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Posted on 3/17/19 at 7:33 pm to MJG
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The OP does not even mention that LSU is without its head coach. This has to be more of a factor than anything that is mentioned. Unfortunately the interim coach has a dreadful record as a head coach, and I hope I'm wrong but I don't see him developing a great game plan nor preparing his team well. LSU could get past the first game, but after that... well it's sad for the players, they deserve better.
We whipped Vandy's arse, and Florida needed 15 more FT attempts and a last second 3 to beat us.
Our interim coach is not our Head Coach. This team will continue to play with Wade's mentality and continue to fight. We have so much motivation right now, and things like everyone picking against us will only help
Posted on 3/17/19 at 7:35 pm to LSUButt
11:40 tru tv
Oh well. Beat that arse and enjoy the rest of the day’s games.
Oh well. Beat that arse and enjoy the rest of the day’s games.
Posted on 3/17/19 at 7:40 pm to LSUButt
Cox Baton Rouge Ch 51
Posted on 3/17/19 at 7:40 pm to S
quote:
Oh well. Beat that arse and enjoy the rest of the day’s games.
I'll either be in Hell immediately, or I'll be elated
Posted on 3/17/19 at 7:45 pm to LSUButt
Let's geauxxxxxxxx Boot Up, Its time to capture the One Shining Moment. And get #1. Gotta Earn it, one game at a time. Imma be at work and really want to watch another game on Saturday, play with the edge , play loose, keep composure. And let's do this.
Posted on 3/17/19 at 7:52 pm to LSUButt
Dammit, 10:40 am where I'm at.
Posted on 3/17/19 at 7:53 pm to LSUButt
quote:frick that
11:40am
Posted on 3/17/19 at 7:55 pm to Tigahballz3313
I have ESPN+ so I'm adding their preview for Yale and LSU. Also, frick ESPN I can't add it to the preview:
Yale
Biggest strength: Yale's success is driven by offensive firepower. The Bulldogs play a fast paced style and have the scorers to attack at any moment. Yale led the Ivy in a host of offensive statistical categories, like points per game, field goal percentage, free throw percentage, and turnover rate. Jones has his Bulldog team spread the floor, using ball-movement and penetration to open up shooting chances. Yale scored 97 points against Harvard to win the Ivy League Tournament, perfectly encapsulating the kind of offense we've come to expect from the Bulldogs.
Biggest weakness: Yale's defense has been good enough for most of the season, but could struggle against tournament-level competition. The Bulldogs' most glaring deficiency on defense has been an inability to force turnovers. Yale ranked 15th-worst in the nation at forcing turnovers and dead last in the Ivy League in that stat. Some teams can survive those extra possessions, but for a Yale team looking to push the pace and run in transition, those turnovers are sorely missed.
Best player: Oni is the rare Ivy League player with the size and athleticism of a power conference player. He's a 6-foot-6 swingman who can slash into the paint, step out for a jump shot, and defend multiple positions. Oni averages 17.6 points, 6.4 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game, pacing everything the Bulldogs accomplish. NBA scouts aren't often found in Ivy League gyms, but Oni has them showing up to see his game in person.
X factor: Swain is a good enough shooter to make opposing teams shift their entire defensive scheme towards him. He shot over 40 percent from long-range this season, on more than four attempts per game. Despite defenders knowing his shooting ability and always getting a hand near his shots, Swain is still able to hit tough shots. When defenders are sucked his way rather than playing help defense, Oni and Copeland take advantage, slicing into the paint for buckets.
SCOUTING REPORT
How they beat you: Yale wants to push the ball in transition and score in bunches. Oni is very tough to guard with a full head of steam and players like Swain, Copeland and Phills are excellent at finding a spot to fill on the fast break. Even Yale's big men are lean and agile, beating opposing bigs to the block for position. Though Yale's defense isn't elite, the Bulldogs are able to clamp down late in games. When Yale defeated Miami this season, the Hurricanes managed only five points in the final 10 minutes of the game.
How you beat them: Yale does not like to play at a slower tempo, having lost when teams like Penn and Vermont controlled the pace of the game. Oni and Copeland are great at taking advantage of defenses that are out of position. In the half-court against a team with time to set its defense, Yale's offense can stall. If Yale doesn't get a shot in transition and needs to back the ball out to reset, the defense has a leg up.
HOW FAR WILL THEY GO?
Best-case scenario: Second weekend
There's no reason this Yale team can't win twice and advance to the Sweet Sixteen. Every year at least one double-digit seed sneaks through, so why not Yale? The Bulldogs can score with anyone, already have multiple victories over power conference teams, and have a potential breakout star in Oni. If Yale plays as well as it is capable of playing, there's a glass slipper with the Bulldogs' name on it.
