Tiger Rag Radio: Will Wade signing pro players has the college basketball world up in arms; SEC Spring meetings expected to be eventful

About this episode

The episode discusses Will Wade's controversial recruitment of professional players and features insights from various guests on college sports topics.

On this edition of Tiger Rag Radio, we begin the show talking about Will Wade’s pursuit of professional players (because the rules allow it) and how others in college basketball believe he’s ruining the sport, even though other schools do it. We hear from LSU softball coach Beth Torina as the Tigers head to Tuscaloosa for a Super Regional series showdown against Alabama. USA Today college football writer Matt Hayes talks about the SEC Spring meetings as athletic directors and coaches will discuss college football playoff expansion and the future of the SEC Championship game. We also connect with Lonn Phillips Sullivan of LSUodyssey.com to talk about the differences between Lane Kiffin and Brian Kelly. Also Lonn gives a great breakdown on the offensive line and the wide receivers. Also joining us…Andre Champagne of 247sports gives us a recruiting update. We finish the show talking about the latest with the proposed on-campus arena.

People in this episode

Guests: Beth Torina, Matt Hayes, Lonn Phillips Sullivan, Andre Champagne

Topics covered

• college basketball
• SEC Spring meetings
• LSU sports
• recruiting
• football playoff expansion
• on-campus arena

Keywords

• Will Wade
• college basketball
• SEC
• recruiting
• LSU
• football playoff
• Beth Torina
• Matt Hayes
• Lonn Phillips Sullivan
• Andre Champagne

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: USA Today, 247sports, LSUodyssey.com

Places: Tuscaloosa, Alabama

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