Our basketball opponent Wednesday night - UMKC

LSU's non-conference schedule looks really weak. And this doesn't look to be one of those Wade schedules where there aren't a lot of "big name" mid-major opponents who will quietly help LSU's metrics/NET ratings. This just looks like a weak schedule. Of course, that may be by design given there is a completely new staff, with only 3 players who played at LSU last season. I think the first month or two of the season will be McMahon and the players just trying to figure out what is the identity of the team.

I think 10-3 in non-conf. play is a very reasonable baseline given the schedule. There are no true road games on that schedule and the Thanksgiving tournament field looks really weak. Texas Tech and Wake Forest are the only notable opponents, but one game is at home and the other is a neutral site.

They will have to stack up wins a plenty in November and December because the SEC, for the second year in a row, did LSU no favors with an absolutely brutal January schedule.