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re: Expectations of Will Wade coming to LSU?
Posted on 3/18/26 at 3:23 pm to Chad504boy
Posted on 3/18/26 at 3:23 pm to Chad504boy
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lsu branding is way more valuable means of money lost than spending millions of millions to still be barely mediocre in a men's sport. I
LSU basketball got mentioned more in 2019 for a sweet 16 run than any lsu baseball NC and more than the women’s NC.
Also mulkey makes over 1 million more than McMahon so we she ain’t cheap.
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Posted on 3/18/26 at 3:25 pm to Adam Banks
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LSU basketball got mentioned more in 2019 for a sweet 16 run than any lsu baseball NC and more than the women’s NC.
i completely disagree. i don't know what world you live in.
Posted on 3/18/26 at 3:28 pm to Chad504boy
I lived outside of Louisiana at the time.
Omaha is not a widely held ritual. No one outside of Baton Rouge pays attention if their school is not in it and even if it is most don’t care.
There are no work pools for Omaha.
March madness is a national event that has massive focus nationwide.
The nation tunes in and people pay attention
You want evidence? Look at the tv contracts
This post was edited on 3/18/26 at 3:29 pm
Posted on 3/18/26 at 3:29 pm to Chad504boy
0 expectation
Posted on 3/18/26 at 3:30 pm to Hold That Tiger 10
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He has been there one damn season, and instantly turned them around in that one season.
Look at what he did at McNeese, which is NEVER good in basketball.
NC State reached the Final Four two seasons ago.
McNeese made the tournament before Wade got there and made it again this year.
Posted on 3/18/26 at 3:30 pm to Chad504boy
My legitimate expectation and hope is to consistently make the tournament and every once and a while maybe make a run to the Elite Eight or something, and then go from there.
Posted on 3/18/26 at 3:31 pm to Chad504boy
you'd be wrong
Look at the ridiculous amounts of tv revenue from the tourney, there's a reason for that. It's insanely popular with a national audience
Baseball has come a long way but its not drawing a big audience and likely never will on the level of college hoops. Arguing against that is silly
If you want to argue for brand awareness as a way to justify losing money, than basketball fits the mold much further than baseball. There is no debate
Look at the ridiculous amounts of tv revenue from the tourney, there's a reason for that. It's insanely popular with a national audience
Baseball has come a long way but its not drawing a big audience and likely never will on the level of college hoops. Arguing against that is silly
If you want to argue for brand awareness as a way to justify losing money, than basketball fits the mold much further than baseball. There is no debate
Posted on 3/18/26 at 3:31 pm to CP3forMVP
That’s all most basketball fans have yearned for this century.
Posted on 3/18/26 at 3:32 pm to Adam Banks
bro, i chatgpt'd a simple question!
what is more widely known, lsu basketball making ncaa tournament in 2019 or lsu women's basketball winning the national title in 2023
This one isn’t particularly close.
?? The bigger, more widely known moment:
LSU Tigers women's basketball winning the 2023 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship
Here’s why:
?? National impact (this is the key difference)
The 2023 title game drew ~9.9 million viewers, the most-watched women’s college basketball game ever
It wasn’t just big—it was record-breaking and culturally significant
It had massive storylines:
Angel Reese vs Caitlin Clark
The “you can’t see me” moment
Debate, controversy, social media explosion
?? It crossed over from “sports fans” into mainstream conversation
?? The comparison event:
LSU Tigers men's basketball making the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
LSU was a solid team (Sweet 16 run), but:
That happens every year to dozens of teams
No single game or moment stood out nationally
No major cultural or media spike tied specifically to LSU
?? It was not a defining national story, even within that tournament
?? Bottom line
2023 LSU women’s title = national, historic, widely remembered
2019 LSU men’s tournament run = routine, mostly regional memory
If you asked a random sports fan (not just LSU fans), far more would recognize:
?? “LSU women winning it all with Angel Reese”
what is more widely known, lsu basketball making ncaa tournament in 2019 or lsu women's basketball winning the national title in 2023
This one isn’t particularly close.
