re: Rewatched NC State NCAA Tourney game from a few years ago

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Good God we have Johnny Jones sympathizers still?

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There are a few. A couple posted in this thread.

You’d think missing the postseason with Ben Simmons on your team and following that up with a 2 win league season would shut their asses up.

There’s a reason nobody hired the guy from UNT other than Joe Alleva after 14 years and why he’s at TSU now.

Never had to worry about good old Johnny being plucked away by a blue blood. Wonder why

I went for second round game that never happened

Then watch my wife's team lose to them

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It really wasn't. Ralston Turner was its second or third best player.

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They had a number of ESPN100 players on their roster and the Martin twins who ended up transferring to Nevada and were the reason why Nevada was ranked so highly last year.

That game was frustrating. What a monumental 2nd half collapse by the Tigers.

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That game epitomized Johnny Jones coaching and lack of fundamentals in all of his teams. We couldn’t manufacture good shots late,

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I thought the Jones era was just a big waste of time, but that loss wasn’t on him. “Couldn’t manufacture good shots?” LSU was getting layups at the rim and blowing them. I’m not sure how you get a better shot than a layup.

Mickey went ICE cold late and couldn’t make anything, Just ONE more basket or 1-2 more FT’s wins that game. I felt bad for Mickey. He’s at the line late and you could tell he had zero confidence. He looked shell shocked.

There is probably a lot you could blame on Jones in his 5 years at LSU. That loss wasn’t one of them

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Loss is not 100% on Jones, but his lack of rotation certainly played a part in blowing that game. You miss shots when you're tired

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Who in the hell was he supposed to play? Bridgewater? Epps? Odo? Robinson? LSU had gone the entire season with essentially a 6 man rotation. The NC St. game wasn't an anomaly as far as the starters playing huge minutes. They had done that all season. Those final 10 minutes weren't a situation where they were coming up short on jumpers or just letting NC St. score at will. LSU scored FIVE points in the final 10 minutes and it STILL took a last second layup for NC St. to win the game. When you are fatigued it's usually jumpers and defense that falter. Yet LSU continued to defend (NC St. shot 34% in the final 10:00). It's what kept them in the game despite literally not being able to make a FG in the final 10 minutes. And LSU got numerous opportunities at the rim. If you're exhausted THAT'S the shot you want.