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re: LSU basketball’s historical status in the SEC

Posted on 3/17/25 at 11:21 am to
Posted by ChestRockwell
In the heart of horse country
Member since Jul 2021
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Posted on 3/17/25 at 11:21 am to
Arkansas went to F4 twice when they joined the SEC. The other 4 was in the SWC?
Posted by Smokin Joe Dumas
Armchair QB
Member since Apr 2022
2170 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 11:30 am to
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Who was the coach that made almost half of those?

The one who made the NCAAT 3 times but didn’t even get to coach the team in 2 of them


Ladies and gentlemen! Come one. Come all! Behold the definition of a “Red Herring” fallacy!
Posted by LSUbasketballfan
Member since Jan 2021
694 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 11:35 am to
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This is like Nebraska football posting historical stats.


LSU has won 4 SEC basketball championships since the last time Nebraska won a conference championship in football.
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
47459 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 1:49 pm to
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SEC championships
Kentucky 50
LSU 12
Tennessee 11
Alabama 10
Florida 5


This is wrong LSU has 11 regular season championships, I assume you are counting the on tournament championship they have. But you are not counting the other teams tournament championships. You also have the numbers wrong for several schools. Where did you get your data?

SEC regular season championships

Kentucky - 50
Alabama - 11
Tennessee - 11
LSU - 11
Florida - 7

If you want to combine SEC Regular season and tournament it looks like this.

Kentucky - 82
Alabama - 19
Tennessee - 16
LSU - 12
Florida - 12


Historically not a doormat, in large part due to Dale Brown and Harry Rabenhorst WHo account for 7 of the 11 regular season championships and the only tournament championship. Brady has two, Trent Johnson has one and Will Wade has one.

But also historically feast and famine. Between first place #1 and #2 there were 19 years (remarkably the same coach), between first place #3 and #4 26 years. During the 26 seasons between 1954 and 1979 LSU finished higher than 3rd in the SEC 1 (2nd) time and went to their only post-season appearance (NIT). If I counted right they only had 7 winning seasons, (4 winning SEC records) in that timespan.

Not a doormat in the SEC. But the SEC was dominated by one team, Kentucky.





This post was edited on 3/17/25 at 1:50 pm
Posted by thunderbird1100
GSU Eagles fan
Member since Oct 2007
72314 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 1:50 pm to
quote:

LSU basketball’s historical status in the SEC



Trending down the last few years
Posted by Herodijontiger
Myrtle Beach S.C.
Member since Apr 2021
1376 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 1:58 pm to
It’s like the opposite of winning The College World Series 7 times
Posted by Chicken
Jackassistan
Member since Aug 2003
27472 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 2:05 pm to
Cannot wait for LSU hoops being relevant again...
Posted by paulb52
Member since Dec 2019
8480 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 2:54 pm to
OK, we feel a whole lot better since LSU has historical success.
Posted by Texastiger43
Houston
Member since Oct 2015
557 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 2:56 pm to
I dont get why people do not want to spend money on LSU basketball. Due to TV contracts basketball can bring in more money than baseball if they both have decent seasons.
Posted by barry
Location, Location, Location
Member since Aug 2006
51397 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 3:15 pm to
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I dont get why people do not want to spend money on LSU basketball. Due to TV contracts basketball can bring in more money than baseball if they both have decent seasons.


because more lsu fans like baseball than football
Posted by Big EZ Tiger
Member since Jul 2010
26774 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 3:16 pm to
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Fair point OP, but “SEC Champions” for most of time is TRNY Champs- LSU has one…uno

As someone else said, this is incorrect. The official conference champ for the last 70+ years has been the SEC regular season champion.
Posted by Pho Que II
Lafayette
Member since Nov 2024
52 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 3:45 pm to
Since 2000:
Men's Hoops: 4 SEC Championships (including regular season and tourney)
Football: 3 Natty's
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