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re: When did LSU fans become so invested in MBB??
Posted on 3/17/25 at 11:14 am to LSUFanHouston
Posted on 3/17/25 at 11:14 am to LSUFanHouston
Fall of 1967
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Posted on 3/17/25 at 11:17 am to public_enemy
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I thought we measured success with championships around here. Seems to be the standard with Football and Baseball
You are confusing individual teams or seasons with the overall program. we expect the program to be a certain level. Baseball hosted a Super Regional 6 years in a row, that is the program at an elite level we expect. That does not mean that’s the ceiling and no one wants to expects to advance further than that. FB making the playoffs regularly in this current format is the floor we should be expect.
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Now we’re saying winning records and losing in the tournament in rounds 1-2 is a good thing? Yikes. Such a low standard.
Nice strawman commentary. Do you think being one of only 2 SEC teams that didn’t make the tournament this year is the same as making it 10 years in a row like we did from 1984-1993? You have to make the tournament first, then you can raise the bar. again this idea that you have to choose one or the other is false.
Posted on 3/17/25 at 11:19 am to H-Town Tiger
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Baseball was nothing until the 90s people
My pops told me he used to go sit in the stands and study at baseball games in the late 70s because there was essentially no one there.
Posted on 3/17/25 at 11:24 am to H-Town Tiger
1984-1993, Holy Hell.
Learn trends. This program has been trending down for 30 plus years. We haven’t consistently made the tournament since the stretch you mentioned. And in a relative sense, that isn’t really elite either.
I’m not sure what’s so hard for you to understand, LSU is not, was not, and will never been an elite basketball program. Expecting us to become one is irrational based on historical data and trends.
These types of seasons will be the norm, might as well get use to it. Instead of making pointless arguments pointing to a small sample of success from over 30 years ago.
Stay with the times, We are a baseball and football school, and will be for the foreseeable future. In that future, basketball will remain subpar no matter who we hire. We are not a basketball blueblood.
Learn trends. This program has been trending down for 30 plus years. We haven’t consistently made the tournament since the stretch you mentioned. And in a relative sense, that isn’t really elite either.
I’m not sure what’s so hard for you to understand, LSU is not, was not, and will never been an elite basketball program. Expecting us to become one is irrational based on historical data and trends.
These types of seasons will be the norm, might as well get use to it. Instead of making pointless arguments pointing to a small sample of success from over 30 years ago.
Stay with the times, We are a baseball and football school, and will be for the foreseeable future. In that future, basketball will remain subpar no matter who we hire. We are not a basketball blueblood.
Posted on 3/17/25 at 11:30 am to LSUFanHouston
You should really measure it by attendance at the games not the number of people bitching on the internet.
You really saw less attendance when Wade was coaching?
You really saw less attendance when Wade was coaching?
Posted on 3/17/25 at 11:31 am to LSUFanHouston
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Heck I never saw this level of support for WW then as I do now.
Wade made it look so easy, fans thought anyone could do it.
Mac has educated them.
Kelly is on the clock.
Posted on 3/17/25 at 11:35 am to Superfluous Tiger
Is it hard to understand that some ppl like basketball here?? You have winning teams people will go to the games.
Posted on 3/17/25 at 11:36 am to southendzoneresident
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I'll admit i never gave basketball the same level of attention I do baseball or football; however, even I am embarrassed at the state of LSU basketball. This team isn't competitive at all. It's embarrassing that a brand as big as LSU is at the bottom of the conference and the laughing stock of the SEC in basketball. LSU fans have a lot of pride and to see basketball in the shape it's in with no change in sight is a very hard pill to swallow.
Couldn’t agree with you more, with the exception of my level of attention. I don’t get why most people don’t see this :geauxtigers. - means something more to me than just in some sports. I want them to rule the conference in EVERY sport, but especially the big three!
Posted on 3/17/25 at 11:36 am to LSUfan2008
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We are the fourth best program historically in the SEC
no we're not. We have some final fours, which is really our only bragging rights in basketball. We're tied for 6th in NCAAT appearances with Alabama. We're actually ahead of Florida there, but they also have two national titles. We're not top 5 in all time wins or winning percentage. We are a program who has gone on some mini-runs of being good. The only time we have been consistently competitive for more than a handful of years at a time was when Dale Brown was the coach, and his run of being competitive ended in 1993, over 30 years ago. Brady was terrible outside a few seasons. Johnson and Jones were generally bad too outside a few years collectively. That is exactly why people romanticize how good Will Wade was
This post was edited on 3/17/25 at 11:39 am
Posted on 3/17/25 at 11:40 am to public_enemy
LSU Basketball Golden Age was when dale Brown was the coach. At that time baseball was an after thought. Dale had his limitation coaching but was an incredible recruiter and we pretty much knew we were going to the dance every year. After that is was hit and miss but we were never a "championship pedigree" basketball school. We became that in football and baseball. We had a short run with Brady and another in Wade before he was fired. No guarantee Wade wouldn't have become another Bardy but we'll never know. LSU with the right coach could become a regular powerhouse in NCAA basketball much like Saban got us started with football and Bertman with baseball. So there are those who were pissed Wade was fired even though LSU didn't have much choice at the time considering football was being held hostage. LSUnasketball will rebound again as we always do but need to find a coach that can win for the long haul like Brown did in the 80's but in a much stronger basketball conference.
Posted on 3/17/25 at 11:44 am to mcspufftiger7
It’s nice to see an actual serious reply.
We had our Golden Age, but elite programs maintain success more than once, the chance of the “Skip Bertman” of Basketball coming around are slim to none.
