If you’ve kept up with LSU basketball news at all this offseason, you’ll know our entire roster had a huge overhaul between March and today, with only five scholarship players from last season on the current squad. Let’s take a deeper dive into our terrifyingly fresh roster to see what to expect this season, starting with the guards.
Returning Players
After Antonio Blakeney’s early departure from the team for the NBA draft in the offseason, Sampson is the sole survivor from the hopeful 2015 freshman trio that included Ben Simmons. Sampson finished last season behind only Blakeney and forward Duop Reath in minutes (27.