re: Why Men's Basketball is Much Improved this Year

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You trailed a #305 Kenpom 1-4 team at the half

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They ultimately won the game by a relatively comfortable margin. It wasn't exactly one for the highlight reel, but it wasn't a loss.

That said, you can't shite on the team for last night and completely ignore the fact they went into a sold-out arena at Kansas St and dominated the final 30 minutes of the game. No other LSU team over the last 3 seasons has done that in non-conf. play. That in and of itself is "improvement". How much improved the team is remains TBD. But you can't say, at least at this VERY early stage of the season they aren't improved relative to the prior two seasons.

Last season they lost @ a middle of the road Syracuse team by 23 in their only true non-conf. road game.

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But you can't say, at least at this VERY early stage of the season they aren't improved relative to the prior two seasons.

Last season they lost @ a middle of the road Syracuse team by 23 in their only true non-conf. road game.

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Exactly, I'd go so far as to say the in the pre-conference schedule last year we were worse than in year one. We played very respectably in the conference and went 9-9 but had zero shot at the NCAA tourney solely based on how bad we were in the pre-conference.