re: This LSU basketball team is actually pretty dang good.

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Eason off the bench can do it all.

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Eason so far has been what I had hoped Watford would have been. Watford was a good player and had more potential, but Eason's ability to play within himself and take advantage of mismatches that naturally occur within the flow of the offense is a really nice addition. I noticed it a little bit in the Texas State game when they were giving us a little token pressure and we played Eason in the middle of the floor to help our guards. We did that with Watford and the results were a mixed bag as a decision maker to say the least.

A few things have stood out to me so far:
-- We've been great in the second half each game and I think that's a result of multiple things. (1) Coaching adjustments (2) coachable high effort players (3) ability to get defensive stops (4) the depth to have fresh legs down the stretch.

-- Multiple effort defense. We've turned over opponents a lot so far, but we also have forced a lot of shot clock violations. We've defended deep into the clock and been patient and attentive on that end. The depth and also quicker point of attack defense than we've had the last two years helps here too.

-- Efton has struggled defending in space. That said, he seems like a very aware player who understands his role, floor spacing, and where to be and I think you will see him continue to improve rather quickly because of his understanding of the game. Had some really nice rim protection moments, the runner/floater just inside the FT line off of the pick and roll was a thing of beauty, and the step out clutch 3 was obviously very impressive.

-- So far we haven't struggled in-bounding the ball and breaking the press and hopefully this continues as we play against better athletes going forward. Just really fundamental basketball that we have had trouble executing down the stretch the last two years.

-- Obviously Days has been tremendous production wise but having him as the unquestioned leader with the effort and unselfishness he plays with is infectious and hopefully his teammates continue to feed off of that even on nights Days' shot isn't falling. Days is going to have a long career in the NBA.

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The train to what?
A round 2 exit of the tournament?

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You sound like a spoiled bitch. So only 2019 LSU football level teams can be praised? Even if this team makes a round 2 exit THAT IS LIGHT YEARS AHEAD OF ANYTHING WE DID IN BBALL PRIOR TO WADE!

This team plays hard and is really fun to watch. If you can't look at them play and see that they are much improved in a lot of areas that we have struggled with in the past then you are just trying to see the glass half empty.

Also I'll answer your SEC record question. First off, It doesn't matter what our record will be this year compared to last year because the SEC as a whole is much better this year as opposed to last year. Its not an apples to apples comparison. My guess is that we will go 12-6 in SEC play.

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If that is pretty dang good - then great!
But to me - it’s what we’ve seen the last 3-4 years. Which is why I made the comment that this is the same old LSU team.

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Again, You are an idiot. You keep saying that making the tourney every year and winning a game or two is somehow a disappointing thing...

True this. The SEC seems to be stacked this year with great round ball talent.

Stick to volleyball you idiot..

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Stick to volleyball you idiot..

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Wait, whatttt?