Wade turning LSU basketball into consistent winner

Remember the excitement when LSU made a trip to the Final Four in 2006.

Coach John Brady’s Tigers knocked off Duke and Texas on their way to the national semifinals. That season ended with a loss to UCLA.

The LSU basketball program then wandered in the wilderness for the next 11 seasons.

Two years after guiding the Tigers to the Final Four, Brady was fired. Trent Johnson won a Southeastern Conference championship in his first season.