Worst-case scenario: One and done
Yale's offense can hang around with anyone, but defense is key in March. If the Bulldogs can't ratchet up the intensity to get crucial stops, they won't be able to win in the tournament. Playing at Yale's pace can be dangerous when facing the kinds of shooters and athletes that await the Bulldogs in the Big Dance.
Yale
Biggest strength: Yale's success is driven by offensive firepower. The Bulldogs play a fast paced style and have the scorers to attack at any moment. Yale led the Ivy in a host of offensive statistical categories, like points per game, field goal percentage, free throw percentage, and turnover rate. Jones has his Bulldog team spread the floor, using ball-movement and penetration to open up shooting chances. Yale scored 97 points against Harvard to win the Ivy League Tournament, perfectly encapsulating the kind of offense we've come to expect from the Bulldogs.
Biggest weakness: Yale's defense has been good enough for most of the season, but could struggle against tournament-level competition. The Bulldogs' most glaring deficiency on defense has been an inability to force turnovers. Yale ranked 15th-worst in the nation at forcing turnovers and dead last in the Ivy League in that stat. Some teams can survive those extra possessions, but for a Yale team looking to push the pace and run in transition, those turnovers are sorely missed.
Best player: Oni is the rare Ivy League player with the size and athleticism of a power conference player. He's a 6-foot-6 swingman who can slash into the paint, step out for a jump shot, and defend multiple positions. Oni averages 17.6 points, 6.4 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game, pacing everything the Bulldogs accomplish. NBA scouts aren't often found in Ivy League gyms, but Oni has them showing up to see his game in person.
X factor: Swain is a good enough shooter to make opposing teams shift their entire defensive scheme towards him. He shot over 40 percent from long-range this season, on more than four attempts per game. Despite defenders knowing his shooting ability and always getting a hand near his shots, Swain is still able to hit tough shots. When defenders are sucked his way rather than playing help defense, Oni and Copeland take advantage, slicing into the paint for buckets.
SCOUTING REPORT
How they beat you: Yale wants to push the ball in transition and score in bunches. Oni is very tough to guard with a full head of steam and players like Swain, Copeland and Phills are excellent at finding a spot to fill on the fast break. Even Yale's big men are lean and agile, beating opposing bigs to the block for position. Though Yale's defense isn't elite, the Bulldogs are able to clamp down late in games. When Yale defeated Miami this season, the Hurricanes managed only five points in the final 10 minutes of the game.
How you beat them: Yale does not like to play at a slower tempo, having lost when teams like Penn and Vermont controlled the pace of the game. Oni and Copeland are great at taking advantage of defenses that are out of position. In the half-court against a team with time to set its defense, Yale's offense can stall. If Yale doesn't get a shot in transition and needs to back the ball out to reset, the defense has a leg up.
HOW FAR WILL THEY GO?
Best-case scenario: Second weekend
There's no reason this Yale team can't win twice and advance to the Sweet Sixteen. Every year at least one double-digit seed sneaks through, so why not Yale? The Bulldogs can score with anyone, already have multiple victories over power conference teams, and have a potential breakout star in Oni. If Yale plays as well as it is capable of playing, there's a glass slipper with the Bulldogs' name on it.
Worst-case scenario: One and done
Yale's offense can hang around with anyone, but defense is key in March. If the Bulldogs can't ratchet up the intensity to get crucial stops, they won't be able to win in the tournament. Playing at Yale's pace can be dangerous when facing the kinds of shooters and athletes that await the Bulldogs in the Big Dance.
Posted on 3/17/19 at 7:57 pm to LSUJML
Cox NOLA 61 or 1061
Posted on 3/17/19 at 8:03 pm to LSUButt
LSU
Biggest strength: A balanced offense featuring a strong backcourt alongside a physical, athletic frontcourt producing points around the basket and on the free throw line. LSU had the SEC's second-best offense because it feasted on point blank field goal attempts (1,090 shots inside restricted area) and drew fouls, scoring 22 percent of its 81.6 points per game at the line. Waters is an elite playmaker -- he led the conference in assist rate -- who is unafraid to have the ball late in the shot clock or game.
Biggest weakness: Defensive rebounding. As good as the Tigers are on the offensive glass (fourth in nation), they are equally bad on the other end (271st), allowing teams to snag 30.6 percent of their missed shots. The plethora of easy opportunities enabled LSU's opponents to make nearly half of their 2-point attempts and was a deciding factor in three of the Tigers' losses.
