re: Charles Manning transferring to South Alabama

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I really don’t get this one. He was getting decent minutes on a tournament team and was arguably our best wing defender. Big loss.

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He's a senior (though he will have one more year of eligibility remaining). He wasn't starting and his minutes were going down each game. Gaines became someone Wade wanted to play more and that meant there was going to be less of Manning. He probably wanted to go somewhere where he can start. That looks like South Alabama.

Coming into the season he looked like a guy who was probably going to start at the 3 spot. But he had some injury issues in the preseason/beginning of the season which allowed Wilkinson to step in to a bigger role. One that Wilkinson, for this team, is performing really well. It does hurt your depth (particularly if an injury arises) but LSU has been just fine