Will Wade and LSU again? Desperation overshadows all hesitation

So this is where we are to prevent further embarrassment of the LSU basketball program.

It’s a $5 million decision.

It’s one thing to fire Matt McMahon, whose awful tenure at LSU has been surpassed only by the depth of apathy among a once loud and engaged fan base, and pay him $10 million to not coach.

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It’s quite another, apparently, to shell out $5 million to get Will Wade — hang on, we’ll get to that stupidity — out of his contract at NC State.

If you’re willing to spend $10 million to change the fortunes of your basketball program, which has lost 30 SEC games in the past two seasons, how could you not be willing to peel off more Benjamins for the guy you want?

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March 11: Jeremy Ballad, Florida International

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March 11: Jeremy Ballad, Florida International

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March 11: Adrian Autry, Syracuse

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March 9: Mike Jones, UNC Greensboro

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March 9: Phil Cunningham, Louisiana Monroe

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March 9: Ed Schilling, Pepperdine

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March 8: Earl Grant, Boston College

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March 8: Stan Heath, Eastern Michigan

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March 8: Dwayne Stephens, Western Michigan

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March 8: Damon Stoudamire, Georgia Tech

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March 7: Rashon Burno, Northern Illinois

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March 7: Michael Lewis, Ball State

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