l.s.u.d a season losing streak. until the holidays came, went on the road, lost in overtime against washington state out in seattle and earlier this week, got hammered by xavier by 24. their sec schedule starts a week from today against alabama. what do we know about the l.s.u. tigers? daymeon: well, the sec coach of the year, coach johnson was discouraged by that loss at xavier. he said he felt like it was a boxing match. his team got hit in the mouth and never responded. they haven't played well at home, though. it will be interesting to see what that will do it for the tigers tonight. matt: the utah team is 6-7. they graduated four seniors and averaged 31 minutes per game including neville who scored 23 against the tigers last year. daymeon: of course, it's a different team. we look at the success of coach boylen. it is a very different team. a team that has big guys that can block shots but yet to see if this team can compete against a caliber like an l.s.u. and tonight, they'll be facin

l.s.u. team that's struggled mightily with the offense. >> joe: they're number one in points allowed in the league. number one in blocked shots, dave. you mentioned, and also number one in field goal defense at about 37%. >> dave: mitchell had that pass out of the way, to show how much trouble l.s.u. has had scoring, they scored 38 in a game you had the other night against alabama. tomorrow, they celebrate the anniversary of marich scoring 53 himself against ole miss to set the all-time collegiate record. >> joe: they could use such a feat. >> dave: yeah. spencer saw the shot clock running down, the second shot clock violation in the half against the tigers. >> joe: l.s.u. in simple terms as you see the frustrated trent johnson right there, last year's s.e.c. coach of the year. they just don't have anyone to manufacture a basket except tasmin mitchell. the defense will key on him so hard, it's difficult to get him the ball where he can operate. >> dave: varnado can operate, though. that time

add l.s.u. to their list of victims that includes illinois and michigan and utah now ja brawl. >> this month a net impact, the best of 2009. tough man on the ice. alex the great ovenchin. and why fame and fortune has not changed him. >>> and paying tribute to a man that taught everybody about the game. >> and then a dream comes true for one high school baseball player, a story that will warm your heart holiday season. >> hello and welcome to this special edition of net impact. i'm art fa nel. this is the best of 2009 report where we look back at some of the stories that touched most and kept us talking. like the first report that we called a father's tribute when we went under the lights on the biggest stage in major league baseball where yankee catcher jose molina could not help but reflect on the death of his father. this year was particularly emotional for all of the brothers. we begin the coverage of a truly remarkable story. >> they are the quintessential baseball family, the molinas, ben g

trying to set the l.s.u.ough he came in third in the s.e.c. in assists. we'll see how he responds coming off the bench. spencer on the baseline. stewart had good position but varnado will get credit for the block. >> joe: we have to keep an eye on that. he only needs three more blocks to get to 500 on his career. he comes in the help side. >> dave: he didn't leave his feet! >> joe: you can't take it inside like that, knowing he's lurking around by the basket. got to find a way to tick the ball up. >> dave: that's what big procedure would do to little brother in the nerf game. l.s.u., with the shot clock violation. [ cheering ] >> joe: there you see trent johnson in his second year as head coach of l.s.u.. >> dave: you see the sneakers. joe and i got them on as well. >> joe: we do. >> dave: raise awareness for coaches versus cancer. >> joe: i didn't know we could go tieless today, or else i would have endorsed that as well. >> dave: the navc, the national association of basketball coaches has one day a year wh

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