re: MBB - Everyone starting a thread, here is mine... this loss really sucks.

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pretending like some supernatural intervention

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I said aTm did what they did well and Wade Taylor went psycho in the second half because he was good. Durrr false equivalency durrrrrrr strawman

Don’t melt just because your magical fairy dust narrative is false.

aTm didn't take us seriously last time...overlooked a team that was supposed to be a bottom feeder. LSU has had some success this year, which is promising, but now teams are going to take them seriously and it will be harder to win. We will have more big wins...and more crushing loses...but we are trending in the right direction

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I like how after he insults us he changes his tune to exactly what we said.

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Yep.

I'm about to hit 20+ downvotes on this topic btw. I rarely start a topic, but it ends up usually like this.

We have talked MBB for a long arse time on TD. Same with S, Boat, LSUButt. shite, all we want is to win.

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We have talked MBB for a long arse time on TD. Same with S, Boat, LSUButt. shite, all we want is to win.

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Yea dude you aren’t special in that regard. Your post was just retarded. You don’t own fan hood like you try to and Madking is just the WOAT in general

It does hurt losing this game. But I'd rather a close game because at least I know we are competitive unlike last season.

I am hoping against hope we can get to 9-9. This as a win would have helped that greatly.

I see several games we really cannot win unless the opponent falls apart. BOTH Bama games, @Tennessee, UK. If we lose those four games, we are at 6 SEC losses. Getting to 9 wins will require winning 6 of the following: @ UGA, Arkie, @Fla, @ Carolina, State, UGA, @ Vandy, @Arky, MIzzou.

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Giving up so many boards seems as though we were outmatched with big or athletic forwards.

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That's A&M's game, they are one of the best in the country at that, which is why we beat them by 15 there, we matched them on the boards.

Still we were right there at the end and played straight hero ball the last 4-5 minutes. Terrible offensive possessions.

I was disappointed in the loss because we could have won. A few plays here and there. A few rebounds here and there would have been the difference in the game. They shot above their paygrade from 3. That was a huge difference in the game. And because they shot a lot of 3's there were a lot of long rebounds that they ended up getting. Especially disappointed in Cook's play. He needs to cut the hero ball and the stupid turnovers or he will be just another Torris Bright. But we are competitive and anyone who says we can't win any other games is not paying attention or is just another Mcmahon hater. IF we would have lost at TAM and won here all would be good. Plenty of ball left to play. Let's see where it goes. Extremely tough schedule coming up.

My thoughts (not that anyone cares):

1. Give A&M some credit. LSU could not have asked for a better scenario than Taylor getting into early foul trouble. Yet, they had guys who aren't good shooters step up an make shots to keep them in the game in the first half. Without that, LSU probably has a 8-10 point lead at the half.

2. You knew A&M wasn't going to get bludgeoned again in the rebounding battle. They are the best offensive rebounding team in the country. LSU's victory in that stat in game 1 was an anomaly. But LSU had to at least be competitive there yesterday. They weren't. Reed and Baker were LSU's frontcourt starters. They played a combined 44 minutes and had as many rebounds (5) combined as Jalen Cook had on his own.

3. LSU settled for threes a lot in the second half. They only shot 10 FTs all game. That number should have been double.

4. Cook right now is a "negative" player. Yes, LSU became a much better team when he became eligible, and that is still the case. But they desperately need him to be more efficient. Being the 2nd leading scorer (12 points) is fine. But he took the second most shots in the game to get it (4-12, 1-6). Worse, he had one assist and five turnovers. In SEC play his assist:turnover ratio is 1:4. That's horrible. Plus, he's a bad defender. A&M got a lot of good offense going in the 2nd half because Cook was allowing drive after drive. That's why you saw McMahon replace him at times with Williams and Hannibal. Cook doesn't defend. So if he's not scoring at a high rate and turning the ball over he is a detriment to the team on the floor. It's tough to place such a big burden on one guy, but that's the reality. LSU desperately needs him to be good each night out.

Certainly better big men are needed. But this should be addressed this season, since Robert Miller and others don’t arrive until next season.

Getting better inside positioning and improving block outs would obviously help a great deal. Coaches need to help players figure this out.