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re: Happy college hoops season!
Posted on 11/3/25 at 3:05 pm to Alt26
Posted on 11/3/25 at 3:05 pm to Alt26
quote:I absolutely agree with this. Not a McMahon fan but will always hope and pull for the Tigers to win. The thing I love about the start of a new season is that hope springs eternal even without any evidence supporting it. I watched the exhibition game and we looked quite good. Of course that is always the case but this year we actually played a fairly good team in UCF. I have learned never to judge a McMahon team until we hit the SEC. That's when we find out if winning against cupcakes equals wins against quality opponents who will hustle and play great defense.
I'll NEVER hope LSU "sucks"...because losing sucks.
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Posted on 11/3/25 at 3:25 pm to L5ut1g3r
Nope, this is another one that isn't fooling me again
Posted on 11/3/25 at 3:26 pm to L5ut1g3r
I found this summary of the exhibition game against UCF. They look to have better pieces this year. They fell behind by double digits and came back to win.
Nwoko was scoring in the low post and rebounding very well. We look to have better PG play and McKinnon appears to be an effective outside shooter with basketball smarts. There were a number of defensive breakdowns, but we seem to have better players and are deeper this year.
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Nwoko was scoring in the low post and rebounding very well. We look to have better PG play and McKinnon appears to be an effective outside shooter with basketball smarts. There were a number of defensive breakdowns, but we seem to have better players and are deeper this year.
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Posted on 11/3/25 at 3:28 pm to Tom Bronco
I don’t think UCF is very good, 7-12 in conf and a 12th place finish in the big-12 last year, also got plastered by 25 the week prior to playing us but our PG looked good and the perimeter shooting by the new wings was encouraging. Don’t think you can take a lot from the game other than at least we beat a below average bunch which is better than losing.
Posted on 11/3/25 at 3:49 pm to basiletiger
Exactly. But I felt we had a better shot in most sec when he coach than MM. that should prove we need a new HC
Posted on 11/3/25 at 3:52 pm to Tom Bronco
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and we looked quite good.
Eh...there were individual moments of good, but I wouldn't say they looked "quite good".
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actually played a fairly good team in UCF.
UCF is picked to finish 14th (of 16) in the Big 12. I would say, based on preseason expectations, UCF is comprisable to LSU. Still, it was a road "win" (neither team played like it was exhibition game).
In short, there were some things you saw to make you believe this team may be improved from last year. But there were also some of the same issues than have been there in all of McMahon's 3 seasons.
Posted on 11/3/25 at 4:11 pm to L5ut1g3r
What is the expectation for this McSeason?
Is there any hope to make the tourney?
Is there any hope to make the tourney?
Posted on 11/3/25 at 5:06 pm to Alt26
When I said a fairly good team, it was in relation to prior year exhibition opponents - Louisiana Christian a couple of seasons ago and Loyola New Orleans last year. UCF is at least a major league college and probably three or four times tougher than those teams.
Posted on 11/3/25 at 5:11 pm to Madking
Did you not read my post? I said hope springs eternal even with no evidence to support it. UCF is a fairly good team compared to Louisiana Christian and Loyola New Orleans which were our previous exhibition opponents. I also said you couldn't judge until SEC games?
Posted on 11/3/25 at 5:20 pm to Tom Bronco
Just pointing out that UCF isn’t good. Maybe you mistook them for a different team, I sometimes do that with the Florida schools outside of the big 3. Didn’t disagree with being hopeful and I didn’t know you were comparing them to those other schools because you didn’t mention them.
Posted on 11/3/25 at 6:26 pm to L5ut1g3r
Is Jalen Reed the only returning player?
Posted on 11/3/25 at 7:18 pm to PsychTiger
Not for 99% of college sportsfans nationwide.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 12:28 pm to Fast Times @ LSU
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Is Jalen Reed the only returning player?
no, rob Miller, who is very good, is returning.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 1:04 pm to fallguy_1978
We are bigger at the 2 and 3 than previous years and have a legit point guard who could be one of the best in the conference.
Really need to work hard on defense.
Really need to work hard on defense.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 9:13 pm to Horizon Imperial
quote:I expect to see Zipper, but it wouldn't be bizarre to not see him with McKinnon and King. Unless he is more of a point? Are you just picking someone who didn't play in a preseason game?
I just hope zipper plays at some point.
This isn’t the first time we’ve had bizarre absences under McMahon’s tenure and, to make things worse, not much reasoning or explanation behind it.
Remember when McMahon claimed he couldn’t find a good time to get Tyrell Ward in the game when he began as a true freshman? Or cook, who I suppose was an issue independent of McMahon, but now we have another guy who mysteriously isn’t playing…
It’d be different if zipper were a third-stringer (maybe he is but I doubt it), but I think he should help this team. And the preseason projections suggest we need ad much help as we can get
And there was nothing mysterious about Cook. He was intelligible then later noped out on everyone. And I am pretty sure Ward played in 20 games his freshman year and admitted that he came in way behind.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 9:36 pm to mmcgrath
Zipper defense is worlds behind the other guys at this point in time from my source
This post was edited on 11/4/25 at 9:37 pm
Posted on 11/4/25 at 9:37 pm to mmcgrath
in his most recent presser coach mcawesome said that zipper had a week long illness that cost him some game fitness. nothing mysterious.
its not bizarre. its just that you don't know what the reasons are.
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This isn’t the first time we’ve had bizarre absences under McMahon’s
its not bizarre. its just that you don't know what the reasons are.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 9:46 pm to jamarr
He has had trouble getting acclimated to this level of basketball defensively. Thats the issue. He isnt close to playing currently
Posted on 11/4/25 at 10:22 pm to josh336
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He has had trouble getting acclimated to this level of basketball defensively.
He is 22 years old. Defense = physicality. If he isn't physically capable to compete with guys he's as old if not older than, he is a wasted roster spot.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 10:24 pm to jamarr
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no, rob Miller, who is very good, is returning.
He has a lot of potential but was very raw last year. Saying he is "very good" is a stretch unless he's taken a big jump in the McOffseason
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