re: LSU MBB doesn't have another game to play until November...

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Now more than ever you don’t need star recruits to win and even though we had a very good, very experienced roster this season coach Mac still couldn’t get it done. So where’s his lane to success? He’s not going to recruit at a UK level and hasn’t been able to win by having good, veteran rosters play well like USC so how is he going to win consistently?

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As several have pointed out, Kentucky's problem is a bunch of 5* recruits every year that either can't play as a team or opt out after one year to the pros. LSU has a lot of veteran players...Baker, Wright, Cook, Wilkinson, Fountain, Hannibal, Dean, etc. Even Ward and Reed are multiple year players. However, I disagree about "very good"...they are not very good. Wright started at Vandy and Cook at a mid level conference team (Tulane) and I guess Baker at mid level conference team Nevada but there aren't a lot of guys who would start anywhere in a major conference and be a force. But once again, it is pretty obvious to me that you need that "go to guy" which LSU does not have. Doesn't mean a one man team but a guy who can pop for 35 occasionally...B J Mack, the Wade kid at A&M, the kid for Oregon last night, etc.

I've said this before...there is no one on LSU's team that I would trust to make several 3 pointers in a game when the rest of the team is struggling.