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re: What is going on with basketball?
Posted on 10/2/26 at 1:12 pm to Fun Bunch
Posted on 10/2/26 at 1:12 pm to Fun Bunch
1. alt26 is among the best posters on this board especially for MBB. Thanks, alt26.
2. I am convinced that WW is NOT advertising his roster for several reasons one of which is protecting some of those players from media/fan criticism.
3. I am also convinced LSU's MBB roster will look quite different from 27-28 on. This season is an aberration.
2. I am convinced that WW is NOT advertising his roster for several reasons one of which is protecting some of those players from media/fan criticism.
3. I am also convinced LSU's MBB roster will look quite different from 27-28 on. This season is an aberration.
Posted on 10/2/26 at 1:17 pm to LSUBALLER
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I am sure we have a full roster or close to it
we probably do... we may have a full roster... it's very likely... i would like to KNOW we do...
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Please become a fan of another university if you feel this strongly about WW.
nah... i'm gonna continue to be a fan of the LSU Tiger Men's Basketball team, just as I have since the first time I watched Chris Jackson play and was mesmerized at how good he was... so... no
Posted on 10/2/26 at 1:20 pm to Kingshakabooboo
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He also said there were about 4 of those that we were still waiting to find out about there eligibility and we know exactly which 4 those are
if so, and it's very likely we do.... why not put them on the website and make it official, like the 4 that we do have, so us fans can know and get familiar with who is OFFICIALLY on the team.... seems we have a shite ton riding on these eligibility suits
Posted on 10/2/26 at 1:21 pm to GeorgeWest
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I am also convinced LSU's MBB roster will look quite different from 27-28 on. This season is an aberration.
He said as much in May, and again last week. He's stated this is a one year deal because of the circumstances. Good international pros want to play college basketball because they can make more money doing so. The NCAA, which did not consider that to be a possibility when it allowed international pros to play college basketball for decades, wants to close off that loophole, and will. That's why you are seeing Wade recruiting 4/5 star HS prospects for next season.
Posted on 10/2/26 at 1:25 pm to bbnitiger
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On the mobile web site the exhibition games are in a separate section at the beginning marked Exhibition.
I just posted exactly what the LSU Mobile app shows. It does not say exhibition anywhere. A casual fan would look at that and not realize the first game isn’t an exhibition game. That was my point. Not every person follows this as closely as Alt, or even me, especially in the middle of the football season.
Posted on 10/2/26 at 1:28 pm to Alt26
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we got five guys
as of right now, according to the official LSU website, we have 4... if we have 5, why not put the other guy on there? and the whole "protection" bullshite argument is stupid... by that line of thinking, one could argue Wade doesn't give a flying frick about the other 4 guys, as they are out in the open... sorry, they are fricking adults, getting paid to do a job... welcome to the real world, there will be hard questions that you sometimes have to answer...
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The irony in this statement is thinking that paying blue-chip players wasn't the norm before "NIL" was allowed. Wade won at LSU at a time when top players were being paid by everyone. That's essentially why AAU basketball exists. It's a marketplace for top talent.
bruh, i'm FULLY aware of how it all goes... i played on all-star teams, AAU for a minute, etc.. and yes, i'm fully aware that paying players has ALWAYS been a thing..... shite, "Blue ChIps" came out how long ago? and i remember going with my team to the fricking theater when that movie came out... so please spare me the lecture that you think you are so well versed in.... my point is NIL is evening out the playing field, and being the money, for the most part, is above board, programs that normally were not compeitive, are now b/c they too can orchestrate NIL deals for players, whereas they may not have had the ability to get enough funds/boosters/etc on board before.... so, now, Wade is on more even footing with other programs, vs. before...
This post was edited on 10/2/26 at 1:29 pm
Posted on 10/2/26 at 1:29 pm to chRxis
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if so, and it's very likely we do.... why not put them on the website and make it official, like the 4 that we do have, so us fans can know and get familiar with who is OFFICIALLY on the team.... seems we have a shite ton riding on these eligibility suits
Wade said last week that he had reasons for not doing so and that he would not get into them. In fact, much of your cause for concern, such as potentially forfeiting the McNeese exhibition was directly addressed by Wade. Why he's choosing to not make you feel warm and fuzzy by updating the website is his call. But I'll give him the benefit of the doubt that he knows what he's doing.
Posted on 10/2/26 at 1:31 pm to Alt26
Might be keeping quiet to avoid the media and Sankey’s response to media. Sankey is a politician, he loves to jump on anything that makes him more visible.
