“Last year we had some 6-4 guys out there guarding 6-10 guys. This year, we’ll have 6-10 guys guarding 6-10 guys.” – LSU head coach Will Wade
Size made the difference when LSU and Alabama squared off a season ago. In the two matchup between the Tide and the Tigers, Avery Johnson’s squad outscored Wade’s in the paint by 18 points, 54-36, and outrebounded them 72-57.
Wade joked last week that if the two teams had played 10 times a year ago, LSU might not have won a single one, and added that Alabama probably had to replace their rims after dunking so much in an 80-65 win in Tuscaloosa.