BATON ROUGE, LA. • Greetings from the home of Louisiana State, where college football is king, college baseball is a close second and basketball … well, they’re starting to figure that out here, too.
LSU is by no means one of the crown jewel hoops programs in the country, but the Bayou Bengals have plenty of rich history. Bob Petti. Pete Maravich. Dale Brown. Shaq. Chris Jackson. Four Final Fours.
Lately, though, LSU hoops has been an afterthought in this conference, notably after dropping the ball with the 2014 arrival of Ben Simmons, who was brilliant for Johnny Jones’ team but couldn’t lead the Tigers beyond the SEC tournament.