It's simple chemistry: combine ice and fire, and the result is water.
That's the formula LSU is counting on for the 2019-20 season, as Skylar Mays and Javonte Smart – the Bayou Backcourt, as the Baton Rouge natives are known as these days – take over the ball-handing duties for the Tigers full-time.
The Bayou Backcourt.
You'll be hearing that a lot this year ??@JavonteSmart x @skylarmays4 pic.twitter.com/DdOT8Oo4cB — LSU Basketball (@LSUBasketball) October 16, 2019Gone is Tremont Waters, who dazzled for two years as Will Wade's primary ball-handler, racking up 1,029 points, 390 assists, and 163 steals before departing for the NBA.