LSU Men's Basketball 2018 NIT Tournament Capsule

LSU Tigers

SEC (17-14, 8-10)

 
Big Wins: 11/20 vs Michigan (77-75), 12/13 Houston (80-77), 1/6 at Texas A&M (69-68)
Bad Losses: 11/21 vs Notre Dame (53-92), 12/16 Stephen F. Austin (82-83), 1/20 at Vanderbilt (71-77)
Coach: Will Wade
 
Probable Starters:
Tremont Waters, Freshman, Guard, 16.0 ppg, 5.9 apg
Skylar Mays, Sophomore, Guard, 11.2 ppg, 3.1 apg. 4.1 rpg
Duop Reath, Senior, Forward, 12.2 ppg, 5.2 rpg
Wayde Sims, Sophomore, Forward, 5.8 ppg, 3.0 rpg
Aaron Epps, Senior, Forward, 9.5 ppg, 5.6 rpg
 
Key Role Players:
Brandon Rachal, Freshman, Guard, 4.4 ppg, 3.3 rpg
Randy Onwuasor, Senior, Guard, 4.5 ppg
Brandon Sampson, Junior, Guard, 7.6 ppg
Daryl Edwards, Junior, Guard, 6.9 ppg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 77.6 (80th in nation, 3rd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 73.7 (210, 11)
Field-Goal Percentage: 47.6 (45, 2)
Field-Goal Defense: 45.2 (245, 13)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 8.2 (121, 5)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 35.3 (160, 7)
Free-Throw Percentage: 73.6 (90, 5)
Rebound Margin: -0.6 (226, 11)
Assists Per Game: 14.3 (127, 6)
Turnovers Per Game: 11.5 (49, 4)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
 2015   NCAA Round of 64 loss to North Carolina State
2014    NIT     First Round win over San Francisco
2014    NIT     Second Round loss to SMU
2012    NIT     First Round loss to Oregon
2009    NCAA Round of 64 win over Butler
2009    NCAA Round of 32 loss to North Carolina
2006    NCAA Round of 64 win over Iona
2006    NCAA Round of 32 win over Texas A&M
2006    NCAA Regional semifinal win over Duke
2006    NCAA Regional Final win over Texas
2006    NCAA National semifinal loss to UCLA
2005    NCAA Round of 64 loss to UAB
2004    NIT     First Round loss to Oklahoma
2003    NCAA Round of 64 loss to Purdue
 
*all team stats through 3/4