re: USA Today Preseason Basketball Poll released

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Love seeing post like this, when we've had pretty good attendance considering we have probably the worst arena in the league.

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It's that time of year again for people to pretend like Alabama people don't care about basketball.

And a double helping this year as we are better than past years so you get "they don't care" plus the "oh now they care"! A true smorgasbord of fun.

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we've had pretty good attendance considering we have probably the worst arena in the league.

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In all fairness, LSU's PMAC should get consideration here. Sure, unless you're Saban-sized you will find yourself praying the seat in front of you remains empty so you can overcome the lack of legroom by draping your legs over it, but there is much, er, less.

I've heard some basketball arenas have luxury suites that allow fans to see the game live instead of having to watch it on an admittedly large TV screen at the practice facility next door, but that option isn't at LSU yet. As for the design and look of the building itself, back in the early '70s, rather than build something that resembled the Renaissance domestic style of northern Italy like the rest of the campus, LSU chose to construct an arena that looks like a grounded spaceship from a campy 1950s science fiction movie. If only that ship would take flight, and leave the campus for good.