BleedGopher
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per The Big Lead:
The brief, but well-documented college basketball career of Ben Simmons is over. It ended with an embarrassing defeat, 71-38, at the hands of Texas A&M in the SEC tournament. The Tigers shot a pathetic 20 percent; Simmons scored 10 points and collected 12 rebounds in 31 minutes.
With the loss, Simmons likely earned the dubious distinction of becoming a trivia question: Who was the last #1 pick in the NBA draft to attend college and miss the NCAA Tournament?
Let’s say Simmons had carried LSU on a glorious run, and done something Shaq or Chris Jackson couldn’t do: Took the Tigers to the Final 4. It would have been a heartwarming story, perhaps the kind to spur other players to eschew Duke and Kentucky and North Carolina and carve out their own path.
The opposite happened. LSU was atrocious. Its plight, coupled with that of two other highly-touted recruits – 8th-rated Malik Newman and Mississippi State won’t be dancing, nor will 11th-rated Henry Ellenson and Marquette – almost certainly will be pointed out on the recruiting trail. Want to blaze your own trail? Hey, enjoy the NIT.
http://thebiglead.com/2016/03/12/ben-simmons-is-done-at-lsu-and-it-was-an-unmitigated-disaster/
Go Gophers!!
The brief, but well-documented college basketball career of Ben Simmons is over. It ended with an embarrassing defeat, 71-38, at the hands of Texas A&M in the SEC tournament. The Tigers shot a pathetic 20 percent; Simmons scored 10 points and collected 12 rebounds in 31 minutes.
With the loss, Simmons likely earned the dubious distinction of becoming a trivia question: Who was the last #1 pick in the NBA draft to attend college and miss the NCAA Tournament?
Let’s say Simmons had carried LSU on a glorious run, and done something Shaq or Chris Jackson couldn’t do: Took the Tigers to the Final 4. It would have been a heartwarming story, perhaps the kind to spur other players to eschew Duke and Kentucky and North Carolina and carve out their own path.
The opposite happened. LSU was atrocious. Its plight, coupled with that of two other highly-touted recruits – 8th-rated Malik Newman and Mississippi State won’t be dancing, nor will 11th-rated Henry Ellenson and Marquette – almost certainly will be pointed out on the recruiting trail. Want to blaze your own trail? Hey, enjoy the NIT.
http://thebiglead.com/2016/03/12/ben-simmons-is-done-at-lsu-and-it-was-an-unmitigated-disaster/
Go Gophers!!