re: New basketball polls out.. AP: Alabama 18/LSU 33.. Coaches: Alabama 16/LSU 35

It’s obvious at this point that ESPN, who’s controlled by a small cabal of coaches like Coach K, have it out for Wade. Consider that LSU has been a top 2 SEC team for 3 straight years while also having some major upset wins in Wade’s initial season like beating the national runner up Michigan. LSU has had to reel off months of win streaks to get back into the top 25 each of the past 2 seasons after an early loss including numerous top 25 wins. Now contrast that to teams like WVU or Tech who have 4 losses yet remain in the top 10 or other teams who play nobody but are still kept around the top 15 despite losing any relevant games. You also have teams like Tennessee and Alabama who LSU has owned, going 5-1 against those 2 over the last 2 seasons, constantly pushed past us despite having similar records. There’s just no objective reasoning for the discrepancy in ranking or movement between us and similar teams, especially within a conference we’ve led for 3 seasons (+5 wins over Tennessee, +10 over Bama).