re: What Is Wrong With the Basketball Team?

LSU has pretty good depth, but I think we overestimated our bench before the season. Odo, Martin, Morgan, and Quarterman have not made the impact most fans expected. Our expectations for some of these guys may need to be adjusted IMO.

they are laughably bad on defense

I think JJ needs to put his best five on the floor and go with them. If JOB isnt in his best five then sit him.

I could not agree more

Dey SUCK!

I pegged them to win 23 games and that's likely not going to happen.

I do not get it, either. This is the deepest team I can remember with 10-11 guys able to be called upon at any given time.

This team has one of the most talented (on paper) front lines since 2005-2007.

The experience of Hickey, JOB III, and Stringer to go along with lettermen quality of Coleman and Morgan would make me think this is a dangerous team for any opponent.

After blowing out a UAB club that beat UNC, LSU seemed poised to make a run to get into the top 25.

Now, they look like an NIT at best and the heads continue to be scratched. Johnny O'Bryant, who figured to be getting double-doubles almost every game, is not showing up and has turned -- as of late -- into a 9 points and 5 rebounds type of player. Mickey is finally coming back down to earth. Stringer had a great game last night, but has been as inconsistent as anyone at LSU going back to Darryl Joe. Hickey still doesn't accept a scoring role and there's no excuse whatsoever for him to be a 50 percent FT shooter! I cannot remember the last time a point guard at LSU shot with such atrocity. Martin seems to be playing better, but I remember when McDonald's All-Americans would dominate right out of the gate. I have yet to see anything special from him, other than a good FT and 3 point shooter. Coleman, defensively, has been monstrous, but his offensive game is very sketchy and I am still unsure where his strength is shooting the ball. Morgan has not proven to be a top-notch outside shooter. Odo is clumsy and the typical big body from another continent who has not adapted to the American college game yet. What can he do besides fill up paint? Quarterman makes games have huge point swings with silly turnovers and he's about as much of an offensive threat as Xavier Whipple was -- yet he's 6 inches taller. The Son of Geert is another body, but he's serviceable at best. He cannot take the bucket to the hole with authority. Malone has to get in the weight room and LSU needs to set up offenses to screen him a 3 point shot against a much shorter guard.

I do not know if it's x's and o's, growing pains, or a bit of both, but the turnovers are ridiculous and the FT shooting is despicable. South Carolina would have beaten us had they had another 45 seconds left on the clock last Saturday. Last night is a reminder that road wins in the conference are huge. It would have been nice to come back to the PMAC at 2-1 in the league and with just 4 losses.

This team likely wins 10 SEC games at best. That may be enough, with a run in Atlanta, to get a low seed in the NCAA. The good thing is that Rhode Island is the only loss we have that's a hurt. The other 4 teams were either better or as good. Vandy is now a must win.

Find a way to get Hickey going offensively. Get him open. I remember his freshman year when he would bury 4 3's in a row and pull LSU back into games they'd ordinarily been out of. He's a weapon that is being misused. He needs to shoot 150 FT's everyday until he quits playing the game of basketball. Right now, this team is out of rhythm and looks like a subpar Trent Johnson team. O'Bryant has ben a huge disappointment and no NBA team is taking him in the first round until he proves to be what we expected him to.

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JOB got his arse handed to him last night,

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Not to mention the Carrera kid from South Carolina outplayed him Saturday and he's only 6'5. Johnny seemed to be fine until Rhode Island. Ever since that game with the Rams, we have looked like a very mediocre team. Hard to believe that this is the same team who beat Butler, St. Joe's, Texas Tech on the road, and UAB by 23. It's been night and day. I thought the UAB win would se us start going on a run and become like the 2000 and 2006 teams that would be .500 SEC teams on the road by 30.

I thought Johnny was going to establish a program of talent and scrappy nosed players. I don't believe it is going to happen this year.

At least Dale can't say we didn't give his boy a shot at coaching LSU.

At least we now can understand why game attendance is dismal. If only we could win the lottery and find an upcoming Billy Donovan or a new born Rick Pitino.

LSU basketball looks like my 3rd hour PE class in HS. A bunch of 1 on 1, no ball movement, run and gun dudes that look like they never played organized ball.

It would be nice to see a few screens set.
Job playing so poorly is the real head scratcher. I dont care about nba stuff, this kid was all sec for good reason last year. Of late he is barely a starter on a mediocre team.

It is critical for hickey and job to play well.
Stringer is always going to be a lil streaky.
Coleman is a good proven vet, but i wish he wouldnt fall in love with 3's.
Martin seems to be coming around, but needs time.
Morgan is very avg.
TQ is playin like a freshman.
Mickey is good and will get better, but needs to get nastier.

I think this team is going to get it together and when they do look out.

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The team has rarely shown any continuity all season

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Thank you!