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I think Zipper may be a slightly better 3 point shooter, but judging from his shooting style, he needs a little more space to get the shot off, since he shoots it from a lower position. In the other hand, Mosley brings the ball high and releases it higher. His shots are going to be harder to block. Given the situation, it was more likely that Mosley would have a better look. My surprise was that McKinnon inbounded it, since that took him out of the equation to shoot it. It probably caused confusion for A&M too, since I get they talked about making sure he is covered. The confusion led to Mosley being open. Also I suspect Mosley is shooting well in under pressure too, but that begs the question about why he isn’t getting any PT.
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re: Great game on the road
Posted by Lapaz on 1/3/26 at 9:59 pm to Horizon Imperial
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Why is tamba not getting any rest? He should barely be playing half the game as it is. 4 misses in 40 minutes.
He’s this year’s dji bailey, just taller and less offense-minded. People wonder why we struggle… is this guy a first-teamer, much less someone who is never taken out?
I’m over this year already
How could he miss 4, when he only took 4 shots, and made 2 of them. He is also our best rebounder. He had 11 rebounds, 5 steals, and he also defends well. He is definitely a starter. I wish he would've taken a couple of shots today rather than making the extra pass, but he has earned his minutes.
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Sutton was a no show
I think DJ makes everyone around him better, but possibly it affects Sutton more. Sutton was amazing in the SMU win. The offense was much more stagnant today that usual. My theory is that DJ is much better at breaking down the defense than Reece, and so the offense doesn't stagnate as easily. I think Sutton benefits more from that than the others, because he is a slasher.
re: They win that game with Thomas.
Posted by Lapaz on 1/3/26 at 7:50 pm to GeauxFish31
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Was at the game. They do, Aggie is a bottom dweller. They aren’t good. That being said #2 ducked is, complete melt down.
Yep, LSU doesn't have depth, but with DJ healthy, LSU is much better than A&M. I hate to lose this game, because A&M is one of the weaker teams in the SEC. If DJ had to miss a game, I wish it had been against one of the best teams which we probably wouldn't beat anyway.
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True, but you need to take advantage of playing a lower tier conference opponent. If losing your starting point guard devastates you, then you didn't build a sound roster.
It didn't devastate them, but DJ is the star of the team. He makes the offense hum. LSU can probably win with any other player getting hurt except for DJ. The fact that they almost beat A&M without DJ, tells me that LSU is way better than A&M with DJ in the game, and that tells me that LSU is going to win a lot of games in the SEC this year with DJ.
If King makes the layup with 6 seconds left and converted the and 1, then LSU ties the game with 6 seconds left, and may have taken it to OT. Then if Reece doesn't throw it away on that crazy attempted pass to Nwoko with a few seconds left, then we could've either tied or won. Reece will learn from this, but he is far behind DJ, and that showed up in the last 2 minutes.
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I don't understand how we weren't able to get easy baskets after beating the press.
We had them outnumbered almost every time but we would just pull up and set up with 13 seconds left.
You have the numbers, push it to the basket quick.
This is another place that where we missed DJ, because he would've either taken it to the basket or passed it to someone open. Reece definitely played better than expected, but DJ is much better at every aspect of the game. I think Reece is actually quicker than DJ, but he hasn't developed his game as much as Dedan has.
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Gonna be another long year....I hope I am wrong.
I came away with the opposite impression, as long as we get Dedan back. If Dedan plays, we would've won this game easily. I didn't expect to be in this game at all without him.
re: MBB: LSU 90 vs. Southern Miss 62 FINAL...Tigers Win! Improve to 12-1!
Posted by Lapaz on 12/30/25 at 5:15 pm to Tiger Ugly
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Miller was actually playing more when Reed was on the team than now. And of the little I've seen of Gilhool, I honestly think he does offer less. I've at least seen Miller have a couple of really good games last year.
Yes, but Miller was playing much better for most of this season, and Reed was being brought along slowly. It made sense to play Miller since he wasn't hurting us. I think he played decently until the Texas Tech game, but that was his last decent game. His slump started with SMU, and he's been in a slump against the last 3 weaker opponents, so if Reed were available, Miller probably wouldn't be playing.
re: MBB: LSU 90 vs. Southern Miss 62 FINAL...Tigers Win! Improve to 12-1!
Posted by Lapaz on 12/30/25 at 10:25 am to Tiger Ugly
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I expected more from Miller this year. He looked out the gate like he was moving much better - he looked more athletic, but I have not really seen that of late. It may have to do with lack of aggressiveness or passivity making him appear less athletic? I don't think he'll ever be a player that will be physical, it does not seem in his nature. There was a rebound last night where a guy not as big as him outfought him for that board - he needs to start winning more of those battles if he wants to play more.
LSU’s margin is small. If Reed was still available, Miller would barely see the court with the way he is playing. He badly needs to be coached up to learn how to use his size. It’s hard to believe that Gilhool offers less than Miller.
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maybe the loss of reed to play down low hurt Miller, as I think Miller wants to play away from the basket and occasionally shoot and drive but when nwoko is out he has to play down low like a 5. used to be you could bring reed and Miller in together and let Miller move around a little more but now he is camped out under the basket pushing the opposing 5 around.
Miller just needs to move his feet and get more aggressive to get boards. He should be a much better rebounder at his size. Coach should tell him to focus on rebounds and defense and less on offense. That will allow him to focus on getting position. Also should let him be a big body.
re: Current SEC Kenpom MBB rankings, LSU is 9th in SEC.
Posted by Lapaz on 12/25/25 at 11:17 am to GreenieTiger
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You're leaving out the fact that the refs had all of their starters in foul trouble and threw out their PG on a technical.
It was mostly PV earning those fouls. I think their game plan was to foul and hope the refs would let them get away with it. Their PG wasn’t much of a factor, and he had been fouling all game.
