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Could LSU ever be a basketball school?
Posted on 2/2/11 at 8:54 pm
Posted on 2/2/11 at 8:54 pm
Florida won 2 straight NC's and they still don't really give a shite about basketball there. Football rules. I think LSU is in the same situation.
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Posted on 2/2/11 at 8:55 pm to Cosmo
Yes
Posted on 2/2/11 at 8:56 pm to Cosmo
Absolutely not.
It will always be a football school.
Basketball could easily overtake baseball with some consistent success, though.
It will always be a football school.
Basketball could easily overtake baseball with some consistent success, though.
Posted on 2/2/11 at 8:57 pm to Cosmo
For the record Florida as a university and fan base seem to care a heck of a lot more about basketball than LSU can even dream of right now. We used to be a very good basketball program but we are not now and haven't been really for the last 20 years with the rare exception of a couple or 3 years scattered in that time.
Posted on 2/2/11 at 8:59 pm to tuptiger
If an 80's like basketball program meets an early 90's like football program it could happen. Not very likely though but anything could happen. I'm sure not too many people in the 70's thought the baseball program could amount to anything.
Posted on 2/2/11 at 9:01 pm to otowntiger
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For the record Florida as a university and fan base seem to care a heck of a lot more about basketball than LSU can even dream of right now
maybe so, but the O'Connell Center had thousands of empty seats last night for a two top 25 teams playing. UF is a football school first just like the rest of the SEC outside of Kentucky and maybe Tennessee.
Posted on 2/2/11 at 9:01 pm to Cosmo
It was before.
Posted on 2/2/11 at 9:05 pm to Cosmo
I agree completely. Who the frick likes basketball anyway? 
Posted on 2/2/11 at 9:07 pm to c on z
If we get good again fans will come, i remember when we took down #1 Arizona and the place was crazy, Brady got on the mic at the end of the game and thanked that fans.
The same arguement could have been made at LSU being a football school in the 90s. My first LSU I attended was in the 7th grade and Tiger stadium wasn't even 3/4 full, and we ended winning a bowl game that year.
LSU fans come to games when they are winning.
The same arguement could have been made at LSU being a football school in the 90s. My first LSU I attended was in the 7th grade and Tiger stadium wasn't even 3/4 full, and we ended winning a bowl game that year.
LSU fans come to games when they are winning.
Posted on 2/2/11 at 9:08 pm to c on z
we used to pack the deaf dome when dale brown was here as coach. It used to sell out for some games.
Those were the days.
But even then FOOTBAll was KING!
Those were the days.
But even then FOOTBAll was KING!
Posted on 2/2/11 at 9:11 pm to Cosmo
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Could LSU ever be a basketball school?
No. Football only. Baseball making a strong case though.
Posted on 2/2/11 at 9:20 pm to dcj185
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If we get good again fans will come, i remember when we took down #1 Arizona and the place was crazy,
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If we get good again fans will come, i remember when we took down #1 Arizona and the place was crazy,
i was at that game. it was around christmas time, and yeah it was a good environment but still wasn't a sell out LINK
attendance was 11,260
Posted on 2/2/11 at 9:47 pm to lsufball19
If the team wins people will come......If we win big, and have big games in the PMAC people will definitely come.
Who wants to go watch LSU play Nicholls/Alcorn St/etc? I certainly don't, it's a snore fest, if we're good we drum the hell out of them proving zip, and if we lose....well..nuff said.
Who wants to go watch LSU play Nicholls/Alcorn St/etc? I certainly don't, it's a snore fest, if we're good we drum the hell out of them proving zip, and if we lose....well..nuff said.
Posted on 2/2/11 at 9:58 pm to TJG210
The game might not have sold out but it was a great atmosphere, i'm pretty sure pmack has sold out many of times.
Posted on 2/2/11 at 10:06 pm to dcj185
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Could LSU ever be a basketball school?
no
it will embrace it occasionally but never care about basketball the way schools in the Big East/ACC do
Posted on 2/2/11 at 10:11 pm to Cosmo
Posted on 2/2/11 at 10:24 pm to dcj185
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If we get good again fans will come, i remember when we took down #1 Arizona and the place was crazy, Brady got on the mic at the end of the game and thanked that fans.
That's your reference? There's been better crowds since then.
Posted on 2/2/11 at 10:59 pm to The Boat
I'm just giving a personal reference from growing up, it was a good game, also comparing to football at that time that couldn't sell out and things turned around. It won't ever be basketball #1 over football, but it can be a good atmosphere. LSU has that capability to have fans that are interested in all the sports.
Posted on 2/2/11 at 11:06 pm to tuptiger
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Basketball could easily overtake baseball with some consistent success, though.
Not a chance in hell
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