Best player: Waters is the dynamic floor leader who every coach covets in March. He finished the season on a tear, scoring in double figures in 19 of 20 games. In the final week of the season, he drove 94 feet in the closing seconds to score the tying bucket against Florida and send the game, which LSU eventually won, into overtime. Waters is a dangerous shooter when he spots up and a strong finisher around the rim.
X factor: Emmitt Williams. The Tigers' freshman forward can deliver instant offense. He's a superb athlete who tries to dunk whatever he can in the paint. He rose to the occasion in big games against Kentucky and Florida, and LSU was 8-0 when he scored in double figures. Williams made 61 percent of 2s and led the SEC in offensive rebounding percentage in conference action.
How they beat you: Sometimes the Tigers' best offense is a missed shot and a drawn foul. They routinely practice keeping the ball alive on the backboard and that drill paid off with a last-second bucket to win at Kentucky. Leading scorer Mays struggled to find his perimeter touch this season (31 percent), but he's one of seven Tigers to attempt at least 79 free throws. On the season, LSU outscored its opponents 554-428 at the line. LSU defended well against pick-and-roll heavy offenses.
How you beat them: Pack the defense around the paint and match the Tigers' fight on the backboards. LSU was a below-average offensive team when it faced zone defenses this season. It scored only 25.2 percent of its points beyond the arc (325th in nation) and while Waters led the team with 50 3-pointers, he connected on only 33 percent.
Best-case scenario: Final Four
These things can go one of two ways. Perhaps the Tigers unite through the adversity, take an "us-against-the-world" mentality and their battering-ram style of play and grind out close wins all the way to the final weekend. They were 5-2 in overtime affairs and 5-0 in regulation-length games decided by five points or less. Then again, all of those results came with their sharp leader Wade calling the shots in the huddle.
Worst-case scenario: One and done
Or maybe it's all too much for the Tigers to handle. The players and interim coach Tony Benford will be peppered with questions about the investigation and suspension. Perhaps the cumulative effect takes its toll on a team that has five freshmen and sophomores in its rotation. LSU didn't excel at 2-point or 3-point field goal defense this season, so a hot-shooting opponent could equal the end of a wild ride in Baton Rouge.
Biggest strength: A balanced offense featuring a strong backcourt alongside a physical, athletic frontcourt producing points around the basket and on the free throw line. LSU had the SEC's second-best offense because it feasted on point blank field goal attempts (1,090 shots inside restricted area) and drew fouls, scoring 22 percent of its 81.6 points per game at the line. Waters is an elite playmaker -- he led the conference in assist rate -- who is unafraid to have the ball late in the shot clock or game.
Biggest weakness: Defensive rebounding. As good as the Tigers are on the offensive glass (fourth in nation), they are equally bad on the other end (271st), allowing teams to snag 30.6 percent of their missed shots. The plethora of easy opportunities enabled LSU's opponents to make nearly half of their 2-point attempts and was a deciding factor in three of the Tigers' losses.
Best player: Waters is the dynamic floor leader who every coach covets in March. He finished the season on a tear, scoring in double figures in 19 of 20 games. In the final week of the season, he drove 94 feet in the closing seconds to score the tying bucket against Florida and send the game, which LSU eventually won, into overtime. Waters is a dangerous shooter when he spots up and a strong finisher around the rim.
X factor: Emmitt Williams. The Tigers' freshman forward can deliver instant offense. He's a superb athlete who tries to dunk whatever he can in the paint. He rose to the occasion in big games against Kentucky and Florida, and LSU was 8-0 when he scored in double figures. Williams made 61 percent of 2s and led the SEC in offensive rebounding percentage in conference action.
How they beat you: Sometimes the Tigers' best offense is a missed shot and a drawn foul. They routinely practice keeping the ball alive on the backboard and that drill paid off with a last-second bucket to win at Kentucky. Leading scorer Mays struggled to find his perimeter touch this season (31 percent), but he's one of seven Tigers to attempt at least 79 free throws. On the season, LSU outscored its opponents 554-428 at the line. LSU defended well against pick-and-roll heavy offenses.
How you beat them: Pack the defense around the paint and match the Tigers' fight on the backboards. LSU was a below-average offensive team when it faced zone defenses this season. It scored only 25.2 percent of its points beyond the arc (325th in nation) and while Waters led the team with 50 3-pointers, he connected on only 33 percent.
Best-case scenario: Final Four
These things can go one of two ways. Perhaps the Tigers unite through the adversity, take an "us-against-the-world" mentality and their battering-ram style of play and grind out close wins all the way to the final weekend. They were 5-2 in overtime affairs and 5-0 in regulation-length games decided by five points or less. Then again, all of those results came with their sharp leader Wade calling the shots in the huddle.