Posted on 10/2/26 at 1:31 pm to GeorgeWest
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alt26 is among the best posters on this board
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I am also convinced LSU's MBB roster will look quite different from 27-28 on. This season is an aberration.
completely agree... i know this season, not to expect much... but i would expect to have put out a roster release by this point, more than 6 days before the first fricking game against another school... it's just very odd and reeks of "we are truly fricked if these eligibility suits go the wrong way for us"
Posted on 10/2/26 at 1:36 pm to Alt26
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Why he's choosing to not make you feel warm and fuzzy by updating the website is his call.
How much does it even matter? As soon as the roster is posted, and he is dead wrong, he will just move on to the next thing to be critical of Wade he can find.
Posted on 10/2/26 at 1:37 pm to Alt26
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he had reasons for not doing so and that he would not get into them
interesting... wonder why that is? seems like if he had an answer, knowing his demeanor, he'd say it...
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potentially forfeiting the McNeese exhibition
clearly, hyperbole on my point, and I've even said as much if you read the other posts... but, yeah, take it out of context if you want... but as it stands, from what we OFFICIALLY have, not just Wade's words, we have 4 guys on the LSU basketball roster, right now, as I type this.... you need 5 on the court... so, theoretically, if every single player, for whatever reason, were ruled ineligible, not that i think that is remotely going to happen, but theoretically, yeah, we would be truly fricked, now wouldnt' we? i'd rather have solid knowledge of what we got, vs. "let's hope and pray these guys are eligibile so we can roster a team"
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I'll give him the benefit of the doubt
cool... and that's your take, and i can repsect that
but, as i said before i'm very cautiously optimistic, and he hasn't won me over yet... i HOPE he does... i'm PRAYING he does... i'll be the first to recant my views if he does... but let's see if he does
Posted on 10/2/26 at 1:38 pm to Hold That Tiger 10
Exactly, all the players will suck. We saw it in summer, posting PPG averages not realizing Euro league makes constant subs and even the leagues leading scorer and MVP only played about 24-25 minutes per game. These people aren’t basketball fans, they don’t follow it and know nothing about it. They’re just here to attack Wade.
Posted on 10/2/26 at 1:40 pm to chRxis
I don't know why you are laughing at the comment that Alt26 is one of the best posters, especially for basketball. He simply is. He's one of the posters I look for in a MBB thread.
Posted on 10/2/26 at 1:41 pm to Manswers
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I don't know why you are laughing at the comment that Alt26 is one of the best posters, especially for basketball. He simply is. He's one of the posters I look for in a MBB thread.
cool.. you can continue sucking his dick if you want... no judgement here
Posted on 10/2/26 at 1:42 pm to Madking
Sankey makes 4 million a year. He loves anything that makes it look like he is earning that salary although he negotiated a worse tv deal than the Big Ten commissioner who only makes a paltry 2 million.
Posted on 10/2/26 at 1:44 pm to Tom Bronco
I have a sneaking suspicion that he and Petitti are in cahoots and Sankey is the subordinate.
Posted on 10/2/26 at 1:48 pm to chRxis
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what we OFFICIALLY have, not just Wade's words, we have 4 guys on the LSU basketball roster, right now, as I type this.... you need 5 on the court... so, theoretically, if every single player, for whatever reason, were ruled ineligible, not that i think that is remotely going to happen, but theoretically, yeah, we would be truly fricked, now wouldnt' we? i'd rather have solid knowledge of what we got, vs. "let's hope and pray these guys are eligibile so we can roster a team"
What exactly is your standard of "official"? The website? I don't seem to recall any NCAA or SEC bylaw stating that a guy must be listed on a team's website to be an official players.
Regardless, he addresses all of your questions
Posted on 10/2/26 at 1:50 pm to chRxis
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ut i would expect to have put out a roster release by this point, more than 6 days before the first fricking game against another school.
Somebody please list the 15 players that are practicing and the 4 who they are waiting on word about so Chris can have some peace and know their names.
Posted on 10/2/26 at 1:55 pm to Tiger Ugly
New info updated on LSU roster TigerBait site for premium members.
This post was edited on 10/2/26 at 2:03 pm
Posted on 10/2/26 at 1:57 pm to Alt26
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What exactly is your standard of "official"?
go look at the LSU website... tell me how many guys are listed on our roster, as of right now
just like all the other rosters on LSU's site where they list all their players that are officially on their respective teams, that's what i consider "official"
how many other schools, in transition with a new HC, have only 4 guys on their roster on their school's website? if you'd like to research it and get back with us, i'll wait here, or i can tell you the answer... either way is fine with me
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