because of the lack of depth that trent johnson has for the team. son has always had walk-on try-outs wherever he's been. if the walk-ons are on the floor too much, it ain't a good thing. >> joe: not a good thing at all. you're exactly right. no disrespect to the young men. they work very hard. >> dave: they do. >> joe: they're giving their best effort. but in this league, the talent level is so good you've got to match it with good players. johnson has done that. four excellent high school players including darrenbecker from metarie park, right outside new orleans, will be a freshman next year. and turner out of muckalshoot, alabama. and the freshman out of the same metarie park high school. teammates. then you have malcolm white sitting out. 6'9", 240-pound post player transferring from ole miss this year to help l.s.u. considerably next year. >> dave: mitchell with a tough, tough shot. that as much or anything is indication of how difficult is it for l.s.u. to put points on the board. showing no sign of going in. the only solace for stansburick st

time-out called by trent johnson.hat i'm talking about, he'll put that second present with those things that are nonconference. the daily conference schedule was there and they're trying to make stride to become better players. mat daymeon: and the offensive style. matt: started the game by me asking you the question -- what do we know about the l.s.u. tigers? they are 8-4 on the season. their strength of schedule 106 which is fourth out of the teams in the sec. but of the eight members -- daymeon: mentioned their wins at home because they have 3-3, how did they deal with it? but the one thing i like about l.s.u. is that guy right no -- right there. you know what he did last year, coach of the year. he's a guy that will get the best out of his players and to have a guy like mitchell and add warren and spencer to that, they have a shot. they have to get more ingredients, more people. matt: warren hits the free throw. a year ago, they had five seniors. those guys combined for 43 points, 22 1/2 rebounds. to trent johnson

trent johnson telling his guys here? daymeon: we look at the guys who are successful tonight, both storm warren and tasmin mitchell. mitchell has been quiet for the past 10 to 12 minutes and he's been quiet because utah is concentrating on keeping the basketball out of his hands. if i'm trent johnson, you come one the basketball and once you get into the half court, you want to make sure you don't rush offensive offensively. i would try to give to mitchell and let him create and look for warren and spencer and realize if you don't make the shot, you have to win it off the offensive glass with reckless abandon. matt: tasmin mitchell had 15 points at halftime. four here in the second half. time-outs here even at one. possession arrow is pointing in utah's favor. tasmin mitchell has his third double-double in the last four games and he's now at 19-11 for the ballgame. daymeon: i like this. coach boylen pressuring, making sure l.s.u. has to work to get down there. matt: inbounds comes to mitchell. carlon brown takes him. mit

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l.s.u., with the shot clock violation. [ cheering ] >> joe: there you see trent johnson in his secondakers. 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 where they create awareness for the coaches versus cancer program, the coaches all across the country trying to raise money in fight against cancer. got to look at rick stansbury who is in his 12th year. thoord believe the guy they call "billy the kid," billy donovan is in his 14th season. >> joe: stansbury, 12 years. making it to 12 years is an accomplishment in and of itself. his success at mississippi state is unparalleled really. >> dave: mississippi state has done a lot of things well. offensive rebounding is not one, but johnson got one there. and stewart tried to draw the foul. excuse me, turner. check that. turner who came in off the mississippi state bench. phil turner gets the three. and that is th

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trent lott. >> jeff johnson, trent lott comparisons all over the place. are they fair? you heard tara give one a minute ago. >> let's be clear. i think this is where we start trying to make race a partisan issue, and i think we need to be able to assess each statement within the context that it is. i listen to the rnc chairman, and i think what's interesting is i would question if any republican -- i'm not a democrat here. but i question if any republican who made a racist remark has the legislative record in working with african-americans and for african-americans that harry reid has. while i don't condone the comments, i think they're inappropriate and should have been held accountable. as somebody that worked with the naacp i know that harry reid has worked to fight for issues that affect african-americans and not one or two but a plethora of issues. >> so have a lot of republicans. we don't hear a lot about them, but there are. >> tara, i'm going to interrupt since you didn't let me talk before. i think what roland said is a bigger and more important a point of the