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2023-24 LSU Thread

Sad on so many levels. I couldn't watch the game with sound last night because the first few minutes of the game, the commentary was on the absent of Angel and how that impacts the team. As for the game, I was shocked that Hailey Van Lith did not attempt a shot in the first half. Morrow was Morrow. Williams and Johnson nice duo.
 
JellyBean said:
Sad on so many levels. I couldn't watch the game with sound last night because the first few minutes of the game, the commentary was on the absent of Angel and how that impacts the team. As for the game, I was shocked that Hailey Van Lith did not attempt a shot in the first half. Morrow was Morrow. Williams and Johnson nice duo.
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I have to say, how selfless Hailey Van Lith has been since joining LSU has truly changed my tune on her. She is looking to pass and get her teammates good looks rather than jacking up shots. And her assist to turnover ratio has dramatically improved already
 
JellyBean said:
As only Coach Mulkey can. The nose blowing. Keeping it classy :);)

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GamecockFam said:
To be fair, LSU was also short some players due to injury (and other reasons...).
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That was actually my point -- through understatement. LSU minus Smith has a big hole in their front line. Minus Smith and Reese, they are barely worth a ranking. Angel needs a big next to her so she can play the 4. Without Smith, he's going to play the 5 most of the time, and she hates that.
 


With the status of Reese/Poole up in the air still. Thought this was interesting take and you can’t deny the film. What made Reese so successful last year (hard work, effort, commitment during the summer) has not been there all year this year. It’s 100% obvious to anyone who watches the game. She isn’t in good shape right now and energy is non existent. SaMyah smith happened to be the only returner who stayed the entire summer. It’s not a coincidence she looked so improved. Now LSUs in a pretty bad spot depth chart wise and chemistry wise with all that has happened. The absence of Smith to injury, Poole/Reese internal issues. only two players now (only one starter) from LSUs national title team roster are playing. Now starting at square one again trying to find identity and chemistry.

Anyways if Reese doesn’t play you’d have to figure vT would be the favorite but not by much. VT was full strength in the Cayman Islands and honestly looked less impressive barely scraping by a down Tulane team who got blown out by Virginia and went down to the wire with Kansas. Should be an electric atmosphere down in BR.
 
Hester42 said:


With the status of Reese/Poole up in the air still. Thought this was interesting take and you can’t deny the film. What made Reese so successful last year (hard work, effort, commitment during the summer) has not been there all year this year. It’s 100% obvious to anyone who watches the game. She isn’t in good shape right now and energy is non existent. SaMyah smith happened to be the only returner who stayed the entire summer. It’s not a coincidence she looked so improved. Now LSUs in a pretty bad spot depth chart wise and chemistry wise with all that has happened. The absence of Smith to injury, Poole/Reese internal issues. only two players now (only one starter) from LSUs national title team roster are playing. Now starting at square one again trying to find identity and chemistry.

Anyways if Reese doesn’t play you’d have to figure vT would be the favorite but not by much. VT was full strength in the Cayman Islands and honestly looked less impressive barely scraping by a down Tulane team who got blown out by Virginia and went down to the wire with Kansas. Should be an electric atmosphere down in BR.
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I watched this video yesterday and commented about it on the BY. Clearly, Reese’s effort is lacking. Is it attitude, poor conditioning or both?
 
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oldude said:
I watched this video yesterday and commented about it on the BY. Clearly, Reese’s effort is lacking. Is it attitude, poor conditioning or both?
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Probably both. I don’t think it’s possible to not do anything all summer and be back in the ideal conditioning less than a month into the season. Fall camp isn’t addressing anyone conditioning over night.


Even kateri Poole looked horribly out of shape and not up to speed like she was last year from watching her play this year. Of all the returners, only smith, Poa and Flaujae looked like they stayed in shape. And now smith is out for an unsure amount of times after looking like one of the most impressive players early on. It was sad because she is one of my favorites to watch and I enjoyed watching her growth from last year
 
Having followed Kim Mulkey for years, I would image she probably told Reese to spend the time away from the team getting herself in shape, and to forget how important she thinks she is to the world. To just concentrate on becoming an even better basketball player and helping LSU and her teammates repeat as National Champs.
 
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Smith is a big loss for LSU. She took a major step in her development going into year 2. Was sad to see because i enjoyed watching her play. She had knee issues in HS I believe, Desoto kids all seemed to sustain major injuries at some point

On a positive, ADR will be forced to play and grow up much faster. I’m sure there will be major stumbles on the way but she will be better for it long term
 
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Hester42 said:
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If memory serves, Smith was hurt in first game prior to UConn vs UCLA, due to court conditions. Let's just hope going forward that holiday tourney destinations do a better job of climate control in these gyms.
 
BRS24 said:
If memory serves, Smith was hurt in first game prior to UConn vs UCLA, due to court conditions. Let's just hope going forward that holiday tourney destinations do a better job of climate control in these gyms.
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Yeah the Cayman Islands seemed like a mess with the floors and players slipping and staffing trying to wipe up the floors. It’s been a issue at all these small island tournaments it seems
 
Vowelguy said:
Eek. Dont follow closely. How important is Smith?
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Very important player. She was starting this year, was averaging ~12 ppg and ~8 rpg before her injury. Without her their post depth is shot.
 
W/o Smith & Poole, what does LSU have?

Van Lith - Morrow - Reese - the soph who played a lot last year - the highly regarded frosh
what else (in terms of significant contributors)
 
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