NCAA Tournament March Madness

#60 LSU

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Projection: likely out

LSU’s profile reads like a team with flashes but not enough substance, because its handful of resume-building neutral wins and the road victory at Boston College are outweighed by a steady diet of damaging results against the league’s best. The Tigers have bright spots such as victories over DePaul and Drake on neutral courts and an offensive explosion at Mississippi, but they were undone by a heavy neutral loss to Texas Tech, a lopsided home setback to Arkansas, and a parade of road defeats at Florida, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Texas and Auburn. Home losses to Kentucky, Alabama and Texas A&M further erased chances to pick up signature wins, so the résumé lacks quality road and neutral victories against top conference opponents. With limited windows left, LSU’s only realistic path back into contention is to win meaningful games away from home or on neutral floors against the league’s upper tier to offset those damaging losses.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/5Tarleton St221W96-60
11/10New Orleans193W93-58
11/13Florida Intl194W98-81
11/18Alcorn St346W107-81
11/21NE Omaha262W99-73
11/28(N)Drake197W71-62
11/29(N)DePaul102W96-63
12/3@Boston College156W78-69
12/7(N)Texas Tech20L82-58
12/13(N)SMU42W89-77
12/19SE Louisiana285W78-65
12/22Prairie View288W104-90
12/29Southern Miss218W90-62
1/3@Texas A&M39L75-72
1/6South Carolina95L78-68
1/10@Vanderbilt12L84-73
1/14Kentucky28L75-74
1/17Missouri52W78-70
1/20@Florida4L79-61
1/24@Arkansas15L85-81
1/28Mississippi St100L80-66
1/31@South Carolina95W92-87
2/7Georgia32L83-71
2/10Arkansas15L91-62
2/14@Tennessee16L73-63
2/17@Texas37L88-85
2/21Alabama18L90-83
2/25@Mississippi65W106-99
2/28Oklahoma40L83-67
3/3@Auburn38L88-74
3/7Texas A&M39L94-91
3/11(N)Kentucky28L87-82