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re: Our basketball opponent Wednesday night - UMKC
Posted on 11/8/22 at 8:06 am to Alt26
Posted on 11/8/22 at 8:06 am to Alt26
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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
You're not wrong, it's one of the weakest OOC schedules I've ever seen us play. We do have Texas Tech in SEC/B12 showdown later during conference play season, but before conference play Wake Forest is currently by far the toughest team we play which is pretty
I will say there's that Cayman Island Classic tournament but it's loaded with pretty meh teams overall. We start off by playing Illinois State who was 13-20 last year, so that wont help anything. We play the winner of Akron/Western Kentucky after that, which both those teams are real solid mid-majors so that should at least give us 1 decent OOC game, and should we win that play hopefully a pretty decent team from the other bracket. Could be Jalen Cook's Tulane team...
This post was edited on 11/8/22 at 8:09 am
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Posted on 11/8/22 at 8:31 am to thunderbird1100
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You're not wrong, it's one of the weakest OOC schedules I've ever seen us play
The OOC schedule doesn't really give LSU much margin for error in terms of a potential NCAAT bid. Last year's OOC schedule was pretty weak too (at least the weakest in the Wade tenure). However, LSU went 12-1 against that schedule and dominated pretty much everyone but Penn St. (and TCU). That's why LSU was a projected #1 seed...in late December.
LSU only went 9-9 in SEC play. But that, combined with their tremendous defensive metrics, and 12 OOC wins was enough to earn them a #6 seed. I'm not expecting LSU to be a #6 seed this season...or even make the tournament. But, if they can get 11, 12, 13 OOC wins, which seems very much possible given the schedule, a .500 record against a tough SEC schedule could be enough to get them into the tournament.
I expect LSU to win tomorrow, but otherwise have no expectations. I'm just curious to see what they look like in terms of style of play. After 5 years you knew what Wade emphasized and what he didn't. For the first time in 5 years we don't know what to expect.
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