rebound and defend and grind out every game we will grow, if guys force up shots they will sit.

Greg Heiar takes no shite haha, neither does Will Wade but it was just nice to see they took guys out and you could see they were teaching.