re: MBB Portal Targets List

Lives in Sugar Ridge near Pelican Point. Went to St. Amant Middle School, East Ascension and then Oak Hill for Senior Year! Signed with Mississippi State out of Oak Hill!

Would love to see us go after Joe Charles, elite defender and rebounder.
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First and foremost LSU needs a starting PG. Hannibal is gone. It's doubtful Cook returns (though, I guess, not official), and I'm not sure Williams is a true PG. Givens can probably give you minutes at PG. But I think it's pretty clear McMahon wants an experienced playmaker at that spot. Hill couldn't score in year 1...which limited his production. Cook only played in 13 games. He could score...but he didn't facilitate the offense from a team perspective. Unless McMahon plans on changing his offensive approach, he MUST get a good transfer PG. If not, next year's team may have a pretty set ceiling. And it's probably lower than what the team did this year.

He also needs at least one 6'9 - 7'0 big. As it stands now you only have Reed and Fountain returning. Miller is coming in, but he's more like Jalen Reed than past bigs such as Phillips, Bigby-Williams, even Baker. He's 6'10 with length and skill. But he'd rather play outside than in, and consistent effort seems to be a big question mark.

Are Chest and Collins not returning?

We have made the top six for Jordan Sears LINK

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Jordan Sears

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Had a BPR of 2.2 this past season. That would put him in the bottom half of this past season's LSU roster. Also, had a DBPR of 0.01

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First and foremost LSU needs a starting PG.

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Could not agree more on this point.

I think we also need 2 local transfers, who have experience, play defense, and hate to lose. Kids like Cam Carter, Joe Charles, and DJ Burns.

Previous season EM BPR - Source

For reference, a BPR of 4.25+ puts you in the Top 250 for this past season. LSU's highest rated player was Wright at 4.42. Returning players of note - Fountain 2.79, Ward 1.76, Williams 1.45, Reed 0.34

Guards:
3.10 Cam Carter (Jr Kansas State): 14.6 PTS, 5.0 REB, 2.6 AST
3.04 JP Pegues (Jr Furman): 18.4 PTS, 4.3 REB, 4.8 AST
1.81 Arturo Dean (So Florida International): 13.4 PTS, 5.1 REB, 4.0 AST
2.22 Jordan Sears (Jr UT Martin): 21.6 PTS, 4.6 REB, 4.5 AST
1.89 Jordan Ivy-Curry (Jr UTSA): 17 PTS, 5.2 REB, 3.0 AST
0.68 Greg Gordon (Jr Iona): 16 PTS, 7.3 REB, 1.3 AST
0.53 De'Shayne Montgomery (Fr Mount St. Mary's:) 13.2 PTS, 3.5 REB, 2.0 AST
1.23 Tyler Perkins (Fr Penn): 13.7 PTS, 5.3 REB, 1.9 AST
-1.12 Jacob Meyer (Fr Coastal Carolina): 15.7 PTS, 5.1 REB, 2.6 AST
-2.66 Trey Moss (So William & Mary): 13.5 PTS, 3.5 REB, 2.2 AST
2.05 Davon Barnes (Jr Sam Houston): 13.5 PTS, 3.5 REB, 1.6 AST
3.87 Terrence Edwards Jr. (Jr James Madison): 17.2 PTS, 4.4 REB, 3.4 AST


Forwards
0.73 Tarris Reed (So Michigan): 9 PTS, 7.2 REB, 0.6 AST
1.44 Sam Alexis (So Chattanooga): 10.8 PTS, 9.1 REB, 1.8 AST
1.25 William Kyle (So South Dakota St): 13.1 PTS, 6.6 REB, 1.7 AST
-1.73 Nordin Kapic (So Lynn): 19.3 PTS, 9.2 REB, 2.1 ASTJerry Deng (Fr Hampton): 10.1 PTS, 4.2 REB, 0.5 AST


Centers:
-1.37 Michael Nwoko (Fr Miami): 2.7 PTS, 2.0 REB, 0.1 AST (only 8.8 MIN/G)
0.87 Brandon Garrison (Fr Oklahoma State): 7.5 PTS, 5.3 REB, 1.5 AST
3.39 Clifford Omoruyi (SR Rutgers): 10.4 PTS, 8.3 REB, 0.5 AST
0.70 Jerry Foumena (Fr Rhode Island): 5.3 PTS, 3.5 REB, 0.4 AST

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Cam Carter committed

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Solid addition and will be one of the better defenders on the roster (as of right now).

And his shooting %s are the best of the bunch: 52%+ overall and 40%+ from 3.