LSU Tigers men’s basketball coach Will Wade is not interested in answering questions from Sports Illustrated senior writer Pat Forde, and he made that very apparent during a Zoom call on Tuesday.
Wade was participating in SEC Media Day virtually ahead of the upcoming hoops season after LSU’s flight to Birmingham from Baton Rouge was cancelled due to weather. The Tigers have had an interesting offseason on the hardwood to say the least. Up until last week, LSU had only four players listed on its official men’s basketball roster while at least five prospective players awaited eligibility clearances from the NCAA. On Oct. 8, the Tigers added six players to their roster, but the handful of players still awaiting eligibility rulings were still absent.
So, Forde did what any reasonable reporter would do. He asked Wade about a few players who weren’t yet listed on LSU’s roster…