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re: LSU's roaring 14-point comeback in two minutes at Missouri, 2019

Posted on 2/1/23 at 11:19 am to
Posted by LSUDAN1
Member since Oct 2010
8984 posts
Posted on 2/1/23 at 11:19 am to
Will Wade that's my coach.
Posted by Big4SALTbro
Member since Jun 2019
14925 posts
Posted on 2/1/23 at 12:42 pm to
I miss our coach.

Vanilla TJ sucks
Posted by Alt26
Member since Mar 2010
28386 posts
Posted on 2/1/23 at 1:21 pm to
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That team was good as shite

16-2 in the SEC

9-0 on the road in the SEC



It was one of those games that we saw far too often under Wade where a good LSU team would go on the road against a terrible opponent and lay and egg. That wasn't a particularly good Missouri team. But LSU didn't play any defense that night and allow Mizzou to control the game for 38 minutes. It was frustrating because LSU had just worked their way back into to the top 25...and was about to suffer a loss to a bad team.

Mays was great in regulation. Smart was great in OT. But one guy who gets overlooked was Emmitt Williams. He, as a freshman, was at the line with 2.0 left with LSU down one. He missed the first FT. Then, hit the second LSU had to have to tie the game. That team was incredibly tough at the end of games. That's why the didn't lose a single SEC road game.
Posted by Dexter Fillmore
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2014
165 posts
Posted on 2/1/23 at 1:43 pm to
That was a trademark of Wade's teams. They never gave up. I can't recall how many times they would get down 10-15+ points and always pull back at the end to make it a game - usually pulling it out. You can always question why they got down in the first place as you stated which happened far too often, but his teams had 0 quit in them regardless of the situation.

I watched the YouTube highlights of the Mizzou comeback a few months ago. Mizzou was shell shocked at the end. Fun fact - Mizzou had a Freshman named Xavier Pinson coming off the bench that year and who also had a turnover during that comeback stretch.

There was another road win earlier that year at Miss St. where we got down 10+ in the first half and ended up winning at the end on a Naz Reid jumper which hit the front of the rim and bounced up and went in. I was at that game and the MSU fans were not happy.
Posted by Alt26
Member since Mar 2010
28386 posts
Posted on 2/1/23 at 2:00 pm to
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That was a trademark of Wade's teams. They never gave up. I can't recall how many times they would get down 10-15+ points and always pull back at the end to make it a game - usually pulling it out. You can always question why they got down in the first place as you stated which happened far too often, but his teams had 0 quit in them regardless of the situation.


Yep. Because they were often so good offensively they were rarely out of a game. Of course, the flipside was they were often so poor defensively they would allow teams to hang around or make runs to make what should have been blowouts tight games. But more times than not, if LSU was down big they would ratchet up the defensive pressure to speed up the pace and get back into the game.

That has been one of the more frustrating things to watch this season. If (more often, when) LSU gets down big they don't extend their defense or try to speed the pace up to create more possessions. Instead, they just continue to play the same game and allow the opponent to steadily increase (or at least maintain) their big lead until the game is finally over.
Posted by Dexter Fillmore
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2014
165 posts
Posted on 2/1/23 at 2:23 pm to
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That has been one of the more frustrating things to watch this season. If (more often, when) LSU gets down big they don't extend their defense or try to speed the pace up to create more possessions. Instead, they just continue to play the same game and allow the opponent to steadily increase (or at least maintain) their big lead until the game is finally over.


Agreed 100%. I feel it is like it is continuing to fit a square peg in a round hole this year, particularly on offense. Teams have figured us out after the 1st SEC game. We have seen some changes in defenses from man to zone, with some success at times, but nothing to speed up the pace of the game with a half or full court pressure. At some point, lack of possessions become an issue late in games when you are down as the Tigers have been this year. You need to create possessions, particularly since our offense efficiency has been so poor.
This post was edited on 2/1/23 at 3:00 pm
Posted by HTX Bayou Bengal
Houston, Texas
Member since Jun 2017
1610 posts
Posted on 2/1/23 at 2:46 pm to
Do we even have a player that can consistently score more than 14 a night for us? Ugh, how times have changed
Posted by Jack Crevalle
USVI
Member since Aug 2018
6715 posts
Posted on 2/1/23 at 4:17 pm to
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if LSU was down big they would ratchet up the defensive pressure to speed up the pace and get back into the game.

When they ramped up the intensity on defense, were often relentless pressing and trapping to create turnovers. It was fun to watch when Wade flipped that switch.
Posted by lovinLSU
lafayette
Member since Nov 2007
13882 posts
Posted on 2/1/23 at 4:59 pm to
Yes, Great memories from just a few years back… who would have thought LSU could ever be as bad as they are now.. too bad the comeback won’t happen tonight…
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