re: MBB Offseason '26 Transfer Portal / HS Tracker

The topic is basketball, please stop ruining every thread with your obsession with other posters. Thank you

Found our judge to get RJ eligible!

So for those of us who don't want to read 114 pages

What's the current status of this team? Who do we KNOW is in, KNOW is out, and who are we still waiting on? Just cliff notes, please.

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do you have evidence that basketball coach McMahon was funded at a level comparable to his rivals?

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The only "evidence" to support he wasn't was a conveniently timed report by a guy who covers football recruiting (but also happened to be married to a person who worked in the athletic dept) and some blogger for a nearly as shitty Oklahoma program. But when you are looking for ANY reason to explain the poor results aside from McMahon simply being a bad coach that's all the "evidence" you need. Of course, that ignores the fact McMahon signed multiple top 20 rated classes in his 4 years at LSU (maybe he was just good at identifying the only highly rated players in college basketball who wanted to play for minimum wage )

The excuse makers ran with the BS that McMahon's woes were simply a byproduct of "no money". As if a coach just rolls the ball out on the floor and gets out of the way for 5 months. If all it took was money to win the Kentucky would be dominating the SEC and North Carolina wouldn't have fired their HC after last season.

The most logical conclusion is no, McMahon's rosters weren't as well paid as some of the historically more successful programs. But it wasn't so destitute relative to the rest of the conference that LSU shouldn't have been able to compete....with even just a decent HC.

Ultimately, the marketplace will tell you how good of a HC McMahon is thought to be. If the market sees a good HC who just had "bad luck" and "no money", he will get a major conf. job pretty quickly. Instead, I suspect he will soon find his way to the 2nd or 3rd chair on some school in Appalachia whose games are on ESPN+

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What's the current status of this team? Who do we KNOW is in, KNOW is out, and who are we still waiting on? Just cliff notes, please.

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Guards: Ugo, Bashir, Nunez, TBD
Wings: Luis (70/30 he’s eligible) Niang, Dioubate, TBD
Bigs: Santos, Dessert, Ruzic, TBD

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This is wrong. Everyone should be good to go, Luis is still not 100% certain but is probable, he’s on campus already. All the international guys will be here within the next 30 days.

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Ok, I'm going to ask a question, it is not a troll. It is merely seeking actual information, so I can start to anticipate the upcoming team.

Is this legit, or wishful thinking? I'm not sure what to make, as it seems like there isn't any true "sports information" anymore with LSU, it's all media propaganda (national hates us and everyone is out, LSU supporters say everyone is in and we should be Elite Eight minimum).

I did see that Luis is in town, so I take it we're going the court route- is that confirmed, or speculation?

Assuming your post is correct

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Guards: Ugo, Bashir, Nunez, TBD
Wings: Luis (70/30 he’s eligible) Niang, Dioubate, TBD
Bigs: Santos, Dessert, Ruzic, TBD

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what do we expect? 2 guards, or is one of the wings capable of playing guard? Do we expect 2 bigs on the floor at the same time, to distort the defense (at least one being on the perimeter to snipe away from 3, which seems to be the Euro style)?
Who would be the "go-to" guy, I'd assume someone will be the team leader?

Thanks

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The only "evidence" to support he wasn't

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I asked for evidence he was, not that he wasn't, which according to you is the most logical conclusion:

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The most logical conclusion is no, McMahon's rosters weren't as well paid as some

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I agree and I think its because he refused to raise money himself.

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the marketplace will tell you how good of a HC McMahon is thought to be

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maybe. I think its possible he is a decent coach and recruiter, but a terrible money-raiser. and I guess in today's NCAA that means he wont win and wont be hired anywhere good.

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The most logical conclusion is no, McMahon's rosters weren't as well paid as some of the historically more successful programs. But it wasn't so destitute relative to the rest of the conference that LSU shouldn't have been able to compete..

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You are ignoring th timeline and distorting the picture. First, when McMahon was hired the NCAA charges were hanging over basketball and football. You damn well know Woodward told him to avoid any action that might bring more NCAA scrutiny, More importantly NIL was not the wild west open checkbooks the first couple of years, it was essentially endorsements for Canes and Get Gordon etc. Thus, there was no impetus for a lot of fund raising by the coach. Wade didn't do a lot of that his first stint either. Even if MCMahon wanted to do some marketing there was no market to be had with the NCAA sancions looming, an empty roster and Mulkey Mania in full bloom.

It was not until year 3 that the open buying of players was the new wave. So his player market was not the high level but the mid major level risers, no super stars.

Yes, he did sign some well regarded high school players, but again no super stars but players who needed a yaear or two to develop. Reed, Dedan Thomas d and Ward's losses were devestating the past two seasons.
. Again without a big war chest he was limited in what players could now be bought. Spare me the look what Wade is doing now with fundraising. He has the built in advantage of having been here before and with some contacts, but more importantly he was promised a big war chest by he administration and the governor. McMahon had none of that and he is not a big back slapping hail fellow well met person.

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Ultimately, the marketplace will tell you how good of a HC McMahon is thought to be. If the market sees a good HC who just had "bad luck" and "no money", he will get a major conf. job pretty quickly. Instead, I suspect he will soon find his way to the 2nd or 3rd chair on some school in Appalachia

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McMahon will easily land a mid major job next season if he wants it based upon hi s recrod prior to LSU. If he is successful there he may seek a higher profile opportunity. Not every AD will view his LSU stint with the same contempt and derision some of you do and will certainly recognize the hurdles he faced at here. If he has two successful stints as a mid major coach on his resume there will be opportunities, but he may be content to be a top assistant. He also seems like a the kind of family man that might lead to taking a high school job to be more available to his kids.

Factual post as usual, Alt. But oh my, did it rustle some jimmies.

I think all of the McMen got brought out on that one. Well done, sir. I saw the actual teeth gnashing through the screen on my phone.

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McMahon will easily land a mid major job next season if he wants it based upon hi s recrod prior to LSU.

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I know a lot of people bring up his success at Murray State, but he took over a very successful mid major and he actually led them to the first losing season since 1986-1987 season. He had solid success as well, but that was fairly typical of Murray State. It could be argued that his losing season and another .500 season would arguably qualify him as the worst Murray State coach in the last 4 decades.