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LSU @ #13
Posted on 2/18/19 at 11:52 pm
Posted on 2/18/19 at 11:52 pm
When is the last time our basketball team has been ranked this high?
Also if we go 2-0 this week, how far can we realistically jump in the polls?
Also if we go 2-0 this week, how far can we realistically jump in the polls?
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Posted on 2/18/19 at 11:57 pm to treyb4324
If we go 2-0 I expect us to jump to 9-10. Should be higher IMO, but no one gives us much respect.
Posted on 2/19/19 at 12:11 am to treyb4324
We'll leapfrog some teams with a TN win no doubt. But the NET ranking is all that matters. We beat KY and dropped a spot there which makes zero sense.
Posted on 2/19/19 at 4:44 am to Chasin Tail
LSU hasn't really beaten anybody outside of Kentucky. When you get this far in the net rankings teams have overall better wins and tougher schedules
Posted on 2/19/19 at 5:36 am to tzimme4
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LSU hasn't really beaten anybody outside of Kentucky.
Get the frick out of here... obviously you just started watching basketball in the last day or so.
Posted on 2/19/19 at 5:50 am to tzimme4
Soooo, tell me about how tough TN schedule has been. Maybe they’ve beaten quad 1 team, Idk, I didn’t look but they certainly don’t have the SOS we have.
Did they get their ranking because they’ve won their games by 10, because they passed the eye ball test, or because they don’t gave a young team?
To be clear, I’m not saying they don’t deserve their ranking. I just know their SOS isn’t anywhere close to ours yet they are winning in the polls.
Did they get their ranking because they’ve won their games by 10, because they passed the eye ball test, or because they don’t gave a young team?
To be clear, I’m not saying they don’t deserve their ranking. I just know their SOS isn’t anywhere close to ours yet they are winning in the polls.
Posted on 2/19/19 at 5:55 am to 13
They beat Louisville and Gonzaga. Their only losses are to UK and KU (in OT). They stayed ranked highly by simply winning a couple big games early and not losing.
Posted on 2/19/19 at 5:56 am to tzimme4
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LSU hasn't really beaten anybody outside of Kentucky. When you get this far in the net rankings teams have overall better wins and tougher schedules
It's interesting that I just saw a post of yours in another thread calling LSU basketball fans "ignorant", and here you are with perhaps the most ignorant post I have seen regarding LSU basketball, all season.
You might want to study up before you insult people.
Posted on 2/19/19 at 6:44 am to treyb4324
Last time I could find LSU ranked this high was in the 08/09 season at the end before losing the last two SEC games
Posted on 2/19/19 at 6:51 am to Metaloctopus
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It's interesting that I just saw a post of yours in another thread calling LSU basketball fans "ignorant", and here you are with perhaps the most ignorant post I have seen regarding LSU basketball, all season. You might want to study up before you insult people.
Our schedule was good from an RPI/NET perspective but I think he means based off of name recognition, we didn’t get the love from the pollsters or common fan. Our best OOC wins were St Mary’s and Furman while Tennessee had Gonzaga and Louisville. Kentucky had UNC, Louisville, and Kansas...
Posted on 2/19/19 at 6:56 am to Elleshoe
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Our schedule was good from an RPI/NET perspective but I think he means based off of name recognition, we didn’t get the love from the pollsters or common fan. Our best OOC wins were St Mary’s and Furman while Tennessee had Gonzaga and Louisville. Kentucky had UNC, Louisville, and Kansas...
The exact way that he worded his post makes it pretty clear to me that he thinks LSU hasn't beaten any good teams, outside of Kentucky. He's saying other teams have better wins and tougher schedules. So I think he meant it literally in the way he said it.
And he's wrong.
Sure LSU didn't have many signature non conference wins, but they have had several in SEC play. The notion that LSU hasn't beaten anybody outside of Kentucky is ridiculous.
Posted on 2/19/19 at 7:07 am to Chasin Tail
I remember seeing that our Q1 record was 7-2 before Saturday and is now 6-2. Could be a reason our ranking dropped since one of our wins is now Q2.
Posted on 2/19/19 at 7:21 am to Metaloctopus
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Sure LSU didn't have many signature non conference wins, but they have had several in SEC play. The notion that LSU hasn't beaten anybody outside of Kentucky is ridiculous
LSU has come on strong and they have beaten some tough teams, but they lost the three toughest non-conference games on their schedule in Fla St, Houston, and got that arse whipped by OK St. They are a different team now and are right where they need to be and need to keep building this momentum. All LSU can do is prove it more on the court and those opportunities are coming. They are ranked precisely where they should be right now looking at the season as a whole.
Posted on 2/19/19 at 7:38 am to dnm3305
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LSU has come on strong and they have beaten some tough teams, but they lost the three toughest non-conference games on their schedule in Fla St, Houston, and got that arse whipped by OK St. They are a different team now and are right where they need to be and need to keep building this momentum. All LSU can do is prove it more on the court and those opportunities are coming. They are ranked precisely where they should be right now looking at the season as a whole.
Who LSU lost to in non conference play is beside the point. The point was that LSU has played and beaten a number of good teams outside of Kentucky.
Oklahoma State was not our third best OOC opponent. Memphis, Furman, and maybe even UNCG and Charleston were all better than OK St.
That was a bad team. LSU lost to them because they were coming off a very emotional loss, and being as inexperienced as they were, they just came out completely flat. They would have lost to just about any team with a pulse that day.
But everything they have done since then has earned them a spot in the top ten. Yes, we have losses. So does everyone else. There are not ten teams deserving of being ahead of LSU right now, let alone 12 or more. I recognize that polls aren't really important. It's the principle (or lack, thereof) of them that I question.
This post was edited on 2/19/19 at 7:41 am
Posted on 2/19/19 at 8:46 am to treyb4324
Who cares what we are ranked, rankings dont matter as much in Basketball just make the tourney everyone is ranked the same there.
Posted on 2/19/19 at 9:09 am to burke985
Chicago cub fan,Yikes! Dumb as a stump !!! 
Posted on 2/19/19 at 10:34 am to LanTheBuilder
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Get the frick out of here... obviously you just started watching basketball in the last day or so.
Please do the favor and name me them then...Memphis?
Posted on 2/19/19 at 10:44 am to tzimme4
@MSU (Tier 1)
@Ole Miss (Tier 1)
Auburn (Tier 1)
St. Mary's (Tier 1)
@Arkansas (Tier 1)
Furman (Tier 2)
Alabama (Tier 2)
UNCG (Tier 2)
Memphis (Tier 2)
ETA: Don't get caught up in name brands, LSU has a ton of good wins on this schedule with only one bad loss (Okie State)
@Ole Miss (Tier 1)
Auburn (Tier 1)
St. Mary's (Tier 1)
@Arkansas (Tier 1)
Furman (Tier 2)
Alabama (Tier 2)
UNCG (Tier 2)
Memphis (Tier 2)
ETA: Don't get caught up in name brands, LSU has a ton of good wins on this schedule with only one bad loss (Okie State)
This post was edited on 2/19/19 at 10:47 am
Posted on 2/19/19 at 10:51 am to Tigerfan7218
A couple of those teams aren't making the tournament bruh. (4-5) Let's not throw in anybody now
This post was edited on 2/19/19 at 10:52 am
Posted on 2/19/19 at 10:52 am to tzimme4
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A couple of those teams aren't making the tournament bruh.
Again, That's not what the committee looks at... All of those are Tier 1 or 2 wins, which will be important come March.
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