- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
LSU Basketball Scheduling
Posted on 11/11/15 at 12:27 am
Posted on 11/11/15 at 12:27 am
Why the frick have we played at Vanderbilts crappy Gym with the benches under the goals the last two years and again this year
4
Posted on 11/11/15 at 12:39 am to Lionnation1993
Cause we get Kentucky at home? 
Posted on 11/11/15 at 1:20 am to Lionnation1993
Better question is why is our ooc schedule still so weak? We have the best player is the country and our best non sec game is Marquette. Playing difficult teams will only prepare us more for the tournement.
Posted on 11/11/15 at 1:31 am to Tigerfan_95
We play NCState or Arizona State after Marquette.
Posted on 11/11/15 at 1:34 am to KamaCausey_LSU
Non of which are ranked
Posted on 11/11/15 at 1:54 am to Tigerfan_95
quote:
Non of which are ranked
At this time.
Posted on 11/11/15 at 5:17 am to Tigerfan_95
I'm pretty sure Oklahoma is ranked in the top 10.
Posted on 11/11/15 at 6:18 am to Lionnation1993
SEC Basketball scheduling was completely revamped this season, thus nothing the past few years had any effect on this season's SEC scheduling.
The 18 games now consists of playing each of the other 13 SEC once. After that each team plays 3 teams twice every year. LSU's three are Alabama, Texas A&M, and Arkansas. Then they rotate out the last two teams that we play twice.
The 18 games now consists of playing each of the other 13 SEC once. After that each team plays 3 teams twice every year. LSU's three are Alabama, Texas A&M, and Arkansas. Then they rotate out the last two teams that we play twice.
Posted on 11/11/15 at 6:51 am to Lionnation1993
While I would have loved to see a huge name come to the pmac in december, our non-conference schedule overall is not too bad. Wake will probably be decent this year, the nyc games will be good and OU is a top 10 team. I absolutely hate having bottom 300 teams like mcneese on the schedule though. They do nothing but kill your strenth of schedule. Those type teams are only on the schedule because someone was either too lazy or they're just bad at their job.
Posted on 11/11/15 at 6:54 am to T
quote:
I absolutely hate having bottom 300 teams like mcneese on the schedule though. They do nothing but kill your strenth of schedule. Those type teams are only on the schedule because someone was either too lazy or they're just bad at their job.
Yeah, these are killer. The couple of good teams we've scheduled are pretty much negated by these. I'm not one of the nostalgic Dale guys here, but one thing I'll give him, he scheduled tough and it was good for the fans and his team.
Johnny could take a page there.
Posted on 11/11/15 at 7:29 am to Tigerfan_95
quote:
Non of which are ranked
Posted on 11/11/15 at 7:39 am to T
quote:
I absolutely hate having bottom 300 teams like mcneese on the schedule though. They do nothing but kill your strenth of schedule. Those type teams are only on the schedule because someone was either too lazy or they're just bad at their job.
This is my only problem with our scheduling under Jones. Just get the ~200 teams not the 300+ teams... Just can't do it.
Posted on 11/11/15 at 8:49 am to Tigerfan_95
quote:
Better question is why is our ooc schedule still so weak? We have the best player is the country and our best non sec game is Marquette. Playing difficult teams will only prepare us more for the tournement.
Well to be fair, LSU's best non-conf. game is Oklahoma in January. However, I gnerally agree with you about the schedule. This the most national/local interest in LSU basketball in years. NCAAT birth last year; Preseason top 25; Top 10 freshman class; the presumptive #1 player in the country, and the best they could do at home in Nov./Dec is a Wake Forest team picked to finish in the bottom 1/4th of the ACC?
I just don't understand what people saying this OOC schedule is "good" are looking at? Oklahoma is the only thing that saves it and we can thank ESPN for that. NC State is a projected to be a mid-tier ACC team. ASU is picked near the bottom of the Pac-12. Marquette will be improved from their last place finish last season. However, they are still picked to finish in the middle of the Big East. Houston (on the road) should be improved, but they are still projected as a middle of the pack AAC team. Oral Roberts is a decent team, but that's not going to get the casual fan to show up. North Florida is the only opponent picked to possibly win their conf. But most people don't even know the University of North Florida exists
The selection committee has shown time and time again that they will reward teams for playing a tough OOC schedule, even if they lose a few of those games. Unless this schedule ends up being better than it looks on paper (admittedly last year's schedule did with Old Dominion, WVU, UMass and UAB exceeding expectations), LSU isn't going to have much room for error in Nov./Dec. Still, with expectations high and Simmons on board, it's a bit dissapointing that LSU couldn't get someone like a Notre Dame, Purdue, Baylor, Pittsburgh, Ohio State, to the PMAC (teams like Duke, UNC, Kansas are pipe-dreams). IMO, Jones missed an opportunity to really capitalize on the early excitement coming in to this basketball season. A big name OOC game in mid-December while football was in a bit of a lull would have been great
Posted on 11/11/15 at 9:24 am to SouthOfSouth
quote:
The 18 games now consists of playing each of the other 13 SEC once. After that each team plays 3 teams twice every year. LSU's three are Alabama, Texas A&M, and Arkansas.
Am I missing something? I am only coming up with 16 SEC with that scenario.
Posted on 11/11/15 at 9:30 am to pioneerbasketball
Not to mention LSU plays Oklahoma during conference play, who's going to be really good
Posted on 11/11/15 at 9:30 am to ZooTiger
quote:
Then they rotate out the last two teams that we play twice.
Yeah, you forgot to keep reading...
Posted on 11/11/15 at 9:44 am to KamaCausey_LSU
Forgot Wake Forrest
Posted on 11/11/15 at 9:47 am to ZooTiger
quote:
Am I missing something?
just the next sentence of the paragraph.
Page 1 of 1
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News