I know the Wade fanboys believed that he would have brought us to basketball dominance, but Wade fricked himself and forced Woodward’s hand.
With the current landscape and the recent hire, it’s pretty clear we do not take basketball seriously, making it an afterthought to football and baseball. I do not see that changing anytime soon and expecting it to is just not realistic.
We had our Golden Age, but elite programs maintain success more than once, the chance of the “Skip Bertman” of Basketball coming around are slim to none.
I know the Wade fanboys believed that he would have brought us to basketball dominance, but Wade fricked himself and forced Woodward’s hand.
With the current landscape and the recent hire, it’s pretty clear we do not take basketball seriously, making it an afterthought to football and baseball. I do not see that changing anytime soon and expecting it to is just not realistic.
Posted on 3/17/25 at 11:49 am to public_enemy
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1984-1993, Holy Hell. Learn trends.
You should learn how to read in context instead of just wait to pounce with you next round of false choices and goal post moving. Making the tournament is better than not making it that’s all the point was. We had a tournament team for 4 straight years from 2019-22 and that was with a coach under constant scrutiny
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I’m not sure what’s so hard for you to understand, LSU is not, was not, and will never been an elite basketball
The only one with an understanding problem is you. No one is claiming we were or should be “elite” basketball. We will never be Kentucky, we do not expect the basketball team to be as successful as football or baseball. What I am as saying it is a false narrative on say we have to pick baseball or basketball . A basketball team this bad is leaving money on the table.
Posted on 3/17/25 at 11:54 am to public_enemy
quote:You thinking mcpuffnstuff is a serious poster says a lot. I don’t think he’s ever been accused of that before.
It’s nice to see an actual serious reply.
Posted on 3/17/25 at 11:55 am to H-Town Tiger
Lovely, so we make the tournament but never contend. Cool. So that’s our goal? Be an elite/above average team’s warmup game in the first round.
I’d prefer to actually be a serious contender, something that we won’t ever be, so there’s no reason to take basketball at LSU seriously in comparison to football and baseball
A bad basketball team is what we’ll always consistently be, the majority of D1 schools are bad in at least one sport, ours just so happens to be basketball
I’d prefer to actually be a serious contender, something that we won’t ever be, so there’s no reason to take basketball at LSU seriously in comparison to football and baseball
A bad basketball team is what we’ll always consistently be, the majority of D1 schools are bad in at least one sport, ours just so happens to be basketball
Posted on 3/17/25 at 11:57 am to drizztiger
Me thinking any LSU fan who seriously thinks LSU’s basketball team will ever be anything more than mediocre/ terrible the majority of the years is a dumbass is the most important takeaway, with actual data and history to defend it.
This is the same board who ridicules other fanbases with zero natties in sports we take seriously, maybe it’s time to take a look in the mirror
This is the same board who ridicules other fanbases with zero natties in sports we take seriously, maybe it’s time to take a look in the mirror
Posted on 3/17/25 at 12:00 pm to LSUFanHouston
They’re invested in “bitching” about everything
Not all are LSU fans though
Not all are LSU fans though
Posted on 3/17/25 at 12:01 pm to Big4SALTbro
"LSU has a top 5 pedigree in the conference"
SEC Men's Basketball completely reinvented itself a little more than five years ago. Unfortunately, LSU doesn't seem to have got the memo back then . . .
SEC Men's Basketball completely reinvented itself a little more than five years ago. Unfortunately, LSU doesn't seem to have got the memo back then . . .
Posted on 3/17/25 at 12:07 pm to public_enemy
You understand that LSU baseball made the CWS in prior years to 91 and came up empty?
The idea of never ever going to happen is the silliest shite. Prior to 1991 you could say LSU Baseball would never win a NC… because they hadn’t.
There are countless great programs and coaches that never won a championship. You think Gonzaga should give up the program they built over the last 30 years because they haven’t won the whole damn thing? And how good was that program prior to late 90s. In that nonsensical view, they never should have tried to begin with.
The idea of never ever going to happen is the silliest shite. Prior to 1991 you could say LSU Baseball would never win a NC… because they hadn’t.
There are countless great programs and coaches that never won a championship. You think Gonzaga should give up the program they built over the last 30 years because they haven’t won the whole damn thing? And how good was that program prior to late 90s. In that nonsensical view, they never should have tried to begin with.
Posted on 3/17/25 at 12:09 pm to public_enemy
Athletic program needs money to function. NCAA tourney games earn a lot of money for basketball and the entire athletic program. Putting yourself into the tourney consistently is how you end up winning a title. Why was Dale Brown able to make 2 final 4s, because he was in the tourney for a decade straight and 13 of 15 years. You have to put yourself into position first.
Posted on 3/17/25 at 12:11 pm to drizztiger
Gonzaga is always competitive and in contention.
We are not talking about 30 years ago, we’re talking about now
Again, please keep coming with the idiotic takes.
Who’s down for a 1,000 dollar bet that lsu doesn’t make the final four in the next 5 years? Since you guys are so confident we’ll emerge as some great program
How about 5,000 says lsu won’t win a natty in basketball in the next 10 years.
Surely we’re gonna hire the next skip bertman of basketball to bring us to the promised land
We are not talking about 30 years ago, we’re talking about now
Again, please keep coming with the idiotic takes.
Who’s down for a 1,000 dollar bet that lsu doesn’t make the final four in the next 5 years? Since you guys are so confident we’ll emerge as some great program
How about 5,000 says lsu won’t win a natty in basketball in the next 10 years.
Surely we’re gonna hire the next skip bertman of basketball to bring us to the promised land
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