Worst-case scenario: One and done
Or maybe it's all too much for the Tigers to handle. The players and interim coach Tony Benford will be peppered with questions about the investigation and suspension. Perhaps the cumulative effect takes its toll on a team that has five freshmen and sophomores in its rotation. LSU didn't excel at 2-point or 3-point field goal defense this season, so a hot-shooting opponent could equal the end of a wild ride in Baton Rouge.
Posted on 3/17/19 at 8:09 pm to LSUButt
Yale is dumb.
Posted on 3/17/19 at 8:57 pm to ctiger69
Yale's President they will resend the admittance of students involved in the latest admissions scandal. Maybe they'll lose half of their team! 
Posted on 3/17/19 at 9:20 pm to LSUButt
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Worst-case scenario: One and done
Bold prediction
Posted on 3/17/19 at 9:33 pm to LSUButt
Murray played them in the finals of a so-what tourney maybe 3 years ago
Rough inside.
If it's the same coach they will knock you one now and then.
Rough inside.
If it's the same coach they will knock you one now and then.
This post was edited on 3/17/19 at 9:36 pm
Posted on 3/17/19 at 9:48 pm to LSUButt
They're not letting us advance very far in this. It's just too bad a look for them. It's completely hypocritical and unfair to the individual players, but when you get busted on the phone, everyone is forced to disavow you.
Posted on 3/17/19 at 10:19 pm to LSUButt
To me, it is hard to predict if they are still confident as a team without their leader right now, so LSU is pretty much an unknown team at this point. We know them individually and how talented they are but this game will let us know if they still have a shot at the Final Four. That’s if Yale doesn’t pull the upset which right now I could see happening with all the chaos these kids are having to adjust to.
The Florida game means nothing to me. It was an extremely stressful and distracting period with all that happened. Tony was thrown into the lead role at a very tough time and did serviceable but he is still an unknown also.
If they play confident and focused, while blowing them out, I will stress less about them overall. But I may still not be convinced they can compete with the big dogs.
Strangely, to me, the best thing for LSU is to be in a tight dogfight with Yale that is decided in the last minute. If they find a way to win a game like that, even while struggling against an inferior team, I will like their odds to get to the elite 8 or final 4. That will show me that they still are the team that Wade developed mentally when faced with adversity.
I’m looking at this like a parent sending their kids off to adulthood. Coach Wade has built these guys as a team this season, and now he is letting them go into the world hoping he led them the right way to take care of themselves and thrive.
That’s just my two cents about this and how I’m coping with this terrible mess that has been torn this special team apart at the worst time.
I hope they make Coach Wade proud and all of us fans too. They have had to face some of the worst adversity a team could face with the murder of their beloved teammate and now their coach being taken from them. They still got 44 out there that can’t be gameplanned against.
The Florida game means nothing to me. It was an extremely stressful and distracting period with all that happened. Tony was thrown into the lead role at a very tough time and did serviceable but he is still an unknown also.
If they play confident and focused, while blowing them out, I will stress less about them overall. But I may still not be convinced they can compete with the big dogs.
Strangely, to me, the best thing for LSU is to be in a tight dogfight with Yale that is decided in the last minute. If they find a way to win a game like that, even while struggling against an inferior team, I will like their odds to get to the elite 8 or final 4. That will show me that they still are the team that Wade developed mentally when faced with adversity.
I’m looking at this like a parent sending their kids off to adulthood. Coach Wade has built these guys as a team this season, and now he is letting them go into the world hoping he led them the right way to take care of themselves and thrive.
That’s just my two cents about this and how I’m coping with this terrible mess that has been torn this special team apart at the worst time.
I hope they make Coach Wade proud and all of us fans too. They have had to face some of the worst adversity a team could face with the murder of their beloved teammate and now their coach being taken from them. They still got 44 out there that can’t be gameplanned against.
Posted on 3/17/19 at 10:21 pm to LSUButt
Yale NET Team Sheet (Warren Nolan)
I know you have to take every team seriously, but if LSU does (and I have faith they will), they will win fairly handily. Yale was 0-3 vs Q1, 1-2 vs Q2. They have good stats but most of it was against Q3 and Q4 level opponents. They have played only one actually good team all year, Duke, and lost by 33.
I know you have to take every team seriously, but if LSU does (and I have faith they will), they will win fairly handily. Yale was 0-3 vs Q1, 1-2 vs Q2. They have good stats but most of it was against Q3 and Q4 level opponents. They have played only one actually good team all year, Duke, and lost by 33.
Posted on 3/17/19 at 10:22 pm to tzimme4
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LSU gets the opening game
Louisville and Minnesota play the first game
Posted on 3/17/19 at 11:19 pm to LSUButt
Yales tall guard can hit from perimeter but they cant run with our bigs. Next.
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