LSU's two most talented players "Sampson & Epps" combined for 9 pts.

They do need to play better but they did only play 19 and 16 minutes respectively. Playing Rieth and Epps together much was not an option because of Auburn's quickness advantage so Epps getting only 16 minutes was not surprising.

I think our best player only getting 4 points and mindless turnovers that led to easy run out baskets was more detrimental.

Games like this happen. Our 2000 Tiger Sweet 16 team lost by 25 in Gainesville.

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Waters is more talented than both.

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And even though Waters has been in a funk the past few games, he's still engaged in the games. Whereas Sampson & Epps seem MIA most of the time.

Typically the guy Epps is guarding just wants a rebound more than he does. I guess the same can be said about most of our team though. Auburn getting 10 offensive rebounds in the 1st half was absurd.

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And why is that? This was supposed to be a breakout year for both of them.

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According to who?

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I don't normally rag on players, but they've both been here long enough and they just don't produce.

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Then how can you say that they are LSUs 2 most talented players if they’ve been here for a while, don’t produce, and can’t count on them every game?

All you had to say was Sampson and Epps haven’t played well and we needed them to step up this year. They haven’t. Stop trying to make it more dramatic by calling them LSUs 2 most talented players. Because it’s just not true.

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Reath is more talented than Epps too. Epps can spot shoot the 3. That's it. 6'11" and provides absolutely zero rim protection or rebounding.

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Yeah, Reath has a great bank shot and hook shot and can work the interior as well as shoot pretty well from deep. He can't catch the ball, but offensively, he is more talented than Epps.

Were you drunk last night? Epps and sampson are far from the most talented on the team. They are actually the two most inconsistent players on the team.

Who has said Epps is one of the most talented players? He was a low 3* that was known to be a 4 year player with a potential to redshirt. He's living up to his expectations.

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And why is that? This was supposed to be a breakout year for both of them.

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For Epps it's a matchup thing. Absolutely no way you can play Epps and Rieth together any significant length of time against Auburn as neither are quick enough to guard so both on the court together is suicide. Rieth has been hot lately he gets the minutes...simple.

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I understand that, but I'm talking about their play for the whole season so far

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Sampson was engaged and playing well before his injury, the downside of being out that long is you don't get to develop along with the team and that can be tough to overcome. I thought he had come around in the Georgia game, but he'll have to earn that and Wade is not going to reward him with more minutes until he does.