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2028 five-star PG Josiah Rose (No. 1 point guard) says LSU/Wade left a strong impression on his Baton Rouge visit alongside Texas, Baylor and Texas A&M

2028 No. 1 PG Josiah Rose on the visit trail: LSU, Texas, Baylor, Texas A&M. On3: Baton Rouge / Will Wade left a strong impression.

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LSU Basketball launches #BootUp for the Nov. 3 regular-season opener vs LSU New Orleans at the PMAC

LSU Basketball: #BootUp. Regular-season opener Nov. 3 vs LSU New Orleans at the PMAC. Next exhibition: at Florida State, Oct. 24. Tickets linked from the program’s post.

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Will Wade adds ex-DePaul assistant Marc Hsu as his fifth assistant — staff now matches the six players who dressed vs UCF

Will Wade’s staff is full: Marc Hsu (ex-DePaul, ex-WKU under Stansbury) is the fifth assistant. Board votes Friday. $400k base. Roster still thin — six dressed vs UCF — while eligibility waits.

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Mulkey will start the season with 10 active players, her smallest LSU roster, and says freshmen Anna Minaeva and Lola Lampley are “gonna be thrown to the wolves”

Kim Mulkey opens with 10 active players, her smallest roster at LSU. On freshmen Anna Minaeva and Lola Lampley in the frontcourt: “They’re gonna be thrown to the wolves… They have to play because of depth.”

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Watch: the ghost screen and off-ball screen from Ružić that freed Abdi Bashir Jr. for one of his six 3s against UCF

Abdi Bashir Jr. was 1 of 10 from three at McNeese. Against UCF: 6 of 12, 26 points. Watch the ghost screen and the Ružić off-ball screen that freed this one 👇

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Six players, one win: Donovan Dent’s drive with 8 seconds left lifts LSU past UCF 85-81, with 26 points from Abdi Bashir Jr. and another double-double from Michael Ružić

LSU 85, UCF 81, with six players. Donovan Dent: 21 pts, 11 ast, 9 reb, go-ahead bucket with 8 seconds left Abdi Bashir Jr.: 26 pts, six 3s Michael Ružić: 15 pts, double-double, 4 blk Wade: “Basically played five guys the whole game.”

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“All my words are being used against us”: Wade goes silent on eligibility after LSU lists Niang, Dessert and Clark but plays only six, hours after Sankey said he’d “like to not be in court”

Will Wade won’t talk eligibility anymore: “Because all my words are being used against us, I’m not going to.” LSU listed Niang, Dessert and Clark vs UCF. None played. Greg Sankey, hours earlier: “I’d like to not be in court.”

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Mulkey on 17-year-old Russian newcomer Anna Minaeva: “That young lady is gonna be special”

Kim Mulkey on LSU’s 17-year-old Russian newcomer Anna Minaeva: “That young lady is gonna be special.” Mulkey raved about her footwork, hands and fundamentals.

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First look at Wade’s Tigers in the PMAC: LSU hosts UCF in an exhibition tonight at 7, and Wade expects “a few more guys” cleared

LSU basketball’s first home look under Will Wade is tonight: UCF at the PMAC, 7 p.m. Wade says LSU will have “a few more guys” eligible than it did in the 63-60 win at McNeese.

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Fog grounds LSU’s SEC Media Day flight, and on Zoom Wade says RJ Luis “is not rostered” and LSU is “following SEC protocols”

Fog kept LSU from flying to SEC Media Day, so Will Wade did it on Zoom. On RJ Luis: “not rostered.” On the 14th-place pick: “If it doesn’t work, you can pin it right on me… With our full roster, we have a puncher’s chance in most games.”

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“Do you even follow us?”: Will Wade snaps at SI’s Pat Forde over roster questions on the SEC Media Day Zoom

Will Wade to SI’s Pat Forde on the SEC Media Day Zoom: “Do you even follow us? Or are you just here to ask ‘gotcha’ questions?” Forde had asked about Marcio Santos, Saliou Niang, Skyy Clark and Levy Gilad. Wade: “We’ll see who gets eligible.”

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Kim Mulkey’s Tigers are picked third in the SEC, with Mikaylah Williams on the preseason All-SEC first team and MiLaysia Fulwiley on the second

LSU women are picked third in the SEC, behind South Carolina and Texas. Mikaylah Williams made the preseason All-SEC first team and MiLaysia Fulwiley the second team. Kim Mulkey and the Tigers are at SEC Media Day in Birmingham.