re: LSU basketball loses to Dominican Republic team

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Well, you are the only team to lose today to the Dominican Republic pick up squad.

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OP was trolling but I think you actually believe the squad they just played stinks.

D.R. national team is ranked #18 in the world (out of 165 ranked teams), just qualified for the FIBA World Cup (only 32 national teams make it in, of which only 7 were allowed from the Americas). It's a very good team that has played together a lot and does pretty well in international competition. Not to mention, it's not like we were playing guys to win the game, it's a damn scrimmage

A few guys were held out, and some of top returning players (Smart, Mays) played less than 30 minutes who are guys who will easily play in excess of 30 minutes a game this season. Wade played a former walk on 10 minutes.

So basically not our A-team playing in their first game ever together in an unfamilar setting, on a different court, under different rules (FIBA), with a former walk on even even grabbing 10 minutes of play, nearly beat a well oiled, much older, Top 20 world ranked national team.