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He isnt good enough
Agreed. Something is off when he is on the court.
re: LSU is currently a 9 seed in the 12/23 updated Bracketology
Posted by Lapaz on 12/23/25 at 3:19 pm to ColtTiger247
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With what I saw last night, this team will be lucky to have 4 conference wins
It’s not fair to judge them on that PV game alone, any more than on a game where they slaughtered some of the weak teams. Maybe they’ll play harder when they know they’re facing a better team, like when they played SMU and UCF. Maybe they’ll fold in advance if playing the best teams, like they did vs Texas Tech. We know they are capable of beating good teams when they are motivated, but the PV game shows they could lose to nearly anyone. I think this inconsistency is true for most teams, so where each team plays on its performance bell curve will determine how many wins they get. There are only a few teams as good as Texas Tech in the SEC this year, so I think we should be able to win most games this year.
9-9 seems about right. We’ll win a couple surprisingly and lose a couple surprisingly, because that’s basketball.
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I like Tamba but at 6-6, 210lbs he’s gonna have a hard time vs SEC 4s. IMO ideally he’s a 6th man type guy. He’s not awful on offense skill wise but he gets lost at times. I like King too, I wish we saw more of he and Carter, especially in a game like tonight.
Carter is way too passive. I don't think he helps much. I think Tamba is athletic enough to play the 4, but we'll see. I think the rotation is settling out to be Sutton, Thomas, McKinnon, Tamba, Nwoko, Reece, King, and Miller, in order of the minutes they'll get. Nwoko would get more if he could play without fouling.
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Tonight was a win. But it was in no way, shape or form a “great” win. The hyperbolic takes with no supporting logic on either end of the spectrum are ridiculous
It definitely wasn't a great win, but it's good that they fought back to win. Joseph and Horne played out of their minds, but LSU figured out how to neutralize them. It shouldn't have been this close, but it is a good win, since they had to overcome an opponent that was playing with great confidence.
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Correct but I meant at the forward spots. Guards are all typically small ya know. I like Tamba’s energy but he’s too small and he gets lost on our secondary offensive sets but he fit well vs PV tonight.
I think Tamba has been starting since he is a good defender and rebounder, but I think Tamba has been improving offensively every game. I thought he made some good cuts today.
King was huge today. He hasn't been an offensive threat, but he looked good shooting today. If he can shoot better, then he needs more minutes.
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Terrible defense again, PV was able to get wherever they wanted to off the dribble. They were small and quick, we probably should’ve gone small once they got rolling but we didn’t. We turned it over some bit on offense anytime we were just patient we got what we wanted. Second half refs helped us out a lot but they burned out some and once they started losing players to fouls we took control.
LSU did go small for most of the 2nd half. Reece and Thomas played a lot of the 2nd half together, and they did pretty decent. I think we may have been at our best with Tamba, King, Sutton, Reece and Thomas.
re: Either Prairie View is an AWESOME Basketball team or……
Posted by Lapaz on 12/22/25 at 9:16 pm to canone4life
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Or none of the above. Prairie View shot lights out first half. I would concede that it took McMahon a bit too long to change things up and make adjustments, but he did.
The more concerning thing to me is how Miller can be as ineffective as he is with his size.
PV was fired-up and shot way above their season averages. I thought the defense was decent. 3 of their players are from Louisiana, and it seems they wanted to show out. They had 2 players that shot way above their season average. Horne and Joseph kept them in the game. Most of the 3 pointers that Joseph took were well guarded. Joseph was averaging 30% on 3 pointers, but made 5 of 9 today, and Horne was shooting 32%, and he shot 3 of 4. CMM probably figured they couldn't keep shooting like that, but finally adjusted the defense to force those 2 to start giving it up. I don't know if CMM scouts these teams, but Joseph is their alpha, so we should've focused a lot more energy on him.
Miller had a terrible game, but he's usually way better than he was today. The one play that frustrated me was the fastbreak when he was running with Thomas. Thomas passed the ball to him close to the goal, and then instead of going up strong, he tried to lay it up, and missed. Even though he was fouled, he should've gone up strong to dunk it, and possibly had a 3 point play. Then he missed 1 of the 2 free throws. It just looked so passive. I've seen him play with fire this year, but he was way off today.
LSU is lucky to win this game. They only won by drawing fouls.
re: Ole Miss will smoke UGA
Posted by Lapaz on 12/20/25 at 8:16 pm to saintsfan22
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They're not even running away from Tulane
Exactly. The Tulane game was much closer than the score. Tulane kept gambling on 4th down in their territory, and didn't convert, but Tulane had over 400 yards of offense. The game would've been close if Tulane had punted and not committed the turnovers. Georgia's offense and defense are better than Tulane's, and I think the turmoil at Ole Miss will make them less competitive in this game than they were in their first meeting against Georgia.
This team is very vulnerable, because it is easy to make it very hard to get shots off if your team only has one good 3pt shooter. Sutton is a career 25% shooter, and this is his best year so far, so I don’t expect that to improve. Thomas is a career 34% shooting, and this is by far his worst year, which has brought his career average down. He shot 35 and 36% in other seasons. If he returns to his average, we’ll be much harder to defend. The only other good healthy 3pt shooters seem to be Carter, Zipper, and Mosley. I was looking at their BPRs, and the best of that group is Zipper, but all 3 are negative. Zipper’s BPR is much better than King’s, so it seems to justify more playing time for Zipper. Max has the 3rd best BPR behind Thomas and Nwoko, with Tampa 4th and Sutton 5th, so that supports them starting, but Zipper is a wild card, because he seems less lost every successive time I see him play. If he can figure out the American game, his BPR should improve even more, and he may be our ace when Max goes cold.
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