Blame Aleva or whoever you want but......

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LSU is not niw nor ever has been a basketball school

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STFU. Louisiana has ALWAYS been a basketball state. And hence LSU used to be a basketball school.

LSU may not be a basketball school but the team should be much better than what was on the floor tonight.

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LSU is not niw nor ever has been a basketball school.

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In the sense that basketball will never surpass football as the most important sport, you are right. But, LSU has had a consistently good basketball program for a sustained period in the past. For a good 15 years under Dale Brown, LSU was a consistent contender for the SEC title and a near-perennial NCAA tournament team. A 4-12 or comparable season in SEC play simply did not happen, even in our down years.

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act as if we are going to have a lpng line of quality coaches just begging to come to LSU to coach basketball. It will not happen.

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It might not. In fact, given current management, it probably won't. But it could. All it would take is a half-arse decent commitment to the program, the courage to operate in the best interests of the program instead of just letting an aging former coach and alumnus treat it as their own personal fiefdom and a willingness to invest the necessary money to hire a good coach.

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LSU is going to have to pick an up and coming coach

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Yes, that would be a good start. We could at least try to do that, but we don't. No way in hell was Johnny Jones an "up and coming" coach. He was Dale Brown's and Collis Temple's crony, and that was the only qualification he needed.

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baseball is a bigger priority to most LSU fans than basketball.

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And that happened because a smart AD hired a great baseball coach. The same thing could happen in basketball just as easily, if we would only hire a smart AD and let him do his job.

I am 47, and I promise you from 1979 thru 1992 if a poll was taken of coaches at the time, we were one of the top 10 programs, yes top 10 in the country. With our resources and surrounding talent, we can get there again with proper leadership.

You're not smart.

The only aspect that I would agree with, is that the LSU boosters and administration has never pushed for LSU to BE a high profile basketball program.

Dale Brown (Colilis Temple Jr., et al) did this on their own. It was working well, in the 80's and early 90's --- but the exterior "powers that be" never spent $$$$ to make sure it went to the next level (ala, similar to McClendon era to the Saban era in football).

LSU was turning a profit in basketball, and recruiting very well in Brown's tenure - but $$$$ was never spent to upgrade facilities, staff, etc.

LSU fans have PROVEN they'll support a winner. If you don't believe that, you don't know how hard it was to get tickets during Chris Jackson, Shaquille O'neal's time

LSU needs to hire a very strong, focused AD first. Hire a smart, aggressive and proven winning HC, then spend $$$$ to upgrade the PMAC. They've done well spending on the basketball training center, but the PMAC needs to be re-built in my opinion.

Then, top talent will be attracted to play at LSU.....including top talent in La --- who leave the state

and there was also that small issue with Lester Earl

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LSU is not niw nor ever has been a basketball school.

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Stopped reading right there.

I remember all of the glory days of Dale Brown but I am telling you all that LSU as a school NEVER backed basketball to a grwat extent. I am 60 years old and I recall it all because I was there. LSU is not a basketball because it chooses not to be and the fans don't really give a damn. You are kidding yourselves if you believe otherwise.

If LSU gave a shite about basketball we wouldn't have had Johnny Jones to begin with or Brady, etc.

The point is that if you fire Johnny Jones then who do you think LSU is going to go get? LSU is NOT committed to being a power in basketball. I don't know what some of you refuse see.