Don’t want to overreact

We'll have a new headcoach in 3 months

Won by 30 to 40

The negative Nancies on here will still complain after basically a perfect game where LSU shot 70% from the field, gave up 60, had 6 double digit scorers, and a near PTS/AST double double by your starting PG.

We won our season opener last year over ULM by 35. I’m not ready to crown them yet. Better than going to OT against Bethune Cookman though.

Every 3 point shooter showed they could drive the lane if needed. McKinney has done it 2 games in a row. Ball movement was way better than last year. Basketball ball IQ is higher on this team. And Reed still isn’t 100% and I believe Zipper has been injured. The defense was good from an intensity part but there were times they doubled and left a guy open. It’s early and they have time to get better before the competition gets better.

Obviously just one game and people who have been pretty negative towards the program will remind you of that and say we beat ULM 95-60 game one last year…

But it’s a completely different type of team. Last year our efficiency on offense was horrific. We just threw shots up and relied on 1v1 to score. With Thomas and tons of experience in the lineup, I really think we have potential to have an excellent offense. 21 assists on 33 FGs. We had 15 TOs, but several were entry passes that just went off the fingertips. If you have 20+ assists, you can live with 12-14 TOs.

Worried about defense. We play very hard, but our help and our switching gets lazy at times (been like this for years). They had 9 ORebs in first 12 mins then we locked in. But we have too much length and size for that.

Rotations will be interesting. Didn’t love the rotations tonight but usually takes 8-9 games to figure that out. By the time SEC players rolls around I hope Nwoko/Miller/Reed can settle into the 3 bigs rotation with Sutton playing the 3 and sometimes 4. Tamba hustles and plays hard but don’t know with bigger athletic Forwards. PJ Carter has a nice little catch a shoot shot, but King needs to take his minutes. King is an elite defender and seemed to always be in the middle of things. He didn’t play a ton but contributed in every stat category. And Reece is a nice young PG who plays with some swag and wants to pass first

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Usually takes Vegas a while to get a grasp on basketball teams

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If this were true, professional gamblers would bankrupt every sports book in Vegas at the beginning g of every season (not to mention all of the other books).