bayou39

What’s over .. you watching the games …. It’s funny you compare it to the nfl when the nfl is a gigantic success

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NIL is not sustainable

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How is it not sustainable…. Players getting compensation for their name image and likeness is very sustainable… business want to pay some for advertisements it happens … if college athletics goes to shite they will get less money for their name image likeness … but there is nothing to sustain for it not to be sustainable

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Establish a Semi-Pro League (Right out of High School) for those that can't make it or dont want College........

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Wouldn’t work … the coaching and development you need is in college football… it’s a changing of times … it is what it is …. If your the best 19 year old on the planet at what you do and people want to compensate you for that why should you not get compensation … but it’s a mute question now because you can

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Your opinion … you will regret I have that phrase all my life and it’s right only sometimes lol

Half the league wants to trade down so it’s not as simple as saying hey let’s trade down and magically boom your picking at 22 with an additional second rounder

Listen to locked on pelicans tonight for the positive spin

If we can get this to 12 or so at half Zion owns the second half

On a realistic note do we think we get out of the play in

I’m a 40 year old and been a extreme metal/hardcore fan as long as I can remember and I see a lot of concerts that I wouldn’t mind attending come through Chelsea’s though I doubt I could get my wife or many people in my social circle to attend …: is this a place I would feel comfortable at or will I be surrounded by nineteen and twenty year olds and looked upon as spoiling thier party and some old creep

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“ LSU has played two games since Nov. 28, losing to Syracuse on that Tuesday and beating Southeastern Louisiana on Dec. 1.

Matt McMahon and Co. haven’t played in eight days, spending that time game-planning and resting for this important home opportunity against Kansas State.

During that same Nov. 28-to-now timeframe, Kansas State has played three consecutive overtime games and somehow swept them, making Jerome Tang 9-0 in overtime periods as head coach of the Wildcats.

All three wins came at home. Two came against lowly mid-major competition in Oral Roberts and North Alabama. One came against a Villanova squad that lost Justin Moore to injury in the first half. And two needed a miracle late-game step-back 3 by Tylor Perry to extend or finish the game.

I’m guessing the Wildcats are exhausted and running on fumes. They’re now getting ready to leave Manhattan for the first time in 19 days for a trip to the Bayou, where the Tigers boast a top-30 home-court advantage, and now, an incomprehensibly large rest advantage.

Not only are the Wildcats tired, but they’re overvalued.

I just don’t think Kansas State has looked that good. Five of its seven wins have come against sub-130 KenPom teams. In four games against KenPom top-50 teams, the Wildcats lost by 13 to USC and eight to Miami, then needed miracle overtime victories to down Providence and Villanova.

Four of Kansas State’s seven wins have come in overtime. That’s absurd, and the Cats are due for close-game regression.

LSU has a terrible loss on its resume at home against Nicholls, but it’s also posted KenPom top-80 wins over North Texas and Wake Forest, while only losing to KenPom No. 53 Dayton by three.

People are down on LSU, but I’d argue the Tigers look better than Kansas State.

Hey, I bet we’d all be looking at Tang’s team in a different light if a few balls bounced the other way in the past two weeks, resulting in two KenPom sub-150 losses.

The ShotQualityBets’ model seems to agree, pegging LSU as a seven-point home favorite over Kansas State on Saturday.


Photo by Gregory Fisher/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images. Pictured: Mike Williams III (LSU)
From an on-court matchup perspective, the Tigers have two key advantages.

First, the Tigers pressure ball-handlers and force turnovers, turning defense into transition offense. Jordan Wright, Mike Williams III and Tyrell Ward are averaging a combined 5.5 steals per game, and the Tigers are scoring over 10 transition points per game.

Conversely, the Wildcats rank 262nd nationally in offensive turnover rate, 359th in PPP against press coverage and 223rd in transition PPP allowed. They’re throwing the ball away and not getting back on defense against run-outs.

And now they’re tired, and likely to be sloppier with the ball and slower running back down the court.

It’s a nightmare matchup for KSU, and LSU should capitalize.

Secondly, the Tigers have a significant size advantage.

Much of the Wildcats’ scoring comes on the wing from Cam Carter and Arthur Kaluma (combined 33 points per game). However, the Tigers stand 6-foot-6, 6-foot-6 and 6-foot-10 on the wing, and the length will play a huge role in defending.

Moreover, LSU’s point guard — Williams — stands at 6-foot-3 with a four-inch height advantage over his matchup, Perry. LSU center Will Baker stands 7-foot with a four-inch advantage over his matchup, KSU’s David N’Guessan.

The Tigers have used their length — they’re 13th nationally in average height — to spearhead a top-10 mark in 2-point shooting allowed (41.1%) and a top-three mark in paint points per game allowed (21).

That’ll make life hard on the Wildcats, especially considering they’ll be trying to play up in size — they rank 257th in average height — with tired legs.

They could shoot over the top, but I expect plenty of 3s to fall short with exhausted arms.

Ultimately, Kansas State is wildly overvalued in the markets and due for a close loss. I expect that loss to come in a hostile environment against a much larger, far better-rested LSU team begging for another big non-conference victory.

I love the situational spot for LSU, and I hope the Tigers generate plenty of turnovers and transition buckets in a decisive victory.

Pick: LSU ML (Play to -130 or -2)”