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One and None: The paradoxical legacy of freshman Ben Simmons' LSU career
Posted on 2/24/16 at 6:34 pm
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One and none: The paradoxical legacy of freshman Ben Simmons' LSU career
By Matt Norlander | Staff Writer
February 24, 2016 12:55 pm ET
There he was again: Ben Simmons looking like he had no business wasting his time playing college basketball, calmly cruising to another really impressive personal performance, accumulating numbers that will amount to a historic individual season. Tuesday night's results: 23 points, 12 rebounds, six assists and a late foul-out -- his 19th double-double of the season.
All of it amounted to nothing. His team, LSU, lost 85-65 to an Arkansas squad that was below .500 when it woke up Tuesday. The Hogs dropped the Tigers to 16-12 and booted them, perhaps permanently, from this season's NCAA Tournament bubble. Another bad loss to another bad team -- LSU has now lost three straight and four of its last five -- so why are the Bayou Bengals even worth discussing anymore? Simmons and only Simmons, of course.
Never before in college basketball has so good a player on so bad a team held our attention for this long
One and none: The paradoxical legacy of freshman Ben Simmons' LSU career
By Matt Norlander | Staff Writer
February 24, 2016 12:55 pm ET
There he was again: Ben Simmons looking like he had no business wasting his time playing college basketball, calmly cruising to another really impressive personal performance, accumulating numbers that will amount to a historic individual season. Tuesday night's results: 23 points, 12 rebounds, six assists and a late foul-out -- his 19th double-double of the season.
All of it amounted to nothing. His team, LSU, lost 85-65 to an Arkansas squad that was below .500 when it woke up Tuesday. The Hogs dropped the Tigers to 16-12 and booted them, perhaps permanently, from this season's NCAA Tournament bubble. Another bad loss to another bad team -- LSU has now lost three straight and four of its last five -- so why are the Bayou Bengals even worth discussing anymore? Simmons and only Simmons, of course.
Never before in college basketball has so good a player on so bad a team held our attention for this long
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Posted on 2/24/16 at 6:36 pm to kywildcatfanone
frick shootyhoops
Posted on 2/24/16 at 6:52 pm to kywildcatfanone
And this is why I only follow football and baseball
Posted on 2/24/16 at 6:53 pm to kywildcatfanone
quote:Not saying it will happen, but is LSU banned from the NCAA Tournament if it wins the SEC Tournament in a couple of weeks from now?
The Hogs dropped the Tigers to 16-12 and booted them, perhaps permanently, from this season's NCAA Tournament bubble
Posted on 2/24/16 at 6:57 pm to kywildcatfanone
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Matt Norlander
Is a damn good writer for CBS Sports. Has a great podcast.
Posted on 2/24/16 at 7:06 pm to chadr07
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And this is why I only follow football and baseball
Its not like your football team hasn't underwhelmed.
And do I need to discuss Stony Brook?
Posted on 2/24/16 at 7:16 pm to LC412000
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Not saying it will happen, but is LSU banned from the NCAA Tournament if it wins the SEC Tournament in a couple of weeks from now?
Why would they be banned? They aren't on probation our self imposed sanctions like Mizzou.
Posted on 2/24/16 at 7:22 pm to kywildcatfanone
Johnny Jones is racking up the positive press lately for his epic waste of Simmons. What an ambassador for LSU. 
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