First-year LSU basketball coach Will Wade is learning more about his team every day, including which players are progressing in his high-energy system and which players are struggling.

"I like the progress four or five of our guys have made thus far. We’ve got two or three who are teetering on if they want to jump all the way in and make all that progress, or if maybe it may be a little too challenging for them," Wade said on Tiger Rag Radio this week on 104.5 ESPN FM in Baton Rouge.

"I like to tell people all the time, in our program, you’re going to sink or swim. There’s nobody going to be floating. You’re not going to float ... We’ve got a lot of guys that are swimming. The vast majority of them are swimming and swimming fast, which is what you want."

Wade identified a few Tigers -- Aaron Epps, Duop Reath and Skylar Mays -- as players who've stood out -- in a good way, that is.

"When you start looking at leadership, you start looking at guys who do the right thing all the time, who do it every day," he said.

Overall, Wade said he's pleased with how his team looks this offseason.

"We’ve got a lot to work with," he said, "but we’ve got a lot to work on, too."

Click here to listen to the full interview, including Wade's comments on his assistant coaches and why each one is unique and key to LSU's success.

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