re: I'd really love to see our basketball program become elite.

This isn't a knock on the baseball program, but when it was "built" very few school cared much about college baseball (including LSU). Today, while baseball is growing in popularity, nationwide it's still not even close to basketball's popularity. Thus, the landscape in basketball is much more competitive. It's much more difficult to build a powerhouse program.

That said, CJJ is bringing in highly touted recruits. That's half the battle. The question yet to be answered is can he get those great players to make something happen on the court when they get here?