LSU Men's Basketball - 2013-14

Great to see us hit the 20 win mark. Definitely see improvement. A deep run in the NIT would be great.

 

Towards the end of the game, I had the volume low because my wife had already fallen asleep. Was Bill Walton saying something about Bob Dylan writing a song about Pete Maravich? If so, what is the song? Or did I hear that wrong?

 

Let's knock off the #1 seed in our bracket on Monday, and keep this thing going!

 

Wow. I don't know if it this is just a rant, a bash Trent Johnson thread, or bash me thread. Regardless, for most folks that read my posts, they know that I'm a "LSU hoops" cheerleader, more than anything, but I've at times been critical, and I'm entitled to be disappointed. I was far more disappointed in the UGA last game loss, than the UK loss, but is it wrong for me to be a little disappointed in our loss to UK, after playing them to a standstill and 1-1 in the prior two games? And, after jumping on them early, and then letting them just come back and surge ahead without too much of a fight?

The rest of your post is somewhat of a rant. I don't think Trent Johnson's record has anything to do with this team or this program today. I think I'm justified in thinking that a team that was picked to finish 4th in the SEC underachieved a little this year. I thought they had a good chance at a NCAA tourney birth based upon pre-season evaluation of talent. That said, I've been pretty clear that I like CJJ the job he's doing and the direction of this program. To the posters' credits, the only question when it came to CJJ was his actual coaching. And, this year, there's been something lacking at times. You can call Bruce Pearl a clown, but his record pretty much speaks for itself. He delivers Sweet 16 and up performances wherever he goes. CJJ has not proven that yet but I believe he will, if his kids stay in school and in the program, and if he keeps recruiting like he is.

I think the point of your post is to say, don't be too hard on this team. I'm not I don't think--that was the point of supporting them in their NIT path. They won on the road last night and shot well, to win the game. Their defense late wasn't stellar, but they were able to hold off a USF that couldn't hit their typical percentage of threes. It's true, in the past, a 9-9 LSU team got into the Dance. That was also two decades ago when there wasn't as much parity in college basketball--again, somewhat of a irrelevant point, when who is in and out of the tourney is determined today, with RPI and BPI rankings, computers, bracketology, and oh, by the way, a weaker overall SEC, under very different circumstance. Now on to SMU.

Let's beat them 'stangs!

 

I appreciate your posting here about hoops. The nature of the beast is that it takes a backseat to football (everything does, of course); nevertheless it's great to have someone willing to provide the commentary and analysis. Please continue to do so!

 

That is ridiculous, imo. Sure, getting it to your own players would be better, but it's not realistic. Blocking a shot is always better than it going in, and it's not like they get it back with a full shot clock.