Greater concerns: Auburn Coach Gene Chizik says he hasn’t given the reported suspension of three LSU Tiger players much thought in anticipation of Saturday’s game in Tiger Stadium, reports the Montgomery Advertiser. “We’re concerned with Auburn and what we’re trying to do,” Chizik says. “All that stuff will take care of itself one way or the other. We’re really not paying a whole lot of attention to that.” Read the full story here.
Hoops hopes: In a tour of Italy in May, the LSU men’s basketball team played six games and came away with six victories. They were 11 days that LSU head coach Trent Johnson hopes will prove to be valuable to his team’s success when the 2011-12 season begins, reports the SEC Digital Network. Following back-to-back losing seasons that have produced just 21 victories and having not reached postseason play since the 2008-09 campaign, Johnson believes that one of the most beneficial aspects of his team’s international trip was the winning mind-set his team gained. “It was the ability to learn how to win,” Johnson said last week at his team’s annual preseason media day. “We had every opportunity to fold and to play not to win. From that standpoint, I thought it was very productive because there is no doubt that from what we have been through in this past year, guys have lost their confidence, but they are also bigger and stronger so they know what to expect from each other.” Read the full story here.
