Obviously this will change as the season goes, but as of right now only three games on our schedule will be against a ranked opponent. Florida home and away, and Kentucky at home.

Schedule

From what I have seen, we need to improve on Defense a lot, but I think we have a good shot at a really strong record this year if we improve like a young team should.

I'm guessing we win 25 games this year.

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Posted by tigerbait1.6

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Posted on 11/17/14 at 9:51 am to Palm Beach Tiger

We win between 20-25 games

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Posted by LSURussian

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Posted on 11/17/14 at 9:54 am to Palm Beach Tiger

We will win more than we lose overall and be about .500 in the SEC or maybe a game or two over .500.

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Posted by LSUfan2008

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Posted on 11/17/14 at 9:58 am to Palm Beach Tiger

Sat, Nov 15 Gardner Webb W
Tue, Nov 18 Texas Tech W
Fri, Nov 21 Old Dominion (Paradise Jam @ USVI)W
Sat, Nov 22
or Sun, Nov 23 Illionois State or Weber State (Paradise Jam @ USVI) W
Mon, Nov 24 TBD (Paradise Jam @ USVI) W
Sat, Nov 29 McNeese State W
Tue, Dec 2 UMass W
Thur, Dec 4 @ West Virginia L
Sat, Dec 13 Sam Houston State W
Thurs, Dec 18 @ UAB W
Mon, Dec 22 Charleston W
Mon, Dec 29 Southern Miss W
Sat, Jan 3 Savannah State W
Thurs, Jan 8 @ Missouri W
Sat, Jan 10 Georgia W
Wed, Jan 14 @ Ole Miss W
Sat, Jan 17 Texas A&M W
Tues, Jan 20 @ Florida L
Sat, Jan 24 @ Vanderbilt W
Wed, Jan 28 South Carolina W
Sat, Jan 31 @ Mississippi State W
Thurs, Feb 5 Auburn W
Sat, Feb 7 Alabama W
Tues, Feb 10 Kentucky L
Sat, Feb 14 @ Tennessee W
Tues, Feb 17 @ Texas A&M W
Sat, Feb 21 Florida L
Tues, Feb 24 @ Auburn L
Sat, Feb 28 Ole Miss W
Wed, Mar 4 Tennessee W
Sat, Mar 7 @ Arkansas L

Record: 25-6 (13-5 SEC)
(Defense has to improve though...)

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Posted by LSU6969

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Posted on 11/17/14 at 10:00 am to Palm Beach Tiger

Finally a good subject on the Rant. Let the dreaming begin. I say Sweet 16 Baby!

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Posted by CheerWhine

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Posted on 11/17/14 at 10:00 am to Palm Beach Tiger

12-6 in the SEC, 23 or 24 wins overall.

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Posted by TigerRagAndrew

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Posted on 11/17/14 at 10:05 am to CheerWhine

9-9 sec record, NIT berth

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Posted by Alt26

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Posted on 11/17/14 at 10:08 am to Palm Beach Tiger

I don't know what to think right now. There are some very good individual pieces on this team. But as a team, they are very undisciplined. Against both Morehouse and GWU the defensive effort and execution was horrible. It did not improve at all from last year even though 4 of 5 starters are experienced D-1 players. They should be ok at home, but unless the defense improves they are going to have a tough time winning on the road regardless of the opponent.

Offense can come and go. Defense and rebounding will win you games anywhere

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Posted by LSURussian

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Posted on 11/17/14 at 10:13 am to Alt26

quote:
they are going to have a tough time winning on the road regardless of the opponent.

Agreed.

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Posted by SouthOfSouth

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Posted on 11/17/14 at 10:13 am to Palm Beach Tiger

We have to improve on defense. I think LSU played far too conservative defensively on Saturday. Our Big 4 had a combined 2 fouls... Part of me likes that, the other part think it shows a lack of defensive pressure.

I think we rebounded better because we weren't going for every blocked shot, but we have to find a better way to defend the post than allowing them to back us all the way to the goal and hook shot it over a grounded defender.

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Posted by BackInBlackTiger

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Posted on 11/17/14 at 10:16 am to LSUfan2008

I think we blow another conference game on the road. 24-7 is my conservative prediction. It is a very attainable record but we must take care of a tough Texas Tech team at home especially after we barely snuck away with a win in Lubbock last year.

The Paradise Jam is definitely winnable for us and will provide great experience playing 3 games over a few days. Good prep for tournament mode come the postseason.

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Posted by LSUGrad9295

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Posted on 11/17/14 at 10:21 am to Palm Beach Tiger

quote:
From what I have seen, we need to improve on Defense a lot,

Yes. 2 things I took from the Gardner-Webb game:

1) We STILL have the age old problem of letting the other team's guards penetrate the lane. I thought the addition of Hornsby and Gray, each with a little more height and decent quickness, would help this. So far…not so much.

2) I was embarrassed for Martin and Mickey on defense Saturday. Martin continually allowed GWU's 6'5 forward to back him down into the post and then proceed to hit easy 5 foot shots. Mickey had the same thing happen to him. I know Mickey gets tons of blocked shots….but in my opinion, he will actually have to defend much better this year without JOB in the lane with him.

I get the impression that these guys are not interested in playing defense. Johnny Jones needs to cure them of that if they want to be a really good team…and I think the talent is definitely there for this to happen.

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Posted by oauron

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Posted on 11/17/14 at 10:53 am to LSUfan2008

No way we win that many road games in this league.

We'll drop @ Vandy, @ Tenn, and possible @ Mizzou.

Do think we'll win @ Auburn though. Their team sucks even with Pearl.

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