At a basketball luncheon this past season, LSU great Rudy Macklin was introduced to the audience, with a mention that he still held the school record with 32 rebounds in a game set in 1976. “Don’t worry,” LSU coach Will Wade said at the time. “We’re not going to be breaking any of your records [in 2017-18].”
What a difference a year makes. Entering his second year at LSU, Wade has virtually remade the Tigers’ roster. With what the Tigers have returning and the addition of a top-five recruiting class, anticipation for LSU basketball probably hasn’t been this high since 1989-90, when the Tigers had Shaquille O’Neal, Chris Jackson and Stanley Roberts sharing court time.