re: This is an LSU Basketball thread... and apologies to anyone I offend.

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The last two games we have shown much better effort, much better coaching and CMM showing a lot of emotion. Guy got T'ed up yesterday

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McMahon didn’t get a tech. Douche bag Oats did.

During the game thread yesterday while the team was battling 90% of your posts were like "this sucks", "our defense is shite", and a ton of other negative crybaby nonsense.

You are such a downer I think a rebuilding project like the basketball team is not for you. I hope you unplug and don't watch another game for several years and forget the team exists. Just keep your Will Wade picture under your pillow so you can kiss him goodnight.

No one is saying this is a championship level roster. And, once again, NO ONE is or ever was expecting this roster to compete at the top of the SEC. But they simply aren’t competing at all. (Now) 10 straight losses. All but one by double-digits. And that one was to a last place team missing a leading scorer who had not won on the road all season.

If LSU were sitting at something like 4-6 in SEC play with some hard fought losses to the likes of Tennessee, Auburn, Alabama, etc, you could say McMahon was probably getting the best he could out of the roster. But that’s not the case.

Was the LSU football roster completely devoid of talent in 2020 and 2021? No. Less than 2019 for sure. But not horrible. Yet they had bad results on the field because of bad coaching. Then, a competent HC came in, with probably a worse roster than in 20 or 21, and won immediately.

That’s what is happening here. This roster should be competing in the middle of the SEC. Instead, we are thankful South Carolina is so bad that LSU can make the claim they are not quite the worst team in the league

I was excited about our starting guards on paper before the season and i thought they’d be a strength. Miller is in a shooting slump and Hill just isn’t a high major player. You can see him penetrate then panic and throw up an awkward attempt because he knows the defenders lurking aren’t OVC players. Had 3 or 4 plays yesterday where he got into the paint then just hummed the ball goalwards with no real precision.

This roster is just not good. Too many “guys” and not enough players

This last month or so will be very telling. We came out with a better, albeit losing, effort this past week. It sounds pretty pathetic, but this team could salvage 3 maybe even 4 wins if they lock in down the stretch. Will it happen, probably not, but given the absolute dumpster fire we are now, the slight improvement is a decent sign. I just hope we can keep the top few contributors on this team so mcmahon doesn't have to start from scratch again next season

Hopefully whoever gets to transfer in can make shots inside of 6’. Gets me sick watching them miss so many shots in the paint

Making excuses is the easiest thing in the world to do which is why we have so many of them here. But they’re just excuses, there’s no substance to them.

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You can see him penetrate then panic and throw up an awkward attempt because he knows the defenders lurking aren’t OVC players.

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Yep, there was one play he got all the way to the goal, nice move and he was free and clear yet he must have been anticipating a defender that wasn't there, he banged the layup off the backboard and it didn't even touch rim.

He’s the absolute worst point guard I’ve ever seen at getting back on D and stopping transition.

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Missouri didn’t have potential sanctions hanging over them.

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How does the possibility of sanctions affect a Jr or Sr player?
What about players who just want to be a part of a competitive SEC team. They have no expectations of getting to a tournament.
John Brady built a team with the threat of sanctions. "Draconian Sanctions"