Boner Stabone

LSU has to pick up the intensity on defense

I liked what I saw from Williams and thought that he probably deserved a few more carries than he got last year. That said, it was tough to get carries in LSU's loaded backfield.

It's not just the jersey number, be he reminded me a bit of Steven Ridley. A guy that was always running downhill, but still had the ability to make quick cuts in the hole. I think Guice could be a great back, but until he and/or Brosette can prove they are big time backs, Williams should be number two.

LF is a great physical talent and you have to get him carries. However, if for some reason he was out, I'd feel confident that Williams could carry the load (though with less of a threat for a big run)

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I honestly feel that on any given night LSU could beat any team in the country. Makes me very excited about the prospects of making the tournament. We could beat anyone. Just have to get in...

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I really like the way LSU is trending up in the KenPom rankings. His rankings are generally a very good indicator of potential success in the NCAAT. For example: Tenn was an 11 seed and had to play in the play-in game just to get into the field of 64. However, they were ranked much higher by Ken Pom than their record and seed indicated. What happened in March? UT made a run to the Sweet 16 and damn near made it to the Elite 8.

In 2006 LSU was a 4 seed in the tournament, but ranked in the top 8 (I think) of the Ken Pom rankings. We all know what happened in March of that year.

Like you said, if this team can just find its way in, they might have a chance to make some noise

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No Eddie Murphy?

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You could tell the OP was pretty young by his list. Only 2 from the late 80's/early 90's.

For me, Eddie Murphy is number 1. He could do it all. He could play a ghetto black guy (Tyrone Green); and old Jewish man (Gumby); a gay man (Little Richard Simmons); and sing and dance like James Brown or Stevie Wonder. No one was as laugh out loud funny as he was.

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Yea our record against top 100 RPI is pretty impressive. But the 3 120+ losses are killer. We have the good of a Top 5 NCAA seed and the bad of a top 5 NIT seed.

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Certainly those losses aren't great. However, I think the committee would be willing to look at those as anomalies if LSU can keep winning the rest of the way. 2 of the 3 losses were on the road, and none were by double-digits. Glass half full translation: Even at their worst LSU is still a tough team to beat.

The real killer for LSU is not the three "bad" SEC losses, but the bad SOS. LSU has the second worst SOS in the SEC and the 3rd worst non-conf SOS (192 overall). We knew that would be a problem from the beginning of the season, and shame on Jones and Co. for not scheduling better. The committee has been pretty clear that they don't look favorably upon teams that "hide" in the OOC part of the schedule. LSU did compared to the rest of the SEC. That's why the margin of error in conference play is so slim. There's nothing LSU can do about that now though. Just have to start stacking up "good" wins. A&M, Ole Miss and Ark. are the last opportunities to do so.

Never seen a better player in person, ever. He was incredible

I think it has more to do with getting Patterson and Quarterman into the starting line up. Yes they played well against UK, but it started the game before against Bama. They went from a team that had to play down the wire against even the worst SEC teams, to a team suddenly started winning SEC games (except UK) by 10+

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I think him coming back and expanding his shooting game, ball handling, and especislly passing would greatly benefit him.

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That sounds good in theory, but with Simmons coming in and hopefully Martin staying he isn't going to be asked to do those things. LSU will have him play the role of a de facto "5" on that front line. Though maybe not at an NBA level, he's much better suited to play inside than the other two.

The reality is that:
A. He's not going to grow two inches just by coming back to school and;
B. It will be difficult for him to improve upon the great numbers he has put up in his first two years

He may not be a first rounder, but his stock will likely never be any higher than it will be after this season

It's funny, but "tube steak" used to be a common name for a hot dog

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It seems this team has built from the Kentucky game, as opposed to letting it become their Waterloo. They took away from that close loss all the positives, and believe in themselves. If they continue to play together and grow as a team, they will make the tourney. It's right there for the taking.

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I'm really surprised they were able to win today. Even if they had beaten UK I thought today would be too much of an emotional letdown. So glad I was wrong. This better play can be traced back to the Bama game whe Jones FINNALY got his best 5 players on the court from the start. It's no coinciden that LSU has started red hot in all 3 games. There is no reason to waste time with Gray and Malone and get off to a slow start. Get going early, and it can usually carry you through