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re: Anybody feel like giving a breakdown of what is happening with the bball team
Posted on 1/18/24 at 4:12 pm to dstone12
Posted on 1/18/24 at 4:12 pm to dstone12
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Maybe everybody should’ve chilled the frick out with the first year coach.
A first year coach that inherited a team that spent 2+ years being dragged in the media, had to fire its coach, had its entire recruiting class decommit, and then had to spend another year under a shroud of mystery about its impending punishment. It’s not easy to recruit a team when you can’t tell them you’ll 100% be postseason eligible.
This post was edited on 1/18/24 at 4:13 pm
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Posted on 1/18/24 at 4:17 pm to Tvilletiger
Reloaded and preseason#4
Posted on 1/18/24 at 4:28 pm to BROpaneTANK
quote:Coach Mc recruited 2 LSU players back to LSU and had 3 guys (including KJ) to follow him to LSU and said it could have been more. Also had a top 25 and top 50 recruiting class. That narrative needs to die.
It’s not easy to recruit a team when you can’t tell them you’ll 100% be postseason eligible.
That said, very good breakdown by posters in this thread.
I will only add that we really have opportunity ahead of us, but if we're going to sniff the NCAAT, we really need a few marquee wins. We do get games @Tenn, 2x Bama, vs UK, vs. State to help the resume.
Sweeping TAMU this Saturday would be a great start. I think TAMU will likely be 1-2 point favorite.
Posted on 1/18/24 at 4:43 pm to drizztiger
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I will only add that we really have opportunity ahead of us, but if we're going to sniff the NCAAT, we really need a few marquee wins. We do get games @Tenn, 2x Bama, vs UK, vs. State to help the resume.
Sweeping TAMU this Saturday would be a great start. I think TAMU will likely be 1-2 point favorit
LSU currently sits at NET 91, KenPom 85, RPI 105. CMM has to schedule better OOC. Given the upcoming schedule, I felt like LSU could go 2-2 for Auburn, Ole Miss, A&M, and UGA. A&M and @UGA will both be tough, but they are both winnable games. Even a split gets LSU to 4-2 before a brutal stretch of conf play. Before Cook returned, it looked like Vandy at home might be the only sure conf win. So, it is very encouraging to be talking about 6-8 wins for this team, but, you are right; they need a couple of big wins to get them over the hump for the postseason.
Posted on 1/18/24 at 4:58 pm to wickowick
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Sometimes they win and sometimes they lose. At this point in the season they are losing less than they are winning but things can change quick.
Dick Vitale...is that you?
Posted on 1/18/24 at 5:01 pm to Tvilletiger
We're having a "prove it" year. Lots of guys taking a bigger role (Baker, Wright) or coming back to the SEC (Cook) who want to prove that last year does not define this year.
McMahon also is seeking to prove the doubters wrong and prove he can build a winning program.
McMahon also is seeking to prove the doubters wrong and prove he can build a winning program.
Posted on 1/18/24 at 5:08 pm to nicholastiger
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a 500 sec finish is not out of the realm of possibility which would be something to build on in year 2 and likely gets you to NIT
Lunardi had Mississippi State and South Carolina in the NCAAT on his last bracketology update and we are currently ahead of both in SEC play.
.500 in SEC play could get us in the big dance, especially if the committee sees that Cook would have given us a few more non-conference wins if he had been eligible.
Posted on 1/18/24 at 5:44 pm to Blutarsky
They will need some big wins in conference to make the tourney due to the bad pre conference schedule and losses. You’d almost have to go 13-5/ 12-6 with a nice sec tourney run.
I think the more realistic goal is to finish with 7or8 wins and make the NIT
I think the more realistic goal is to finish with 7or8 wins and make the NIT
Posted on 1/18/24 at 6:05 pm to Ampipe96
The way they are competing, I think they can get 8-9 more wins in SEC play.
Posted on 1/18/24 at 8:38 pm to rds dc
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CMM has to schedule better OOC
LSU’s OOC schedule is (currently) ranked higher than:
Auburn
Kentucky
Mississippi St
Ole Miss
Georgia
South Carolina
And it could have been better had the beat Dayton. The schedule is not the reason for the low NET rating. It’s that LSU hasn’t beaten anyone with a damn besides Wake Forest and A&M (with respect to the NET) ratings, along with the fact their predictive analytics numbers aren’t good. Largely because they have not been efficient offensively…because they can’t stop turning the ball over.
These next 9 games present several great opportunities to improve those numbers
Posted on 1/18/24 at 8:39 pm to Blutarsky
This next stretch of 5 of 7 on the road will go along way to how the season turns out.
Last 6 games of the year are very manageable
Last 6 games of the year are very manageable
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