re: MBB '25 Class Recruiting

You're damned right "incoming". If he had said we're in the month of January right now, that would have been a more accurate statement than we can all agree that McMahon is a better coach than Wade.

Based the MOTHERFLUCK on what???? Show your work please.

Jalen Reece:

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LSU: “It was a cool visit. Just knowing that players like Antonio Blakeney and Ben Simmons went there, those are people I look up to. Knowing that its my turn to go and put the jersey on and just having the ability to go over there and play. (Antonio Blakeney) means a lot to me personally. That’s like my big brother. I remember last year he told me to always be the last one out of the gym. He’s given me a lot of tricks and tips and I work out with him in the summer. I love our relationship.

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Yeah, I think he chooses LSU tomorrow. It seems like the coaching staff made him a priority from the beginning.

Also, there is a chance Cenac commits to a school in November according to a premium article from on3 last week. I always figured Cenac planned to wait and see how LSU looked this season before making his decision but hopefully, he’s much closer to committing to the good guys.

RPMs coming in for Reece to LSU. Would be a big commit.

Trilly says Reece to LSU is done.

Also Houston people saying that Cenac is between Houston and LSU, mom loves the tigers and we have the current*** highest NIL offer

Steady trending in the right direction.

Why should I be satisfied with a potential 5- or 6-year turnaround? Excuses after excuses follow the Mcmaniacs. If LSU is not in the tournament this year, he should be on the hot seat. If LSU can't even make the NIT, McMahon should be canned.

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You're right. You want what you want and you WANT IT NOW!

Poor PNG Futbol is not satisfied. Maybe just find another team to cheer for.

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It doesn't have to take 5-6 years for a "turnaround" in basketball. It didn't BEFORE the freedom of transfer era. But it especially doesn't now. Hell, the last LSU HC turned it around in two! Same for the current #2 team in the nation (Alabama) who had far less of a basketball history than LSU prior to Oats' arrival.

No one expected LSU to reach the NCAA Tournament in McMahon's first year. However, he fell woefully short of reaching even the lowest preseason expectations in several years.

There was hope LSU could at least be competitive last season. After a bad non-conf. performance where they were blown out by every major conf. opponent they played, the were able to turn things around in SEC play.

This year they are picked to finish 14th in a 16 team SEC. That doesn't mean they will, but it is a snapshot of the evaluation of the program from the outside. Hopefully LSU is this year's "South Carolina"...who made the NCAA Tournament despite being picked to finish last ahead of last season.

We have some on here who presumably because they really don't follow CBB much outside of LSU, and then only for a few months in Jan/Feb, who seem to be content that the program should have virtually no expectations of success any time soon. That, despite the fact immediate turnarounds in basketball are not all that uncommon. Why men's basketball continues to be the only major sport which has such a low level of expectations continues to be mindboggling. Even in basketball that was never really the case before.

It's ok to have reasonable expectations. I don't think reaching or in serious contention for a NCAA Tournament appearance in year 3 is unreasonable. If the team fails to do so this year McMahon will be the first HC in (nearly) 30 years who failed to reach the NCAA Tournament within 3 years of taking the job. Brady, Johnson, Jones, Wade all did so.

I am not satisfied with McMahon. Yes. I stopped donating funds to men's basketball because of his poor performance. It doesn't take long to overhaul a program in today's environment. If he is indeed playing the game that was successful in the past and can't adapt to the current landscape, he is destined to failure.

If people are happy with the past two years, then good for them.

I AM NOT SATISFIED.

I get that people aren’t satisfied with the results the last two years which is warranted. There should be no reason for LSU to not have a competent basketball team. However… we just went 9-9 in conference last year. If we grab a few non conference games (especially Nicholls smh) and we would have been firmly on the bubble.

With that being said, there’s a lot of continuity from last year + a solid recruiting class with some guys that will probably contribute from day 1 + a solid transfer class.

With that being said after finishing middle of the sec pack last year, now that we have an even more improved roster I think a prediction for us to finish 14th is just lazy by the voters.