Not with a bang, but a whimper. Lots and lots of whimpers.
Is it safe to come out yet? Is it over?
LSU basketball finally closed the Ben Simmons era not with a bang, but a whimper, as the team decided to decline any postseason tournament invitations in the wake of missing the Big Dance. It's a good thing, too, because pretty much all this team did all year was whimper.
Let's get one thing out of the way first: Ben Simmons was everything he was billed to be. He averaged 19.