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MBB isn’t a blue blood, but in year 4 the team still won’t make the tourney. Pack it up!
Posted on 2/11/26 at 8:15 am
Posted on 2/11/26 at 8:15 am
For LSU MBB, the ceiling is competing for an Elite Eight and the occasional Final Four appearance. This is the coach’s last season in BR because, in year four, with increased NIL resources and players recruited specifically for his system, the team is still subpar.
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Posted on 2/11/26 at 8:27 am to Mbeloso
If we made the Sweet 16 every other year, I would be ecstatic.
Posted on 2/11/26 at 8:29 am to Mbeloso
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in year four, with increased NIL resources
And the NIL resources had to be increased to compensate for his coaching incompetence. In other words, it takes far more money to get a guy here and sacrifice his development.
Posted on 2/11/26 at 8:41 am to Mbeloso
NO ONE has ever said, or expected LSU to be a "blue blood". But that doesn't mean the program can't be great with the right HC. And it doesn't mean the ceiling is short of a championship.
From 1905 - 2017 Auburn had 8 NCAA Tournament appearances...total. 4 Sweet 16 appearances and 1 elite eight appearance. Then they hire a HC who was out of the game because of NCAA sanctions and "suddenly" they are making the NCAAT every season and going to two Final Fours...in one of which literally seconds away of playing for a NC.
Alabama had arguably less basketball history than LSU...then they hire a HC from Buffalo. Within 2 years they win the SEC, make the NCAA Tournament annually, and have only had 1 NCAAT in the last 5 years where they didn't make, at least, the Sweet 16, all while playing one of the best schedules every season.
The defeatist attitude is a product of people who don't follow college basketball outside of casually paying attention to LSU for about 2 weeks in January. The right HC changes EVERYTHING. LSU doesn't have that. But that doesn't mean they can't find him. And it doesn't have to be a "Kiffin" like hire. In fact, it's almost a certainty the next great LSU HC WON'T be such a hire.
From 1905 - 2017 Auburn had 8 NCAA Tournament appearances...total. 4 Sweet 16 appearances and 1 elite eight appearance. Then they hire a HC who was out of the game because of NCAA sanctions and "suddenly" they are making the NCAAT every season and going to two Final Fours...in one of which literally seconds away of playing for a NC.
Alabama had arguably less basketball history than LSU...then they hire a HC from Buffalo. Within 2 years they win the SEC, make the NCAA Tournament annually, and have only had 1 NCAAT in the last 5 years where they didn't make, at least, the Sweet 16, all while playing one of the best schedules every season.
The defeatist attitude is a product of people who don't follow college basketball outside of casually paying attention to LSU for about 2 weeks in January. The right HC changes EVERYTHING. LSU doesn't have that. But that doesn't mean they can't find him. And it doesn't have to be a "Kiffin" like hire. In fact, it's almost a certainty the next great LSU HC WON'T be such a hire.
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