Matt McMahon
- Liked their defensive intensity and thought they did a great job defending the three point line. Thought they wore them down with their full court pressure.
- Thought they were effective moving the ball around on offense. Had a few careless turnovers, but all in all it was good.
- Feels like they have multiple weapons at each position, which can get defenses off balanced. They couldn't double Jalen Reed because of their guard play and vice versa.
- Liked what he saw from his guards on the glass. Multiple of them had 4+ and he thinks it's going to be a strength for them moving forward.
- Thinks they want to live around 35 attempts from three. They shot 34 today and said he liked the balance of the shots.
- Says he thinks they're at their best when Dji Bailey is on the floor. He played well at every level of the game tonight and expects him to continue to play that way.
- Thought Jalen Reed was really tough tonight on both offense and defense. Liked what he saw on offense, but points out his 8 rebounds in 23 minutes. Thought that was big. Said during the offseason he was coming in early on Saturday morning to get extra workouts, staying after practice for extra conditioning and getting extra weight sessions in.
- Said Derek Fountain had a really scary fall in practice which could've been really bad, but they got lucky. Thought he played well tonight off the bench.
- McMahon wore a suit to today's game, which he normally doesn't do. Said it was too damn hot, so that won't be a trend.
- Reed said he put in a ton of work this offseason to get ready for the year. Gives credit to his teammates for getting him the ball and making his life easy.
- Reed says it's weird because he was just a young guys trying to soak up info from the older guys, but now he's one of the vets of the program.
- Carter says they've been practicing playing unselfishly on offense all offseason. It's a big emphasis from McMahon because they have so much talent at every position.
- Carter chose LSU because God led him here. He's from LA and calls it a dream come true.
- Said they worked with Garrett Temple this offseason when he was in town. They got up at 5am to work with them and learned a lot from them.
- Called Rob Miller a game changer. He didn't have a great night offensively, but his defensive effort was there all night and he altered a lot of shots tonight.
- Reed said he didn't even see the guy he dunked on until he was already jumping.