?? The bigger, more widely known moment:
LSU Tigers women's basketball winning the 2023 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship
Here’s why:
?? National impact (this is the key difference)
The 2023 title game drew ~9.9 million viewers, the most-watched women’s college basketball game ever
It wasn’t just big—it was record-breaking and culturally significant
It had massive storylines:
Angel Reese vs Caitlin Clark
The “you can’t see me” moment
Debate, controversy, social media explosion
?? It crossed over from “sports fans” into mainstream conversation
?? The comparison event:
LSU Tigers men's basketball making the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
LSU was a solid team (Sweet 16 run), but:
That happens every year to dozens of teams
No single game or moment stood out nationally
No major cultural or media spike tied specifically to LSU
?? It was not a defining national story, even within that tournament
?? Bottom line
2023 LSU women’s title = national, historic, widely remembered
2019 LSU men’s tournament run = routine, mostly regional memory
If you asked a random sports fan (not just LSU fans), far more would recognize:
?? “LSU women winning it all with Angel Reese”
Posted on 3/18/26 at 3:38 pm to Chad504boy
quote:
The 2023 title game drew ~9.9 million viewers, the most-watched women’s college basketball game ever
For the men's 1st round
quote:
Average per game (first round): ~8–9 million viewers
Example recent data:
First round averaged about 8.8 million viewers per game
so you have an anomaly game in the women's championship that caught lightening in a bottle with clark but has since fizzled barely outdrawing the men's opening round.
Posted on 3/18/26 at 3:39 pm to The Pirate King
still waiting on pirate's list of viable candidates
Posted on 3/18/26 at 3:43 pm to BilJ
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For the men's 1st round
nobody remembers shite about lsu making a little run in 2019.
he started the comparison.
that lsu women's basketball did a ton more for the branding of LSU.
Posted on 3/18/26 at 3:48 pm to Chad504boy
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can you define the void for me?
You have a 13k seat arena that is often 1/3rd full for home games. More and more fans are cancelling their season tickets. With the lack of an audience, the value of advertising prices go down...or at least remain stagnant. Empty seats aren't buying concessions. LSU is not in consideration for many big made-for-tv matchups non-conf. matchups/tournaments like you often see. That includes tournaments such as the "Players Era" tournament that gives the participants $1M in NIL money. This year LSU's contemporaries Tennessee, Auburn, and Alabama each participated.
With greater attendance and enthusiasm comes greater attendance, more valuable marketing, the opportunity to raise ticket prices. It's all there for the taking. Those opportunities don't really exist in the other sports. See LSU baseball. It's the best program in the nation. It's led the nation in attendance for decades. It routinely plays in the biggest stage in the sport...and it generates less revenue than one of the worst major conf. basketball programs in the nation.
Posted on 3/18/26 at 3:49 pm to Alt26
spend 5 million more to recoup the 5 million?
Posted on 3/18/26 at 3:50 pm to Chad504boy
Honestly he'd be pretty dumb to come here. He's in a better spot at NC St.
Posted on 3/18/26 at 4:00 pm to Chad504boy
what's that gotten women's hoops in the years since? Has it developed a legitimate fan base? Turned a profit?
They continue to lose $8-10 mil annually so that one season is some expensive arse PR
They continue to lose $8-10 mil annually so that one season is some expensive arse PR
Posted on 3/18/26 at 4:01 pm to Chad504boy
Here's my checklist: I want to go to the NCAA tournament every year, no questions asked. And I want to compete for the SEC championship every 3-4 years, and advance in the SEC tourney to the quarterfinals every other year or so. I'm not saying we have to compete for a national championship every year, I just want to be relevant.
We don't need to be Kentucky or even Florida every year, but we should at least be Bama/AU/Ark level.
These are my terms. And I don't think it's really all that much to ask.
We don't need to be Kentucky or even Florida every year, but we should at least be Bama/AU/Ark level.
These are my terms. And I don't think it's really all that much to ask.
Posted on 3/18/26 at 4:04 pm to Chad504boy
quote:
nobody remembers shite about lsu making a little run in 2019. he started the comparison. that lsu women's basketball did a ton more for the branding of LSU.
Well at least we can agree that we should funnel all baseball money to men’s basketball.
You citing similar viewership for a NC game as a means first round game PROVES my point.
The moment you cite with Reese made the brand more infamous than famous and if you are going to say the only bad press is no press then I’d argue the will Wade fbi story was a bigger story nationally than Angel Reese/caitlin Clark.
Posted on 3/18/26 at 4:04 pm to Giantkiller
A Natty every 5th year would be my expectation.
Posted on 3/18/26 at 4:56 pm to 308
Well there’s a lot of HOF coaches you would have fired
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