CMJ

Gonna have to wrestle the trophy away from us.

NT 84 ---------- LSU 77 Final

Down to five...getting really nervous.

Those missed free throws are gonna kill us.

NT 74 ---------- LSU 60 3:38 to go Play smart fellas and we'll play this weekend.

NT 66 ---------- LSU 54 7:16 to go Had pushed the lead to 18, but Tigers trying make a charge.

NT 62 ---------- LSU 48 10:01 to go Starting to slow the game down some, which is actually much more our style. Beat them playing at a faster pace, if we start grinding them -- you really have to like our chances.

NT 58 ---------- LSU 45 13:13 to go We're trying to bury them now. Great three minute segment.

NT 45 ---------- LSU 40 16:11 to go LSU is making more shots this half. Not gonna lie, I wish we had closed out the 1st better...I fear we gave them some confidence.

Even winning those I'm not sure we get in...just saying we'd need to win at least that many to have a shot. Obviously not counting the chance we could get in by winning the league tournament with fewer wins, which is obviously possible too.

NT 38 ---------- LSU 31 Halftime Last couple of minutes weren't great, but otherwise impressive stuff.

NT 38 ---------- LSU 27 2:20 to go One of the best halves we've had all season.

NT 30 ---------- LSU 22 5:37 to go Fantastic run by the good guys. Really playing well right now!

LSU 20 ---------- NT 20 7:16 to go Shots are falling now! If we can keep this up, it'll be a good night for us.

LSU 15 ---------- NT 11 11:01 to go Need to get some jump shots to fall.

LSU 9 ---------- NT 7 14:51 to go Kinda sloppy with some turnovers, but playing well otherwise.

Again, not denying we would have been better. We may have won the regular season title! But we didn't make the tournament either year Perry was here (and we won a crap load of games with him), so it's really impossible for me to get on board with we would have easily made it this season with him.

Didn't we love James Reese? I doubt we get to, or beat, Purdue without him. We've had a few guys transfer year where it was just a stop in their playing career.

Some of Ginobli's best years were as a 6th Man.

It's definitely not the worst Kansas team since the 1980s.

We would have been better with Perry and Ousmane, but I don't think we can say we'd easily have made the NCAAs. The AAC only got two teams in, neither of which was the school that won the regular season title (with only two conference losses). We may have, and I'd like to think we would have, but it'd likely have taken at least 9-10 more wins than we had.

Some highlights from last year's NIT First Round. Hopefully the result is similar as we attempt to make another run.

I don't think returning it to MSG would matter. In the NIT's history it only hasn't been held there twice.

There's a team with a losing record this year. I'm not 100% sure, but I don't think that's ever happened before. I don't care if they're a brand name. I'd have to look at the metrics and such, but I believe last year's field was stronger in the NET.