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but they beat north Texas and wake

very minor penalties. so glad thats over

Penalties for the LSU men's basketball program (most of them retroactive) include: A reduction in scholarships by one over the 2023-24 season and by one over the 2024-25 season A 15-week ban on unofficial visits during the 2022-23 academic year Reduction in the total official visits permitted by two during the 2022-23 academic year A seven-week ban on telephonic communication with all prospective men's basketball student-athletes during the 2022-23 academic year An off-campus recruiting restriction of 20 days in 2022-23 An off-campus recruiting restriction for the former head coach, former assistant coach No. 1, and then-assistant coaches for 30 days in April-May 2019 The then-staff were prohibited from visiting a certain prospective-student-athlete's high school, attending his contests, or otherwise communicating with him for 30 days in April-May 2019

these days i would hope it never takes 3-4 years for a team to get rolling. whole teams come and go via transfer every year. i am not sre how much the "system" matters now, unless that system is a finely tuned machine for luring talented transfers. i have looked at the metrics on all these players. they should be able to score, they have offensive skill and experience. perhaps not as much athleticism and defense. i generally think great teams need 1 or two stars. this team has lots of players who are very good, and competent. not sure any of them are stars. maybe cook will be, maybe collins will be. i am hoping for this year the same thing i hope for every year. make the tournament. it seems possible. the higher level goal for excellent teams, finishing top 4 in the SEC, that still seems out of range at the moment. but i think we are heading in the right direction. daimion collins length and athleticism are incredible. like stromile swift level. but longer and jumpier!

lsu signed a grad transfer big white athletic guy called hunter dean as a grad transfer from george washington. not a huge skill guy, but can run and dunk. kinda like a white kavell bigby williams. should be a backup frontcourt player and a decent contributor.

big shawn philips, who i really wanted to stay and block shots, has transferred to arizona state where he will join adam miller. we really need a big man now. shot blocker and rebound man.

i have heard nothing more about syracuse shooter joe girard. at this moment , with players actually joined, looks like we may have cook/hannibal stewart/mike williams wright/ward/chest reed/mwani baker/fountain

santa clara guard carlos stewart has transferred to LSU

latest pojection 1. cook 2. girard 3. wright 4. fountain 5. will baker

i subscribe to some advanced metric sites that do deep dives on college basketball. here are some intersting tidbits. both the new players would have been the best player on last years team. this is largely because KJ williams is not a good defender. the best players last year according to the metrics were KJ and fountain. both jordan wright and jalen cook are better than those guys. cook is average at defense and good on offense, whilst wright is well above average on both. defense matters. mwani wilkinson is a defensive wizard and his loss hurt more than we might have been aware. none of LSU's players last year were in the top 50 in the SEC. they really sucked. only hayes KJ and fountain really were worth a shyte. adam miller was shyte. probably your best lineup next year is cook wright wilkinson fountain ????????? desperately need a big man in the portal.

strap yourselves in, lots of news. as just noted miller to the portal amaree abraham, and athletic freshman from ole miss that can shoot, is predicted to LSU. will baker, slow white meaty center from nevada who can defeinitely shoot, is also predicted to join in. so maybe we would have: 1. cook/hannibal 2. abraham 3. wright/ward 4. wilkinson/reed/fountain 5. baker/mack

jalen cook is returning. so there are maybe two new starting guards in cook and wright. i think wright could also play the 3, and that would work maybe with miller at SG. cook's immediate eligibility status is unknown

big shawn philips to the transfer portal. i hope this means BJ mack the wofford big is in

rumours are swirling that jalen cook will announce very soon, possibly thursday. that might create a lineup of jalen cook adam miller jordan wright bj mack shawn philips bench jalen reed mwani wilkinson tyrell ward trae hannibal cam hayes derek fountain corey chest mike williams could be a decent squad

you cant delete posts? i decided to post my lineup speculation in the other thread

the mets are now much much richer than any other team, so they are gonna always be a force. i used to live in queens NY and go to lots of mets games, i was really into it. but now i live in baton rouge and instead go to every LSU basketball game. i was will wade's biggest fan, now i am less enthusiastic (but mildly optimistic) about the program. still love LSU basketball, still a fan of the legends from my childhood, shaq, chris J, etc.

yup

notes: efton reid only lasted one year at gonzaga, he is in the portal wofford big man BJ mack has trimmed his list to 5 and LSU is on it. i think he wants to play the KJ williams role this year and go pro behind his performace vs SEC competition.

the rumours of jalen cook's return are louder now. he wants to come home. he is from walker. his parents could go to every game. you may remember cook as a talented and athletic guard that played behind cam thomas and javonte smart. its tough to get minutes behind those two cats and eric gaines. cook was awesome at tulane and i think its not improbable he is the startin PG next year.

well lemme discuss some portal fellas then jalen cook, who left lsu after coming in with a logjam at guard, went to tulane and lit it up. he is in the transfer portal. he is from walker. maybe he wants to return? "Cook, an All-AAC selection this past season, averaged 19.8 points, 4.9 assists per game and owns a career 37% 3-point shooting average BJ mack of wofford is a dude not hugely unlike KJ williams, 5th year big who shoots, he may join us. yohan traore who was a huge prospect but didnt play much at auburn, is in the portal. i wouldnt be stunned if some of these wade guys went to mcneese to dominate over there. brandon murray for example is in the transfer portal. that guy is awesome. he was at georgetown playing for patrick ewing, who cannot coach worth a shyte. i think the most likely is local guy is vandy guard jordan wright, who is from baton rouge and went to dunham, same school as derrick stingley. if macmahon doesnt pick up enough talent to win a decent number of games, we have a problem, because the portal is rich with talent. i mean its loaded with all manner of guys that could help.

there is a truly enormous amount of talent in the portal. no reason a bad team couldnt become good immediately.