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Thomas playing today?

Posted on 1/17/26 at 6:14 am
Posted by GeauxTime9
Baton Rouge, La
Member since Dec 2010
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Posted on 1/17/26 at 6:14 am
ESPN has LSU favored by 1.5, he must be playing?

I can’t see LSU winning this game without Thomas.
Posted by drizztiger
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Posted on 1/17/26 at 6:47 am to
I haven’t heard anything on DJ.

The line is LSU -1.5, which matches up with Kenpom, but without LSU receiving any benefit for home court.
Posted by jrobic4
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 1/17/26 at 6:55 am to
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without LSU receiving any benefit for home court


When you have 500 fans at a game, you don't have home court advantage
Posted by drizztiger
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Posted on 1/17/26 at 6:57 am to
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When you have 500 fans at a game, you don't have home court advantage
It doesn’t help when the PMAC crew doesn’t know how to tighten rims properly. At least that’s what some idiot on here said.
Posted by JimTiger72
LA
Member since Jun 2023
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Posted on 1/17/26 at 7:08 am to
Listed as Doubtful so I would assume he is not playing

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Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 1/17/26 at 8:14 am to
Here is a chart of the SEC teams' NET rank data in ranked order, and a second of KenPom data in ranked order, for anyone who is interested at the relative data and rankings.

NET


KenPom
Posted by Barkbowwow
Member since Nov 2025
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Posted on 1/17/26 at 8:17 am to
If only those rankings translated to automatic Wins.
Posted by drizztiger
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Posted on 1/17/26 at 8:26 am to
This is probably our last chance at a win for a few games. Next two are @UF @Arky.
Posted by Alt26
Member since Mar 2010
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Posted on 1/17/26 at 8:33 am to
This happens every year (even before McMahon). There seems to always be 1 guy who is “day-to-day”…for at least 5 weeks
Posted by drizztiger
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Posted on 1/17/26 at 8:42 am to
Yeah, the day-to-day tag is bullshite. Day-to-day =/= missing 5 straight games to begin conference play.
Posted by Dexter Fillmore
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 1/17/26 at 9:16 am to
Line is now -1.5 Mizzou.
Posted by Pelican fan99
Lafayette, Louisiana
Member since Jun 2013
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Posted on 1/17/26 at 9:19 am to
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Yeah, the day-to-day tag is bullshite. Day-to-day =/= missing 5 straight games to begin conference play.

He must really be bad off. I can't imagine they wouldn't try and rush him back to save the season if they could
Posted by drizztiger
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Posted on 1/17/26 at 9:22 am to
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Line is now -1.5 Mizzou.
I just checked FanDual and DraftKings and it’s still LSU -1.5 on both.

Where are you seeing Mizz -1.5?
Posted by Big4SALTbro
Member since Jun 2019
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Posted on 1/17/26 at 9:22 am to
Matt Mcownscal is going to belt to arse cal again. Making Cal responsible for like 3 of the 15 wins lol
Posted by drizztiger
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Posted on 1/17/26 at 9:24 am to
Yeah, too bad we can’t play against Coach Cal for 18 games.
Posted by Big4SALTbro
Member since Jun 2019
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Posted on 1/17/26 at 9:25 am to
It’s pretty remarkable how bad MM is in sec play but also how he basically owns cal and arky.


Feel like we might never see Thomas play again
This post was edited on 1/17/26 at 9:26 am
Posted by Circle K Beggar
Somewhere in the lower 48
Member since Feb 2011
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Posted on 1/17/26 at 9:29 am to
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Feel like we might never see Thomas play again


Wouldn’t surprise me. I’m sure he and his team by now have realized they signed on with a clown coach.
Posted by drizztiger
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Posted on 1/17/26 at 9:30 am to
If we start 0-7 without Thomas being back, I wouldn’t be surprised if he and his team shut it down for the season.

CoachMc has said that he played through this injury previously, but at LSU they don’t want to rush him back. You’d figure at this point you would likely wait for a home game to put him back on the court, not @UF or @Ark, but who knows with McMahon.
Posted by josh336
baton rouge
Member since Jan 2007
82173 posts
Posted on 1/17/26 at 9:33 am to
Mizz is -1.5 on mgm
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
43529 posts
Posted on 1/17/26 at 9:35 am to
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This is probably our last chance at a win for a few games. Next two are @UF @Arky.



Yep, really needed to have 3 wins minimum before those games if they expected to have a shot of being solidly in the tournament. Now I think they either need a McMiracle finish to the season to be any better than an iffy bubble team. And more likely, they will not even get an NIT bid.

Honestly, I do not really want another season like this, so I think I would prefer that McMahon is gone regardless of whether he makes the tournament. Of course, you know me, my inner sunshine pumper may take over if the team goes on a run. I'm just tired of being let down, even if there are good excuses for some (definitely not all) of the letdowns. But I still find myself incapable of pulling for the Tigers to lose.

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