re: What in world are we doing in Men’s basketball

There's a lack of offensive skill.
Dean, Fountain, and Hannibal play with a lot of effort, and will do dirty work. But they really lack offensive skill and overall talent relative to other SEC teams.
Reed and Wright have some offensive skill, but they're both not that fast, and they don't play as hard.
Williams boosted the offense last night, then kind of went cold and had some turnovers. Not a good passer at this point.

To me, LSU basketball rosters should not lack talent and offensive skill to this degree.
An average football roster has ~7 times as many players as an average basketball roster. Just from a numbers standpoint, it's easier to recruit and put together a talented basketball team. That's why you see so many colleges have good teams that would really not be able to have the same success in football.