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ESPN blurb about LSU and us being on the bubble
Posted on 3/13/15 at 11:31 pm
Posted on 3/13/15 at 11:31 pm
LSU [22-10 (11-7), RPI: 47, SOS: 88] Anyone who watched LSU Friday night and wonders how in tarnation this team managed to spend most of the past two months on the right side of the bubble -- well, you're not alone. Credit Auburn. Johnny Jones surely will. Bruce Pearl's Tigers are playing loose, unrestrained, pressure-free basketball, and are riding guard K.T. Harrell -- the former Virginia transfer, currently the hottest shooter south of the Mason-Dixon Line not named Kyle Korver -- to a raucous little SEC tourney run. But still -- come on, LSU. You really don't know how much time is left on the shot clock? With 22 seconds left in regulation, up by one, with a tight clock on a sideline out-of-bounds, you're just going to casually reset your offense? You're really that oblivious? That faux pas was only LSU's most glaring. There were plenty more. It was the kind of performance -- against a team that won just four SEC games all season, and whose RPI just broke the 150 mark -- that should at least put what seemed like a relatively secure bid into question. Thing is, LSU is probably OK. For as bad as Jones' team (and let's be real, Jones himself) was Friday night, it also entered the SEC tournament having won at Arkansas. LSU is still carrying a big nonconference road win at West Virginia, and it's still boasting a 13-5 record against the RPI top 100. That's a lot more than most bubble teams have to offer, bad losses notwithstanding. And considering how many of those bubble teams (including Ole Miss) have melted during conference tournament play this week, Friday night's eye-test fiasco almost certainly won't be enough to cost LSU its ticket. (But still, LSU. Really?)
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This post was edited on 3/13/15 at 11:32 pm
Posted on 3/13/15 at 11:54 pm to Mr.Perfect
I was just about to post this. Sums it up perfectly.
REALLY WTF LSU?
REALLY WTF LSU?
Posted on 3/14/15 at 1:47 am to Mr.Perfect
Probably took as long to find that picture as it would have to read it. Seriously
Posted on 3/14/15 at 2:20 am to tigerskin
spot on. and they didn't even talk about the non fouling tactic at the end by jones or the 19 free throws missed...
Posted on 3/14/15 at 7:35 am to Ebbandflow
True, but looking at that pic didn't give me a headache that reading that mass of text did.
Hitting the Return button while typing, even when using a phone as I am right now, is as simple as it gets.
Hitting the Return button while typing, even when using a phone as I am right now, is as simple as it gets.
Posted on 3/14/15 at 7:40 am to tigerskin
Fairly honest assessment of LSU IMO...
Posted on 3/14/15 at 7:42 am to tigerskin
Well, this changes everything. I thought we played really well, but ESPN has proven to me otherwise. Thanks, ESPN.
Posted on 3/14/15 at 8:08 am to LSU Patrick
Sums up my feelings about the game exactly. Would only add, 1) 17 missed free throws by 2 players that knocked down > 70% of them through out the season, and 2) inexplicably not fouling Bowers when he touched the ball and we are up by 3 with 6 secs left in game. The last issue I'd pure coaching. The former is pure player nerves. If they can't knock them down in an SEC Tourney, I worry about them in the NCAA tourney.
Posted on 3/14/15 at 8:10 am to Iam4LSUnTN
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1) 17 missed free throws by 2 players that knocked down > 70% of them through out the season
Could this have been a depth perception issue in the large arena?
Posted on 3/14/15 at 8:15 am to Honkus
Bridgestone arena is home of Nashville Predators for hockey. So no...seats 18,600 and typical size for basketball. No excuse for missed free throws like that. I was at the game. Was excruciating to watch. Seemed like Keith Hornsby was the one shooting with confidence. He is a total gamer.
Posted on 3/14/15 at 9:44 am to tigerskin
To come out of a timeout and get a shotclock violation is flat out bad basketball and bad coaching.
Posted on 3/14/15 at 9:47 am to cas4t
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To come out of a timeout and get a shotclock violation is flat out bad basketball and bad coaching.
You can't fix stupid. The collective basketball IQ on this team, including the coach, is pretty damn low.
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