Good pickup

So John Brady didn't sign anybody last spring - or last fall.

But apparently the transfers Brady added this year will give the same immediate help that might have come from signing a player last year.

Case in point, Texas Tech transfer Terry Martin.

Thus far, in the two games Martin has played for LSU since becoming eligible, he's made 12 of 20 shots (60 percent).

LSU desperately could have used Martin in the loss to Wichita State when perimeter shooting did in the Tigers. (About the only thing that would have helped at Washington would have been the return of Tyrus Thomas.)

The Tigers appear to still have some weaknesses. But Martin appears to be someone who can be an answer and not a question for this LSU basketball team.