NCAA Tournament March Madness

#53 LSU

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Projection: likely out

LSU’s resume reads like a team with too many soft wins and too many damaging setbacks, because its brightest moments are blowouts of lesser opponents and neutral-site victories over Drake, DePaul and SMU while its marquee opportunities seldom went its way. The Tigers have a lopsided neutral loss to Texas Tech, painful home defeats to Arkansas and Alabama and a string of road losses at Florida, Arkansas, Tennessee and Texas that highlight an inability to beat quality opponents away from Baton Rouge. A ledger built largely on low-end nonconference wins and shallow signature results makes it hard to justify inclusion. Upcoming chances at Mississippi, a home date with Oklahoma, a road trip to Auburn and a meeting with Texas A&M are the clearest paths to reverse that perception and they will determine whether this profile can be repaired.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/5Tarleton St215W96-60
11/10New Orleans188W93-58
11/13Florida Intl197W98-81
11/18Alcorn St340W107-81
11/21NE Omaha250W99-73
11/28(N)Drake203W71-62
11/29(N)DePaul100W96-63
12/3@Boston College160W78-69
12/7(N)Texas Tech16L82-58
12/13(N)SMU33W89-77
12/19SE Louisiana291W78-65
12/22Prairie View322W104-90
12/29Southern Miss238W90-62
1/3@Texas A&M37L75-72
1/6South Carolina92L78-68
1/10@Vanderbilt13L84-73
1/14Kentucky31L75-74
1/17Missouri52W78-70
1/20@Florida5L79-61
1/24@Arkansas17L85-81
1/28Mississippi St90L80-66
1/31@South Carolina92W92-87
2/7Georgia38L83-71
2/10Arkansas17L91-62
2/14@Tennessee14L73-63
2/17@Texas32L88-85
2/21Alabama20L90-83
2/25@Mississippi8249%
2/28Oklahoma5863%
3/3@Auburn3426%
3/7Texas A&M3747%