NCAA Tournament March Madness
#40 LSU
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Projected seed: 9
LSU’s resume is a study in contrast: the roster has collected dominant home wins over lesser opponents while also proving it can win away with a road victory at Boston College and neutral-site knockoffs of Drake and DePaul that show it can handle nonfriendly settings. The downside is the scarcity of a signature scalp over an established power and the way many quality chances still sit on the calendar; neutral tests against Texas Tech and SMU and a brutal run of league road dates at Vanderbilt, Florida, Arkansas, Tennessee, Texas and Auburn will either validate the good early tape or expose it. Home meetings with Kentucky, Arkansas and Alabama and games against Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas A&M offer clear opportunities to add the kind of quality wins that committees value, while continued reliance on lopsided wins over low-major opponents leaves little margin for error when the season’s toughest tests arrive.
| Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/5 | Tarleton St | 196 | W96-60 |
| 11/10 | New Orleans | 215 | W93-58 |
| 11/13 | Florida Intl | 182 | W98-81 |
| 11/18 | Alcorn St | 334 | W107-81 |
| 11/21 | NE Omaha | 244 | W99-73 |
| 11/28 | (N)Drake | 127 | W71-62 |
| 11/29 | (N)DePaul | 137 | W96-63 |
| 12/3 | @Boston College | 143 | W78-69 |
| 12/7 | (N)Texas Tech | 19 | 39% |
| 12/13 | (N)SMU | 39 | 50% |
| 12/19 | SE Louisiana | 282 | 98% |
| 12/22 | Prairie View | 301 | 98% |
| 12/29 | Southern Miss | 204 | 95% |
| 1/3 | @Texas A&M | 51 | 45% |
| 1/6 | South Carolina | 86 | 79% |
| 1/10 | @Vanderbilt | 8 | 16% |
| 1/14 | Kentucky | 20 | 51% |
| 1/17 | Missouri | 44 | 65% |
| 1/20 | @Florida | 14 | 20% |
| 1/24 | @Arkansas | 27 | 33% |
| 1/28 | Mississippi St | 83 | 78% |
| 1/31 | @South Carolina | 86 | 60% |
| 2/7 | Georgia | 23 | 53% |
| 2/10 | Arkansas | 27 | 55% |
| 2/14 | @Tennessee | 18 | 27% |
| 2/17 | @Texas | 55 | 47% |
| 2/21 | Alabama | 13 | 39% |
| 2/25 | @Mississippi | 53 | 45% |
| 2/28 | Oklahoma | 58 | 69% |
| 3/3 | @Auburn | 29 | 34% |
| 3/7 | Texas A&M | 51 | 67% |