re: Why Can't We Consistently Have a Better Basketball Team?

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wasn’t aimed at me, but you do know the views on TV is approximately a billion times better than in the arena? i mean they show replays, multiple angles, close ups, etc.

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Lol basketball is probably the only sport I prefer to watch in person.

Arena is 68 degrees (although the Pmac can get warm at times), tickets are cheap, and there is little to no traffic getting in and out parking lots. Plus if you aren't a poor and sit close enough, after a few beers, the opposing players can hear the insults you yell out

Here’s the facts Jack. This is what the private Wade did and these are ramifications our program has to currently deal with. Handed down June 23, 2023.
According to the IRP, Wade "committed multiple violations, including failing to report potential NCAA violations, providing impermissible cash payments to impede disclosure of information of potential NCAA violations in contradiction to NCAA unethical conduct legislation, and failing to cooperate with the infractions investigation. The hearing panel also found that the former head men's basketball coach violated the head coach responsibility rules by failing to promote an atmosphere of compliance within the men's basketball program."

Four Level I violations were determined by the IRP, with two more of Level II and two more Level III transgressions

Let me spell it out for the Mad queen in terms he can understand. LSU gave Wade multiple chances to explain himself. He refused. That’s one of the most egregious allegations. Do you know what that means??? It means he quit on his own players and team. He’s a straight bitch. That never took LSU past the sweet 16. He’s a coward

Is that your only takeaway from the post?

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Basketball is typically the only sport that turns a profit behind football. LSU's managed to be in a deficit last season.

Not only did fat moron Scott Woodward nuke the basketball program, he made an absolutely terrible business decision

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LINK

“As in most athletic departments, football helps support almost everything else. The only other LSU sport to turn a profit during the 2022-23 academic year was men’s basketball. Every other sport lost at least $1 million, with women’s basketball the furthest in the red.“

“Men’s basketball finished with a $1.34 million profit during coach Matt McMahon’s first season, even though the team went 14-19 overall and won two SEC games. As ticket sales and other primary revenue sources remained steady, men’s basketball reported a slight increase in total revenue ($507,435) from the year before.”

Bad hires plain and simple and we sold out The General.

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Instead of standing behind our general like Kansas did we pushed him off the ledge

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Somebody brought up the other day- the NCAA was poking around the entire athletic department. Football was also being examined.
Someone had to take a fall, to get them off our arse.

Do you care more about LSU football, or LSU basketball?
Do you think Kansas cares more about football, or basketball?
I think you have your answer on why we didn't stick up for Wade like Kansas did.

I guess we should just be grateful we have baseball, and WBB was able to make a run.

Boy you tell some whoppers

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Louisiana doesn’t care about basketball. It’s all football and baseball. Plain and simple.

States like Kansas, North Carolina and Kentucky are the opposite. They are all in on hoops and football comes second.

It’s just the way it is. It starts with the kids at a young age, they’re all steered toward football and any developmental basketball tends to be much less of a priority as a whole.

Look at the state of Georgia. Same thing. They probably have plenty of talented kids that could play basketball but they all end up with a helmet on.

Atlanta is one of the best Hs basketball hubs in the country the kids just don’t go to UGA. Same with Louisiana, we don’t get the high star ratings but we’re 3rd nationally in NBA players per capita.

You don’t have to buy it, it’s fact….


My bad, Louisiana is #2 now in NBA players per capita