Serious question

Randolph would have been stupid to stay. The answer to your question is no.

iDK

What was he the 14th pick? or something like that, If you are a lottery pick you gotta gooooo

The same thing can be said about UNC many many times.like how if brandon wright had stayed at school UNC would have won the national title last year and would probably win easily this year.bottom line thought is very talented players that dont usually stick around more than 1-2 years,winning mean nothing to them when they're guaranteed to be a lottery pick in the NBA.so dont blame Butch Pierre this happens at lots of schools its just how college basketball is now, witch makes it harder than ever to built a team for a championship run.

Lottery pick = $$$$$$$. No one here can legitimately say the temptation wouldn't be too great for you. I'd skip out for the cash too.

I highly doubt Butch Pierre specifically undermined Johnson to get Randolph out. LSU thrived and succeeding in spite of the lack of his presence.

As for PT's comment, I hate the NBA, but for reasons far beyond this. I hated players going straight from high school, but I hate the token one year even more.

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Lottery pick = $$$$$$$. No one here can legitimately say the temptation wouldn't be too great for you. I'd skip out for the cash too.

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Of course I would, too. If the rules would just change (make it to where if you enter college, you must stay 3 seasons - like football - or until you are 21), no one would have the choice to begin with.

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I highly doubt Butch Pierre specifically undermined Johnson to get Randolph out. LSU thrived and succeeding in spite of the lack of his presence.

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He didn't.

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As for PT's comment, I hate the NBA, but for reasons far beyond this. I hated players going straight from high school, but I hate the token one year even more.

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It's THE joke of all leagues, if you ask me. Where else can a franchise win 35 of 82 games in a season and still make post season? Where else do the playoffs last two months? I mean....damn, could we just get Boston, Cleveland, L.A., and one other to play for the damn thing? I hate the NBA and its piped in music playing during possessions, its lethargic until playoff time crowd, and players getting to take 4 steps without traveling being called. I hate leagues that fire coaches after one season and there isn't a bigger example of a group of overgrown children...it's a wonder they even have coaches in the NBA.

If you love LSU basketball...I mean really love it, then I do not see how the hell you can even like the NBA. Thinking back to all the great players LSU lost to the league and its ability to lure in college ballers who think that their lives are just too damn tough to not enter the NBA draft...last I checked, full scholarships are pretty cheap. I realize it ain't $25 million, but it's still not a bad life. Players like Derrick Rose and O.J. Mayo make mockeries of their institutions. Why even make them go attend classes when all they're going to do is play one year? Do championships mean anything to universities not named Duke and UNC?

Like I said, I wouldn't pass up lotto pick money either. I am not contradicting what I just said because there needs to be rules to implement...keep players from going to college for just a year. I have no problem with the "straight outta high school" move, because no one should have to go to college. If, however, you do go to a university to play ball and that institution is giving you a full ride to play a sport - feeding you, sheltering you, and a lot more - the I feel you owe it to that school to pay it back. Players who do the "one and done" are not concerned at all with winning titles. To me, that's what college sports is all about, but the "me" mentality has obscured that and MY personal opinion is that it's a damn shame.

* This is my opinion and it'll never be swayed. That's fine if you disagree.

LSU with Randolph might have gone 16-0 in SEC play. It would have been scary.

I watched Randolph muddle through the game last night at the N.O. Arena and was thinking the whole time that I would have loved to have had him in P&G against the Heels ....

But if you're a lottery pick, I think you go pro unless you have some highly unusual circumstances (well to do family, insurance policy purchased).

PiscesTiger ... that was a damn strong rant, and I agree.

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This team with Randolph would be on par with Memphis and the like. We'd have been one of the stongest LSU teams in school history.

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You act like this only happens to LSU, I'm pretty sure if Randolph stayed we wouldn't have been better than Memphis, b/c Rose would have stayed, and that man is tearing it up in the NBA.

So pretty much LSU wouldn't be the greatest team in college, in fact we would have lost by more if UNC still had all those players who left early