Originally Posted by MikeF
I think it's better than both, too, although I think Wade went to Clemson which could be appealing for some to go to their alma mater.
I just quickly looked at LSU's basketball Wikipedia page. Since the 2000-2001 season (used it as a start just because it's a round year), LSU's been over 0.500 in the SEC five times and at .500 five other times. They been SEC champions twice (also, in fairness, 1999-2000). They've made five NCAA tournaments and four NITs. I'm not sure that's more appealing than VCU.
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The LSU job is the perfect example of how much difference a coach makes and just how quickly a program can fall. Dale Brown was at LSU for 1972-1997.
They had a really good run from about 1978 to 1993 where they made the tournament pretty close to every year and made some deep runs including 2 Final Fours.
It was a power program within its conference and had good support. We have a tendency to look at X and Butler where the transitions have been great but there are plenty of examples of where it didn't.
